2026 AT Awareness Week
Tuesday, 22 September to Saturday, 26 September 2026
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
道具と向き合う――日本の茶道とアレクサンダー・テクニ
Engaging with Tools: Japanese Tea Ceremony and the Alexander Technique
with Akemi 朱美 Kinomura 木野村
4–5 PM Japan Standard Time (JST) | 7–8 AM UTC
Language: 日本語
Type of Class: Workshop
道具は、人のサイズ、動き、目的に合わせて作られています。日本の茶道の考えを使って、毎日している生活の所作に、新しい風を呼び込みましょう。・・・
Tools are designed to fit a person's size, movements, and purpose. Let's draw inspiration from the principles of the Japanese tea ceremony to breathe new life into the everyday gestures of our daily lives.
FM Alexander – His Skills in Developing His Work
with Rosslyn McLeod
6–6:30 PM Australia Central Standard Time (ACST) | 8:30–9 AM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Research Presentation
How Alexander developed his own work is still relevant today. Telling his story: the observational skills he had, the knowledge he had; describing his persistence to overcome a career ending problem. His solutions led to a truly remarkable life.
It is helpful to hear how another human being overcame problems. Today we are bombarded with 'cures' for all our ills, especially if we buy someone's product, or study yet another App. the Alexander Technique gives knowledge for better self-management, it is a human success story.
Also offered Friday, 25 September – see below.
Let the Neck Be Free as an Emotional and Facial Process
with Naomi Eshel
12:30–1:30 PM Israel Daylight Time (IDT) | 9:30–10 AM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
First direction of AT is let the neck be free. Is it a physical direction or is it emotional? What is the face and the neck relationship? FM was an actor who used his emotions, intelligence and face expressions, and how all these affect the neck.
서포트를 활용하여 편안함과 회복력 찾기 (Enjoying Comfort and Resilience through Support)
with Seong-Eun Kim
8–8:30 PM Korea Standard Time (KST) | 11–11:30 AM UTC
Language: 한국어
Type of Class: Constructive Rest
바닥에 편안히 누워 몸의 긴장을 내려놓고, 내 몸이 어떻게 지지받고 있는지 알아차리는 시간입니다. 억지로 힘을 빼려 하지 않고 알렉산더 테크닉의 언어 가이드를 따라가며 몸이 스스로 편안해지고 회복되는 경험을 합니다.
It is time to lie down comfortably on the floor, release unnecessary tension, and become aware of how your body is being supported. Rather than trying to force yourself to relax, you can follow the verbal guidance of the Alexander Technique and experience your body finding ease and recovery on its own.
Connect Up
with Dayita Nereyeth
6:30–7 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) | 1–1:30 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Constructive Rest
Whether you are an experienced practitioner or a beginner to the Alexander Technique, constructive rest can be a useful addition to your day – it is a way to prepare or recover. In this workshop, you will learn to tune into and find support for your musculoskeletal system while at rest. This will set you up to take care of yourself during more active moments. You will be encouraged to approach yourself and the lying down practice with curiosity and play. Ideas about making connections and taking advantage of external support might be especially relevant to hypermobile people, although they will work for anyone.
Also offered Thursday, 24 September – see below.
What Is Posture?
with Patrick Johnson
4–5 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 2–3 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
The word posture brings up all sorts of images, from soldiers standing at attention to meditators in a calm state of balance. But what is posture really? In this workshop I take the approach of explaining in the simplest terms what posture is all about. And it's not what you think! Then we dive into simple games for addressing your postural problems.
Die Neue Zufriedenheit
with Rosa Luisa Rossi
7–8 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 5–6 PM UTC
Language: Deutsch
Type of Class: Workshop
Entdecken Sie, wie die Alexander-Technik zu mehr Leichtigkeit, Resilienz und Wohlbefinden beitragen kann. Durch eine bewusstere Wahrnehmung von Denken, Bewegung und Reaktionen lernen Sie, unbewusste Gewohnheiten zu erkennen und Ihre natürliche Koordination zu verbessern. Praktische Übungen, die einfache Frage „Wie geht es mir jetzt?" sowie anschauliche anatomische Grundlagen unterstützen eine gesündere Bewegung und eine bewusste Selbststeuerung im Alltag. Der erfahrungsorientierte Workshop richtet sich an alle, die Spannungen reduzieren, ihr Wohlbefinden steigern und mehr Ausgeglichenheit entwickeln möchten.
