Workshares
Alumni Workshares
Once a term alumni and training course teachers get together at LCATT to share work. This offers the opportunity for graduates to work with the LCATT community of teachers and to present ideas and work to the group.
Dates to come soon.
Workshares for All Teachers
All teachers are welcome to the workshares at LCATT. You can just drop in or contact us on lcattinfo@gmail.com for more details.
See no.3 below for special workshares.
Workshops and Talks
LCATT organises regular activities including talks from other disciplines that may relate to the Alexander Technique, forums with presentations about inspiring work being done within the Alexander Technique and workshops for visiting teachers from abroad. (See below for further information). We also offer workshops run by our LCATT team of teachers on different topics, often related to the theme we are working on in the training course, so that they can, for interest, be combined with a visit to the school.
Workshops for Teachers and Students
1/ Sunday February 1st, 10am to 1pm Tai Chi, Taoism, and AT Workshop with Judith Kleinman. Looking at the interconnection between ancient wisdom and a contemporary approach to Alexander to find Awareness, Balance and Calm. £30 for Teachers, £20 for Students, To book be in touch with Judithkleinman@gmail.com
2/ Sunday March 8th, 10 to 1pm Dart workshop with Judith Kleinman £40 for teachers £30 for students; (please bring cash if you can)
We will work with small memorable sequences of movement, on the floor, in the chair and using the wall, for ourselves and for our students. We will explore how becoming more familiar with Dart work can unlock more awareness, integration and co ordination and bring about a sense of wholeness and optimism.
To book be in touch with Judithkleinman@gmail.com
3/ Morning of March 28th and 29th, 2 mornings of guided work share, with members of the LCATT team. £40 for teachers £30 for students per day;
4/ Sunday May 10th, 10 to 1pm, “How to work with Hyper-mobility in an Alexander lesson” with Julie Barber.
Recognising and understanding HM gives us insight as to why, for example, a student may be simultaneously both ‘too loose’ and yet ‘too tight’, or have under (or over) developed proprioception, or frequent soft tissue injuries such as sprains, strains and tendonitis, or more serious conditions such as POTS, EDS or fibromyalgia.
We’ll learn how to recognise it, appreciate how it may affect more than just joints, and explore helpful ways of working with our hands and direction. There’ll be time for discussion, shared experiences and hands-on.
Julie Barber has been interested in HM since 2012. £40 for teachers £30 for students. To book please be in touch with Judithkleinman@gmail.com
5/ Sunday June 14th 2pm to 5pm “Understanding the Childhood Reflexes’”, with Judith Kleinman, looking at the impact they can have on our own use patterns and how they can inform our observation in teaching. We will explore the interconnection with the reflexes and Dart work, and how the procedures can help us find a sense of integration. We will experiment with some simple directed activities to help our students find skilful ways of working on themselves to find an experience of wholeness, balance and ease. £40 for teachers £30 for students.
To book please be in touch with Judithkleinman@gmail.com
Past teacher’s workshops have included one with Missy Vineyard, author of a ‘How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live’; Lucia Walker, dance teacher and specialist in improvisation and many others.
‘INTERESTING TALKS’
LCATT hosts a series of interesting talks linking with other disciplines. See the list below of the ones we have already enjoyed. They have been really successful so far, so do come and join us for the next one.
The 25th Interesting Talk is on Somatic Experiencing with Daniela Sangiorgio.
“Are Emotions and Sensations real”?
Thursday 18th June 7 to 9pm. £30 for Teachers £20 for students. To book please be in touch with Judithkleinman@gmail.com
This a talk and workshop where I share how I integrate my Somatic Experiencing skills when teaching the Alexander Technique. We will explore the importance of acknowledging, making conscious and honouring the internal emotional world of our students to empower them with agency and healthy boundaries. Can students say “no” or express their needs during lessons and in their everyday lives? By validating the affects and sensations they experience in the present moment we cultivate trust, connection and safety. We will also explore how students’ body language can reveal insights into their internal state in relation to their nervous systems.
Daniela Sangiorgio is an Alexander Technique teacher who trained at LCATT in London and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (the work of Peter Levine, author of ‘Waking the Tiger”). She is also a Buteyko breathing instructor and a Craniosacral therapist
Attendees please follow LCATT’s Health and Safety protocol at the bottom of this link. https://www.lcatt.org.uk/training-course/
We have had wonderful talks by
Leon Baugh on the ‘Anatomy in Motion’ system.
Colin Farquharson on ‘How the Mind changes the Body and working with dyslexia’.
Liz Kalinowska and Daska Hatton on the relationship between cranio-sacral therapy and Alexander Technique.
Emma Alter, an introduction to Feldenkrais with information on his life and a taste of his work.
Maggie Sawkins, mediator, on ‘Listening and Responding’ – an amazing, valuable experience for AT teachers!
Elizabeth Wallfisch on ‘The Practice of Safe Practice’ – for musicians on how to play without risk to body or mind.
Sylvia Gray on ‘Bones for Life’
Lotte Bredt on ‘Moving and being moved – a psychoanalytic perspective’
Josephine Horder and Anita Morrison on ‘Awareness through Movement for Children’
Josie Geddes on “What is CBT and IAPT, and how do they treat anxiety and depression?”
Carolyn Davies on ‘Non-Violent Communication’ (NVC).
Josie Geddes on ‘Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing’ (EMDR).
Sarah Stein Lubrano on ‘Pedagogy and Emotion.’
Lizzie May on the ‘Psychology of Sight.’
Ilana Machover on ‘An Introduction to Medau Rhythmic Movement.’
Jane Staggs on Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE).
Penny Spawforth on the role spoken communication plays in helping our students learn – ways that increase connection and learning.
Daniela Sangiorgio on Buteyko breathing method.
Flurina Thali on the Story of the Embryo and how it can nurture our practice
Ellen Casey on Researching the Alexander Technique in the Context of Music education and practice.
Polly Waterfield on Reflexology
Flurina Thali on the Story of the Embryo 2.
Polly Waterfield on Reflexology 2.
Michelle Lambert and Anna Goldbeck-Wood on how to grow your Alexander Practice and flourish as a teacher.
See reviews of them in past STAT News.