Private individual lessons
 

Michael Parkinson offers 45-minute individual lessons in either English or German on weekdays (including early evening) and on Saturday mornings.  It may be possible to have Alexander Technique lessons paid for by private health insurance if recommended by a medical practitioner.  Full-time students are offered lessons at reduced rates. It must be emphasised that the Alexander Technique is not a treatment or therapy.  Lessons are intended to provide self-help to enable people to recognise, understand and avoid poor habits affecting posture tone and muscular coordination.

A clinical trial in the UK funded by the Medical Research Council and the NHS (Research and Development Fund) showed that Alexander Technique lessons can give significant long-term benefit to chronic low back pain sufferers. The results of the study were published in the August 2008 edition of the British Medical Journal, and can be viewed by clicking on:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/aug19_2/a884

As a former professional musician Michael has a special interest in working with performers, but has taught the Alexander Technique to people from all walks of life and all age groups in the UK, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic and the USA.

What pupils say 

Sophie Martinez says:

“I love the Alexander technique: from my very first lesson! 29 years old and working hard in the management of a multinational company in London, I suffered from continuous back pain and tension. I was looking for a method to help myself, which is why I finally chose the F.M. Alexander Technique.   

Anything I had previously tried was a short-term fix with no long-term effect. I had to engage in a lot of time-consuming exercises with stupid tools and machines, which I could not apply to my daily life. With the Alexander Technique it’s all about me: dealing with my inner habits and the application of myself in the long-term, without an outer change of my routine.     

Now 32 and back in Vienna, I see Michael regularly to maintain and intensify my body awareness, and it really pays off: during my pregnancy I had not a single day of back pain! My GP even asked my how I managed to have such ‘wonderful’ back muscles.

Alexander Technique is a long-term investment. It changes your whole attitude and posture from within yourself every day. I love sitting in a boring business meeting without anybody noticing that I am working on my own well being!”
 

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