Beret Arcaya · Habit & Choice   Testimonials   "I approached the suggestion of Alexander lessons with caution and skepticism. But Beret Arcaya quickly won me over with her remarkably articulate explanation of how and why the Alexander approach would help me, if I was willing and able to change. We have been a remarkably effective team—I am tempted to say a life-saving team. Beret taught me how my life-long physical actions and my emotional reactions produced pain, and taught me the awareness and techniques to counteract and prevent the pain. Five years ago I thought I was doomed to a restricted, handicapped life. Today, at age 72, I work full-time in a high-stress profession, travel extensively, walk vigorously to and from work—three miles a day—and shoot baskets on the week-end." Ernest B. (April 2010) " As a personal trainer with over 18 years of experience on the upper east side in NYC, I grew increasingly disenchanted with the whole modern 'gym' experience. Sensing that  the methods that I had been taught and that were accepted as healthy were increasingly harmful to my clients, I began to search for a safer, saner way to work out. The Alexander Technique was just that way.  And with Beret's laser-like ability to get to the essence of the myriad problems that I have faced with my clients, she has helped me transform their workouts to the point where they achieve strength and fitness, but, more importantly transform the overall usage of their bodies.  Continue to Next Page or Return to Previous Page