So it's fair to say that I'm no expert on horses, though I reeeally enjoy learning about them and sharing the 'horsey world' with my clients! I am, however, an expert in neuro-muscular re-education in humans, having studied myself for 37 years and taught others for 27 years. I'll teach anyone who wants to learn but I love to work with performers - musicians, actors, athletes - of all abilities. I especially like teaching horse riders because the Alexander Technique complement

A position of mechanical advantage... Did you realise that the way you use your legs in most kinds of sport is mechanically advantageous? I bet you've never really thought about it but the fact is, whether you're skiing, horse-racing, playing tennis, golf or rugby, you will stick your bum out and bend your knees. And you do this automatically, without embarrassment because IT WORKS. But what about the whole rest of the time? Even if you're a professional athlete, there's a lo

Walter Carrington took over the teaching training college from FM Alexander after his death in 1955 and continued pretty much until his own death in 2005. The remarkable thing about this is that he was working FULL TIME when he was nearly 90 years old AND riding well into extreme old-age. The remarkable thing about this is he had had both hips replaced AND had been shot down in the war when serving as a pilot. I remember having lessons with him in the 1990s - his energy and h

Did you know that your head weighs about a stone, or 6k? That it balances on top of your spine on 2 little areas no bigger than your finger tips? Excessive tension at the back of the neck pulls that weight into the spine, causing it to compress and shorten - the same as in a horse. As a rider, you will strive to get your horse to be free at the poll so that its back can lengthen. As a teacher of riders, I get my pupils to be free in the atlanto-occipital joint so their back c