Who Was F.M. Alexander?

Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) was a successful Australian actor until hoarseness and laryngitis ended his career. Suspecting that his vocal problems stemmed not from overusing his voice or from a physical defect but rather from something he himself was doing, Alexander determined to discover the cause for himself. He spent many years in self-observation and experimentation and in the process cured his own chronic voice problems and developed a unique method of psycho-physical re-education.

"Every single thing we are doing in the Alexander Technique work is exactly what is being done in Nature where the conditions are right, the difference is that we are learning to do it consciously."
F.M Alexander