We are not attempting to usurp nature. We don’t teach people how to move or breathe. We have faith in the innate capacity of the individual. All an Alexander Teacher can do is to help liberate what already exists, albeit in an interfered way.
In other words, Nature does us, and not the other way round. We don’t do breathing, but rather we are breathed by the breath of life. We don’t direct the flow of energy within our bodies, but rather we allow the vital force to move in its own direction.
“When an investigation comes to be made, it will be found that every single thing we are doing in this work is exactly what is being done in Nature where the conditions are right, the difference being that we are learning to do it consciously.” – F.M. Alexander
