ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE SITES

National Societies of Alexander Teachers which are internationally affiliated
All these societies have similar requirements for training and entry to the profession, and have codes of conduct and complaint procedures in place.

• The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, UK (Contact them for countries without affiliated societies.)
• American Society for the Alexander Technique
• The Australian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (AUSTAT)
• CANSTAT, the Canadian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
• GLAT, German Alexander Technique Society - Freiburg
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Denmark
• France
• Israel
• Netherlands
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• New Zealand
• Spain

Other Alexander technique sites

• International

• Alexander Technique International - Home Page
• For links to information on teachers in countries which do not have an Alexander Technique Professional Society
• This web site set up by Paul Cook has lots of information of Alexander technique courses and teachers throughout the world. Also offers free email service for Alexander teachers.
• Alexander Technique Info is a website that aims to give you neutral and realistic information about the Alexander Technique. It has a discussion forum and links to teacher lists throughout the world.
  
• Go here to join the main international Alexander technique email discussion group.
• Books, tapes and magazines
• Mornum Time Press - a publisher of books on the Alexander technique. Most of the books are available from us in Australia, but there is lot more detail about the books on this site
• DIRECTION: An International Journal on the Alexander Technique
• Welcome to the Back Alive Advantage, the audio tape to help your back based on the time tested principles of the Alexander Technique.
• Alexander Books.  Books and videos on the Alexander Technique based in the UK
• Australia
• Studio Evolving - Marigold Smith teaches Alexander technique and its application to horse riding and yoga at Healesville near Melbourne. Accommodation is available for those wishing to train for several days
• Paul Cook's Web-site-Melbourne. Paul teaches in the south-east of Melbourne with studios in Highett and Rosebud
  
• Micka Rotstein is a Melbourne based teacher with a practice in St Kilda
• Jeremy Woolhouse is a Melbourne based teacher who teaches in Glen Iris
• South West Alexander Technique is the web-site of Philip Shaw and Jeanette Hajncl who teach the techique in rural Victoria. The live in Warnambool and also teach in Portland and Hampton.
• Alexander Technique Associates - NSW, Australia
• Michael Shellshear is a teacher based in Sydney, Australia

· Lynne Mackay teaches the technique in Kureelpa on the Sunshine Coast

· Alexander Technique Associates in the Northen District of Sydney. Site includes articles about the techniqe and Yoga, Martial Arts, Physiotherapy, Chronic Fatique Syndrome and other topics. Features
Teachers in Northern Districts of Sydney Australia

· Freedominaction- A well-presented Australian Alexander Technique site out of Canberra. Good articles and explanations to be found. High quality "Alexander" designed forward sloping office chairs and instructional audiotapes available for purchase.

· Glen Swift teaches the technique in Perth, West Australia

• Ecosomatics - the web site of Alex Nicholson in Sydney
• The Back School - Brisbane - the web site of Tara and Karyn Chapman
• Richard Beavitt and Annie Robinson teach the technique in Bibra Lake and Subiaco in Perth, WA

New Zealand

• Peter Grunwald's webpage - applying the Alexander Technique Principles to Eyesight and Vision improvement.
• Michael Keall & Teresa Neches teach in Wellington
• North America
• Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique
• Ergnomics and the Alexander Technique
• Judith Grodowitz teaches in New York & also runs an annual Alexander Technique course on the Greek island of Folegandros

· Bioergonomics & the Alexander Technique is based in Los Angeles.

· Laura Harwood teaches the technique in Cambridge, Massachusettes

• Rajal Cohen, NASTAT/AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, offers lessons, workshops and classes in Pennsylvania, USA
• Insiders' Guide to the Alexander Technique: Alexander Technique Centre, Washington, DC. Has a number of interesting articles on the technique plus book reviews and information about classes at the centre.
• Alexander Technique Web-site of Jill Geiger, STAT, AmSAT certified teacher in Newton, MA. USA
• N. Brooke Lieb runs private sessions and group classes in Manhattan, New York. She offers a free pain newsletter & free 20 page study guide
• Alexander Technique Pittsburgh - Lonna Wilkinson and Lisa Levinson maintain private teaching practices and offer workshops throughout the Pittsburgh area.
• Adam Bailey teaches the Alexander Technique in Cambridge, MA
• Alexander Technique Residential West/East Workshops - Michael Fredericks Director
• Alexander Technique Center - New England
  
