Eve Bernfeld is an AmSAT-certified Alexander Technique teacher, a writer, theatre artist, and a mother of three. A former dancer, in college she couldn't decide if she preferred thinking (Philosophy) or doing (Theatre), so she double-majored. She went on to earn Masters degrees in Theatre Education and Applied Theatre and taught drama for a number of years before finding a method that truly integrates thought and action: The Alexander Technique.
She trained for three years at the Oregon Center for the Alexander Technique, graduating in 2011, and has had the privilege of studying with many senior Alexander teachers. She has also had the privilege of teaching many amazing students including grandparents, musicians, pregnant people, athletes, people with Parkinson's, and college students at Lewis & Clark College where she has been an Adjunct Professor for nearly a decade.
A long time ago, you began to (unconsciously) associate success--or safety--with deforming yourself: stiffening your neck or hunching your shoulders or puffing up your chest or holding your breath or locking your knees...
These patterns are now so automatic that you can't feel them.
But they are contributing to your STRESS, your PAIN, your general sense of discomfort with yourself.
If you don't INTERRUPT your bad habits, they will only get stronger.
Use Your Brain to FEEL BETTER in Your Skin
You can learn to stand up straight. To balance better. To calm down. To be less stressed. To breathe more easily. To garden without pain. To sail through pregnancy. To conquer performance anxiety. To diminish your pain. To be better at whatever you do.
If you interrupt your bad habits, YOU will get stronger.