Alexander Technique Philadelphia

“Attention is a moral act.
It changes us,
and it changes the world."
- Iain McGllchrist

Wow. Attention as a moral act is a powerful idea for me…

I just want to let it soak into my bones a bit….

When we pay attention,
things start to shift.

It’s the best magic trick I know -
the moment I redirect my students’ thinking- they start to change.

And every small change we make,
changes the world.

Pretty cool, right?

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Meet Lynda.
She’s a collaborative pianist, piano teacher and Alexander Technique teacher-in-training.
She’s going to make one very fine AT teacher!

We’ve been working together consistently for a year now, but we finally got to meet in person at my recent Weekend in Wallingford retreat.
What a marvelous thing!
We delighted in the opportunity to connect in real time and space together and I got to coach her in using her hands to share and receive information from her practice “students”.

This is my first time training a teacher outside the parameters of the Philadelphia School run by Martha Fertman where I taught for a dozen years or so.
I’m so very happy to team up with Martha to train Lynda - they both make it a very easy and gratifying process 🙏

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Starting September 3rd near Rittenhouse Square in Center City -
Won’t you join me for lunch??

Lunch-time Alexander Live!
Thursdays, noon - 1p
@ Azuka 1700 Sansom St, Suite 800
Center City Philadelphia
all welcome
$25/class drop-in or $75/month

I’ve been teaching group classes for nearly 30 yers,
and my Thursday noon drop-in Lunch-time Alexander was a mainstay of my practice
until the pandemic forced us online in March 2020.

I’m so happy to be back!
Group learning fosters a different kind of learning -
fostering community, curiosity and community.
They are a great way to get started if you are “AT curious” or the perfect way to get a tune-up or deepen your understanding and experience.

It’s also more affordable and makes it easier for more people to access the work and study consistently.

Are you ready to get started?

Together we’ll explore how to directly apply Alexander’s discoveries to the ordinary
and extraordinary activities you engage in your life.
So bring your scripts and sides, musical instruments, laptops, tennis raquets and more and let’s discover together how ease, awareness and integration can impact your daily life.

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What a wondrous time we had together learning and exploring as part of the 4th annual Weekend in Wallingford!

We were a small and mighty group - diverse in our age, where we live, how we like to learn and how experienced in AT we are.

From seasoned teacher, to teacher-in-training to nearly-new to the work -
from Atlanta, New Hampshire, Princeton and just up the road a bit…
We were all performers - with 4 musicians, and actor and me the dancer 💃🏻
Many of us teach, and a few who hope to in the future.

We worked on activities: playing piano, sight reading, public speaking, holding our new horn, playing flute and more…

We mapped the motions of breathing and even embodied our learning with a group choreography to demonstrate the
motions and relationships of spine to ribs to diaphragm and pelvic floor.

We talked a lot about sequence and we read Jeremy Chance’s article A Tale of Two Paradigms as inspiration.

We made a TON of discoveries and we laughed A LOT!!!🤣🤣🤣

We got curious.
We got softer and more open.
We got closer as a cohort.

I can’t wait for the next one 😉

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and….
We’re back at last!!
Thursday noon group classes were a very longstanding tradition at ATPhila until the pandemic shut us down in March 2020.

It’s been too long….
and I’ve missed you….

We haven’t been truly gone -
We’ve been meeting online on Mondays, but the time feels right to return to in-person learning in our old time slot on Thursdays at noon.

Come join us for dynamic, experiential learning individually tailored to suit YOU.
Perfect as an introduction to Alexander’s discoveries or as a way to deepen your study.
All are welcome - bringing your curiosity is the only prerequisite 😉

Drop-in for $25/class or commit to a whole month for $75.
Bring your questions and requests and any props you need to work on an activity - pickleball raquet, script, score, instrument, etc.

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Huge shoutout to my new student Jon for sharing this cartoon from the New Yorker 🙌🏼

This cartoon got a genuine guffaw out of me and tickled my fancy, to boot 🤣
“Direction overwhelm” is definitely an AT dilemma for many new (and not-so-new) students!

It is the Catch-22 of “thinking in activity” or what I call:
“Constructive Thinking Gone Bad”

The finesse of Alexander’s directions is the “all together”
and I am endlessly fascinated with the challenge of creating
simple
cohesive
dynamic
and effective
cues for my students.

How do you navigate “Direction overwhelm” ?
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“It is impossible for you to go on as you were before,
so you must go on as you never have.”
- Cheryl Strayed

Indeed.
This one strikes a chord for me -
it gets at the puzzle of pursuing any technique…..

How do we use a process with enough consistency that it becomes reliable
without losing the flexibility in the moment to respond to what is?

We can’t repeat ourselves exactly
for the simple truth
that each new moment is unique.

When we not only acknowledge that, but celebrate that -
magical things can happen ✨✨
We can experience consistency without forfeiting flexibility and spontaneity -
and that is something worth pursuing 😉
Alexander’s discoveries provide a tool kit for us to bravely explore uncharted territory -
un-habituated responses.
The freedom to respond anew in each moment.

Curious to learn more?

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