  

Spain

• Xavier Ortiz - AmSAT Certified Teacher (Spain) Contains Spanish language articles and information on the technique

United Kingdon

• The Alexander Technique - Understand the reason for problems like back pain, asthma and arthritis. A UK based web site for understanding the Alexander Technique.
• Michael Rawlinson is a teacher in the South West of England.
• Gail Clarke is a teacher with an interest in voice work in Somerset, England.
• F Matthias Alexander Trust in the UK was created in 1990 to advance the education of the general public in the Alexander Technique, to promote research and study into all aspects of the Alexander Technique and to disseminate the useful results of that research.
  
• AT Education Research.com This site is devoted to furthering historical, empirical, and theoretical research into Alexander Technique Education. Lots of interesting historical information and articles.
• Bloomsbury Alexander Centre in London offers private lessons and workshops
• Alex Maunder has over 13 years experience of teaching the Technique. Author of the book "The Alexander Technique and the Principles of Self-Transformation", he gives lessons in Central & NW London.

· Fellside Studios in Cumbria, UK

· Alexander Technique Teacher - London N16 - Hilary King, MSTAT: Hilary King teaches the Alexander Technique in North London (N16). Includes information about the Alexander Technique, private lessons and group introductory sessions

· Gooduse.com is the site of Michelle Cole who teaches the technique in London

· Jill Freeman teaches in the England

• The Alexander Studio - central London, UK The centre for Alexander in the heart of London. Information, FAQ's and details of lessons and teachers of the Alexander Technique.

· John Naylor teaches the Alexander Technique in Northampton and London England, and has a particular interest in working with musicians.

· Discover the Alexander Technique with Norma Baird, North Wales, UK

· The Alexander Technique College of Sussex is a STAT accredited training school. The director is Carolyn Nicholls.

· Stephen Cooper, teacher and director of the Oxford Alexander training course.

· Backs in Business is an Alexander Technique consultancy based in Leeds which teaches individuals and organisations to use their backs well.

· Norma Baird teaches the technique in Fife, Scotland

· Annie Kaszina & Madelene Webb, teach in London and have an interesting web-site

France

• La Technique Alexander en France - a French language site of Francis van der Riet, Alexander teacher in Paris.
• Pedro de Alcanatra is the author of the excellent "Indirect Procedures" which deals with the Alexander technique related to musicians. He teaches in Paris and travel internationally.

Hong Kong

• Peter Schneider's website, Smartmoves HK 

Taiwan

• Richard Peng is a flautist and occupational therapist who is a graduate of our school. He runs a practice in Taiwan and has a Chinese language web site on the Alexander Technique.

Ireland

· Alexander Technique Centre: Richard Brennan's Website

· Irish Society of Alexander Technique Teachers (the Irish society is not at present affiliated with other national societies)

Special Applications

• The Effects of Posture on Learning: This website is linked to a research project (1998-2000) based at Leeds Metropolitan University that investigated the ways in which knowledge of the principles of the Alexander Technique might inform good practice in the primary school
• Running and the Alexander Technique

• Horse Riding and the Alexander Technique

• Alexander Technique & Dance Website. Dancer and Alexander teacher Madeline Samuelson White is based in the UK and has a web-site with many excellent articles on dance and the Alexander Technique..
• Alexander Audio has a collection of .mp3 (download to your iPod) and RealAudio files related to the Alexander Technique.

HORSE RIDING AND ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

· Studio Evolving - Healesville near Melbourne - Marigold Smith an Alexander teacher who teachers at the school teaches from here.

· Dressage Technique with Richard Weis - based at Gisbourne near Melbourne Richard delivers clinics, lectures, trainings and clinics around Australia and overseas.

