THE POISE PROJECT: alexander technique for the 21st century
THE POISE PROJECT PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
As part of The Poise Project’s mission, we offer training workshops for Alexander technique professionals and trainees in suggested best practices for adapting AT to specific populations. Some teachers attend one- or two-day workshops, while others choose to have a more immersive experience by taking an in depth training in one of our course curriculums. Some others, after having completed one of these immersive trainings, have gone on to deliver a course as a consultant for The Poise Project.
All these teachers have gained some specific knowledge about Parkinson’s, about family caregivers, and about how to implement The Poise Project’s mission and strategic model that other Alexander technique specialists may not have.
If any of these AT specialists have a website that we know of, when you hover over their name there will be a live link that can connect you. (If they don’t have a personal website, you can try to look for contact information for them at one of the AT membership organization websites listed at the bottom of this page.)
PLEASE NOTE: The Poise Project does not endorse any individual teachers. The teachers listed here are not employees of The Poise Project, may not represent themselves as such, and may not teach any of The Poise Project workshops or courses without prior written permission from The Poise Project.
Please contact us directly at: 828-254-3102 info@thepoiseproject.org if you are:
A service provider or organization that would like to arrange for delivery of one of our Alexander technique courses or workshops for people living with Parkinson’s, or for family care partners of people living with chronic conditions.
An AT professional who would like to have post-graduate training with The Poise Project.
An AT professional interested in training to deliver one of The Poise Project workshops or courses.
ALEXANDER SPECIALISTS ARE LISTED BELOW BASED ON AMOUNT OF TRAINING TIME & THEN BY THEIR LOCATION
Professional trainings with THE POISE PROJECT
ADAPTING ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR CARE PARTNERS
Immersive Training
Specialized in-depth training using The Poise Project ‘Partnering with Poise"‘ course curriculum in how to adapt AT for care partners of people living with chronic conditions
UNITED STATES
Diana Bradley, Corinne Cassini, Ashley Hyers, Karen Kleiner, Mary Naden, Jim Paisner, Cathy Pollock, Imogen Ragone, Debbie Romero, Judith Saxton
UNITED KINGDOM
HUNGARY
Attila Elek, Eva Gusztos, Attila Majer, Timea Széll
JAPAN
木野村 朱美 (Akemi Kinomura), 中島ゆう子 (Yuko Nakajima), 新海みどり (Midori Shinkai), 堤奈津子 (Natsuko Tsutsumi), 宇野 博子(Hiroko Uno), 渡邊康子 (Yasuko Watanabe)
HONG KONG
Professional trainings with THE POISE PROJECT
ADAPTING ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR PARKINSON’S
Immersive Training
Specialized in-depth training using The Poise Project ‘Poised for Parkinson’s’ course curriculum in how to adapt AT for people living with Parkinson’s and their care partners to help manage motor and non-motor symptoms during daily life.
ESTONIA
FINLAND
Artur Erjala, Saru-Miia Kero, Soile Lahdenperä, Marja-Kaisa Maula
FRANCE
Marie-Laure Deplaix (The Poise Project Program Development Leader in France)
IRELAND
ITALY
PORTUGAL
Dania Gold Namdar
SPAIN
Coni Fabiani (The Poise Project Development Leader in Spain)
SWITZERLAND
Rosa Luisa Rossi, Elfi Jenal, Monique Jobin
UNITED KINGDOM
Erica Donnison, June Gill, Cathy Sommer
UNITED STATES
Glenna Batson, Lisa First, Hope Gillerman, Evelyn Hess, Ashley Hyers, Karen Kleiner, Jim Paisner, Petrea Warneck
Five-day training
UNITED STATES