Die Konstruktive Ruheposition: Mehr Resilienz und Leichtigkeit im Alltag
with Dr. Maria Weiss
8–8:30 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 6–6:30 PM UTC
Language: Deutsch
Type of Class: Constructive Rest
Richtungsanweisungen in der konstruktiven Ruheposition zu geben, ist eine einfache und wirkungsvolle Methode, um körperliche und mentale Anspannung loszulassen. Durch bewusstes Ruhen in einer unterstützenden Position kann das Nervensystem zur Ruhe kommen, Stress reduziert werden und ein Gefühl von Leichtigkeit entstehen. Regelmäßig praktiziert, fördert die konstruktive Ruheposition die Resilienz – die Fähigkeit, Herausforderungen gelassener zu begegnen und sich nach Belastungen schneller zu regenerieren. Sie schafft einen Raum für Erholung, Selbstwahrnehmung und innere Balance. In diesem Workshop lernen die Teilnehmenden die Grundlagen der konstruktiven Ruheposition kennen und erfahren, wie sie diese einfach in ihren Alltag integrieren können, um mehr Wohlbefinden, Stabilität und Leichtigkeit zu entwickeln.
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Fun 4-Letter Words: Slow, Time, Free, Ease
with Judith Saxton
10–11 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) | 2–3 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
Using these four words as our guide, we'll explore the intersection of boosting our brain–body bond and the Alexander Technique's practical application in daily life. Through creative inquiry we'll revisit some of our habits and celebrate the choices for increased ease and freedom available in each moment.
Research into Alexander Technique and Mindfulness
with Patrick Johnson
5–5:30 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 3–3:30 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Research Presentation
This presentation describes our recent research comparing Alexander Technique and Mindfulness practice in the face of stress. You will learn how practitioners use the two methods both synergistically and complementarily to address the challenges of both major and minor stressful situations. This is for laypeople with no necessary experience in either discipline. The full article is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876382025000460.
Finding Ease and Resilience
with Julia Gilroy
7–8 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 5–6 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
We will explore together, through simple activities, how to find ease and resilience in both mind and body. The effort and strain we experience in daily life often stem from common misconceptions and misunderstandings some of which we will consider during the session. By the end of the session, you will have material to continue exploring on your own.
Are We Responding or Reacting to the World Around Us?
with Tania Laughton
7–8 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) | 11 PM–12 AM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
We all have our own habitual patterns of movement, thinking, and being. Over the years, some of these patterns may begin to interfere with our daily activities and influence the way we interact with the world around us. The Alexander Technique is an educational process that helps individuals become aware of unhelpful habitual patterns. Students learn to undo these patterns, to improve their whole body coordination, and to think more constructively as they become active participants in their own learning and well being. In this experiential workshop we will talk about the difference between reaction and response. We will also explore ways in which the Alexander Technique can help us experience a deeper sense of agency, ease, and resilience.
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Connect Up
with Dayita Nereyeth
6:30–7 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) | 1–1:30 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Constructive Rest
Whether you are an experienced practitioner or a beginner to the Alexander Technique, constructive rest can be a useful addition to your day – it is a way to prepare or recover. In this workshop, you will learn to tune into and find support for your musculoskeletal system while at rest. This will set you up to take care of yourself during more active moments. You will be encouraged to approach yourself and the lying down practice with curiosity and play. Ideas about making connections and taking advantage of external support might be especially relevant to hypermobile people, although they will work for anyone.
Friday, 25 September 2026
A New Sense of Fulfillment
with Rosa Luisa Rossi
1–2 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 11 AM–12 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
Discover how the Alexander Technique can help you cultivate greater ease, resilience, and well-being through greater awareness of how you think, move, and respond. Learn to recognize unhelpful habits, improve coordination, and reduce unnecessary tension using practical tools, sensory awareness, and simple anatomical insights. This experiential workshop is for anyone seeking more balance, presence, and well-being in everyday life.
