Exploring foetal: moving from a place of security
This will be a practical workshop getting into a foetal position and rolling out of it into semi-supine. I will first demonstrate with one or two volunteers and then I would propose that we work in pairs to accompany each other through the procedure. Anyone who feels uncomfortable working on the floor may prefer to […]
T’ai Chi Circling and Pushing Hands
In this class we will explore the basics of the circling hands and pushing hands activities which have significant links to the principles and practice of the Alexander Technique.
Dart Procedures Advanced work
In previous presentations of the Dart Procedures at Congresses I have mainly worked with the basic floor procedures stemming from Semi-Supine. New discoveries about the Dart Procedures have emerged through time. So, this class is not addressed to the Dart beginner but towards those who have previously attended Dart classes. Those attending will already be acquainted […]
Dart Procedures Applied to AT teaching
The Procedures developed by Professor Dart were taught to me in 1970 by Walter Carrington during my training. I have been employing several of them in my Alexander Technique lessons since I qualified. They provide ways of working with the Alexander principles that are valuable and accessible to pupils of the Technique and in effect […]
How the AT can Help People with Scoliosis and Back Pain
In this workshop you will get a deeper understanding of scoliosis; the causes, the myths, and the effects they have on people’s daily life while doing everyday activities. You will learn simple ways of help them to deal with working, standing, sitting, and a wide range of necessary movements. Many people do not realize scoliosis […]
I have a question
Maybe I have many questions . . . How do I really give directions? What is this ‘giving’, ‘ordering’, ‘thinking’? What exactly happens inside me, my head, my body, my body-mind? How can I become conscious of this? Can all this take place in complete silence? Should it? Is verbal thinking necessary in the process of […]
The 5 Postural Joints
Alexander’s “directions” to the Self can be analysed through the 5 sets of critical “postural” joints they anatomically depend upon. “There is no such thing as a right position, but there is such a thing as a right direction.” – FM Alexander FM discovered that all mammals have a primary movement that functions in a unified […]
Going Up
‘When I am teaching you as I do now, I am able to convey to you what I want to convey because as I touch you and guide you with my hands in carrying out my instructions, I myself am going up! up! up!’ (p 51 of The Expanding Self by Goddard Binkley (STAT Books […]
Learning from each other
Much of what we know about teaching the AT comes from the practical hands-on work we have received from our teacher trainers, from the work we may have done on them, and from the work we have exchanged with our fellow students and colleagues. The practice of work exchange represents a fundamental part of our […]
Going Up
‘When I am teaching you as I do now, I am able to convey to you what I want to convey because as I touch you and guide you with my hands in carrying out my instructions, I myself am going up! up! up!’ (p 51 of The Expanding Self by Goddard Binkley (STAT Books […]