Alexander Technik Lehrer in Berlin | Alexander-Technique Berlin

Welcome to my website Alexander – Technique and Life Coaching Berlin

In addition to my 20 years of teaching the Alexander Technique, I suffered a personal stroke of fate in December 2021. After contracting the coronavirus twice during that time, my body didn’t want to function as usual and I found myself with a variety of inexplicable symptoms. I then unintentionally embarked on a deep healing journey. Although the tools of the Alexander Technique and my years of spiritual practice helped me a great deal, this path required completely new tools to follow.

After seeing several doctors and therapists at the beginning, but these treatments did not bring any noticeable success, I set out on my own search, not realizing at the time that I was on a deep healing journey.

I was mainly dealing with chronic fatigue, physical pain and brain fog. Fortunately, I soon found out that these symptoms were all under the guise of an overstimulated nervous system. This discovery led me to become an expert in this field out of self-interest. I read a lot, attended courses and seminars on the subject of neuroplasticity, chronic symptoms and anxiety disorders, which are usually a side effect of an overstimulated nervous system.

The essential aspect is continuous practice, alignment and a great deal of patience with oneself. To be able to walk this path, you first need to know and understand why you are in this state and how to get out of it. In this case, in my opinion, you absolutely need someone who has walked this path themselves. My “tools” were primarily the work and principles of Dr. Claire Weekes. Put simply, this is about not fighting the symptoms, not running away from them, but allowing them to be there. In other words, it means doing exactly the opposite of what you habitually want to do. This is precisely where the parallels to the principles of the Alexander Technique lie – practicing “letting things happen.”

This path is not easy and, above all, is not linear. Nevertheless, complete recovery is absolutely achievable!

If you are dealing with symptoms that doctors cannot explain to you or have found nothing in examinations, if you feel constantly exhausted, anxious and even desperate and despondent, then we should get to know each other.

In any case, I offer a free 30-minute initial consultation. I also have a YouTube channel ConsciousGrowing on which I have documenting my journey and sharing tips and experiences for about a year.

In the form you can either book an Alexander Technique lesson or the initial coaching session. This can take place by phone or via Whatsapp, Telegram or Skype.

A technique to teach

The Alexander-Technique is no really a therapy method, but a sort of lesson. The learners are taught to use consciously their body while sitting, rising up, standing, walking, carrying and speaking. Consciously means not to take a tense or strenuous position which affects the whole freedom of movement and the well-being.

Mooving lightly

The Alexander-Technique provides connections between expectations, thinking, behavioral habits and physical reactions. With the help of this knowledge the student can perceive “wrong” motion sequences to move more upright and lighter.

The hero

“A this story of sharp warmth, intelligence and perseverance, shown by a man [F.M. Alexander] without medical education, is one of the true heroic deeds of medical research and practice.”
Professor Niko Tinbergen, in 1973 in his speech to the acceptance of the Nobel prize for medicine

The Alexander Technique is to lead back to Australian actor Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869 – 1955).

Because his voice often failed while reciting, he began to pay attention to his respiration. Besides, he found out that tensions in neck and back prevented him from breathing freely and from moving naturally.

As a result Alexander developed a learning concept with which such strains can be avoided by deliberating control of motions. Alexander transmitted his knowledge first to actor colleagues; later musicians, singers and dancers also used his method.

By the increase of a more holistic way of thinking the Alexander technique has found in the meanwhile a wide usage and recognition, also beyond these areas.

The 5 Principles of the Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique is based on five basic principles.

1. Recognition of Force of Habit

This means learning to notice what you are doing which may be causing you pain or discomfort.

2. Inhibition and non-doing

Which involves stopping yourself from doing the unhelpful habit and learning to use the appropriate amount of effort to achieve your goals.

3. Recognition of faulty sensory awareness

This means that you don’t always know exactly what you are doing and what feels wrong and uncomfortable may actually be better for you, it is just unfamiliar.

4. Giving directions

This is about sending “orders” or specific thoughts or intentions to the body from the brain to encourage the body to flow and expand rather than contract. This enables much more freedom in movement and freedom from habitual tension and reactions.

5. Primary control

This is the functional relationship between the head, neck and back in our bodies. Alexander found that this is crucial in organising the body so that it functions at its most efficient. To allow the primary control to engage takes awareness of the body and what you are doing and therefore links in with number 1 above.