I’m convinced I’d actually be a few inches taller if I just stood up straight. Most of the time, my back is hunched, curved, ...

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 ...

“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.

Chronic and recurring back pain is painful at best and incapacitating at its worst, and sitting in front of a computer all day rarely helps. The New York Times reports that using a method known as the ...

The Alexander technique is a specific approach and set of exercises that encourage the development of mindful awareness of the balance and posture of the body, with a particular focus on the balance, ...

The Alexander Technique focuses on the assumption that we are designed to be upright, and that over time bad posture can have an adverse effect on us - mentally, by lowering self-esteem, and ...