Birding with an Alexander Technique Lens TBA Summer 2025

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Class Series Description

We will mindfully explore how to use just enough energy to allow our head to balance so that our neck, shoulders & back free up.

 
You will learn strategies to

• Lessen muscular tension: shoulders, neck, back, and more. 
• Achieve better balance and mobility: access fuller foot support & more freedom in your ankles, hips and knees
• Better negotiate birding equipment in the field. 

New class offering!

Would you like to Bird with Ease without muscle strain?

Alexander Technique can help!!!

Don't miss this opportunity to get a taste of how the Alexander Technique can work for you!

Learn to be "present" during any activity, including Birding.

The Facts 

• What:  3-Class Series 
• When: Saturdays

May 3rd, 10th, 17th

• Time: 11am-12:30pm
• Where: Stuyvesant Town, New York, NY 
• Register & Total Fee Due by:  April 26, 2025 
• Cancellation Policy: 72 hours in advance of start of  class series for class or private lesson credit

Please email if your have any questions 

gaylforman54@gmail.com

  We will learn what the Alexander Technique is about and how it is applies to daily activity

We will look at: mechanically 

advantageous approaches to everyday movement (sitting,  standing, bending/lifting, etc.) 

and 

you will learn

a restorative practice that is easy to do at home.

Taught using verbal and light hands-on instruction (attendees may opt for no hands-on.)

Complimentary Refreshments!

Stuyvesant Town 

nearby Avenue C

Address will be given upon receipt of your RSVP 

Troubled by 

Back, Neck, Joint &/or Shoulder Pain? Stress ?  Want to  improve your Posture ?

Come! Join your friends & neighbors as we explore how the Alexander Technique can help  and is available close to home! 

Dress code

Loose fitting clothes, that afford comfortable movement. Shirts with sleeves and pants preferred

IT'S JUNE!

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, 

My Open Studio is 

Free for You!

RSVP EXTENDED! 

by June 6, 2024 

if you will be attending 

&/or if you wish

to Reserve 

a  private mini-lesson

 
Saturday

June 8, 2024 

    2pm -5pm  

 Open to those who have never had an Alexander Technique lesson and to those who have previously studied the technique

In Partnership with 

AT for All   

We will investigate how changing our habits enriches choice, composure and energy.  

We will look at: mechanically 

advantageous approaches to daily movement (sitting, standing, walking, bending/lifting, etc.), how we can safely navigate the space surrounding us, and

a restorative practice that is easy to do at home.

Taught using verbal and light hands-on instruction (students may opt for no hands-on.)

Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique/Sapientia

115 W 27th St, 6th floor,     (between 6th & 7th Avenues)

New York, NY 10001

Dress code

Loose fitting clothes, that afford comfortable movement. Shirts with sleeves and pants preferred.
 

Suggested Donation

To Register 

 Sign Up on Below Website

https://sapientiainitiative.org/group-classes/#at-for-all-group-classes

 
Monday

June 3, 2024

6:30-8pm  

 Open to those who have never had an Alexander Technique lesson as well as to those who have studied for years and would like to deepen their practice in an encouraging, energizing environment.  

In Partnership with 

AT for All   

Live interactive experience of  the Alexander Technique. After a brief introduction of some basic principles, we will explore daily activities like standing, bending and lifting and you will learn a restorative practice that is easy to do at home. 

Taught using verbal and light 'hands-on' instruction, students may or may not opt for no 'hands-on' if they wish. 

 Open to those who have never had an Alexander Technique lesson as well as to those who have studied for years and would like to deepen their practice in an encouraging, energizing environment.  

Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique/Sapienta

115 W 27th St, 6th floor,     (between 6th & 7th Avenues)

New York, NY 10001
 

Weekly class is taught 

July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 

Led by alternate teachers whom have graduated from the RIAT teacher training program.   

To Register 

 Sign Up on Below Website

https://sapientiainitiative.org/group-classes/

People of all levels of experience with the Alexander Technique are welcome  

 
I teach on Wednesday

July 26th

5pm-6:30pm  

Suggested Donation

Dress code

Loose fitting clothes, that afford comfortable movement..Shirts with sleeves preferred.

Guest Teaching as part of the Holistic Health Series: 

Chair Yoga with Julie

In Person Only

Masks required

 for all levels of experience  

• Learn how to approach yoga with more ease 

• Learn how the mind-body practice of the Alexander Technique with it's concept of  integration of the whole self lends itself to yoga

• Learn a restorative tool  to help reduce stress, minimize pain, and increase  energy

The Sirovich Center for Balanced Living

Auditorium

 
331 East 12th Street

New York, NY 10003

 
Between 1st and 2nd Avenues (closer to 1st Avenue)

North side of 12th Street
 

Nearest subway: L train

(1st Avenue Stop & Exit)
 

Edalliance.org/Sirovich 

FREE! 

