It is common for Alexander Technique teachers to work with musicians, yet often Alexander teachers feel like they need more specific information about how to work with musicians.  Since musicians tune their instruments before they play, this workshop will address how musicians can ‘tune’ their bodies before practice and performance.

Using material from Robyn Avalon’s ‘Living in a Body’ course in body-mapping, we will learn how to address 4 areas of the body that musicians (and almost everyone) commonly misuse or misunderstand.

We will explore if you have a dog, duck, or dinosaur tail.
We will discover if you have a pony tail or a chin head.
We will recognize our arms as wings and how they connect to our tails.
We will consider if we are standing on the hills of our feet.

This workshop will offer easily accessible strategies and activities that Alexander Technique teachers will be able to use in their own private lessons, and offer immediate changes in set up, tone, ease and musical expression for musicians.  Imagery and games make this material fun and easy to grasp.  This material has been successfully taught at music schools and conservatories around the USA, and is applicable for both Alexander teachers and students.

Participants are encouraged to bring their instruments.