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SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

· Randomized controlled trial of the Alexander Technique for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (2002)

· Retention of skills learnt in Alexander technique lessons: 28 people with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (2004)

YOGA WEBSITES

• The Back School in Brisbane has a comprehensive schedule of yoga and Alexader technique classes
• Australian Yoga Life Magazine: A high quality Australian magazine
• Findyoga.com.au Find a Yoga Class in Australia. A searchable database listing classes in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, and Brisbane
  
• Find a Yoga Class in America: at Findyoga.com - searchable database listing classes, courses, workshops and retreats
• Yogasite.com offers a wealth of information on yoga
• Purple Valley Yoga Centre in Anjuna, North Goa, India, runs regular Iyengar & Ashtanga Yoga classes, and offers classes with visiting teachers.

· Omplace: The Conscious Living Directory

· YogaDirectory.com has detailed international directories of teachers, trainings, traditions and many other yoga related links and information.

· Daily Readings contains translations of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita as well as yoga talks given by Swami Venkatesananda.

· Rainbow Body contains many articles and translations of yoga texts and explores many other similar universal traditions. Has great links to many other sites

· Yogamad.com - Europe's Yoga Equipment Specialists

· Yoga Network is an online community of teachers and students

· Yoga411.com has lots of information about teachers & courses and they offer a free online yoga magazine

· Omshop.com

· Yoga Movement has lots are articles & lots information about teachers and courses throughout the world

· Yogafinder.com Search for yoga teachers & centres throughout the world

· Yoga Research Centre: Set up by Georg Feurstein, this site has lots of information

• Yoga Vidya in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany is one of Europe's biggest Yoga institutions with more than 300 seminars: weekends, retreats, intensive weeks, Teachers Training Courses. Lots of information on Yoga, Meditation, FAQ, articles, books, Yoga Asana Charts, seminar programmes, list of Yoga Teachers, etc.
• Capeller's Sanskrit-English Dictionary
• Yoga-Age.com has full translations of a number of key yoga texts
• Yoga Sutrasof Patanjali - has a translation of this key yoga text and translations of it into numerous languages
• Health & Yoga.com Has lots of articles and lots of information about teachers and courses throughout the world
  
• Pranava Yoga Wear based in Queensland, Australia offers technical, specialised yoga and active lifestyle apparel which gives you support, comfort and freedom of movement. Pranava’s stylish designs look great and perform and wear well.
  
• Byron Bay Yoga Retreat and Yoga Video  Byron Bay Yoga Retreats and getaways - Australia

PERFORMING ARTS WEBSITES

· The Australian Guitar Competition & Festival. David Moore will be doing presentations on the Alexander Technique at this festival which runs from 5-8 December 2002 in Newcastle, NSW.

· The Whole Guitarist Web site on the book The Whole Guitarist which looks at Alexander technique approaches to playing the guitar.

· Painomap: A resource for pianists. Dedicated to free, expressive piano playing and the elimination of pianists' injuries.Created and maintained by pianist/teacher Thomas Mark.

· Melbourne based Maria Sangiori is a highly respected entertainer and teacher in the Middle Eastern Music and Dance genre. She has been involved in the Australian World music and dance scene since 1991. She has a versatile and unique style of performing, and gives to you the Essence of Egyptian dance, Raqs Sharqi. Maria is also a member of Melbourne's Middle Eastern Music and Dance group, Yalla!

· London Language and Drama School offer language courses, Public Speaking, Speech-training, Art, Theatre and Drama courses in small tutorial classes. They have an Alexander technique component in their theatre and drama courses.

· Hands on Newsletter: Performance Health Newsletter for Flutists

· Sydney Flute Academy

HEALTH & PSYCHOTHERAPY

• Australian Sites
• Montaine Centre for Natural Therapies in Sydney has a extensive web-site with lots of information, including a listing of different events and courses throughout Australia
  
  
  
• The Natural Health Directory an Australia site for providing natural health options without the hype
  
  
  
• Gawler Foundation - Based in Victoria "the Gawler Foundation is committed to an integrated approach to health, healing and wellbeing that includes the body, emotions, mind and spirit.  We call this holistic medicine.Our mission is to work within a holistic medical framework to provide access to the best possible instruction and support for the implementation of self-help techniques."
  
• Pain World - This site deals with Chronic Pain and it's treatments.It is based in Australia, open to everyone and it's free.
  
• UseNature.com - Natural Health and Lifestyle Directory based in Australia
  
  
  
• Colonic Hydrotherapy Australia - The Detox Lounge in Byron Bay.