No registration necessary 

Drop ins welcome

Community members ages 60+ are eligible to join Sirovich FREE!

 
Tuesday

December 13th

10:30am-11:30am  
 

Register to become a member of Sirovich and you’ll receive great benefits including access to virtual and in-person classes and events, health and wellness services, arts and culture programming, eligibility for free 14Y membership, meals, and so much more! 

https://form.jotform.com/itadmin982/OAS_Application

In Person Only

Masks required

 for all levels of experience

•  Learn how to bring ease into your everyday well-being. 
• The Alexander Technique offers practices that improve mindfulness. 
• You will learn simple tools to help reduce stress, minimize pain, and increase energy. 
• We will explore everyday activities such as standing, bending, sitting, walking, and lifting, and there will be time to address individual needs. 

14 St Y

344 E 14th St, NY, NY 10003

(between 1st and 2nd Avenues) south side of the street

Fitness Studio

Nearest subway is L train

(1st Ave stop)

  To Register 

Click either link below

 https://onlinereg.edalliance.org/MyCenter/details.jsf?search_string=65936 

or 

 :https://www.14streety.org/adult-programs/ 

14Y Members: 

$80/8-class series

$10/class  

Non-14Y Members: 

$120/8-class series

$15/class

Saturdays:

October 1st-November 19th

10:00am-11:15am 

In Person Only

Masks required

 for all levels of experience  

Learn how the Alexander Technique offers you the power of choice that can help reduce stress and anxiety when interacting with others.

•  We often talk without first thinking through what we really want to say, without crafting our thoughts to an end. 
• Often our counterpart immediately replies, even while we are still talking.
• What changes if we give ourselves much more time, if we refine our content into a short, clear statement and stop when we are finished saying what we want to say?
• What happens if we are fully present while listening, not busy preparing a response while the other is still talking?
• What effect does “embodied” talking and listening have upon our understanding and connection with ourselves as well as with whom we converse? 
• How does it affect our energy throughout our whole selves?

We will explore though role playing games in small groups. 

We will share what we observe and experience.

To Register 

Click link below

https://sapientiainitiative.org/sapientia-fall-series-2022/ 

  Sign up deadline November 3rd 

$36  

Enrollment limited to 24

Saturday

 November 5th 

 3:00pm – 4:30pm 

RIAT

Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique 

aka Sapientia Initiative

115 West 27th Street, NY, NY 10001 

(between 6th and 7th Avenue) north side of the street

Suite 6F   

Nearest subway is #1 train at 28th street, with NE exit on 27th street. 

Walking distance from N/R train at 23rd street, F/M train at 23rd Street & 4/5/6/L/N/R/Q/W at Union Square.

In Person Only

 for all levels of experience

 We will explore

•  Pausing before responding, which FM  Alexander termed "inhibition"

•  How not reacting opens the door to welcome freedom of choice in movement and behavior

• Guided “lie-downs”

• Hands-on “turns” 

• Inhibition games will facilitate our investigations

Sign Up  Soon!

No later than July 18th through RIAT’s Summer Series  

https://sapientiainitiative.org/sapientia-summer-series-2022/

$36/class; $120/series

To get discount of $30 per class, ($120 for all 4 classes) 

Use coupon code WHYRUSH120 when  purchasing entire 4 class series 

Wednesdays: 

July 20 & 27, August 3 & 10

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Enrollment limited to 10

Presented by RIAT, the 

Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique/Sapientia Summer Series

115 West 27th Street, Suite 6F, NYC, NY 10001 (between 6th and 7th Avenue) north side of the street.   

Nearest subway is #1 train at 28th street, with NE exit on 27th street. 

Walking distance from N/R train at 23rd street, F/M train at 23rd Street & 4/5/6/L/N/R/Q/W at Union Square.

Unravel Stress and Move More Easily through the Alexander Technique with Gayl 

SIROVICH CENTER FOR BALANCED LIVING 

331 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-228-7836 

https://edalliance.org/community-centers-programs/sirovich/ 

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022

12:45PM - 1:45PM

Free to anyone over 60 years of age!

• What is the Alexander Technique?

• Join in a guided sitting version of an Alexander Technique "Lie-Down

• Sample "Hands-On"  Learning if you wish

• Q & A

Unravel Stress and Move More Easily through the Alexander Technique with Gayl 

STUYVESANT TOWN COMMUNITY CENTER 

449 East 14th Street
New York, NY 10009

https://www.stuytown.com/amenities/convenience/community-center

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021

10AM - 11AM 

Free to Stuyvesant Town residents!