Alexander technique has given me so many benefits over the years and it was such a delight to be able to host teachers here for some years, to offer them a holiday, teaching others in the local area.
Alexander Technique is such a powerful technique, yet so gentle. Over more than 10 years of visiting teachers we and others in the local area have found benefits for
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- stress
- back pain
- fibromyalgia
- ME
- hypertension
- musical performance
- teaching performance
- physical occupations
- theatre performance
- sports performance – especially running & riding
- arthritis
- post operative recovery
- effective use
Our teachers brought a variety of others skills to the area whilst they visited including :
Erica Donnison was a very popular teacher visiting us over a decade and brought her unique skills in Alexander Technique, Tellington TTouch Training, Pose Running, and MBTI, to Argyll. Her enthusiasm, energy, and ever developing skills inspired many of us.
Pose running combined with the Alexander Technique helps runners re-find the way they used to run as children – free and fast!
Erica is particularly experienced in helping horse riders find a deeper seat and softer hands, and helps them work safely and calmly with their horses on the ground.
Her website is www.postureclinic.co.uk where you can learn more of her skills and experience – maybe she will visit again
About Judy Palmer, our new teacher before Covid
After a career in nature conservation Judy has recently qualified as an Alexander Technique teacher, training at the Fellside Alexander School, Kendal. She received her own first lessons about 25 years ago, has had a long involvement with the technique and started teacher training in earnest from 2014. For herself, she has found particular benefits for frozen shoulder, computer use, gardening, cycling, horse riding, public presentations, and general living.
Tellington TTouch Training for Horses is a training method which focuses on the link between posture and emotion to help horses cope better with situations that concern them. TTouch Training is also useful to help horses recover from injury or to cope with periods of box rest. Attending a TTouch Training session with Erica Donnison will help you to
Notice your horse’s posture and understand what it means
Improve your horse’s balance, coordination and flexibility
Help your horse be more relaxed and focussed on his/her work
Increase your horse’s confidence in difficult situations by helping him/her to act rather than react
Improve the working relationship between you and your horse
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® was developed to help us understand more about how we function and interact with others. It demonstrates how we take in information and make decisions to show how differences between people in these areas can lead to misunderstandings and conflict. Focusing on the positive in everyone, it helps us realise that people we find difficult to get on with are simply operating slightly differently. This new understanding helps us to interact with people with deeper understanding, making relationships easier. One of the most useful aspects is the concept of introversion and extraversion being about where people get their energy from rather than the more common usage of the words as shy or out-going respectively.