Walking and mountains provoked my first interest in the Alexander Technique. I wanted to improve my balance, and friends who knew the Technique assured me that it would be of great help. As is common though, it took injury and pain to motivate me sufficiently to actually take lessons.


Repetitive strain injury, RSI, from writing too long and hard on a badly positioned computer,  left me with a wrist so weakened I could not turn the key to open my front door.  With my Alexander learning and continued mindfulness my fingers happily tap away on the keyboard without trouble. With this success in mind, when my knees became so painful it stopped me doing the walking, running and dancing that I loved I turned again to the Alexander Technique and decided to train to be a teacher. 

I am a happy gardener, allotment grower, cyclist and walker. I have also brought my Alexander Technique knowledge to my love of piano playing and singing.


I am a graduate of the Manchester Alexander Technique Training School where I trained for three years. The school and my training is approved by the organisation to which I now belong, the Society of the Teachers of the Alexander (STAT). STAT is the oldest and largest professional society of the teachers of the Alexander Technique. My involvement in the Society began first as a member of the Training Course Committee and then as  Director and subsequently Treasurer and then Chair of STAT.