• Improve balance, coordination, and skills of everyday living                            
  • Learn to age gracefully
  • Reduce chronic pain, in your back, shoulders, neck, hips…
  • Find mindfulness in everyday living
  • Overcome performance anxiety
  • Improve your speaking voice for everyday and performance
  • Achieve mastery in performing arts and sports

Whoever you are, whatever your age, you can use the Alexander Technique to feel better, improve your posture and coordination, and use your body more mindfully. The question is, how soon would you like to start experiencing these benefits?

Ruth Rootberg helps people in person in the Amherst, Massachusetts area and others from all over the world while online to learn how to harness the full power of their brains so new patterns of movement occur, creating ease and comfort in activity.

Can I help you?

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Her clients live or work in or near Amherst, Northampton, Florence, Greenfield, Belchertown, Hadley, South Hadley, Granby, Pelham, Belchertown, Holyoke, Leverett, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Whately, Deerfield, Hatfield, Williamsburg, New Salem, Wendell, Orange, Montague, Turners Falls, Brattleboro, Springfield, Longmeadow, and other communities in Hampshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts, and Windham County, Vermont. Online – people come from all over!


My newest book:

Living the Alexander Technique
Volume III: Working on Yourself
Aging with Poise

by Ruth Rootberg

Fourteen Alexander Technique teachers, trained in the UK and the USA, speak with Ruth Rootberg about what “working on yourself” means, how they learned it, and how they teach it.

“Ruth Rootberg has done it again!. This book opens a window into the thoughts and experiences of fourteen senior teachers of the Alexander Technique. It is rich in insights and a fascinating peek into how the principles of the Technique are used and taught as reflected through the eyes of those who have been growing with them over time. This book is a treasure for our community, and an enlightening resource for Alexander Technique students and those who might be interested in this life-giving work.”

Barbara Kent
AmSAT Senior Alexander Technique Teacher
Former Director of Teacher Certification, ACAT-NY

In this captivating collection of interviews, Ruth Rootberg invites readers into a rich exploration of what it truly means to work on oneself, as seen through the perspectives of experienced Alexander Technique teachers from diverse—sometimes overlapping—lineages. Each conversation is anchored by a thought-provoking central question: How do these dedicated educators engage in their own personal development? Through these enlightening dialogues, Ruth uncovers a wealth of insights into the ongoing journey with the Technique and its transformative impact on both teaching and daily life—insights that offer valuable lessons for us all.

Seán Carey, PhD
Alexander Technique Teacher and author of several books including
The Alexander Technique: the Ground Rules;
Think More, Do Less; Personally Speaking; and
Exploring the Alexander Technique with Walter Carrington.

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Direct from the publisher at: Levellers Press
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Interview and Demonstration here.

 

WATCH ME TEACH as part of the article:
“The Alexander Technique: A Mind-Body practice for ALL of us”