--- title: "Home" date: 2021-02-01 author: "admin" --- # Home # Attention AT Teachers: Article for ATI ExChange & 2025 Dublin Congress Presentations My article: *Using NLP and Positive Reinforcement to teach the Alexander Technique* Has now been published in the May 2025 edition of *ExChange*, the in-house magazine of [Alexander Technique International](https://www.alexandertechniqueinternational.org/) The pdf version is here [**ATI\_Exchange\_May2025\_Using-NLP**](https://loosenup.org/wp-content/uploads/ATI_Exchange_May2025_Using-NLP.pdf) Please note that this is written for Alexander Technique teachers, so it is a bit technical and has a bit of jargon. However, feel free to read it. It is a summary of how I can now teach what took me over five years to learn in about ten weeks to most people. I also presented my methods to the triennial **[International Alexander Technique Congress](https://atcongressdublin.com/presenters/david-owen/)** in Dublin, in August 2025. The pdf of the slides is here **[Dublin\_Congress\_Aug2025\_Using-NLP](https://loosenup.org/wp-content/uploads/Dublin_Congress_Aug2025_Using-NLP.pdf)** I have also now submitted an article for the Congress Papers, to be published in January 2026. ### For My Latest News Follow me on Facebook at # About Loosen Up.org This site is a resource to learn about the advantages of using the Loosen Up method of teaching the Alexander Technique, both for teachers and for pupils. In the ***near*** future, this site will be updated to make the advantages of the Lossen Up method and the Alexander Technique much more easy to understand for the general public worldwide. At that point, there will be a seperate site as a resource for Alexander Teachers. Currently there are no teachers other than myself trained in the Loosen Up method. However, I am now publicising my methods through [my article](https://loosenup.org/wp-content/uploads/ATI_Exchange_May2025_Using-NLP.pdf) in ExChange, the in-house magazine of [Alexander Technique International](https://www.alexandertechniqueinternational.org/) and a presentation at the triennial [International Alexander Technique Congress](https://atcongressdublin.com/presenters/david-owen/). I will then host a list of teachers who are open and agreeable to my methods and a list of teachers who have trained in them specifically. There are many excellent teachers around, even without using my methods and I will be producing a list of teacher organisations worldwide, so you can find someone near you. For people in the Plymouth, Devon and East Cornwall areas, information about my Plymouth practice is at [AlexanderTechniquePlymouth.co.uk](https://alexandertechniqueplymouth.co.uk/) This site is also a useful resource for anyone else to learn about the Technique. # Loosen Up Loosen Up is a way of learning the Alexander Technique, quickly and easily. What took me over five years to learn, most people can learn in about ten weeks. The Alexander Technique uses a simple way of thinking to be able to relax below the plateau level that most people think is relaxation. This allows your natural poise and coordination to restore themselves, which means you will tend to move more easily and stand taller without any noticeable effort. In other words, the Alexander Technique is a way to Loosen Up! Read on about [The uses and reputation of the Alexander Technique](https://loosenup.org/alexander-technique/) [Why it is so important](https://loosenup.org/alexander-technique/alexander-technique-importance/) [What actually is it](https://loosenup.org/alexander-technique/alexander-technique-what-is/) [Why it’s *not* Posture and how it produces Poise](https://loosenup.org/alexander-technique/posture-and-poise/) [Who was Alexander](https://loosenup.org/alexander-technique/alexander-who-was/) [Also how it can improve your health](https://loosenup.org/health/) and [Performance](https://loosenup.org/performance/) I also offer [Counselling, Coaching and NLP](https://loosenup.org/counselling-coaching-nlp/), though I am semi retired from these. [XL](https://loosenup.org/excel-yourself/)