Hi, I'm Maria McGivern, owner of The Mindful Body. I teach a mind-body mindfulness and re-educational method called the Alexander technique. The Alexander technique teaches you how to work with your mind and body to change harmful habits and how you react to stressful stimuli in everyday life. It works with the nervous system, the physical startle pattern, and the fight-flight, freeze and fawn stress responses affecting body alignment and posture to retrain unconscious habits and reactions to stress.... Read more

Alexander Technique: Improve your posture, ease back and neck pain, and learn tools for calmness and confidence! The Alexander Technique is a method of releasing physical tension and improving alignment of your body. Voice coaching: learn to use your voice with ease and power whether you are giving a presentation, speaking up in a meeting, or singing Counselling: a listening ear to help unravel problems in your life, and refresh your purpose and life path Suryagita (BA, ATTSNZ, Dip. Counselling,... Read more

–Want relief from the weight of your life? –Would you like to improve function, energy, quality of movement? –Improve back or neck pain? –Do you love what you’re doing but find it is hurting more than you can bear. Alexander Technique is the best thing you can do at any given moment to improve your quality of life….wherever you work, whatever you do, office work, playing music or sport, minding children or the elderly! Read more