Lessons
Alexander Technique lessons are a bit like music lessons, except the instrument you are learning is yourself. With the wisdom of the Technique and my years of experience in this field, you can learn to become more aware of your mind-body connection, to use it skillfully and use your whole self more harmoniously. In this way, you will be able to regain a natural balance and coordination and do whatever you do with more ease, freedom and joy. This is a learning process that requires active participation. For this reason, Alexander sessions are most often referred to as lessons.
AT teaching uses touch, movement and/or verbal instruction as a means of communication and takes place at the intersection of thinking and perceiving on a physical and mental level. In this process, a unique form of encounter takes place that cannot easily be put into words. Being with oneself, individual, independent and connected at the same time. Therein lies the beauty and also the difficulty for each of us. The space created in this meeting, whether in an individual or group setting, opens the possibility for continuous exploration, learning, kindness and recognition.
RATES
Individual session 70€
Sequence of 8 sessions 500€
For several consecutive lessons, if you wish, we can set a theme or something specific for you to work on depending on your needs. If you are new to AT, a sequence can also take the form of an Alexander Basics course that builds step-by-step and gives you specific skills/tools to work on in parallel and afterwards on your own. Teaching language is German and/or English. I also offer individual rates based on your particular financial situation.
For meditators or people interested in mindfulness I offer AT-based practice support. For beginners, a series of 4 or more sessions to introduce and establish a personal meditation practice.
For more experienced practitioners, a series of sessions to explore and refine one’s practice, especially with regard to the mind-body connection. This can not only improve awareness and access to this connection, but also lead to easier and pain-free sitting. Meditation practice is very individual and often standardized instructions fall short in finding out how to use your body and mind in order to find more harmony and rootedness in meditation and everyday life.
In lessons you will probably experience new sensations. These can be, for example, sensations of coordinating in a way that feels unfamiliar at first, but that is also easier and more balanced. As the work progresses, we will try to put these sensations into an understandable context. In time, you will be able to perceive these sensations more clearly, create them yourself, and work with them.
PLACE
For one-on-one sessions I work in the Alexander Technique Studio at Erdmannstr. 12 in 10827 Berlin-Schöneberg.