Wellington City Osteopaths | Alexander Technique

Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique
Developed a century ago by F.M. Alexander, the Alexander Technique is a method of postural awareness that helps you to rediscover the natural balance of your body to move well and avoid injury. Suryagita, our certified Alexander Technique teacher, will help you release tension and improve any postural patterns that cause back/neck pain, OOS, or general stress. Her gentle hands-on guidance helps you to relax, reduce muscular tension, and find ease in your body. As a result, you become more comfortable, calm, and present in your body and mind.

The Technique is particularly successful in alleviating back and neck pain: research through a clinical trial (published in the British Medical Journal 2008) shows that the Alexander Technique is highly effective in easing chronic lower back pain. Another clinical trial (Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015) concluded that Acupuncture sessions and Alexander Technique lessons both led to significant reductions in neck pain and associated disability compared with usual care at 12 months.

Prices

Initial appointment - 60 minutes $130.00

Follow up appointment - 60 minutes $115.00

Initial Child/Youth (8 - 18 years) - 45 minutes $95.00

Follow up Child/Youth (8 - 18 years) - 45 minutes $70.00

Suryagita Cox

Suryagita is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique who has been practising with individuals and groups since 1996. She gives individual lessons at City Osteopaths and loves to help her clients to improve posture, relieve pain and fulfil their human potential. She is particularly successful in helping those with RSI, chronic back and neck pain, tension or restricted breathing, and people find her sessions relaxing and invigorating.

More about Suryagita

K.M. Wellington 2022

After a few months of Alexander Technique lessons I’m impressed at how much more comfortable my body is. It is now obvious to me how much my usual ways of sitting, standing and moving have led to soreness and stiffness, and the lessons show how to change these patterns.

Everyday activities, such as climbing stairs, working at the computer and gardening, seem much easier – sometimes almost effortless. The sessions are very enjoyable as Suryagita uses gentle manipulation to release muscles and guided movement to create better posture and ways of moving. She is a very supportive and responsive teacher who works with you on whatever is important to you on the day. I wish I’d found her and the Alexander Technique years ago.

Stephen Grant. British comedian and compere

The best thing about Surya's Alexander Technique lessons, for me, were how it was a genuinely surprising insight into what I was doing right, and more importantly, wrong! I found her the perfect teacher to help unpick my scepticism and the voice coaching element has paid huge benefits with my performing career.

Alan Buck, Town Planner

Since having Alexander lessons I feel more confident, happy, my asthma has vastly improved and my posture is a million times better. It helps me cope with day to day stresses and I wouldn't do without it. I would definitely recommend anyone to give it a go!

Mary Clark.Croydon, UK

I have found my Alexander Technique lessons with Suryagita to be a nourishing learning experience. She has helped me to connect with my body in a sensitive and enthusiastic way. She has inspired me to carry on long enough that much of what I learned feels a part of me. I greatly enjoyed our voice lessons as well and many things she showed me have enriched my life.

E.B. Wellington 2022

The diagnosis of Osteoporosis with pretty dreadful awful back pain led me on the search for an Alexander Technique teacher some ten months ago. I couldn't have been more fortunate than I have been to have found the skilled, compassionate practice of Suryagita Cox (at Alexander Voice Works). Her healing hands, teaching methods and her patient kindness has enabled me to get movement, strength and confidence back that I felt was lost.

It’s great that City Osteopaths supports the Alexander Technique. It has been a game changer for me and I'm hugely grateful. Thanks so much!

Myriam, Wellington

Lessons in the Alexander Technique with Suryagita help me to find immediate relief when my neck and shoulders are tight at work. I used to feel very tense when working for long hours, “stuck” in my body, as if my head was glued to the top of my spine. Regular lessons with Surya keep me feeling flexible. I no longer feel any pain in my back when I stand at my desk for 10 hours a day. My arms and hands don’t get so stiff, and I have learned how to bend easily at my joints so that I can stand and sit more comfortably. I can now localize where the tension is in my body, and when I relax those areas the pain is whipped away. The result is an ability to focus on my work better, which is a big help when my body is tired.