This workshop is for Alexander Technique teachers who would like to enjoy the process of teaching more. Our work, at least in part, has a side effect of restoring a more reliable relationship with our own sensory appreciation. This phrase appears hundreds of times in F.M. Alexander's writings, usually with the caveat that you can't trust your feelings. My experience of the work was exactly the opposite - from the first experience I had, I began to trust them more! This has led me to use inhibition, awareness, and direction as guides in exploring all of our senses. I really enjoy guiding groups through a sequential experience of the 12 cranial nerves, with plenty of time for inhibition, returning to the whole self, rest, and exploratory movement. In this workshop that's exactly what we will do. It will be mostly experiential, since our time together is relatively short. Each participant will have the freedom to follow my somatic guidance through all 12 nerves, referring to developmental movement connections grounded in the Dart Procedures as well as more improvisatory movement prompts. Everyone will be given an information packet filled with accurate anatomy and physiology covering each nerve to support cognitive understanding, but we won't be covering all the information verbally.
Clare Maxwell trained in Alexander Technique at ACAT after a long career in experimental dance. She is certified in Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing and since 2007 continues a deep investigation of The Dart Procedures with Joan and Alex Murray, Luc Vanier and Elizabeth Johnson, and... Read More →
