New York Center For the Alexander Technique

Working with Michael Ostrow on Alexander Technique has been a life changing experience for me. I started working with him about one year ago, because I had pain in my lower back and neck from a major surgery/​accident I had years ago and was no longer finding relief through massage therapy and chiropractic work. Within a few lessons, I had started to feel relief from the constant pain I would feel, but more astonishingly, I started to notice how much clearer my mind was feeling. Years ago I was diagnosed as bi-​polar, and to my delight, Alexander Technique has proven to provide more of a permanent relief to the symptoms than any medication I have been prescribed. I can now often be heard strongly urging my friends and family to go and visit Michael for physical and mental pain. We live in a world that’s high-​speed and rushed, especially here in New York City, and we often find ourselves in a constant state of Fight or Flight. Working with Michael has taught me how important it is to slow down and connect with the world– how much healthier we would be as a society if we all took the time to work on ourselves. I will be a lifelong student in the study of Alexander Technique and plan on working with Michael forever… Or until he retires… :-)

Michael Ostrow is a great Alexander Technique teacher. When I first made an appointment with him I had injured my back, a disk injury, and I had already gone to a chiropractor over fifty times. Within a few weeks, I had significant improvement and I was able to wear a backpack again. I’m an avid yoga practitioner and studying the Alexander Technique with Michael has helped me learn how to enter and modify postures so I don’t overuse my bad postural habits and injure myself. I am a writer and a teacher and some of the downside of that is allowing oneself to slump over the desk. The Alexander Technique with Michael has been a godsend. Because of this training I feel as if I can go into old age and still be upright and healthy. Thanks Michael for everything.
There’s a reason that the NYTimes did a special article on Michael – it’s because he is an excellent alexander teacher and a nurturing practitioner.