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"Is Your Posture a Pain?"
Lunchtime training in Canberra Civic - "Alexander Lite"
Three lunchtimes, 12.30 - 1.30, small group (max 4), focussing on staying comfortable in the workplace. The training room features workstations to replicate your work environment, and video feedback will be coming soon.
contact Ashley
6262 6308"Alexander Technique - A Skill for Life"Workshops can provide an alternative to the one-on-one introduction. A
small group (max size 8) has an intensive day getting an introduction
to the Alexander Technique.
Sat. 1 November 08, 10.00 - 4.00,
contact the Centre for Continuing Education, ANU,
6125 3891Voice and Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique has been helping singers, actors and orators
for 100 years with breathing, relaxation, strain-free projection,
resonance and posture. This is a brief introduction to unlocking your
voice.
Sat. 8 November 08, 10.00 - 1.00
contact the Centre for Continuing Education, ANU,
6125 3891 The Art of Exercise
Learn how to exercise with good body-use, minimising the risk of injury.
Sat. 8 November 08, 2.00 - 5.00
contact the Centre for Continuing Education, ANU,
6125 3891 Other News:
International Alexander Awareness Week
and The 21st Birthday of Freedom in Action!
To mark 21 years of teaching the Alexander Technique in Canberra, a cocktail party at ANU was enjoyed by many pupils, past and present, and also colleagues many of whom have referred their patients to us for training in the Alexander Technique. Three speeches gave personal views and experiences of working with the Alexander Technique and how it helped the speakers overcome physical problems (back problems, sciatica, postural issues, etc) and also offered a way of staying present in the moment to avoid being swamped by external circumstances. Thank you to all who made the evening memorable.
We also marked International Alexander Awareness Week 2007 with a stall at the Wellbeing Fiesta, 14 October.
In the second international event of its kind, we joined with teachers in eleven countries including Brazil, Germany, Holland, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and USA. to demonstrate the unique work of Australian FM Alexander.
At the Wellbeing Fiesta many people stopped by our stand for a chat.
Some attended the AT workshop, and several enjoyed the Alexander
experience in a mini-lesson.
FM Alexander may have passed close to the present-day ACT in 1901 when he toured with students of his Shakespearean company. They performed the Merchant of Venice & Hamlet, travelling to Bathurst (where the audience was “riotous”), Goulburn, Cootamundra, Wellington, Cowra, Dubbo, Wagga Wagga and Albury.
There are now over 5,000 qualified Alexander Technique teachers in more than 30 countries.
Persistent Primitive Reflexes
An long-time interest in the influence of Persistent Primitive
(or Early) Reflexes on our Use of ourselves as adults, led Michael
to undertake a Grad. Dip. in Education (Learning Difficulties), which is based
on the work of Rudolf Steiner. A component of this three-year course
involves work on Primitive Reflexes. An early observation has
been that many adults with overuse-type problems also appear to retain
neck reflexes. Aberrant neck reflexes also often appear to accompany whiplash injuries. This is consistent with the sort of neck and shoulder
tensions that these individuals typically suffer. There are ways of
working through these problems which we have been developing into our
teaching programs. More