BOSTON - Lauren Hallal
NEW YORK - Leland Vall
JAPAN
Three-day intensive in-depth training
ARGENTINA
Valeria Primost, Ana Rosemberg
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
Gabriela Geluda, Camillo Vacalebre
CANADA
Gaby Minnes Brandes, Hélène Bellemare, Tania Canas (Spanish Speaking), Suzanne Jacob (French Speaking), Raewyn Khosla, Heike Walker
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
Artur Erjala, Soile Lahdenperä, Marja-Kaisa Maula, Anne Pulksten
FRANCE
Brigitte Augis, Maryse Berninet, Alice Cathelineau, Joelle Colombani, Julia Gilroy, Karolina Glab, Christine Hardy, Damien Mongellaz, Anne Zimmer
GERMANY
Renée Allen, Montserrat Auladell, Hannah Kreitz, Manuela Tennikat
HUNGARY
Attila Elek, Eva Gusztos, Attila Majer, Timea Széll, Mónika Csárádi, Katalin Fenyves, Zóltan Hegedüs, Rita Kopócsy, Csilla Pálos, Viktoria Veszelik, Dr. Eleonóra Papp, Judit Pető, Sandor Varga
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAPAN
桃井ちひろ (Chihiro Momoi), 森本まり子 (Mariko Morimoto) 村上敬子 (Keiko Murakami)
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
Jeanette Boersma, Margreet Bouwmeester, Patrick Johnson, Uli Neumann
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
Coni Fabiani, Gal Keinan, Xavier Ortiz
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
Nadia Banna, Geraldine Marmier, Karen Sadek
UNITED KINGDOM
Philipa Batty, Jackie Beim, Anna Bosatta, Yoana Browning, Lucy de Castro, James Sholto Douglas, Jane Evans, Henry George, Natalie Gibellini, June Gill, Mary Hill, Michele Pipe, Sylvie Samuels, Cathy Sommer, Liz Tunnicliffe, Christine Vass, Lindsay Wagstaff, Andrea Walsh, Charlotte Woods
UNITED STATES
Steven Borzykowski, Julie Brundage, Mary Beth Coolidge, Anna Furman, Georgette Garbes-Putzel, Ted Gibboney, Hope Gillerman, Jill Guillermo-Togawa, Erik Gunderson, Phyllis Jo Kubey, Kathy Privatt, Marieke Schuurs, Janet Rarick, Crispin Spaeth, Tommy Swanson, Naoko Yoda
URUGUAY
Mariana di Paula, Lucia Bruce, Sandra Garcia, Rodolfo Vidal
Two-day training
UNITED STATES
New York
Joy Jacobson, Rebecca Sandler, Leland Vall
UNITED KINGDOM
Guillaume Bourgault, Antonella Cavallone, Jane Carwardine, Linda Dodd, Elizabeth Dodgson, Mark Fletcher, Nicoline Gatehouse, Jerzy Giermakowski, Catharine Gunningham, Liza Hawkins, Paula Hollings, Ben Lobley, Sherry Loh, MIchael Picker, Eileen Mccrory, Rebecca Rees, Ellie Ribeaux, Azizë Stirling, Pauline Wetherell, Kathy Whitehouse
FRANCE
Joelle Schneider-nougier
AUSTRIA
JAPAN
福永瑞枝 (Mizue Fukunaga), 肥田 ひかる (Hikaru Hida), 石坪佐希子 (Sakiko Ishitsubo), 川上典李子 (Noriko Kawakami), 川村靖子 (Yasuko Kawamura), 増田逸子 (Itsuko Masuda), 松川美智子 (Michiko Matsukawa), 三角明裕 (Akihiro Misumi), (Makono Mitai), 中野慈美 (Tsutsumu Nakano), 中井敦子 (Atsuko Nakai), 中尾英理 (Eri Nakao), 冈本顺子 (Junko Okamoto), 马萨内-帕库 (Masane Parku), 櫻井洋平 (Yohei Sakurai), 高木正人 (Masato Takagi), 堤奈津子 (Natsuko Tsutsumi), 梅原千佳 (Chika Umehara), 博子(Hiroko Uno), 渡边靖子 (Yasuko Watanabe), 安田ヨウコ (Yoko Yasuda)
One-day training
UNITED STATES
SAN FRANCISCO/SAN JOSE AREA
Dana Ben-Yehuda, Jeanne Benioff, Simone Biase, Stephen Brown, Greer Ellison, Josephine Gray, Ada Hajaj, Lena Hart, Sara James, Ann Koo, Deborah Lewis, David Liebendorfer, Amy Likar, Janet Lott, Barbara Maloney, Michael McKenna, Stella Moon, Monica Norcia, Flora Ojanen, Jennifer Polyocan, Emily Sapa, Elyse Shaferman, Fumi Sasa, Kathryn Trigg, Antonio Tudisco
LOS ANGELES AREA
Marco Beghin, Pamela Blanc, Mary Beth Bolin, Constance Clare-Newman, Deena Hyatt, Deborah Jay, Lyn Charlesen Klein, Patty Massey, Laura Parker, Kosta Potamianos, Pam Johnson, Shulamit Sendowski, Julie Shelton, Janet Shulman, Richard Skramstad
SAN DIEGO AREA
