12/09/2025
Here is what John Baron has to say about our Malibu Retreat...
"Malibu—famous for film stars, beautiful beaches, upscale lifestyle, bronzed surfers, and spectacular ocean views. But this December into the new year, it's also home to something equally transformative: the final Alexander Technique Retreat at Serra Retreat Center.
The Setting
Imagine sitting in the grounds of Serra Retreat's 26-acre showcase gardens, overlooking the Pacific Ocean with the Santa Monica Mountains as your backdrop. The buildings are all original Spanish mission style, creating an atmosphere of ease and peacefulness that invites the work you came to do. But here's what matters: external beauty alone doesn't guarantee inner peace. That's where the Alexander Technique comes in.
Beyond Posture
For decades, the Alexander Technique has been associated with good posture—and yes, that's part of it. But it's so much more. F.M. Alexander himself wrote: "You translate everything, whether physical or mental or spiritual, into muscular tension." In other words, how you move, breathe, and hold yourself directly shapes how you think and feel.
Over nine years of attending and teaching this retreat, I've witnessed firsthand what happens when people experience this mind-body connection firsthand. It's not theoretical. It's visceral.
The Retreat Experience
This is an intensive—six full days immersed in this work. Yet it's also one of the most joyful experiences imaginable. Teachers of teachers, seasoned practitioners, students who've studied for decades, complete newcomers, and people from every background and country come together. You'll experience small group Alexander Technique classes, individual lessons with master teachers, and morning breath-centered yoga to release stress and rejuvenate both body and mind.
You'll learn how to improve your posture and presence, free your breath and your mind, develop presentational skills, work at your computer with ease—and most importantly, discover how to bring more lightness and spaciousness into your daily life.
Between sessions, there's good food, genuine community, social time, and the famous New Year's Eve concert and celebration.
Why This Year Is Different
This will be the last Malibu Alexander Technique Retreat. That reality makes this 2025/26 gathering something truly special—a final opportunity to experience what makes this retreat legendary.
Who Should Come
Whether you're completely new to the Alexander Technique or have studied for years, whether you're looking for relief from chronic tension, better posture, or a deeper understanding of how your mind and body work together, this retreat offers something. You'll join eight exceptional faculty members, each with 40+ years of teaching experience.
The Bottom Line
The Alexander Technique offers the most life-enhancing experience I know of. Alexander didn't just theorize about the mind-body connection—he spent decades developing a technique that actually gives you the lived experience of it. The Malibu Retreat will give you that experience and so much more.
This is your last chance to be part of this community, in this place, in this way. Don't miss it. Hope to see you there ~ John
