Eleni Konstantinidou

I'm a pianist, Alexander Technique teacher, and educator. I became a teacher so I could continue learning alongside my students. I have had the privilege of doing that, while using the powerful, expressive means of music since 2015. This brought me to the Alexander Technique, which helped me immensely get out of my own way, in my music performance, and otherwise. I now teach music and Alexander Technique full time, while continuing my own practice and development.

What happens in a lesson

The lessons are usually one to one or in small groups. The teacher uses gentle, light touch and verbal instructions to guide you into simple every day movements like sitting, walking, or standing.

The activities themselves may vary, and they're used as an opportunity to explore how you react to any stimulus, whether that is the thought of standing up, answering an email, or doing a cartwheel.

The goal is to give you more freedom and choice over habits that are no longer helpful, or may even have started to become harmful.

In most cases, the aim of both the teacher and the client is to complete a series of lessons during which the client develops more and more tools to work on themselves, while the teacher becomes more and more redundant.

It is very common for lessons to start on a weekly basis, and become less frequent until they eventually stop, or are revisited once in a while at the client's choice.