Phyllis Gilmore, Rebecca Grohowski, Graeson Harris-Young, Christie Johnson, Barbara Kaufman, Karina Lombrozo, Paula McCrary, Alice Olsher, Kimberly Peterson, Ruby Resnick, Dory Steinmetz, Eileen Troberman
PALM SPRINGS CA - Constance Clare-Newman
PORTLAND AREA
Anita August, Eve Bernfeld, Lauren Hallal, Jacklyn Maddux, Sara Padilla
BOSTON AREA
Michaela Hauser-Wagner, Harry Hobbs, Clara Sandler, Heather Stegmaier
CHICAGO AREA
Jeremy Cohn, Rebecca Ferguson, Wes Howard, Sarah Mayhan, Andrew McCann, David Oromaner, Laurie Shawger, Rachelle Tsachor
NORTH CAROLINA
Corinne Cassini, Lisa First, Ingrid Forsyth, Meredith McIntosh, Luke Shaver
WASHINGTON DC AREA
Diana Bradley, Cori Lynn Campbell, Gabriele Czaja, Emily Faulkner, Ruth Anne Keister, Antoinette Kranenburg, Peter Legowski, Mary Naden, Debbie Romero, Jocelyn Vorenberg
PALM SPRINGS CA: Constance Clare-Newman
PROVINCETOWN MA: Constance Clare-Newman
AUSTIN TX: Alice Moore
ATLANTA GA: Robbin Marcus
TENNESSEE: Charlotte Anderson
VIRGINIA: Judith Cline
DELAWARE: Judith Saxton
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Jennifer Sielicki
CONNECTICUT: Ruth Rootberg
OHIO: Susan Winters
UNITED KINGDOM
Antonella Cavallone, Elizabeth Dodgson, Loretta Manson, Dai Richards, Deena Newman, Ellie Ribeaux, Ai Yamashita
IRELAND
Sarah Compton, Fiona Cranwell, Pauline Gingles, Tina Kiely, Richard Kinsella, Maria O’Neill
SWITZERLAND
Ariane Hesse, Heidi Matter, Amadea Schneider
AUSTRIA
NETHERLANDS
Rixt Leddy, Maria Vahervuo
JAPAN
片桐ユズル (Yuzuru Katagiri), 木野村 朱美 (Akemi Kinomura), 中野 勉, (Tsutomu Nakano), 中尾 衣里 (Eri Nakao), 岡本 旬 (Junko Okamoto), 高木 真人 (Masato Takagi), 堤 奈津 (Natsuko Tsutsumi), 博子(Hiroko Uno), 渡邊 康子 (Yasuko Watanabe), 八冢良子 (Ryoko Yatsuka)
Half-day training
UNITED STATES
New York: Eve Silver, Laura Smith, Claudia Wald
Chicago: Amanda Blair MacDonald
SWITZERLAND
Margaritta Affentranger, Sassoun Arapian, Isabelle Augustin, Amanda Barrett, Cécile Baumann-Arnold, Doris Dietschy, Gabriele Fahrenkamp-Brandt, Tine Gherardi, Christine Luggen, Barbara Lutz, Christina Stahlberger, Ulf Toelle, Karin Traut, Lucia Carro Veiga
GERMANY
Ariane Hesse, Gudrun Meurer-Hageroth, Maleen Schultka (The Poise Project General Development Leader for Europe)
NETHERLANDS
Alwine Kruisselbrink, Maria Vahervuo
ADDITIONAL ALEXANDER SPECIALISTS
WITH OTHER TRAINING in ADAPTING AT FOR PARKINSON’S
With support from The Walter Carrington Educational Trust, led by four AT teachers who participated in a Poise Project training in London, these teachers had additional in-depth training in adapting AT for people living with Parkinson’s in the United Kingdom. This is a partial list. For additional teachers with this post-graduate training, please contact: Loretta Manson.
Go to the Alexander Technique Imperial Wharf site for information about AT for Parkinson’s workshops in London: https://atiw.org/parkinsons/
Rossella Buono, Debbie Davis, Catherine Fleming, Nicoline Gatehouse, Kathy Hulme, Regina Stratl (in Austria), Loretta Manson, Julia Messenger, Elizabeth Dodgson, Dai Richards
These are AT specialists who have been past Poise Project conference advocacy team members who have a lot of personal teaching experience in adapting AT for people living with Parkinson’s.
ATLANTA GA - Morgan Rysdon
NEW YORK - Bill Connington
CANADA - Caprice Boisvert, Candace Cox, Daisy Kaiser
LONDON - Ellie Ribeaux
To find certified AT specialists anywhere in the world, please visit the following websites:
American Society for the Alexander Technique
Alexander Technique International
American Center for the Alexander Technique
Canadian Society of Teachers of The Alexander Technique
Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
Alexander Alliance
Interactive Teaching Method
Professional Association of Alexander Teachers