Creating Pathways to Integrate Alexander Technique in Post-Secondary Institutions to Enhance Students' Ease and Resilience: Possibilities and Challenges
with Gabriella Minnes Brandes and Francesca Arnone
9–10 AM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) | 4–5 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
The transition to post-secondary education can present significant academic, social, and personal challenges for students. The Alexander Technique (AT), a psycho-physical educational method, helps students develop greater awareness of their responses to stress and everyday demands, enabling them to make more effective and intentional choices. By cultivating self-awareness, ease, and adaptability, AT can support students' well-being as they learn to apply this new framework. This workshop explores the potential benefits and challenges of integrating Alexander Technique principles into university programs.
Resting with Agency
with Julia Gilroy
7:30–8 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 5:30–6 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Constructive Rest
Constructive Rest is a powerful practice that demonstrates how your mental state and physical condition function as one integrated system. While you are lying down, I will guide you through my voice into a deeper sense of connection and ease. You will feel more released, alert, and yet serenely calm.
This 30-minute session helps release tension but differs from other methods because it relies on your active participation. It is also a way to understand some of the principles of this technique which often challenges our social norms. It demands little effort, results are not important, there is no judgment and the more you try the less progress you make.
FM Alexander – His Skills in Developing His Work
with Rosslyn McLeod
8–9 AM Australia Central Standard Time (ACST) | 10:30–11:30 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Research Presentation
How Alexander developed his own work is still relevant today. Telling his story: the observational skills he had, the knowledge he had; describing his persistence to overcome a career ending problem. His solutions led to a truly remarkable life.
Saturday, 26 September 2026
Finding Your Voice in Turbulent Times
with Joy Arcolano and Bob Lada
6–7 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) | 10–11 AM UTC
Language: English & Korean
Type of Class: Workshop
Finding your voice in turbulent times begins with noticing what turbulence does to us: when the ground feels unsteady, many of us feel it first in the body – the breath shallows, the voice loses its ease, presence gets harder to hold. In this participatory session, Alexander Technique International CAT teacher Bob Lada and voice teacher Joy Arcolano use Alexander Technique principles to help you experience grounded confidence and keep access to your voice as difficult situations arise. We'll practice specific techniques together, with support, and explore small practices you can return to in day to day, before a hard moment begins. You'll leave with the start of a personalized toolkit for quiet preparation and for finding your voice in the moment itself.
Introduction to the Alexander Technique
with Ainesh Madan
5–6 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM UTC
Language: English
Type of Class: Workshop
This is an introductory workshop for new and experienced teachers. We will use constructive rest, games, and discussion to access the principles of the technique. The workshop will provide a light and playful way to get familiar with ideas connected to the technique.
新たな満足感
with Rosa Luisa Rossi and Kanae Tsuneki
2–3 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) | 12–1 PM UTC
Language: 日本語
Type of Class: Workshop
アレクサンダー・テクニークを通して、日常生活の中で自分がどのように考え、動き、反応しているかへの気づきを深めることで、より大きな「楽さ」、しなやかな回復力（レジリエンス）、そして心身のウェルビーイングを育む方法を発見しましょう。感覚への気づきを養い、「今、私はどうしているだろう？」というシンプルな問いを手がかりに、自分自身の自然な働きを妨げている無意識の習慣に気づき、今この瞬間にいる感覚（プレゼンス）を育てていきます。このワークショップでは、私たちの思考がどのように体験に影響を与えるのかを探り、日々の生活の中で意識的に自分自身を導くための実践的な方法を学びます。さらに、より自然で健康的な動きと協調性を支えるための、わかりやすく役立つ身体の解剖学的な基礎知識もご紹介します。体験を中心としたこのワークショップは、不必要な緊張を手放し、幸福感を高め、毎日の暮らしにより多くの調和とバランスをもたらしたいと願うすべての方におすすめです。
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