Exposing Hidden Faults

It can be more useful to think of the Alexander Technique as an approach that exposes our hidden faults than to think of it as a method we can use to "get better". Moving with ease is how our organism was designed to function. However, over the years we have "customized" our bodies with excess tension that has become so familiar to us that it now seems completely a natural and inevitable part of everything we do. This tension feels so normal to that it is virtually invisible to us until we begin to experience pain or we are hampered during a challenging activity. Noticing exposes these hidden tensions by making clear to us when we are choosing our tension ridden habits over ease. We are always capable of moving with efficiency and grace. All we have to do is to become aware of when we are interfering with our intrinsic gift for adapting to change and then make a different choice.