Frederick Mathias Alexander started out as an actor and developed the technique as a response to voice and breathing difficulties. As he stopped the habitual misuse of his body he found other conditions improved. He went on to help other actors and many well known figures of the time ..... George Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley, and professor John Dewey to name but a few. More recently John Cleese, Yehudi Menuhin and the Queen Mother have been students.
It is now taught in many countries and establishments including the Royal Academies of Drama and Music in London and the Julliard School of Music in New York.