In “Embodiment-Practices for Self-Care, I combined exercises from the book My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem. Please fill out the form below to get in touch, or join an upcoming call about this topic.
The Alexander Technique (AT) Diversity Coalition[1] organized this panel to foster critical dialogue around racial equity and other diversity issues to strengthen the AT community. The panel aimed to increase awareness of the ways diverse identities in terms of gender, sexuality, race, age, ability, status, and so on — of teachers and current and potential students — impact the use of the self and interactions in the AT community. Panelists shared experiences, ideas, strategies and resources for AT teachers to take back to their practices, teacher training programs, and professional organizations to support sharing AT with diverse communities.
This workshop at the 2018 International Alexander Technique Congress aimed to normalize conversations around diversity as well as to create a safe space for participants to brainstorm potential strategies to diversify and strengthen private practices, teacher training courses, and the Alexander Technique teaching profession in general.
