What is an Alexander Technique lesson?
Alexander Technique lessons are a unique process of self-discovery, largely driven by sensory-based tools, and are tailored to the individual needs of each student.
What happens in a lesson?
Combining light, practical hands-on touch with verbal guidance, a lesson is an exploration of your own personal habits, patterns, and movements, often assessing and developing your own sensory feedback.
The ongoing conversation between teacher and student uses senses and kinesthesia to discover information to which you might not have usual access in daily life because of your "auto-pilot" way of functioning. We discover where you initiate your movements, where you limit yourself, and how you can make a new choice and access more useful and innate pathways that ultimately lead to more ease.
Why are lessons useful for me and my issue or desire?
The Alexander Technique is a method of getting out of your own way - of shedding or re-directing excess tensions. The more you can clearly identify which patterns cause your discomfort, the more you can easily dis-engage with them and make a different choice, which can literally shift the wiring of your nervous system, how you feel in your body, and how you function mentally and emotionally. You may notice after a lesson that you are left with a sense of feeling light and free.
Walking into a lesson, you come as you are in that very moment - there is no need to try to be or do something different. Acceptance and appreciation of what exists are just as important as the changes that take place, which can be very healing, integrative, and useful to experience and hone for yourself.
What should I bring to a lesson?
Bring your desires, curiosities, and concerns, and be open to learning about yourself in an unconventional way. "Embrace the weird" was a comment I heard from a recent lesson - a willingness to experience something new can ultimately lead to a more thriving state of being.
You can also bring a prop for an activity, such as playing an instrument, to explore and work with.
A series of private lessons can be very transformative, helping you to access your natural state of freedom and grace through motion and presence. Using primal movements such as walking, sensing, sitting, standing, and interacting with simple objects, we study how we can bring greater ease, efficiency, power, and poise into what we do and how we are existing within ourselves.
Join me in discovering the space, lightness, balance, and joy that’s available in how you move and who you are!
“Molly is not just a great teacher, but a guide for the discovery of the voice. She was able to shine light on faulty beliefs that I held for my voice, and guide me to singing things that I thought were not possible for me. Once I knew that it was possible, I was back to singing and smiling. Molly’s teachings of Alexander Technique have had a dramatic impact on me, not just in song but in my entire life.”