My history with Alexander Technique

I first encountered the Alexander Technique at the CTM Theatre and School as a young child actor in Madison, Wisconsin. I really enjoyed how the stillness and expanse of constructive rest led by Nancy Thurow helped calm my frenetic high school brain that was electric with anxieties. Many years later, the Alexander Technique re-arrived into my life during another electric chapter: navigating  my grad school experience at the Dell'Arte International School for Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California. While there, I met Joe Krienke, who would eventually lead me through my training to become an Alexander Technique Teacher. I also during my grad school experience got to learn from Joan Schirle and Philip Gertze. I found it interesting to learn of the various branches of the Alexander Technique tree, with each branch honing their specific lineage tactics and interpretations of FM's writings. Some of it was "drama" in its own sense, but all branches still aiming toward one goal: grounding into support to free your tension and redirecting and undoing your habits to rediscover your effortless alignment that has been waiting for you all along.