Intensive Study in Alexander Technique Principles!
The Alexander Technique Principles Certification provides you with an overview and survey of the AT principles, application of these principles to your specific art form, and the ability to recognize and communicate the principles as they apply to your learning and teaching situations. This certification process is a 3 level sequence. Each level consists of a two-day unit that includes both theory and practical work. Additional materials that support the course work will be included in the course.
The Alexander Technique can help you to:
- Identify habits that create unnecessary tension
- Deepen your mind-body connection
- Move with more ease
- Enhance your performance practice
- Discover a sense of flow in your movement
Each Masterclass will be a combination of AT Theory, Group Activities, Movement, and Application.
10:00am-1:00pm:
- Masterclass #1 - AT Theory, Group Activities, Movement, and Application
1:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch
2:00pm-4:00pm:
- Masterclass #2 - AT Theory, Group Activities, Movement, and Application
Participation Levels
Level I
AT Principles and concepts will be presented under the following themes. Each session will include theory, activities, practical experience, and discussion.
- Unified Field of Awareness
- Inhibition and Direction (GAP Theory)
- Spatial Awareness, Support, and Thinking
- Direction, Flow, and Breath
- Balance, Gravity, and Ground Reaction Force
- Sensory Awareness and Integration
- Presence and Projection
Level II: Application of the AT Principles to your Work & Process
You will learn the AT Principles as they apply directly to and enhance the specific requirements of your discipline. Discovering how you integrate the principles and bring your whole system into balance leads to a greater sense of ease and presence. Understanding this process for learning and change will greatly enhance your work.
In this level, students will:
- Observe how they are using themselves in their own work and process
- Integrate the GAP into their own learning and discipline
- Identify change, refinement, and growth in their own process
Level III: Application of the AT Principles to your Teaching
Level III is devoted to observing and communicating the AT Principles with a student centered pedagogical approach to imparting that maximizes learning and change. Each program participant has a teaching practicum where they will have the opportunity to lead a small group in an activity that relates to their discipline.
In this level students will:
- Identify a specific task, movement, or principle they want to focus on.
- Observe the action in someone else.
- Comment on the activity applying the AT principles to that activity using the pedagogical approach taught in the class.
The three levels of certification can be taken separately and should be completed in sequence. Repeating levels is suggested given the amount of depth and nuance in each AT Principle.
