Alexander Technique Education UK - ATEUK

09/05/2022

Students at East Anglia Centre for Alexander Technique seen here enjoying an anatomy session in a very practical way, reassembling a right arm from the individual bones. Jane Gregory, a regular teacher at the Centre, presented this session which was followed up with bean bag throwing overarm and underarm. What a brilliant way to bring the arm anatomy to life and finding out how much of the rest of the body works with the throwing action!! Mr Alexander, pictured here was obviously enjoying the activity too !!

24/04/2022

Eggheads for our return from Easter break, 'eggcellent' observation !!!

14/03/2022

This whiteboard offering is not in need of any caption, just sharing, with fervent hope for a better future. Stop, breathe and come to quiet.

06/03/2022

Life can be a chore!!! Alexander principles once learnt can help you to see chores differently, less effort, more fun. What's not to like!!

27/02/2022

A golfer in the making, let's hope his natural good use endures long enough to qualify for the Ryder Cup!!!!

20/02/2022

Back to training tomorrow, but I have kept my hand in this week working with hands on with my pal Rufus!! He certainly helped me to free and direct.....and BREATHE AHHH!!!!

13/02/2022

Half term this week, time to relax!! Monkey is a pet name for what Alexander called 'position of mechanical advantage'. Well here's our pet monkey relaxing in a position of mechanical advantage, can't get better than this!! Or can it?

06/02/2022

30/01/2022

What's this weird picture about? We are currently working with a brilliant teacher, Bruce Fertman. He inspired this picture by saying, if everything we touched had a nervous system, we would naturally be more consciously aware of how we interact with everyday items. Sounds like a great way to remember how to function without tension and with more mindfulness.

23/01/2022

Another offering from the Whiteboard!! How many of us actually have any awareness of,

A- the tension we carry and
B- what it's doing to our whole structure,
internally as well as the parts that are visible in the mirror?

We have muscular spirals similar to the spring in this picture and tension stops them from working fully, take the tension out of your thoughts, and unwind.

16/01/2022

This weekend we have learned that our work has lost one of our finest teachers, Paul Burge. Paul was a huge influence for me during my training at the Essex Alexander School and, more recently, for the trainees at our course. Paul lived the Alexander Technique, his teaching, especially breathing and voice work was second to none.

Farewell Paul, colleague, mentor, and a dear friend you will be greatly missed xx