A summer weekend somatic and gentle movement workshop using the principles of the Alexander Technique. Saturday, July 16th, 2:00pm – 4:30pmSunday, July 17th, 10:30am – 12:30pmIn Person at Open Door – 18 N Main St. WRJ, VT 05001$125(preregistration required) Register…
Wednesday Jan 26 at 2pm EST / 11am PT – No donation is too small. All proceeds benefit the Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund This workshop augments Alexander directions, deepening understanding of how our legs connect into our pelvis and spine…
Click here for info and to register Start 2021 with a present to yourself. Some time to slow down and quiet your mind. Create more space for listening to and accessing your body’s intelligence. This class is designed for dancers…
At this time, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, we’re deeply attuned to our lungs and to thinking about the health and safety of our respiratory systems. Breathing is fundamental to life. We breathe about 23,000 times a day most of the…
This video takes a very clear look at how habits, developed over a lifetime of training can interfere with mastery. Alexander Technique is perfectly positioned to help individuals identify their habits and learn to move without them. The discussion…
In February 2016, Senior Alexander teacher Judy Stern convened a panel discussion entitled Living with MS and How Alexander Technique Can Help: A Students Perspective. The discussion centered around a student named Ron, who shared the numerous ways the Alexander…
This finding represents new clinical research on the benefits of Alexander Technique. The research study, recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that taking lessons in the Alexander Technique is a better, more effective option for relieving neck pain than…
Dr. Seth Neubardt, an orthopedic cervical spine surgeon, recommends the Alexander Technique as a highly effective non-surgical option for treating a cervical herniated disc. In this video, he interviews highly renowned Alexander Technique teacher, and my mentor, Judith Stern about the critical…
Inspired by the “On Hamstrings” podcast I did with Brooke Thomas, this podcast with Robert Rickover of Body Learning focuses more broadly on the activity of stretching. Here, I talk about how the way we move (or sit) all day…
Recently a colleague of mine Brooke Thomas, a wonderful rolfing practitioner and creator of the Liberated Body Guide and podcast interviewed me for a podcast on short hamstrings. She gathered a multiplicity of voices to speak on the subject including mine, from…
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 →