The Alexander Technique is unique in how it helps people to change their working posture. It develops awareness of hidden layers of muscular and mental tension that are used repeatedly at work. It then teaches strategies for releasing unnecessary tension leading to more efficiency, more energy, less discomfort and less stress.

Whether we are in the cab driving a lorry, working at a computer workstation, chairing a board meeting, lifting patients or checking products passing along a production line we are all moving all the time. Movement requires muscular activity and the Alexander Technique helps us all to move at work with greater co-ordination and poise.

Employers are spending a lot of money upgrading the physical environments in which employees work, for example, office chairs and computer workstations. Risk assessments are being undertaken by health and safety consultants. This investment needs to show returns in reduced absenteeism and improved efficiency but isn't necessarily achieving that.

A well-designed workstation and chair may not solve an occupational health problem such as RSI or a stiff neck. If you improve the chair and ignore the way in which the person sits on it, you've only addressed part of the problem. The chair and the person are a working unit. By improving the chair AND changing the way the person uses their body while they are working, pain, fatigue and discomfort will reduce.

I am very happy to put together proposals for your workplace.