The Alexander Technique is a combination of neuromuscular re-education, restorative work, and movement training, integrating body, mind, and awareness to relieve stress, tension, and pain. It nurtures a gentle and caring way with ourselves to bring balance, ease, and freedom as well as efficiency into our approach to how we connect with our bodies and mind in our day to day activities. We learn to be deliberate and conscious in our activities, redirect our movements towards greater freedom, and efficiency, and cultivate calm, presence of mind.

The method is particularly effective for those struggling with pain, long term movement restrictions and injuries, as well as general age related movement and balance challenges. If you find it difficult to relax and experience tension, stress and anxiety you will learn efficient tools to cultivate more calm and the ability to tap into it also during stressful days and challenging life circumstances.

Musicians, performers, and athletes have found the Alexander Technique particularly useful in gaining a deeper knowledge and understanding of movement, coordination and the use of focussed strength applied in their particular area of performance, allowing them to maintain better use of their bodies, and a high level of skill without the so common issues of repetitive strain injuries that often go along with such specialized and demanding physical activities.

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the Alexander Technique....

You would like to:

• bring more balance to your life, learn to slow down, relax and better take care of yourself and your needs
• incorporate awareness into your daily life, to relax, slow down and take care of yourself
• improve coordination, overall wellness and vitality
• confidence and ease in daily living
• address back pain, neck tension, knee or hip pain, and improve longstanding movement & structural challenges?
• improve flexibility and stability of movement as you age
• manage stress and anxiety, and nurture a deeper awareness so you can handle life challenges with more calm
• you spend long hours at your desk and computer and want to improve the way you sit to better manage neck, back and shoulder tension.
• as an avid learner, you love to make the most of yourself and your abilities, are curious and excited to learn new things: you might be surprised to discover a whole new layer of body/mind awareness!
• aging - skillfully work with physical changes as you age. Improve balance, range of motion and restore confidence as you regain stability and move with more ease.
• reliably access your place of equilibrium, efficiency, and balance in your tennis game, golf swing or any other sports activity. Tweak your skill and maintain your performance at a high level. Reduce, prevent and reverse repetitive strain injuries, improve your daily practice towards greater efficiency, and work with performance related stress & anxiety,‍

"After a year of working with Loba, I continue to improve in so many ways.  The Technique, especially as applied by Loba, is very effective and liberating.”

Carol Miller, retired teacher

"Having taken Alexander lessons from Loba Chudak I was surprised to notice after about half a year of weekly lessons that the way I did simple things, how I moved, had fundamentally changed.  Instead of rather quick, violent, jerky motions, I was moving in a slower, more fluid fashion with less attendant stress and anxiety.  I can attribute this change only to the surprising effectiveness of the Alexander Technique.

The Technique quickly breaks the habit of reacting to external and internal events in panic or with anger and allows appropriate responses to be chosen. I found Loba to be a skilled & caring instructor."

Fred Lawrence, Prof. Emeritus of Engineering, UIUC

"When I first began working with Loba I was experiencing anxiety, mild depression, pain due to a neck injury and tennis elbow. Through her program I have gained a new awareness for how I am using my body throughout the day. I have learned to respond in new ways, releasing tension, making changes and improvements in the moment.

The pain in my elbow cleared up very quickly and the improvements in my tennis and golf game are remarkable. The increase in choices and my understanding of them have greatly improved my quality of life, my interactions with others, as well as my overall physical and mental health."

Nancy Dankle, Marketing Expert

• end habitual patterns of overuse, reduce back pain and structural challenges, chronic conditions, back, neck, shoulders, hip & knee issues.

Why it is for you and what it can help you achieve

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Restorative Movement

Balance, Flexibility, Stability

Relaxation Restoration

Awareness & Mindfulness

Pain Reduction

Graceful Aging

Calm, Confidence, Focus

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This page gives you a brief introduction to the Alexander Technique, its benefits and applications.

It is the main modality I teach und apply to assist you in nurturing and creating flow, freedom and ease, and good energy for your body, mind and life. Further down you will find the locations I am serving, how you can work with me, and how to get in touch. Thank you for your interest,

Close the gap between the idea of bringing more awareness to your every day life and the challenge of creating the space in your body, mind and environment to make it happen.

Ongoing support and inspiration to continue to nurture a transformation towards more balance, equilibrium and ease. Develop the inner mental & emotional space, steadiness and presence to lessen the impact of stress, so you can meet the demands and challenges of your life with more skill, ease and equilibrium. Putting less strain on yourself you will deepen your access to your problem solving skills and cultivate a new way of being present with yourself and others. Meet old habits with a new skill set, access new choices and restore spaciousness in your life.

From Stress to Joy - meet the challenges of your life and go beyond - tap into and cultivate the strength of your inner resources.