“La tecnica Alexander è un metodo ideato per scaricare le tensioni fisiche e mentali che molti di noi hanno accumulano nel corso della vita.”
, Liceo Scientifico A. Pacinotti, La Spezia – 1980.
“Proficiency” Diplomain English and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), London, 1981.
BWOY Diploma (British Wheel of Yoga), London: three-year state-recognised course for teachers of
yoga and breathing technique
, director Dr Velta Wilson, 1984–1987. Residential school, Sivananda YogaCentre, London, 1985–1986.
Courses: post-diploma Nataraja in yoga, breathing and Eastern philosophy Yoga Centre London 1985/1986.
Three years on the art and performance project at the October Gallery with Chili Hawes, Covent Garden, London, 1986–1989.
Courses:specialisation in yoga and breathing, Vivekananda Yoga Therapy Centre, Bangalore, India, 1990–1991.
Diploma in the Alexander Technique at the Victoria School, London, director Shoshana Kaminitz, 1989–1992. The course lasts three years and requires daily attendance of at least 1,600 hours.
Continuing professional development courses in the Alexander Technique , Victoria School, 1992–2012.
Courses:specialisation in the Alexander Techniqueapplied to the use of the voice and of an instrument, with Glynn MacDonald and Pedro de Alcantara, 1989–1992.
Corsi di Two-year course, Centro Studi Yoga Oki-do, Rome, 1994–1996.
Diploma,
family counsellor (three-year school of family counselling), Via della Pigna, Rome.
International Congress, Alexander Technique, Freiburg (Germany), August 1999.
International Congress, Alexander Technique, Oxford (England), August.
International Congress, Alexander Technique, Lugano (Switzerland), August 2008.
International Congress, Alexander Technique, Lugano (Switzerland), August 2011.
International Congress, Alexander Technique, Limerick (Ireland), August 2015.
Congresso Internazionale Women’s Choir, Ambrit International School, director Paige Short.
Coro Popolare Italiano, director Ambrogio Sparagna, “Auditorium Parco della Musica”, Rome.
Coro Popolare Italiano, M° Ambrogio Sparagna, “Auditorium Parco della Musica”, Rome.
yoga techniques
at numerous British institutions (among them the Florence Nightingale psychiatric hospital, St Mary’s Hospital and Holloway Prison), London, 1987–1992.Teacher of yoga techniques at numerous British adult education schools (among them The Boltons School and Amberley School), London, 1987–1992. Teacher of yoga and breathing techniques
to private clients (among them Sir Georg Solti and his family), 1987–1992.
Teacher of yoga and relaxation techniques for children aged 8 to 10 at the Lycée Français in South Kensington, 1989–1990.
Teacher of the Alexander Technique at the CoreTrust naturopathic centre, London, 1991–1992.
Teacher of yoga and movement at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, 1988–1992.
Teacher of the Alexander Technique in her own studio, Rome, from 1992 to the present. Her students come mainly from music, theatre and the arts (among them M. P. De Vito, Alessandro Gwis, Massimiliano Farau, Rachele Caputo and many players of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra). Teacher of introductory groups in the Alexander Technique at the Brazilian Embassy, Rome, 1992–1993. Teacher of
introductory courses in the Alexander Technique
at the Faculty of Humanities (theatre studies, Professor Marotta), University of Rome La Sapienza, 1995.
Teacher of introductory courses in the Alexander Technique at theatres in Perugia, on behalf of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Rome La Sapienza, 1997. Teacher of antenatal courses
using the Alexander Technique and yoga, “Il Nido” birth centre, Rome, 1995–2015.
Teacher of the Alexander Technique at the “Auditorium Parco della Musica” (2004–2006). Teacher of the Alexander Technique at the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire (Via dei Greci, Rome) from 2000 to the present. Teacher of the Alexander Technique at Upter, Università Popolare, Rome, 2001–2005.
Teacher of
physical technique
at the National Academy of Dance, Rome, 2005/2006.
Teacher of physical and supporting techniques at the National Academy of Dance, Rome, 2006/2007.
Teacher of physical and supporting techniques for the National Academy of Dance, decentralised classical two-year course, Catania, 2006/2007. Teacher of physical technique at the National Academy of Dance, Rome, 2007/2008. Teacher of the Alexander Technique at the S. D’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, Rome, 2007/2008.
