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The Alexander Technique was developed by Frederick Matthias Alexander in the late 1800s. Alexander was a successful actor, who had to stop performing due of voice problems. His doctors wouldn’t know the solution or cure to his condition. Alexander concluded one day, that it must be something he was doing to himself that caused him to lose his voice. He discovered that excess tension in his neck and body were causing his problems. So he learned ways to speak and move with greater ease. His health improved to such an extent that his friends and several of the doctors he had consulted earlier, persuaded him to teach others what he had learned. And not only to actors. People from all walks of life came for lessons. After teaching for more than 35 years, he began to train teachers of what has now become known as the Alexander Technique.