AmSAT Annual Conference and General Meeting

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10:00am EDT

Walking and Running: Thinking Outside the Box

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Take your understanding of use in walking and running to a new level and enjoy the practical benefits of this knowledge! Apply Alexander principles to walking and running with a view of thinking ‘outside the box’. This includes a consideration of movement in 3 planes, working with wedges and other external aids, and a re-framing of ‘the head leads and the body follows’.
All welcome, no previous experience required. This workshop is suited to all ages and fitness levels.

Speakers

Malcolm Balk

Malcolm Balk was attracted to the Alexander Technique in the late 70s when his cello teacher suggested it might help with tension and stage fright issues. Malcolm subsequently trained as an AT teacher with Patrick Macdonald in London, graduating in 1984. Runner and coach, Malcolm... Read More →

Lindsay Newitter

Thursday June 25, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
W5

Workshop

11:45am EDT

Sound Flow: Space and Resonance

LIMITED

Thursday June 25, 2026 11:45am - 1:15pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

This class adds vocalizations to a gentle movement sequence to encourage sensory and spatial awareness. We begin in semi-supine, using the floor and Alexander directions to support small movements of the arms and legs from a sense of the whole body. Simple vocalizations are then added to vibrate and resonate the spaces we discover from the inside out. Putting in pauses to release habits or judgement, we will increase our stamina of attention through more complex movements and sounds while sitting, all fours, and finally standing. This class can be an excellent warmup for voice study or as a daily movement calibration, as the relative ease of vocalization and movement indicates ease in the body.

Speakers

Kerry Ryer-Parke

Kerry Ryer-Parke is a performer of many musical styles, from oratorio, opera, early music and new work to folk, jazz and rock. Trained in classical performance, Kerry also is certified in LoVetri SomaticVoicework and the McClosky method for non-classical styles of singing. Based in... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 11:45am - 1:15pm EDT
W5

Workshop

10:00am EDT

Games for Hands and Feet Or How Our Extremities Boost Our Up!

LIMITED

Friday June 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

This class offers an opportunity to explore the nuances and possibilities in how we access our awareness and use our extremities. While we rely on our hands and feet for daily activities we often don’t give them our full attention either in what they are doing or how they relate to our sense of self. This workshop serves as an exploration of their form, function, coordination and relationship to the whole through play that is designed to pique our interest in what hands and feet do.

The workshop will begin with playful movement explorations designed to highlight awareness of the extremities, especially the hands and feet. These exercises can be performed individually and are easily adaptable and accessible to use with students. We will then work in pairs or small groups to explore what we “see, feel, sense” in ourselves and in others while exploring movement patterns and coordination. Sensing how the fingers/wrist/elbow respond to and activate shoulder and back. Or how the movement of the foot affects the hips and spine or visa versa. As we continue our explorations we will also look at how renewed interest in the extremities can activate our “up” and a fuller expression of ease.

Speakers

Karla Booth DIamond

Karla Booth Diamond, AmSAT is a senior teacher of the Alexander Technique graduating from ACAT 1990. Her teaching experience includes conducting Alexander Technique workshops across the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Sweden. Karla has extensive experience teaching... Read More →

Peggy Florin

Peggy Florin, M.AmSAT is a teacher, dancer, choreographer, clown trained at the Manhattan Center for the AT with Caren Bayer graduating in 2014. In her life before AT she was on the dance faculty at Bennington College. She later taught dance and the AT at Bard College where she is... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
W5

Workshop

11:45am EDT

RIAT: A Continuous Beginning

LIMITED

Friday June 26, 2026 11:45am - 1:15pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

RIAT invites you to explore the core skills taught at our NYC training course—rooted in the classical procedures of the Alexander Technique and simultaneously moving forward to meet our changing world. Participants will have the opportunity to receive and practice hands-on work led by RIAT faculty, in a collaborative, multi-generational, and multi-perspective space.

