The Alexander Technique practitioner, a highly trained professional, leads you through a learning process tailored to your needs. Over a course of sessions, your teacher helps you release muscular tension and restore your body's original poise. In a lesson, s/he instructs you with words and touch to approach movement and breathing differently. S/he uses a unique hands-on method to elicit your natural lengthened coordination, giving you an experience of dynamic expansion. With this expert guidance, you learn the skills to replicate that expansion on your own. As you develop your awareness, you learn to release the neck muscles, allowing your torso to expand rather than compress as you move. This subtle shift gives your body a highly responsive coordination.