In this workshop we will allow for some rest together, reflect about non-doing and get to know the Alexander-Technique lying-down practice, which is about conscious non-doing. Beyond the pressure to self-optimise and focus on results, we allow ourselves to fundamentally slow down, for the duration of the workshop, and not have to achieve anything. We come back to ourselves in the good company of like-minded people.
Details here.
Workshop “Back health with the Alexander Technique” for back health day, Friday 15 March, and four introductory workshops for musicians in March and April!
More info here.
During the Austrian “Lange Woche der Alexander-Technik” (the “long week” of the Alexander Technique) in October we’ll be offering some free introductory events. For more details please see Workshops!
You can find all events throughout Austria on the website of the Austrian Society of teachers of the Alexander Technique, GATOE (Gesellschaft für F.M. Alexander-Technik Österreich).
We are pleased to be a health partner for the SVS “Gesundheitshunderter” programme (in the category movement) and to be able to support SVS insured persons with the Alexander Technique.
Since June 2023, Alexander Technique lessons with us can be sponsored with the SVS “Gesundheitshunderter”. The “Gesundheitshunderter” (up to €100) can be claimed once a year by SVS-insured persons. The prerequisite is a “Vorsorgeuntersuchung”, a preventive medical check-up (up to three years before the application or from the age of 40 up to two years before the application). If you participate in the “Selbständig Gesund” programme, you do not need to prove that you have had a “Vorsorgeuntersuchung”.
All information can be found at the following link: www.svs.at/gesundheitshunderter
Open Day in Vienna – 17 June 2023.
Free entry!
More information: https://www.alexander-technik.at
Free introductions to the Alexander Technique Saturday 21 May
Throughout Saturday 21 May there will be short introductory talks in English and German as well as individual demonstrations in the Alexander Technique.
11:00 – 11:30: A short introductory talk on the Technique in English
12:00 – 13:00: 15-minute individual demonstrations, English or German
14:00 – 14:30: Eine kurze Vorstellung der Alexander-Technik
15:00 – 16:00: 15-minute individual demonstrations, English or German
For details and how to book please see www.atstudio.at/unterricht/workshops.
On Saturday 16 October 2021 we are offering an introductory workshop to the Alexander Technique for the Career Service Centre of the Kunstuni Graz, followed by the possibility for all participants to sign up for one individual half-hour Alexander lesson.
The Alexander Technique is ideal for performers and well-known for bringing about greater ease and more freedom in all movements, both in everyday movements such as sitting, standing and walking, and when performing more complex or demanding activities such as playing a musical instrument and performing in front of an audience. Many people applying the Alexander Technique also report psychological benefits over time, among them a reduction in stress. To stand or sit or move well while conserving energy and maintaining coordination is an essential skill for any performer. We will look at some basic movements, and teach participants about a different way of sitting which is better for their backs.
The Alexander Technique is usually taught in a series of individual lessons as they allow to give due attention to the individual situation, needs and habitual patterns of a student. All participants of the introductory workshop will have the possibility to sign up for one half hour introductory lesson with either Jean or Regina at the Alexander-Technik Studio Graz (Harrachgasse) which will allow them to have an experience of individual work.
This workshop will be held in English. For more information and booking please contact the Career Service Center.
In anticipation of starting a teachers training course in the F. M. Alexander Technique we are running some training course sample days this autumn.
This is for people who have already had private lessons and are considering training to be teachers. It provides a “taster”, that is an opportunity to find out what a typical training course day is like, meet other potential students, and meet both teachers (Regina and Jean).
Please see Teacher Training > Trial Dates for more information.
If you are interested in joining us on any of these dates then please book in advance. The price for each day is €45.00. Space is limited to 5 participants.
For more information on our proposed training course please see Teacher Training > Overview.
Any questions? Please email or phone us.
Mornings: 9:00 – 12:30
On Saturday, 20 March, Regina will chat with Jean Fischer (in his role as publisher Mouritz) during an online “Meet the Author” event about Irene Tasker, her life and work, her contributions to the Alexander Technique and Regina’s research for her Irene Tasker biography. There will also be the possibility to ask questions in a Q&A.
This free and public event is organised and hosted by Monika Gross of The Poise Projekt, an American Alexander Technique non-profit organisation.
Regina Stratil has published her long-awaited biography of the Alexander Technique teacher Irene Tasker (1887–1977).
Irene Tasker was a trusted assistant to F. M. Alexander for many years. She pioneered the Alexander Technique in education when she set up a school for children in 1924, in London, based on the principles of the Alexander Technique. She was also the first teacher to introduce the Technique in South Africa. Here she taught doctors, lawyers, educationalists and many children again and generated a movement which culminated in attempts to incorporate the Alexander Technique in South African schools. This is the first biography of Irene Tasker, it is based upon the research and study of primary sources and includes a collection of source material in the appendices. The book casts new light on the history of the Alexander Technique.
Irene Tasker – Her Life and Work with the Alexander Technique by Regina Stratil is available from the Mouritz shop.
