Jenny Davy

I started having Alexander Technique lessons 40 years ago because of backache and plantar fasciitis. My feet were damaged during a school expedition and for two years I could hardly walk or stand.

Lessons made my back feel so comfortable that I kept coming back for more and my feet gradually got better as my overall use of myself improved. By the time I began my teacher training I was able to run and dance on a daily basis.

​I completed a three-year teacher training course with Carolyn and John Nicholls. They in turn trained with Walter Carrington, the man F. M. Alexander entrusted to take over his teacher training course in 1955.

I've taught musicians, doctors, osteopaths, stroke survivors, children, the elderly, farmers, engineers, oil-rig workers, lawyers, actors, athletes, horse riders, pregnant women, teachers, bank managers and people with chronic pain.

In 2004 I took part in the National Back Pain Trial as one of the elected teachers. The trial proved that the Alexander Technique can cure lower back pain.

I have experience teaching all kinds of performers and for many years worked in the music departments of two prestigious independent schools. I used the technique in my own singing career and in public speaking.

My teaching has taken me to offices, clinics and music departments across Southern England and briefly in Malaysia.