​Move Well. Feel Good. Look Great.
​Good Posture Rules! 

WELCOME.

​​If you're reading this, you may be struggling with chronic tension, persistent discomfort, a general sense of unease or lack of confidence in your body that just won't go away no matter what you do. You may work out regularly and practice yoga, but the tightness in your back, neck and shoulders always returns. It's making your life difficult.​​

You had multiple visits to acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractic or massage but didn't find lasting relief.

You suspect that your growing physical pain has something to do with your posture. You want to get this under control, and find the root cause of your discomfort so you can change and resolve it, once and for all.

What's most important for you is to be active, pain-free and poised as you get older. You don't want to look like you lost the battle with gravity!

Posture is the most overlooked health issue in today's world. Your life's quality depends on it.

​​​​Reclaim Your Balance
​Ease Your Tension & Pain

​Here is a fact: How we do one activity is how we do all activities! Our attraction to technology tends to pull us out of balance and into our device, which then claims full control over our senses and fixing our posture. But so can many other activities such as 'relaxing' on a couch or doing the dishes. Habits developed in one activity will show up in virtually everything we do - we just don't realize it until we start feeling stressed out or are in pain.

To transform unhealthy posture for good, you need to understand and befriend your habits. You need to be curious about yourself by asking questions such as: "What exactly am I doing right now as I am experiencing this tension?  What does it mean for my whole body's freedom? How exactly is it affecting my physiology and mental attitude? What other choices can I make that don't overwork my system? This is a very sophisticated process, full of joy and surprises, and unique to the Alexander Technique.​​​

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​Did you know that tension, discomfort and low physical self-esteem will no longer be a problem when you improve the balance, coordination & alignment of your body? In fact, you can:

* Feel stronger in your body
​*  Move beautifully
*  Have more energy
*  Release stubborn tension
* Find more comfort
* Get more done with more ease
*  Create greater emotional balance
* Express yourself freely
* Have clear body language
​*  Rock your confidence
...and so much more!​

Discover My Online Programs

New Posture programs are designed to help you mobilize your body, erase tension & provide the building blocks you really need to create new comfort and freedom from pain. Transform how you live in your body, improve your confidence and let great movement & posture rule your life because living in a free and mobile body means enjoying more happy years to come. LEARN MORE HERE​

​Did I mention that my teaching process is an experience that is as fun & light-hearted as it is deeply profound & life-changing? ​​The best part? No repetitive exercises needed!

​Not sure how this could work for you?

​Book your FREE 45min New Posture consultation and find out for yourself.​​
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NOTE: At the heart of all my programs is my dedication to make you feel good about yourself, and to strengthen your sense of safety and relaxation. Therefore they're free of any pressure, pretense, fake urgencies or insincerity.  :)
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Get The New Guide!

"Your Guide to Effortless Sitting"  is for you if chronic pain and tension in your back, neck and shoulders is hijacking your energy and mental space. Learn proven strategies & ergonomic recommendations that help to adjust your body and environment for optimal comfort, ease and productivity. See you on the inside!

Why Your Posture Matters

The way you use your body shapes how you experience life. Your posture is the result of the conscious and unconscious patters and impulses you use for moving your body. They express all of you all the time. Wherever you go, there is your body. Whatever you do, you do it with your body.

​To know your own postural patterns is so empowering because they're the key to understanding how to shift from tension to ease, and from stress to freedom.

I've been specializing for over two decades in helping my clients improve the way they move, look and feel from the inside out. I use an educational process of empowering postural efficiency that not only supports new healthy lifestyle choices and reverses or prevents existing health issues, but that also brightens your personal energy signature and magnetism so you can feel confident doing what you love doing most in your life.


You're Intelligent
​​You're Already Whole

Your body functions as a unified, intelligent whole. It never works as separate parts. While it's true that your beliefs, experiences and the stories you tell yourself shape your body's postural expressions, it's also true that how you move your body shapes the way you think, feel, and express yourself. No matter how you look at it, posture serves as both cause and effect for the quality with which you live in your body.

Unfortunately, this holistic view of posture is not always so obvious, or even easy to comprehend. You are always right in the middle of your own experience, which can make it challenging to "see the forest for the trees" and to perceive yourself clearly.

Moreover, just google 'posture' and you'll notice tons of dualistic, fragmented ideas about what is 'wrong with you' and your posture. ​This view tends to shame us into thinking we must 'try harder' to 'do better', which can set off difficult emotions in many people, stirring feelings of inadequacy and not being good enough, and can bring on a sense of lack. You are not lacking. You are already whole.
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It's my passion to offer the support to help you find the true strength of postural freedom. You're already designed for health, balance & ease, you just need to re-discover how so that you can live confidently and creatively in your human body.


Client Experiences


We Don't "Exercise"
And I Won't "Fix" You

The world of exercises in gyms or studios is full of ideas of how to 'fix' your posture, and ready to shout out mainstream posture commands such as "Sit up straight!", "Pull your shoulders back!", "Open your chest", "Suck it up!" , "Tuck your pelvis" or "Straighten your spine". 

