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Alexander Technique is a name given to practices and ideas devised and promoted by Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) as an educative method by which a person can gain a better command of their biomechanics in all activities of living.

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Alexander taught people on a one-to-one basis, with verbal instruction, and by guidance with his hands; and he trained others to teach as he did.

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, by building a cogniviti. capacity for movementwas created to retrain habitual patterns of movement and posture. Alexander believed that poor habits in posture and movement damaged spatial self-awareness as well as health, and that movement efficiency could support overall physical well-being. He saw the technique as a mental training technique as well.

Alexander began developing his technique's principles in the 1890s in an attempt to address his own voice loss during public speaking. He credited his method with allowing him to pursue his passion for performing Shakespearean recitations.