4 Week Online Alexander Technique Course
Mindful Living through the Alexander Technique blends two powerful principles: awareness and embodiment. Here’s what each entails:
Awareness: This involves an inward focus, paying close attention to your thoughts, emotions, and inner sensations. It’s about being fully present and conscious of your mental state.
Embodiment: Conversely, embodiment is about an outward focus on your physical self. It means tuning into your body’s signals, understanding its language, and responding to its interactions with the world around you.
Mindful Living integrates these elements, acknowledging that the mind and body are not separate but a unified whole. Through this synergy, you can attain a state of equilibrium and well-being. The Alexander Technique enhances proprioception, allowing you to be more attuned to yourself and your environment.
Many find it challenging to apply mindfulness to daily life, often viewing it as a short-term exercise that is hard to sustain. This difficulty arises from not practising with a complete understanding of movement and function, sometimes falling into the trap of seeing the mind and body as separate.
The Alexander Technique provides a practical approach to incorporating mindfulness into everyday activities, fostering a harmonious relationship between the mind, body, and environment.
Ten advantages of Mindful Living with the Alexander Technique:
- Harmonised mind and body
- Enhanced presence
- Better self-regulation
- Graceful and mindful movement
- Less mind wandering
- Effective stress management
- Improved breathing
- Reduced mental and physical tension
- Lowered anxiety
- Practical application in daily life
The course will run from Friday, 2nd August to 23rd August.
Each session is one hour long, starting at 4pm GMT, and recordings will be available for one week after each session. Group size limited to 4 people to give time for one-on-one guidance.
Learn to:
- See the mind and body as a unified whole
- Understand that over-efforting can be counterproductive
- Recognise that true control comes from letting go
- Sit comfortably during meditation
- Use your environment to support your function and being
- Realise how thoughts influence movement and mobility
- Practise effective breathing techniques
- Let gravity support your posture
- Incorporate Constructive Rest into your mindfulness practice
All you need for the course is a sturdy, flat-bottomed chair, like a dining chair or stool. If you have limited mobility, a taller chair is recommended.
The course, normally priced at £240 for individual instruction, is available as a group workshop for just £80.
Reserve your spot now. Course fees are non-refundable.
For further information, please contact me. Zoom invites will be sent two days before the course begins.
Martin Underwood
https://martinunderwood.com/