But you may've noticed that they're impossibly hard to follow. The reason is that these actions aren't freeing your energy but exhausting it. They bring on tension and even more pain, induce mental stress and sometimes even feelings of failure! They add more strain to everything you do!

​Repetitive exercises that aim to fix you into a certain shape, or that stretch/strengthen isolated muscles so that they hold your body upright in a 'right position' are dangerous and do not work, because they go against everything that is true about how your body operates by design.

Your body is not meant to hold onto any preconceived shape, no matter what you're doing. Your body is made for dynamic adaptation to the ever-changing conditions of life. You're made for movement that is harmonious with the way you're designed, a design that promotes wholeness, balance and connection.

 
​Holistic Posture
The New Paradigm

We need to move away from thinking about posture only in terms of "good" or "bad", and towards a viewpoint that implies the possibility for holistic, conscious, and empowering change. Your posture is an expression of you, a signal. Your posture is how you've learned to respond to life, and there is nothing wrong or bad about any of it. It's your adaptive physical expression with which you are currently meeting life, and with the right tools and understanding you can change yourself in a minute should you decide to,

Your posture is how you've learned to respond to life. There is absolutely nothing wrong or bad about any of it. It's your adaptive physical expression with which you are currently meeting life, and with the right tools and understanding you can change yourself in a minute should you decide to.

Because your posture is a collection of behaviors you have learned in order to function and survive, you can also learn to stop doing what no longer serves you or makes you happy. You can learn to do something different. ​​

My posture programs promote deeply transformative self-awareness & a positive attitude towards yourself. Discover life-changing skills designed to improve your posture so you can better manage stress, pain and tension.

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Comfort & Confidence
Own Your Body's Structure


Alexander work defines a process by which you learn to take back full ownership and comfort in your body.
​The sense of being in your body dramatically shifts towards more joy and self-connection. You will light(en) up, and with it your relationship to your environment and to other people. It is about the quality with which you inhabit and express yourself.
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Letting go of useless habits and muscular tension that has negatively impacted your body's functioning enters you into a new and wondrous realm of being yourself. Here lies the freedom to make new and improved movement and behavior choices. Applying integrative methods that help you regulate your entire nervous system and stimulate your thinking mind will further guide you towards harmony and balance of 'mind, muscle and emotion'.
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Throughout the Alexander process, there are no typical exercises to repeat, and you don't need to buy special tools or equipment. Just bring yourself and your sincerity, and your interest in discovering and learning about yourself. Everything that happens in each session can be directly applied to real life.

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​Why Work With Me?
​Experience And Expertise

"The Power and Well-Being of the Body lies in the Artistry of its Use."  ​Flora D.H.Ojanen
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After more than two decades of teaching experience I have developed potent educational tools and embodiment techniques I use in my online programs to help you re-discover your natural and effortless body and posture. Whether gardening, sitting at your computer, yoga, running, weight lifting, leading your team, feeling more confident, or playing your instrument is what you love to do - you can learn to do it with more ease and enjoyment. 
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My signature teaching process is not only based on the Alexander Technique, mindfulness, modern neuroscience, self-regulation, psychology and human functional anatomy & design, but also on the great Daoist teachings and movement arts - because the outlook you have on life sets the tone for not only how you act and feel inside, but how you perceive the world around you.


​My teaching style is science-based, fun, light-hearted, deep and inspiring. ​Every single concern or question regarding your posture, symptoms, embodiment, life experiences, structural integrity & personal empowerment is important and taken very seriously.


​For any activity you want to improve, an important key is to find the actual impact of any unconscious habits on your muscles, your statue, and on your present mental state. I can help you make new choices in how you move and think that are beneficial to you. Free up formerly unknown space in your body so yo can breathe deeper, move fuller and re-connect to your innate ability to feel in charge, coordinated and aware of yourself in daily life.​

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"Flora is such a skillful teacher and mover. She will help you demystify your posture. You will understand how you can stop the common yo-yo effect of slouching/tensing/slouching that everyone struggles with, no matter who they are. Through that process you can build lasting tools to help you feel great in your body. "​


Dynamic Posture
​For Graceful Aging


​If aging or loss of function is your concern, I can help you.

​​Being balanced is relaxing. It stimulates the activation of our parasympathetic nervous system: Restore, Renew, Digest and Rest. But as we age, our balance can get seriously challenged. There are many reason for it: osteoporosis, loss of muscle mass, accidents, eye sight problems, accumulated stress reactions, or even having an 'old age attitude'.
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Physical balance goes hand in hand with mental balance, and we must be attentive to the fact that our bodies love to get tune-ups at any age. In the same way, staying interested in what is going on around us, and keeping life's sparks flying high is the foundation for a healthy attitude and experience while 'sageing'.​

FUN FACT Did you know that a delicate coordination of your eyes and spine is essential for good posture? 

