Alexander Technique Workshops, Short Courses & Special Offers

Four Week Alexander Course for Beginners & Returners

Wednesdays 11.30 am – 1.00pm.   May 21, 28, June 4, 11

Are you sitting comfortably?  This short Alexander Technique course shows you how you can sit, stand and move more freely and easily, whatever your activities.

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Course Content

Through observation, gentle movement exploration, games and discussion, you will  begin to develop some self-help skills you can use throughout your life. I can help you learn how to be calmer and more comfortable in your body, reduce backpain, strain and stress, plus enhance your wellbeing. As this is a small group, you will be able to experience some hands-on work.

You will

• Develop awareness of your habits of body use during activities such as sitting standing, walking and lying down.
• Explore how your thoughts and feelings express themselves in your postural habits
• Gain more understanding as to how these habits may help or hinder you. For instance  as you work at your desk, run down the road, sit and knit or play a musical instrument…
• Understand more about how your body functions
• Gain self-care skills to help calm yourself and reduce tension. In particular freeing up your neck, shoulders and back
• Learn the Semi-supine Lying Down Procedure that you can start practising immediately
• Begin to improve your poise, balance, coordination and general wellbeing

This course is for a max of 5 participants, so it is essential to Enrol in Advance!

Equipment

Please bring a yoga mat and a few paperback books to rest your head on when you lie down.  Do wear comfortable clothes that allow you to lie down and move easily (ideally trousers). You will need to take your shoes off so non-slip socks may be useful. Optional notebook

Offer for Participants

The fee includes a Gift Voucher of £10 towards a private Alexander lesson with Hilary, in nearby Harringay Ladder, N4 1RZ. This gives you a chance to see what individual lessons are really like and to have some 1:1 hands-on guidance.

We will be in a first floor room and the venue has a lift, so people with ambulant disabilities are able to attend the course.

Venue: Stroud Green and Harringay Library N4 4QR

Transport links

• National Rail:        Harringay Station
• Suffragette Line:  Harringay and Green Lanes
• Piccadilly Line:     Manor House
• Buses:                   W5, 29, 141, 341

Hilary King

I am a senior Alexander Technique instructor, having qualified in 1987. I love helping people feel more comfortable in their bodies and my background in ballet and psychology inform my work.

• Individual sessions are available in Harringay, London N4.
• Online lessons
• I have run many Alexander courses and workshops in Colleges and Community Centres.
• I also teach at LCATT, an Alexander teacher training course.

“I highly recommend (this course) for anyone with back, neck or joint pain, or poor posture, “text neck” etc. learn to release tension held in your body. The body keeps the score, often through accumulated tension from stress.  Hilary is a great teacher. Learning AT with her was life-changing and I still benefit from it almost a decade later. Appreciate my body a lot more since working with her.” Pascale Scheurer