Teacher of the seminar
Hatha Yoga and the Alexander Technique
, International Alexander Technique Congress, Lugano, August 2008.
Teacher of an Alexander Technique masterclass at the Musikene higher school of music, San Sebastián, Spain, April 2009. Teacher of physical technique at the National Academy of Dance, 2014–2015.Teacher of the summer Alexander Technique seminar for the Papillon Youth Orchestra (Perugia, July 2015).
Teacher of the Alexander Technique at the Musikene higher school of music, San Sebastián, Spain, September 2015 – January 2016.
Teacher of the Alexander Technique to the children’s choir of the Sistine Chapel, Schola Puerorum, Rome, 2015–2016.
Docente Seminario Corso estivo Tecnica Alexander per Orchestra Giovanile Papillon (Perugia luglio 2015).
Docente Tecnica Alexander Scuola di Musica Superiore Musikene, San Sebastian Spain, settembre 2015-gennaio 2016.
Docente tecnica Alexander Coro Voci Bianche Cappella Sistina, Schola Puerorum, Rome anno 2015-2016.
Interviste e conferenze
(September 2000).Interviews published in Donna Moderna (January 2001).
Interviews published in L’Espresso (March 2001).
Interview for Telemontecarlo (March 1998).
Seminar “The Alexander Technique and stress management” at St Stephen’s International High School, Rome, March 1999.
Guest on “Tappeto Volante” with Luciano Rispoli, March 2001.
Speaker, “Trainer at the Second International Seminar on Training and Professional Development – Project Learning, Training and Research”, May 2001.
Talk on the Alexander Technique and bioenergetic analysis , January 2008, at S.I.A.B. (Society of Bioenergetic Analyst Teachers).
Interview, “Vivere sani e belli” , May 2014.
Interview, “Amadeus” , April 2017.
Intervista “Amedeus” Aprile 2017.
method devised to release the physical and mental tensions
that many of us accumulate over a lifetime. We often remain unaware of these tensions until we fall ill or experience pain of various kinds — headaches, back pain, breathing and heart difficulties and countless other symptoms. In our first years of life we use the body well, but as we grow we tend, for various reasons, to lose much of that natural potential. The Alexander Technique can help us torecover that ease and grace even in the simplest movements. In Italy few people know the Alexander Technique, and as a result many suffer needlessly — and yet there is nothing finer than watching someone move in a coordinated, harmonious way. The technique takes its name from F. M. Alexander (1869–1955) , an Australian actor who, at the start of a promising stage career, began to have serious vocal problems. In trying to solve them he discovered that the cause lay in the way he used himself. Alexander identified the dynamic relationship between the head, the neck and the back as a basic principle of coordination. Watching himself perform in front of mirrors, he noticed that he tended to stiffen his neck, compress the larynx and push the air out through his mouth. This narrowed his back and led to the loss of his voice, especially on stage. The Alexander Technique can therefore be said to have been born in order to solve a problem caused by the tension and fear that so often accompany our everyday and artistic activities. Alexander not only solved his vocal problems but improved his general health. From 1904 onwards he spent most of his life in London, where he had many pupils, among them eminent figures of the day: George Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley, John Dewey and Frank Pierce Jones, who carried out important scientific experiments on Alexander’s principle at Tufts University. In a series of individual and group lessons, a qualified teacher helps students, through light contact of the hands and verbal instruction , to improve the organisation of their own body: the distribution of weight, muscle tone and the relationship between the parts of the body in movement. The student is not passive: after only a few lessons they begin to put the basic principles of the work into practice. Individual lessons last
30 to 45 minutes . Certified Alexander Technique teachers train at schools approved by STAT (stat.org.uk) or by its affiliated associations. A training course normally involves at least 1,600 hours of compulsory attendance , spread over three years. A study carried out some years ago by the universities of Southampton and Bristol concluded that the Alexander Technique is effective againstchronic back pain in the long term. The research was published in the British Medical Journal., distribuite nell’arco di tre anni. Uno studio condotto qualche anno fa dalle università di Southampton e Bristol in Gran Bretagna ha concluso che la Tecnica Alexander è efficace per combattere il mal di schiena cronico nel lungo termine. La ricerca è stata pubblicata sull’autorevole rivista scientifica “ British medical journal”.