The workshop is not a scientific explanation of what is now the Alexander Technique (AT). Enough has been written about the AT, by Matthias Alexander (FM) himself (four books + lectures + correspondence) and by successive generations of teachers. The workshop is a travel story of an ignorant pupil who accidentally became acquainted with the AT and gradually became intrigued by it . . . and can no longer let go of the AT. It is like Obelix (from “Asterix the Gaul”) who fell into the druid’s cooking pot and the magic potion took control of his entire body . . .

The journey starts in early 2022 and continues until today, August 2025. It will only end with the last breath. But what does a pupil go through who starts the AT journey? Is it the enjoyable, ‘all-in cruise’ that Louise Morgan proposes in her book? Or does the journey resemble a jungle journey through the Amazon forest of bewilderments, amazements, aha experiences, recognitions, gratitudes, awe, misunderstandings, disappointments, discoveries, appreciations, puzzlements . . .

It is the account of a pupil’s Alice-in-Wonderland journey, 70 years after the death of Matthias Alexander. Yes, one encounters many ‘wonders’ on the path of the AT . . . And what does the ‘Homo Alexandrianus’ actually look like according to a pupil? The AT’s Venus of Milo or the AT’s Michelangelo’s David?

The workshop ends with an improvisation game that visualizes one very important aspect of the AT.

PS the student has not yet started the AT teacher training course, but is seriously considering taking it up.