I’ve been thinking a lot recently about postural or muscle tone. As a practitioner who uses her hands to guide people toward moving with greater ease, I started thinking more succinctly about how, through my hands, I assess the quality…
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On Postural Tone
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Whole Body Awareness for Dancers, For Everyone
Last week I had the great pleasure of teaching Alexander Technique as a guest artist in the dance department at Texas Woman’s University. The students, a mix of undergrads and graduate students, were wonderfully engaged and receptive. Thank you TWU…
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A Nobel Prize Winner Pays Tribute To Alexander Technique
As the Nobel Prizes have been handed out in these last few weeks I’m reminded of Dr. Nikolaas Tinbergen, who in his Nobel acceptance speech in 1973 for Physiology or Medicine, devoted much of it to discussing F.M. Alexander’s remarkable…
New video about the Alexander Technique from AmSAT
This new animated video offers a wonderfully simple and straight forward explanation of the Alexander Technique. Produced by The American Society for the Alexander Technique(AmSAT)* *AmSAT is the largest professional organization of teachers of the Alexander Technique in the United…
Rachel Bernsen is a nationally certified teacher, M.AmSAT. She received her certification from the American Center for the Alexander Technique (ACAT) in New York City, the oldest and most established training program in the US. She has a private practice in New Haven, CT. LEARN MORE →