I love teaching the Alexander Technique. It has fascinated me over the past 20 years and I enjoy working with people to help them see how they can feel better. I’m calm and my practice rooms reflect this. In Brixton we face onto the beautiful Brockwell Park and my room in the City is a surprising oasis of calm.
My Alexander teaching is very practical. From the first lesson, I want people to have things to observe and try out. I believe it’s never too late to improve.
I was really lucky to do my teacher training with Walter and Dilys Carrington. They’d trained with FM Alexander himself in the 1930s and worked with him until he died in 1955. It was a fabulous place to learn, full of laughter. I later gave anatomy lectures to Alexander Technique students at their training school.
I originally started Alexander Technique lessons for back pain. I’d tried loads of treatments and the Alexander Technique was the one that worked.
But it’s been much more than that. My posture has improved immensely, I’m calmer and more confident than I’d ever been before and I can even sing better!
It’s a far cry from my office background, working in the NHS and Law Society – but those beginnings mean I’m familiar with the stresses and pressures of a different kind of working life. In recent years, I’ve developed a love of making things, particularly knitting and I’m in a local Stitch ‘N Bitch Group. I’m an avid reader and normally have at least two books on the go. I’ve lived in South London for a long time and love the community atmosphere there.
I really like jokes, especially puns – and I’d love to remember more than one joke at a time!