Workshop
Workshops are usually 90 minutes, unless stated otherwise on website or by the presenter.
They run every day of the week, except for Wednesday.
Workshop List
Session Count: 120
Primary Control Relationships
The primary control is not a switch, a reflex or anything that you can physically point at. It is a set of relationships between things that change. FM wrote to Frank Jones that ‘There really isn’t a primary control as such. It is a something in the sphere of relativity’....
Presenter(s):
Michael Stenning
Embodied Cognition: Principles and Practices to Support the Whole Person
Embodied cognition is the well-founded theory that explains how bodily sensations and experiences are essential to forming our understanding of the world, the construction of conceptual knowledge, and meaning-formation. It accounts for the role of sensation and movement in perception, social and emotional judgements, language comprehension, emotions, abstraction and metaphor. It...
Presenter(s):
Rachelle Palnick Tsachor
Ease on Skis – Exploring Dynamic Ease in Movement
Why think about skiing in the middle of summer? Because simply thinking about it can transform not only your skiing but also how you move in daily life—how you walk, stand, sit, turn, and interact with the ground beneath you. Ease on Skis, our unique application of the Alexander Technique...
Presenter(s):
Philip Nessel
Jana Boronova
The stomatognathic system
We all breathe, speak, eat, drink, chew, swallow and have facial expressions. These are basic human functions performed by the stomatognathic system. Stomatognathic originates from the Greek language where ‘stoma’ refers to the mouth and ‘gnathos’ refers to the jaw. In this workshop I will take you through the anatomy...
Presenter(s):
Elke Mastwijk
Workshop
2:00pm-3:30pm
Places Booked:
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25
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...
Presenter(s):
Merran Poplar
Workshop
02:00pm-03:30pm
Places Booked:
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25
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...
Presenter(s):
Robin John Simmons
Workshop
2:00pm-3:30pm
Places Booked:
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25
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...
Presenter(s):
Kecia Chin
Richard Brennan
- Room 14, Newman Building A107
Workshop
2:00pm-3:30pm
Fully Booked
Places Booked:
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25
Musical direction: Irish music tune learning session
Irish traditional music has a great emotional depth, it tends to combine melancholic sadness with the expression of pure joy. It has a long history in which the people playing it have been able to express themselves and their culture. It unites players and listeners alike. It has that great...
Presenter(s):
Gilles Rullmann
Workshop
2:00pm-3:30pm
Places Booked:
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25
‘. . . at the stillpoint, there the dance is’ – working on Self
‘ . . . at the stillpoint, there the dance is,But neither arrest nor movementAnd do not call it fixity . . .’Working on SelfConnecting to Self – Coming to Quiet – Experiencing Relaxed and Alert Readiness In this practical 90-minute workshop, Dorothea will share a series of gentle activities...
Presenter(s):
Dorothea Magonet
Workshop
2:00pm-3:30pm
Places Booked:
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25
Building Connection and Ensemble in the Actor’s Studio
‘Seeing no stranger begins in wonder. It is to look upon the face of anyone and choose to say, “you are a part of me I do not yet know.”’ – Valerie Carr To see and to be seen, to listen and respond, to connect with another fully and fearlessly:...