Six Week Course June 9th – July 14th

Friday mornings 10.15 am – 11.45am

This Alexander course is for beginners and returners

Are you sitting comfortably?  Working from home and getting back ache and neck pain? Come and learn how you can begin to sit and move more freely and easily, whatever your activities. This will be for a small friendly group, max 10 participants.

Beginner? It is essential to Book Your Place in Advance!

Returners: Drop-in by arrangement £16 a session. Please contact me

Alexander Technique Course with Hilary King at the Tennis Pavilion 2018

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, to reduce backpain, strain and stress, plus gain poise and mindful movement.

You will

• Develop awareness of your habits of body use during everyday 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 in 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

Small Group so you will be able to have some 1:1 hands-on work

Hilary will be assisted by Amelia

I am pleased to say that I will be assisted by Amelia, who is a musician and senior teacher trainee at LCATT, the London Centre for Alexander Technique and Training, where I am one of the visiting teachers.

Clissold Park Tennis Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth’s Walk,  Stokey, N16 OBF

I have run courses at this venue before and we will be in a pleasant room overlooking the park. The pavilion has a lift, so is suitable for people with ambulant disabilities to attend the course.

Transport links

• Tube: Manor House
• Buses:  73, 141, 241, 393, 476

Equipment

You will need to bring a yoga mat and a few paperback books.  Wear comfortable clothes that allow you to lie down and move easily. You will need to take your shoes off. Optional notebook

Offer

Participants will be able to have one reduced rate private Alexander lesson at £40 with Hilary. This gives you a chance to see what individual lessons are really like and have undivided hands-on guidance. The lesson will be taken in nearby Harringay, N4 1RZ.

Hilary King

I am a senior Alexander Technique teacher, having qualified in 1987. My background in ballet and psychology inform my AT teaching.   I offer individual lessons in Harringay, London N4, online lessons and have run many Alexander Technique courses and workshops over the years. 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