Paul McCartney, Sting, and Robin Williams swear by it, but so do computer geeks, athletes, and parents. The Alexander Technique is a 100-year-old physical "re-education" for your body that's helped ...

“S tand up straight.” I am 13 years old, patiently waiting for the organ to launch into “O Thou the Central Orb,” when I hear these words and feel two hands yanking back my cassocked shoulders.

E ven as you read this, you’re probably hurting yourself. And the posture fanatics who practice the Alexander Technique want you to do something about it. The technique preaches better living through ...

About one out of every six Americans has some form of neck pain, and chronic sufferers have few treatment options. But acupuncture or the Alexander technique, a system for adjusting posture, could ...

From the moment we’re born, we’re reacting to our environment and creating habitual responses. These habits come in all flavors: physical, mental, emotional. And they often impede the movement of our ...

Ask most people what good posture is and they’ll say it’s standing or sitting with a straight back, shoulders pushed back and stomach pulled in. Not a particularly natural stance. But look at how ...

If you ever saw the musicals "Wicked" in San Francisco or "Cats" on the road, you've probably heard Joe Rodriguez blasting on his trumpet. I met him recently at the musicians' union hall in downtown ...

When Emily Whyte, a teacher of the Alexander Technique, moved to New York some years ago, she was focused on being on Broadway and being an actor for the rest of her life. But something was stopping ...