Alice

Alice Turner is an Alexander Technique teacher based in Harrow (HA1), London, and St Albans.

Former physiotherapist

I was a Senior Physio at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, a world-renowned centre of excellence. School was a London comprehensive and my degree is from King's College London.

I would work with people to try to reduce stresses on problem areas: to stretch, strengthen and mobilise; but I knew I wasn't getting to the root of the problem. Something fundamental —deep in a person's posture and movement— needed to change, and I didn't know how. The Alexander Technique lets us change those fundamentals, to re-educate our whole selves in a remarkable way. I'm glad to be able to teach it.

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Rock climbing

Movement, awareness, and 'flow' experience are lifetime interests for me.

I coached climbing and improvised-rescue, gave technical advice nationwide in good practice for outdoor education; and worked with (over the years, many hundreds of) young people from London state schools, for whom time outdoors seemed incalculably important.

Photo credit: Helen Gibson Hoey

Music

There is a lot of music in my life. I'm an amateur cellist and play with several orchestras including the London Concert Sinfonia and the Albion Chamber Ensemble (accompanying Niall O'Riordan here).

The Alexander Technique has helped me with fluidity, intonation, resonance and confidence; and to be free from practice injuries.

The right thing doing itself!

Registered Alexander Technique Teacher

I am a fully certified Alexander teacher.

Ron Colyer and Frankie Stringer trained me to teach.

They are exceptional people, who themselves trained with first-class teachers: Ron with Walter Carrington, a true authority and Alexander's main assistant; and Frankie with John Nicholls, who is internationally esteemed and delivers high-level postgrad training across the world.

Along the way I've been helped by many other teachers, including: Anne Battye, Seán Carey, Alex Farkas, John Hunter, Dorothea Magonet, John Nicholls and Lindsay Wagstaff.