​Learning to respond with less tension to life, being less reactive in general, and learning to move not against but with your physical design will give you the power to take charge of how you move, feel and look.  A person in balance is poised and looks at ease. A person in balance feels light and energetic, free of tension, and ready to move.​
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Only when all parts of the body can relate in a subtle and free relationship to each other, thus allowing lengthening in statue and widening across the body, can dynamic posture and optimum breathing be possible.  Come and study the ​Alexander Technique!
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Your Posture At Work
Don't Sit Frozen: Be Lively!

​You already have a standing desk and ergonomic office chair, and maybe even purchased wearable devices claiming to help with posture, but your pain and tension continue to increase? ​​

Posture is deeply ingrained and habitual. It can be really difficult to sense what it is that we are actually doing with ourself, especially when we are 'sitting still and concentrating' so much of our day. When you learn how to consider sitting as movement, you'll have a better chance of improving your postural response than trying to figure out a correct sitting position (which is impossible!). 
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​Great posture comes from understanding how mind and body work efficiently and united, not from a new expensive chair or smart-looking external device like a back brace.  While good ergonomics are of course important, learning to sense what movement choices are actually available to you in the work set-up that you use is the missing link to postural health at the computer.​


When Posture Creates Pain​

Long term and high-level unmanaged stress in the system can keep the body in fight-flight-freeze mode, signaling the constant release of stress hormones. It dulls our senses, and limits the flow of blood and oxygen to the parts of the brain and body which are responsible for relaxation, revitalization, healing and growth.
​Weakened sensory messaging to our brain prevents us from feeling a level of safety, intensifying our stress response.


​Postural self-regulation as it is taught in Alexander work will guide you towards freedom from the impact of excessive mental stress on your posture. This is a life-supporting process suitable for any age! By understanding the triggers that produce acute stress and tension in your body, and then stopping those triggers from getting expressed, you can effectively prevent chronic pain from developing.
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Postural Habits
​And Structural Aging

Alexander teachers are posture educators. We're helping you develop gracefulness. A deteriorating posture is one of the primary signs of structural aging. What tends to age us fast are our habits. Poor habits of statue and body use can come to dominate all our activities. 
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​They continue long after the initial reasons for developing them have gone, and often result in unnecessary muscular efforts and a depletion of our energy with possible long term consequences - back strain, breathing problems, compromised balance, neck pain, migraines, anxiety, high blood pressure, excess tension, prolonged exhaustion, low self-esteem, strong emotional stress responses or mood swings.
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​Different from other modalities and medical posture interventions, Alexander coaching sessions do not treat you as a 'patient', but empower you as a resourceful client with unique life experience. You've got the chance of becoming a true expert of yourself by learning essential skills that eliminate the cause of postural tension and unease.​

New Awareness 

Cultivate presence and moment-by moment awareness.

New Directions

Establish balance and coordination in daily movement.

New Connections

Return to deep confidence, self-respect and happiness.

​​Performers & Thinkers
Who Studied Alexander Technique


​Left to right: Madonna/Paul McCartney/Victoria Beckham/Yehudi Menuhin/Robin Williams/Hugh Jackman/Jamie Lee Curtis/Keanu Reeves/Judi Dench/Hillary Swank/Jeremy Irons/ Kevin Kline/William Hurt/Pierce Brosnan/Moshe Feldenkrais/Aldous Huxley/George Bernhard Shaw/John Dewey​

​Living Inside Our Structure

​The Missing Link In Healthcare

The book "Body Mechanics", written by medical doctors way back in 1952, states:
"An individual is in the best health only when the body is so used that there is no strain on any of its parts. This means that, when standing, the body is held fully erect, with no strain on the joints, the bones, the ligaments, the muscles or any other structures. There should be adequate room for all the viscera, so that their function can be performed normally..."
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This was observed over fifty years after Mr. Alexander came to the same conclusions through studying himself in front of mirrors. We really need to pay attention to how we use our body in daily life, specially with all that sitting these days, to keep ourselves in best working order.


Learn to observe and handle yourself with more wisdom. Understand the unconscious attitudes in the way you move, think and carry yourself, and how these attitudes and believes directly influence the way you feel and act. Your health is directly linked to the way you use yourself, and you can change it if you want to feel and be your best! We have more power over our health than we usually want to believe.

Prof. Dr Jack Stern, Brain and Spine Surgeon New York
Doctor's Recommendation

"The Alexander Technique stresses unification in an era of greater and greater medical specialization.  It is an educational system that teaches people how to best use their bodies in ordinary action to avoid or reduce unnecessary stress and pain.  It enables clients to get better faster and stay better longer.
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This is undoubtedly the best way to take care of the back and alleviate back pain.  97% of the people suffering from back pain could benefit by learning the Alexander Technique.” 

​Jack Stern, MD, PhD, Brain and Spine Surgeon New York, White Plains, NY Author of Ending Back Pain: 5 Powerful Steps to Diagnose, Understand, and Treat Your Ailing Back (2014)