Introduction

Welcome to the glossary, a companion resource designed to support your learning throughout this course. Here, you’ll find clear explanations of key terms, principles, and concepts used in the Alexander Technique, written with accessibility in mind.

Instead of relying on jargon or overly technical definitions, we use everyday language, metaphor, and interdisciplinary parallels to make complex ideas easier to grasp. The goal is to deepen your understanding of how the Technique works in practice—emotionally, physically, and cognitively—so that you can integrate it meaningfully into real-world contexts.

You’ll see entries that reference neuroscience, biomechanics, and systems theory. These are included not to validate the Alexander Technique with science, but to offer modern-day lenses that illuminate its psychophysical principles in fresh, relatable ways.

Some glossary entries draw on ideas from neuroscience, biomechanics, and related disciplines to help describe Alexander Technique principles in contemporary terms. These connections are made to make the Alexander Technique ideas more accessible. They are meant to clarify and enrich your understanding using modern analogies, not to assert scientific proof or equivalence. Our focus remains experiential and practical: empowering learners to explore conscious coordination through accessible, interdisciplinary language.