Cathy Dowden Alexander Technique

30/11/2025

Many of us hold unnecessary tension in our neck and shoulders, especially when using our arms for everyday tasks like chopping, typing, playing an instrument or even reaching.

We often try to “hold ourselves up” from the top, overworking the neck and shoulder muscles.

But true support comes from the ground up, lightening your whole body.
When your legs and feet provide the foundation, your arms are freed to move with ease, without strain or effort.

When this happens, you can move and breathe more freely.

This is one of the key discoveries of the Alexander Technique - letting go of old tension patterns and rediscovering natural support and freedom in movement.

If you’d like to explore this in your own body, I’m running a free workshop this Tuesday Dec 2. We’ll look at tension patterns, support, and simple ways to move with more ease in everyday life.

Last remaining spots left - If you’d like to explore this in your own body, I’m running a free workshop this Tuesday Dec 2. We’ll look at tension patterns, support, and simple ways to move with more ease in everyday life.

Last remaining spots left: https://www.cathydowden.com.au/alexander-technique-melbourne-events

20/11/2025

✨ Stress, pain, or poor posture can creep into daily life, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.

Join us for a FREE “Come & Try” Alexander Technique and experience how small shifts in awareness and movement can make a big difference.

✔ Reset your body to comfort and move with ease
✔ Release tension and breathe more freely
✔ Enjoy gentle, mindful movement in a relaxed setting

📅 Tuesday 2 December | 6–7pm
📍 EBV Display Suite, 8 Bluestone Way, Brunswick East

🌸 It’s relaxed, beginner-friendly, and the perfect way to end your day feeling lighter and calmer.

💫 Exclusive Offer for Attendees:
Everyone who joins the workshop gets access to:
✨ Half-price bookings for any session or package (6 for the price of 3!)
Offer available only to workshop participants - expires at midnight after the event!

🎟️ Limited spots, book your free place today and start moving with more freedom and calm.

🔗 www.cathydowden.com.au/alexander-technique-melbourne-events

Upcoming events FREE WORKSHOP Tuesday, 2 December 6.00 - 7:00 PMDisplay Suite, East Brunswick Village (EBV) Move with ease, reduce pain, and improve balance.  Come & Try Alexander Technique✔ Learn simple techniques to reset your body to comfort✔ Reduce tension, breathe easier, and feel more coo...

12/11/2025

For many Australian women, time is a luxury in short supply. According to the HILDA Survey, more than four in ten women say they often or almost always feel rushed - a number that has barely budged in 20 years. Meanwhile, men's time-stress has eased.

The age group 25–44 is particularly impacted: juggling paid work, parenting and household tasks, women are reporting consistently high levels of time-pressure. The message is clear: flexible workplaces and supportive policies are not just ‘nice-to-have’, they’re essential for wellbeing. Because when time is tight, health and life satisfaction suffer too.

✨ What if the goal wasn’t to do more, but to do less, with more presence?
When we slow down, even briefly, we give our nervous system a chance to reset — our thinking becomes clearer, our posture easier, our breath freer.

✨ So much of our rushing isn’t about time itself, it’s a habit.
When we learn to pause and move with more awareness, the sense of urgency softens. We realise we can get where we’re going without the rush.

As a body and mind coach, I often see how much tension comes from the constant sense of rushing. Relearning how to pause, breathe, and move with awareness can be a powerful antidote to time stress, even when life is full.

💬 What are your thoughts on this?
Do you notice that sense of rushing in your own day? what helps you slow it down?

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06/11/2025

On this long hike, the sun was hot, the pack was heavy, and I’d been walking for hours. At the top of the hill, I found a shady spot, lay down for a rest.

In 'Active Reset & Rest', you lie on your back with your knees up and your head supported. This simple position allows the upper and lower parts of your spine to release and lengthen, then gravity does the work for you.

It’s a quiet practice from the Alexander Technique that helps everything settle and spread into the support beneath you. Your muscles let go of holding, your nervous system calms, and your whole body comes back into alignment.

After ten minutes, I was refreshed and ready to bounce up and keep going.

🍃 Try it yourself: when you’re tired, sore, or stressed, lie down for a few minutes, let gravity do the work, and notice how your body and breath naturally reset.

And if you can, do it outside, looking up at the underside of trees is pure magic. 🌳

30/10/2025

✨ Did you know you might be relying on the wrong muscles to hold yourself up during the day?

Your body has four layers of back muscles. The outer layers are built for movement, but when they’re overused for support, they tire quickly and can lead to tension or pain.

Deep inside, close to your spine, are the postural support muscles. These tiny muscles don’t fatigue in the same way, they’re designed to quietly hold you with ease, as long as you know how to let them do their job.

Through the Alexander Technique, I can help you reconnect with these deep support muscles, reduce strain, and find more ease in everyday movement.

👉 Ready to feel more ease in your everyday movement?
I offer individual and group Alexander Technique lessons in Brunswick East and Coburg. Learn how to release tension, improve posture, and move through life with greater freedom.

Find out more or book a session at www.cathydowden.com.au

22/10/2025

Stress, pain, or poor posture can creep into daily life, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.

Join us for a FREE “Come & Try” Alexander Technique workshop and experience how small shifts in awareness and movement can make a big difference.

✔ Reset your body to comfort and move with ease
✔ Release tension and breathe more freely
✔ Enjoy gentle, mindful movement in a relaxed setting

📅 Tuesday 28 October | 6–7pm
📍 EBV Display Suite, 8 Bluestone Way, Brunswick East

Spots are limited, book your free place today and start moving with more freedom and calm.

Upcoming events FREE WORKSHOP Tuesday 6.00 - 7:00 PMDisplay Suite, East Brunswick Village (EBV) Come & Try Alexander TechniqueMove with ease, reduce pain, and improve balance.  ✔ Learn simple techniques to reset your body to comfort✔ Reduce tension, breathe easier, and feel more coordinated✔ ...

10/10/2025

Private health rebates for Alexander Technique returning soon.

A new review recommends lifting the ban on seven complementary therapies. Nine others remain prohibited.

23/09/2025

🌱 Feeling tense or overwhelmed?
Stress isn’t only in your mind; it shows up in the way you move, breathe, and carry yourself.

Join me at East Brunswick Village for a FREE 45-minute workshop where you’ll experience how simple awareness and gentle movement, through the Alexander Technique, can ease stress and bring more balance into everyday life.

✨ What you’ll explore:
✔ Gentle guided awareness practice
✔ Everyday movements with less strain
✔ Tools to release tension anywhere, anytime
✔ Moving with more freedom & ease

📅 Sunday 5 October
⏰ 11.00 – 11.45am
📍 East Brunswick Village – Display Suite, 8 Bluestone Way

No special equipment or experience needed, just bring yourself.

➡️ Book your free spot now and take the first step to moving with more calm and ease.

https://cathydowdenalexandertechnique.as.me/?appointmentType=83711729