Hi Everyone! This is exciting....my first blog entry to date.

My name is Cecile Raynor. Have been teaching the Alexander Technique for over 20 years in the Boston area and Paris where I am from and where I studied. At some point also trained as a Thai Yoga Massage Therapist, a healing modality, also called "Lazy Men's Yoga" because the practitioner does all the work while the receiver is chilling out blissfully!:

The Alexander Technique and my 25 years meditation practice permeates all I do from my way to practice Thai Yoga to my Kinesthetic Artwork, my parenting, my personal yoga practice, my relationships...when I say everything, I mean it! It even helped me teach myself how to ride a bike this past month after a lifetime of believing it was too late to start!

Although many teachers specialize in working with dancers or musicians or whatever their complementary profession is, I tend to embrace people of all backgrounds and can help everyone with the same dedication. I feel fortunate to be able to communicate well both through my hands-on work and verbally. As importantly, I am a compassionate and patient teacher and even after 20 some years of practice, I remain just as passionate about my work as I did when I started. :)

As far as I know, I am the only Alexander Technique teacher who offers Alexander Technique based Thai Yoga and combo sessions tailored to each individuals according to their needs and preferences. These sessions have become very popular as individuals feel they are receiving the best of both worlds and they are!:)

With the Alexander Technique, you learn to stop using your body in a way that creates excess tension as you go about your daily activities. As a result, discomfort and pain ease away, often to never return. It is a preventive mind/body method to reclaim better postural balance and ease of movements, shedding harmful habitual patterns of body and mind in the process!

When you come to a Thai Yoga session, you enjoy the benefits of a Yoga practice but I do all the work relieving you from muscular tension, improving circulation, boosting your immune system, and balancing the natural flow of energy of your body. It can help you if you do not do yoga on your own or it can expand your comfort zone in your yoga practice if you already do yoga. My Alexander Technique hands are an assurance that no matter where I place my hands, I am actually working with your whole body in mind.

When you sign up for a combo session, you get some benefits from both yet it is very clear to you which one I do when. Despite the overlap between both modalities, the feel of my Thai Yoga hands and the feel of my Alexander hands differ very clearly! An experience to have!

For more info about my Alexander Technique and Thai Yoga work go to www.AlexanderTec.com
To peek at my artwork, go to www.studiocecile.com