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I’m a full-time, Certified Alexander Technique teacher offering Alexander Technique lessons and Alexander Technique group classes in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Use the Alexander Technique to improve your posture, stop back pain and neck pain, and reduce your stress.

Mark Josefsberg

“With good humor, specificity, and charm, Mark makes a challenging technique accessible and fun!” Kyra Sedgwick, Emmy-winning actor. (”The Closer”)
“I really enjoyed our Alexander Technique lessons, learned a lot, felt lighter, more balanced and my neck pain is better. You have a true healing presence and great knowledge and skill.”
-Martin Ehrlich M.D., M.P.H. Medical Director, Beth Israel Continuum Center for Health and Healing.

Email: Mark@MarkJosefsberg.com
Phone: (917) 709-4648

The Alexander Technique For Dummies is a slight put-down. ‘Calculus For Dummies’, ‘Biology For Dummies’, ‘Basket Weaving For Dummies’ , ”The Alexander Technique For Dummies’ are all slight put-downs. I realize these titles actually mean for beginners, but ‘For Dummies’ is a derogatory term. The only ‘For Dummies’ book I can think of that would not a put down and would, in fact, be uplifting and inspirational would be ‘Ventriloquism For Dummies’…

When people ask me: “what are the benefits of the Alexander Technique?”, or “how will the Alexander Technique benefit me?”, I ask “what benefits do you want to get from the Alexander Technique?” I have to ask this because the number of benefits of the Alexander Technique are large, and different for everyone.
The first, most important benefit of the Alexander Technique is… it works. The Alexander Technique works because…

One of the many useful aspects of the Alexander Technique is its portability. The Alexander Technique is a tool you use anywhere, at any time. So when traveling, you can take the Alexander Technique with you. Think of it as a carry-on. You can’t really use chiropractic, acupuncture, or physical therapy as you use the Alexander Technique. For each of those methods, and so many more, one goes to the practitioner for treatment. The Alexander Technique stays with you, and moves with you. You own the Alexander Technique, therefore the Alexander Technique makes for a perfect traveling companion.
When we are traveling we are usually seated, and often the sitting situation is not optimal. We are cramped into buses, planes, trains, or cars…

“It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it. The Alexander Technique is the how of how you do anything.” Those phrases have been spoken countless times by Alexander Technique teachers at Alexander Technique lessons. The Alexander Technique is the how of everything you do. It’s how you sit at the computer, more than just that you’re sitting at the computer, that might lead to bad posture, neck pain, back pain, or shoulder pain. As an Alexander Technique teacher I help people sit at the computer, stand, and walk, with more ease and less tension. This results in improved posture, pain relief, and an overall sense of well-being.
There is also another angle, however, regarding how you use the Alexander Technique; it’s what you don’t do…

I was happy to be asked by New York Magazine to write a few sentences about the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique was to be included as one of the steps in an article entitled: ‘50 Steps To Simple Happiness.’ New York Magazine wanted me to give a few instructions about the Alexander Technique, and when to ‘do’ the Alexander Technique. Yikes… When to do the Alexander Technique? When not to do the Alexander Technique would save space!
The Alexander Technique isn’t something you do at certain times, say from 7 to 8 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Alexander Technique is more like…

Do Alexander Technique Teachers Accept insurance?
This question comes up quite frequently with people inquiring about lessons in the Alexander Technique. And why not. One way or the other we pay quite a lot for health insurance. Most health insurance companies here in New York State will not pay for Alexander Technique lessons…

If you have back pain or neck pain, health insurance companies will cover doctors who might prescribe painkillers or muscle relaxers, and then refer you to physical therapists. If that doesn’t work the next stop is surgery. While physical therapists can be great for some problems, they are not always the answer.

Since becoming a full-time Alexander teacher in 2003, I’ve taught the Alexander Technique in settings including classrooms, libraries, homes, cars, community centers, hospitals, physical therapy offices, health food stores, neurologists offices, music schools, music studios, office cubicles, colleges, Broadway theatres, and gyms. Today I taught the Alexander Technique in a men’s room…

The cost of Alexander Technique lessons varies greatly. The first variant would be location. There are Alexander Technique teachers all over the world. The money systems are as varied as the countries. Here in the United States, location is again one of the determining factors. An Alexander Technique teacher from a small town will probably charge less than a teacher from a large city…My fee is…

At our recent Alexander Technique lesson, one of my Alexander Technique students told me she noticed how much extra effort she was using while chopping vegetables. Under normal circumstances we are not angry at vegetables. Next time you’re cutting something, take a moment and pause. Notice the grip you are using while holding the knife. If you are gripping more than necessary…