Alexander Technique lessons with Dai Richards in Ditchling and the Brighton area
Pain, stiffness and recurring injury aren't always simply things that happen to us. Often what we are doing, and the way we are doing it cause, or exacerbate the problem. Changing that is the key to short term relief and long term recovery.
Alexander Technique lessons can help you discover what you are doing and enable you to find easier, less damaging ways to move. Often, even in the first lesson, movement becomes easier and pain can be diminished. A series of lessons can lead to profound bodily change and a life filled with the joy of easy movement rather than one filled with fear of pain.
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Individual lessons in Ditchling and the Brighton area
Call Dai on 01273 900 231, WhatsApp 07979 538 467
Pain is sometimes the result of an injury or medical condition — but often
the way we habitually sit, stand, work or move can be at the root of the
problem. If back or neck pain, stiffness, recurring strain or other discomfort
keeps returning, it is worth exploring whether changing those habits can help
you rediscover a feeling of lightness and ease in everyday movement.
That is exactly what Alexander Technique lessons are about.
Most of us give very little thought to how we move. Over time we can, unknowingly, develop poor habits, tightening muscles unnecessarily, using more effort than we need, putting ourselves out of balance and pulling ourselves out of shape. These habits become so familiar that they feel completely normal.
Alexander lessons help you to notice what you are doing and to replace the poor, destructive, habits with new constructive habits. Everyday movement can become joyful, easier, lighter, more efficient and pain free.
Alexander lessons are one-to-one. Using gentle hands-on guidance and explanation, Dai helps you explore simple everyday movements such as sitting, standing, walking and bending. Together we notice unnecessary tension and habitual ways of moving and discover easier, more natural alternatives. The aim is not to do something to you, but to help you develop skills that you can use in everyday life.
Dai qualified as an Alexander Technique teacher in 2012, following three years of full-time training at the Brighton Alexander Technique College with Carolyn Nicholls.
He came to the Technique through personal experience. At 40, despite being very active, he describes himself as having been an “athletic cripple” — struggling with serious back and neck pain and facing the possibility of a hip replacement. A stressful City job, long hours at a computer and plenty of strenuous exercise were taking their toll.
Dai began Alexander lessons in 2000 and quickly discovered how much of his pain was associated with unnecessary tension and the way he was using himself.
More than twenty-five years later, he is largely pain-free and still runs, dances, kayaks, stands on a slackline and generally enjoys moving freely.
Drawing on this experience and more than 30 years of coaching, Dai enjoys helping others discover how they too can move with greater freedom, less pain and a little more ease.
You do not need to understand the Alexander Technique before coming. If you would like to talk first, email or telephone me and we can have a brief conversation about what is troubling you.
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