1868 Tasmania – 1955 London
The history FM Alexander was a successful young actor who developed serious voice and breathing problems during his performances. When doctors could not find the root cause of the problem. he looked to see if he could help himself. After many dead ends, experimenting with close self-observation with mirrors he found that it was what he was doing with himself at the point of projecting his voice that was the problem. So embedded in his makeup, it was no wonder he could barely notice never mind stop what ever he was doing to himself. A long story short, he concluded it all came down to balance, the relationship of his head/ neck, back to each other…
He had found something that was common and had greater health implications for the wider public.