Our Mission is to help the general public maintain poise, dignity, and personal growth throughout all stages and challenges of life through the principles of Alexander technique (AT). We are committed to removing barriers and making Alexander technique education available across broad socioeconomic groups, to those with chronic conditions and their families, as well as to children and youth, so that everyone might have access to the AT principles by the age of 21. Our Mission is realized through promotion of the profession, creation of programs adapted for specific populations and industries, and support of cutting edge research in the field. We use a team approach that unites members of the general public who have benefited from AT with industry experts and AT professionals for coordinated, collaborative advocacy.

The Poise Project Statement on Systemic Racism and Generational Poverty

We are an Alexander technique focused nonprofit regionally centered in the Southeast, and specifically in the Appalachian region of North Carolina and Tennessee, and on the ancestral land of the Anikituwagi, more commonly known as the Cherokee, the native people and original stewards of this land. We are acutely aware of the historical damage that slavery, systemic racism, exploitation and attempts at forced assimilation of indigenous peoples, and the large scale neglect of human rights, health problems, and social needs that generational poverty have caused, and continue to cause, to people in our communities. We are committed to adapting the AT principles in ways that will make them accessible across broad socioeconomic groups, to be of service to any and all in our local communities who have been traumatized by systemic racism and generational poverty, and to support those who are currently engaged in local protest and activism. We are committed to deeply examining and addressing any and all cultural assumptions about white body supremacy that are consciously, or unconsciously, embedded in our profession’s development, practice, and training. We actively seek guidance in how to do this with continued input from members of our richly diverse Southeastern community and by joining our efforts in this historic movement: a Third Reconstruction for deep social change in our region and in our country.