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Book a lesson with Michelle By Michelle Cole I hope you continue to be well and are finding some positive aspects to life at this time. The Alexander Technique is about process rather than outcome. It’s about learning to listen to your body. It's not about faster or...
Book a lesson with Alan By Alan Bignell When the lockdown arrived, I like all Bloomsbury Centre teachers was faced with no work for the foreseeable future. How would I occupy my time with absolutely no idea of when things might return to an approximation of normal? The...
By Alan Bignell Debilitating back problems are one of the most common reasons people first come to the Bloomsbury Alexander Centre. For some people, the Technique can help resolve their problem. For others it's more a case of managing a condition so they can continue to enjoy a full,...
We invite you to watch this series of anatomical videos, designed to make it easy to understand very simple facts about our anatomical functioning. This understanding can provide us with a good foundation from which to begin to look at the principles of the Alexander Technique. Please...
By Alan Bignell Turning back the Clock Alan Bignell, one of the teachers at the Bloomsbury Alexander Centre has just published a book. It’s a memoir of his first year in Canada after he emigrated there over half a century ago. That was some years before he came...
By Diana Faber pupil of Michelle Cole Background: I have degenerative arthritis in my spine. Thus, for some years I suffered constant low back, neck and shoulder pain. I started regular Alexander Technique lessons with Michelle about 2 years ago and I practice semi-supine twice a day....
I recently flewback to the UK from a family holiday in Brazil. Our plane, a spanking new Boeing 777 almost certainly flew a good part of the 11 hour journey on autopilot and these days may even have landed on it too.What on earth has...
I’m passionate about cycling. I’ve been so for longer than I’ve been teaching the Alexander Technique which is more than 20 years. After a short break from cycling as a teenager, I reconnected with cycling in my 20's in a dramatic way, taking a bicycle...
Recently, I took part in a very interesting weekend workshop looking at how people with Parkinson’s and their carers can benefit from the Alexander Technique. The workshop highlighted the potential of how the Technique’s direct work with the cognitive functions can teach people living with...
Last weekend my wife and I went to buy a couple of new sofas. Our first stop was a large Swedish outlet on the North Circular Road. As an Alexander teacher, my main priority, after finding a design we both liked, was checking that it had...