Friday, January 27th, 3 to 7 pm
A Workshop in Yoga and the Alexander Technique
At the American Center for Alexander Technique
39 West 14th Street, NYC
See below for registration and contact information.
The second of four workshops exploring how Alexander Technique
can illuminate the practice and teaching of yoga. All levels welcome. Learning how to move well and breathe easily can make yoga safer, more pleasurable and life-enhancing. Each class will focus on a primary Alexander concept and how it is expressed in asana practice. Friday, January 27, 3:00 - 7:00 pm  The Mind's Eye -- Direction Our bodies are ready to serve our intentions at a flicker of thought. We sense the body's pulses, rhythms and flows as energy, which we influence with what Alexander called "direction." Using that to our advantage helps us avoid overwork, balancing effort with ease. Delicate suggestions with words and touch have surprising power. In this class, we will play with the influence of thought on practice. Considering some of the rich alignment cues of Iyengar and Anusara yoga - the body's spirals and loops, muscular and organic energy - we will marshal and apply our capacity to envision to our practice. 
Friday, February 24, 3:00 - 7:00 pm Moving Well -- Primary Control In solving his vocal challenges, Alexander came to understand the crucial role of the relationship between the head and neck in solving body problems and restoring the body's natural buoyancy. This concept is a boon to practitioners of yoga, helping us move with maximum support and ease. We will explore how freedom in the skull / spine juncture can reduce strain and enhance bodily connections. Looking at the six movements of the spine in a range of yoga postures, we will experience and observe how light poise of the head can help us fulfill each pose. Friday, March 23, 3:00 - 7:00 PM Seeing & Sensing -- Awareness When we slow down and breathe naturally, we tap into the wealth of information body awareness brings. We then can apply our new insights to perceive and shift our own imbalances, to promote healing, recovery and integrated movement. This class will explore breath as an essential element of awareness in motion. We will train our eyes, ears and hands to the subtle movements and shifts that can make yoga easier and more rewarding.
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