Who should join these workshops?

These workshops are ideal for choir singers who feel tension in their voice, especially in technically demanding lines or longer phrases; notice that stress, fatigue or difficult musical passages make singing feel heavier; or want more freedom, openness and ease without the fear that voice or breath will run out.

What is the Alexander Technique approach to singing?

The Alexander Technique is a practical approach that helps singers notice how they use themselves in the moment of singing, and discover how small shifts can open the voice. It works by creating conditions in which sound can improve naturally, guiding singers to notice how their body is organized, how sound begins, and how they relate to space and to each other.

Sing with more ease and less effort

I work with choirs and conductors through the Alexander Technique, exploring how releasing unnecessary tension can change the way we breathe, listen and sound together.

I also work 1:1 with singers.

Tell me about your choir

Singing brings extraordinary joy when the sound flows freely

But there are days when breath feels short, you feel the sound won’t quite flow and singing requires effort.

My workshops can help if your choir's singers:

Notice tension building across the choir in breath, voice or posture

Sense that more ease and connection are possible, but doesn't yet know how to access them in rehearsal

Feel that demanding repertoire creates effort rather than freedom

See the workshops

I create conditions in which the sound can improve naturally.

I work with individual choir singers through the Alexander Technique — a practical approach that helps you notice how you use yourself in the moment of singing, and discover how small shifts can open your voice in ways that truly stay with you.

I create conditions in which the sound can improve naturally.

I work with individual choir singers through the Alexander Technique — a practical approach that helps you notice how you use yourself in the moment of singing, and discover how small shifts can open your voice in ways that truly stay with you.

Sound through awareness

I guide singers to notice how the body is organised, how sound begins,and how they relate to space and to each other — reducing unnecessary effort and allowing breath and coordination to support the voice more freely.

From control to pattern

Mental patterns — especially the fear of getting it wrong — often live in the body as tension in the voice and breath. By shifting attention from control to listening, singers begin to trust the act of singing itself.

Sound through awareness

I guide singers to notice how the body is organised, how sound begins,and how they relate to space and to each other — reducing unnecessary effort and allowing breath and coordination to support the voice more freely.

From control to pattern

Mental patterns — especially the fear of getting it wrong — often live in the body as tension in the voice and breath. By shifting attention from control to listening, singers begin to trust the act of singing itself.

What singers and conductors say:

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Knowing a little Alexander Technique has helped tremendously. As a conductor, my energy levels have stayed higher for longer. I've reduced theaches and stiffness after long days, and I've gained a greater feeling of comfort on the rostrum.

Adrian Partington

BBC National Chorus of Wales

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Marysia's guidance has helped me release areas of tension I didn't know existed, and I enjoy singing with more ease.

Artemi, mezzosoprano

Capella Nova Choir

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Singing with Marysia has been a revelation. Despite my years of experience, her technique has completely refined my approach to vocal production. Rather than enforcing rigid posture, she teaches us to release tension throughout the body—from the jaw and shoulders to the lower back—unlocking a freer, richer sound. Combining infectious enthusiasm with consummate technical skill, she has elevated our choir to new heights.

Cate, soprano

Collegium Singers Choir

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Marysia gently guides singers towards greater awareness of body, breath, and listening. Through her work, our choir has become noticeably more relaxed, confident, and connected in rehearsal and performance.

Nicky, soprano

Capella Nova Choir

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Singing with Marysia has been a revelation. Despite my years of experience, her technique has completely refined my approach to vocal production. Rather than enforcing rigid posture, she teaches us to release tension throughout the body—from the jaw and shoulders to the lower back—unlocking a freer, richer sound. Combining infectious enthusiasm with consummate technical skill, she has elevated our choir to new heights.

Cate, soprano

Collegium Singers Choir

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Marysia has fine-tuned the art of getting the most and best out of every participant; sessions are delivered with passion, compassion, vigour and humour. The approach is influenced by Alexander Technique.this is clearly a Marysia Technique and it's effectiveness is unarguable.

Ian, bass

Capella Nova Choir

What singers say

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Knowing a little Alexander Technique has helped tremendously. As a conductor, my energy levels have stayed higher for longer. I've reduced theaches and stiffness after long days, and I've gained a greater feeling of comfort on the rostrum.

Dr Adrian Partington

BBCNational Chorus of Wales

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Marysia'sguidance helps me release areas of tension I didn't know existed, andenjoy singing with more ease.

Emily, soprano, 3 years in choir

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Singing with Marysia has been a wonderful new experience for me, as her training in the Alexander Technique has brought a fresh perspective to our rehearsals. Her focus on how the body works as a whole in singing, and the various ways in which we can 'try too hard' and inhibit our own sound, has helped me to be more aware of how I sing and to relax more, freeing my voice.

Beth, alto

Capella Nova Choir

You translate everything, whether physical or mental or spiritual, into muscular tension.

F. Matthias Alexander

Ease of Singing Workshops

Option 1

Within a regular rehearsal

60 - 90 minutes

Gentle introduction to work with breath, balance and ease

No individual preparation required from singers

Noticeable shift in how the choir listens and coordinates by the end of the session

Option 2

Half-day workshop

Approx. 3 hours

More space to explore tension, breath and vocal colour in depth

Individual attention within a group setting

Singers leave with a different quality of attention they carry back into rehearsals

Option 3

Ease of singing retreat

Full day/ weekend

Slower, deeper immersive work with room to actually change habits, not just notice them

Enough time for integration and repetition

Shaped around your choir's needs - can be combined with repertoire work

Discover your choir's ease

I offer a space to explore how ease changes the musical process itself.

I know what free, easy singing looks and sounds like — and I know what it feels like when it isn't there.

Maria Górska-Saj

Conductor & Alexander Technique teacher

South West England

As a conductor, I work with chamber choirs in the South West of England. I stand on the podium every week, navigating the same challenges you do: tired singers, dense harmonies, limited rehearsal time, the pressure to be ready.

As an Alexander Technique teacher, I've come to understand that many of the things we try to fix through more effort often resolve themselves when we attend to what's underneath — the habitual tension we don't even notice we're carrying.

Let's have a conversation

A 20-minute phone or Zoom call. No obligation. No sales pitch. Just a conversation between musicians.

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