The Alexander Educational Center

The Mission of The Alexander Educational Center in Berkeley CA is to create confident, skillful, working professionals. Upon graduation our trainees have: the essential “hands-on-skills” needed to convey the Alexander Technique, the teaching skills for presenting the work to various individuals and groups, the confidence that their training has given them a thorough grounding in the Technique, the ability to demonstrate and articulate the essential nature of F. M. Alexander’s work and the mastery needed to practically change a person’s “use”.

The following is a list of the topics covered in the course of each individual’s training:

• Daily personal instruction in the Alexander Technique
• Observation and diagnosis of postural “mis-use”
• Understanding the “use of the self” at rest and in movement
• Approaching the new pupil
• Pupil/teacher communication
• Self awareness
• Applying the Alexander Technique to present skills, activities and situations
• The "use of the voice" applied to oneself, pupils and professional voice users
• Individual consultations
• Guest teacher seminars
• Professional ethics instruction
• Business development instruction
• Basic anatomy and physiology instruction
• Ongoing study and discussion of literature about the Alexander Technique
• Ongoing study and discussion of F.M. Alexander’s writings

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