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Alexander Workshops, LLC & Holy Names Music Center PRESENT The Alexander Technique 1st Annual Residential Course in Spokane, Washington July 28-31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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The Alexander Technique The Alexander Technique is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support, flexibility, and coordination. It's a process enabling you to do everything in life with more ease, control and effectiveness. The technique can be applied to any activity, whether mundane or complex, including sitting, standing, walking, performing a task, resting or speaking. It is a method of learning how to undo harmful tension and re-direct your movement habits and will improve how you feel. The Alexander Technique has been described as a "way of being" in the world, combining freedom of movement and consciousness to allow access to our natural grace and coordination. It brings in a presence and ease rarely seen in the bustle of daily life. It is not a meditation, yet it helps with meditation. It is not an exercise program, yet it makes exercise more effective. It is not a therapy, yet it offers a route out of unwanted habits. It is not an effortful sitting or standing up straight to correct posture, yet it naturally brings about perfect carriage. At its core is a physical sense of lessened effort and lightness of being that brings mental clarity and emotional lightness as well. The Four-Day Workshop This four-day intensive course is designed for the beginner as well as for students with varying experience in the Alexander Technique. It provides an opportunity to study the Technique with teachers trained in a variety of schools. • 7 to 1 student-teacher ratio • Individual lessons and classes • Small group classes applying the technique to particular areas of interest: skills, voice, music, theatre, dance, sports, daily activities. A faculty on the cutting edge of the developing Alexander Technique! •Application of the Technique to performance: we have long experience in music, theater, dance, and martial arts •Exploring the interaction of Alexander with breathing, yoga, and energy work |  | |||||||||||||
Praise for previous Alexander Workshops courses: “Wonderful! All teachers were uniquely different, but had amazing insight to offer from their various perspectives” “Instructors are knowledgable, engaging, approachable, and fun. I feel more alert, aware, and hopeful about my life as a ‘mover!’” “People would feel comfortable and accepted no matter their background, focus, or level of experience.” The Course is co-sponsored by the Holy Names Music Center, and will be held at their facility on Custer Drive at the beautiful and historic Fort Wright Mukogawa Institute campus. Participants may stay in a dormitory on campus. Meals are not provided; there is a wide variety of restaurants in the immediate vicinity and throughout the city. An inexpensive lunch is available at the Holy Names Convent nearby. The course begins Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 7 PM with an introductory session. For the remaining days the course will have morning and afternoon sessions and will end around noon on Sunday, July 31. Spokane airport is served by several major carriers and we will provide transportation from the airport to the course. Continuing Education We will be offering CEU’s for Alexander teachers, educators, and massage therapists. The course provides 18 hours of instruction. Extra fees apply. | ||||||||||||||
