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Want to learn more about the Alexander Technique and ACAT's Legacy? The ACAT webiste is here to help with blogs & teacher directory plus class listings!

 New York, NY
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December Newsletter

December Newsletter

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From the Archives: Embracing Change (Originally published March 14, 2018) acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
From the Archives: Embracing Change (Originally published March 14, 2018) — ACAT

From the Archives: Embracing Change (Originally published March 14, 2018) — ACAT

From the Archives: Embracing Change (Originally published March 14, 2018) Alexander Teachers could be considered “change agents” for the individual. We help our students expand ways of being in...

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From the Archives: Giving Up Good Posture (Originally published March 13, 2014) acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
From the Archives: Giving Up Good Posture (Originally published March 13, 2014) — ACAT

From the Archives: Giving Up Good Posture (Originally published March 13, 2014) — ACAT

From the Archives: Giving Up Good Posture (Originally published March 13, 2014) by Dan Cayer I started meditating long before I ever heard of the Alexander Technique. Now, my experience as an...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #31 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #31 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #31 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #31 October 6, 1978 It is always imperative to come back to the head. Other areas may be of great interest to work on spine curvature but not at the...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #30 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #30 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #30 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #30 Judy tells people it takes from 10 to 15 lessons to start to understand, and 30 to become facile and familiar. Walking: Your spine is the axis...

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10 Keys to Understanding Trauma acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
10 Keys to Understanding Trauma — ACAT

10 Keys to Understanding Trauma — ACAT

10 Keys to Understanding Trauma by Cate McNider (originally published here ) A very important thing to know after you have experienced something traumatic, is that the subsequent events that bring it...

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How are you doing?: Looking at how Allostatic Overload is Impacting Our Well-being acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
How are you doing?: Looking at how Allostatic Overload is Impacting Our Well-being — ACAT

How are you doing?: Looking at how Allostatic Overload is Impacting Our Well-being — ACAT

How are you doing?: Looking at how Allostatic Overload is Impacting Our Well-being by N. Brooke Lieb When I began my Alexander Technique teaching practice in 1989, my focus was on performing artists...

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The Hero's Journey Is Written In Your Habits acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
The Hero's Journey Is Written In Your Habits — ACAT

The Hero's Journey Is Written In Your Habits — ACAT

The Hero's Journey Is Written In Your Habits by Cate McNider (originally published here) The blindspot humans love to avoid, is that the use of themselves , how they think and move is at the root of...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #29 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/04282…

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #29 Thursday, June 8, 1978 Working on going up on toes: Back and up – if you feel that your weight is shifting to back of heels when you think torso...

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Nothing outweighs experience acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
Nothing outweighs experience — ACAT

Nothing outweighs experience — ACAT

Nothing outweighs experience by Cate McNider (originally published here) Intellectualization often gets in the way of an experience. What we think we know about it, can get in the way of letting the...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #28 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/04142…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #28 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #28 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #28 Wednesday, December 13, 1978 Grounding of feet is essential to the lengthening process. Otherwise the student will not risk this step for fear of...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #27 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/03312…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #27 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #27 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #27 Wednesday, May 2, 1978 Working on her direction. Taking someone in and out of a chair. We work in a spiral. Each time we learn shoulder or head...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #26 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/20220…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #26 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #26 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #26 Wednesday, April 26, 1978 A. Had directions on the table One thumb on the neck, giving “neck back” direction, and the other thumb under the jar,...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #24 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2022/…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #24 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #24 — ACAT

Wednesday, April 12, 1978 Head. Look at the angle of the back of the neck. See it and feel it. Also, neck under the chin….

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #23 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2021/…
Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #23 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #23 — ACAT

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #22 Tuesday, February 28, 1978 Turning the head on the table. Our wrists are free. Holding book between the hands. A figure eight pattern of movement...

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Getting Lost Means Finding A New Way acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2021/…

Getting Lost Means Finding A New Way — ACAT

Getting Lost Means Finding A New Way I want to tell you a little story. A student who’s been studying AT with me since 2019 (with the interruption of the 2020 lockdown plus some months after vaccin...

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Space is Joy -- Open to Lightness acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2020/…

Space is Joy -- Open to Lightness — ACAT

Space is Joy -- Open to Lightness The Alexander Technique’s benefits are more than postural, which sometimes gets lost in the process of the table and chair work, facing one’s physical imbalances,...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #21 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2021/…

Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #21 — ACAT

Train Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #21 February 22, 1978 Taking a leg up on the table: we are not lifting a leg. The teacher is moving through space and the leg comes along with us. The leg...

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Training Journal: Classes with Judith Leibowitz #22 acatnyc.org/blog-posts/2021/…
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