Tara Bentall
Awareness & Response Practice in Portslade
Helping people live with less pain, tension and stress.
About the Practice
This is an awareness and response practice, built from long-term work with movement, the Alexander Technique, and wider approaches to how we live and respond to things.
It focuses on noticing what’s happening, and working with it in a practical way — physically and mentally.
Hello,
I run an awareness and response practice, working one-to-one with people to reduce pain, tension and stress, and to move and live with more ease.
This work is rooted in the Alexander Technique, alongside movement-based work and other approaches
If you’re coming specifically for Alexander Technique, that’s still a core part of the work here — just taught in a more integrated, practical way, developed through experience.
I work one-to-one in my Portslade home studio serving Brighton, Hove and Shoreham. Many of the people I work with come to me because they’ve tried other approaches and are looking for something practical, mindful, and sustainable.
Who I work with
People come to Alexander Technique lessons for many reasons, including:
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Ongoing back, neck or shoulder pain
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Stress, anxiety, or feeling constantly “on edge”
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Postural discomfort or fatigue
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Breathing difficulties or tension
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Recovering from injury or long-term strain
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Wanting more ease in everyday movement and life
You don’t need to be “good at movement” — the work meets you where you are.
What Alexander Technique offers
Alexander Technique is a practical, gentle approach that helps you notice and change unhelpful habits of tension and effort.
Rather than exercises or treatments, lessons help you develop awareness, coordination, and choice — so that everyday activities like sitting, standing, walking, working, or resting become easier, more comfortable and less tiring.
Many people describe feeling calmer, more balanced, and more at home in themselves.
This forms a foundation of the wider work I offer.
Background & Training
I qualified as an Alexander Technique teacher in 2017 and work with people of all ages for differing reasons.
My background also includes qualifications in hypnotherapy and equine therapy, alongside training in permaculture and environmental design. I have ADHD CPD.
This informs how I work — with the Alexander Technique as a foundation, supported by other approaches where useful.
About me
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My work is informed by long-term study of movement, anatomy, wellbeing, and human development — and by how I live day to day
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I ride horses most days, love music and dancing, play the piano, and enjoy being out at festivals. I’m naturally quite outgoing and playful, and that comes into how I work with people.
I use hands-on guidance and clear verbal instruction, with a strong emphasis on embodied awareness, shaped in part by my own experience of being visually impaired.
1-2-1 Sessions
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Grounded in the Alexander Technique, and tailored to you
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Calm, private sessions with hands-on guidance and clear explanation
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Flexible times available
Dr Azzy Calderbank, GP says
“I decided to have Alexander Technique lessons with Tara to help alleviate muscular tension and pain in my neck and shoulders. I found her to be a wise, experienced and patient teacher, and I felt instantly at ease in her presence. My neck and shoulder pains are now a distant memory, and I would thoroughly recommend lessons with Tara to anyone experiencing similar issues.”
More testimonials here
Contact
If you’re curious about whether Alexander Technique might be helpful for you, you’re welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation. I teach from my Home Studio in Portslade, Brighton and Hove.