Speakers

Ariel Carson

Caren Bayer

Caren Bayer was the director of Manhattan Center for the Alexander Technique, which certified teachers from 2001-2014. She received her certification in London from Patrick MacDonald in 1984 and since has maintained a private practice in New York City, as well as teaching Post Graduate... Read More →

Nanette Walsh

RIAT Teacher Training : RIAT, and its Teacher Certification Program (TCP), was founded by Nan Walsh in 2014, and joined by Caren Bayer, Lori Schiff, and Ariel Carson as co-leaders. RIAT emerged from the necessity for a new paradigm of Alexander Technique teacher training: one that... Read More →

Friday June 26, 2026 11:45am - 1:15pm EDT
W5

Workshop

10:00am EDT

Alexander Technique and The Violin

LIMITED

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

A workshop that explores every aspect of violin performance through the Alexander Technique; This exploration includes references to the Albinus on Anatomy book and Jennifer Johnson’s What Every Violinists Needs to Know About The Body and includes Body Mapping and actual hands on work including visual instruction and example

Speakers

Elizabeth Miller

An AMSAT Certified Alexander Techniques Instructor, I am primarily a teacher of Violin and a professional Violinist here in New York City. I have taught violin at The Cleveland Institute and Manhattan School Prep departments as well as Rutgers University for a decade. My professional... Read More →

Saturday June 27, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
W5

Workshop

10:00am EDT

Your Body, Your Instrument; Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing for Working With Performers

LIMITED

Sunday June 28, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

"Your body is fueled by your breath” (Jessica Wolf), and is the primary means of expression for an artist, regardless of discipline.

Designated Art of Breathing teacher trainers Rachel Bernsen, Eleanor Taylor and Rebecca Tuffey share activities and approaches from the Art of Breathing to expand your teaching repertoire for working with a range of performing artists including dancers, singers, actors, and instrumentalists.
Jessica’s legacy in establishing the Alexander program at the Yale’s School of Drama over 26 years and her extensive work with professional performers is exemplified in Art of Breathing’s explorations of sound, movement, addressing performance anxiety, and her trademark “Breathing Costume” work for actors. Rebecca, Eleanor, and Rachel each bring considerable experience working with performers at all levels. All teachers and trainees are welcome to join us for this experiential workshop.

How our workshop will be accessible:
For participants with limited mobility we will offer seated modification for floor activities, such as the lie-down. We will also offer modifications and seated options for all explorations and partnering activities involving standing and moving through space. We will have an access needs check in at the beginning of our workshop and individual student needs will be honored and accommodated throughout.

Speakers

Rachel Bernsen

Rachel Bernsen has a private practice in Manhattan teaching Alexander Technique and Art of Breathing. She works with performing artists to hone their body’s intelligence and reduce performance anxiety. She teaches at Movement Research in NYC and as guest faculty at many colleges... Read More →

Eleanor Taylor

Eleanor Taylor is a Lecturer in Acting at Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama. She maintains a private teaching studio in Manhattan, where she specializes in working with actors and singers to improve performance, reduce anxiety and prevent injury through the Alexander Technique... Read More →

Rebecca Tuffey

Rebecca Tuffey gained her AT teacher certification from ACAT in 2004 after a decade of applying Alexander to singing, acting, dancing and young life in NYC. She completed her certification in Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing in 2010. Rebecca maintains a lively private practice in New York City, se... Read More →

Sunday June 28, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
W5

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AmSAT Annual Conference and General Meeting

10:00am EDT

Malcolm Balk

Lindsay Newitter

11:45am EDT

Kerry Ryer-Parke

10:00am EDT

Karla Booth DIamond

Peggy Florin

11:45am EDT

Ariel Carson

Caren Bayer

Nanette Walsh

10:00am EDT

Elizabeth Miller

10:00am EDT

Rachel Bernsen

Eleanor Taylor

Rebecca Tuffey

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