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Carolyn Simon Alexander Technique Teacher
23.07.2024
School's out and holiday season is upon us! If - like a reported 2.9 million people** in the UK - you suffer from back and neck pain, a change of scene could be just what you need. However don’t...
25.01.2024
There are many reasons to love the Royal College of Music . These include: Its status as one of the world's greatest conservatoires Its beautiful building in the shadow of the Royal Albert Hall Its...
21.02.2023
In recent weeks there has been a healthy explosion of writing and broadcasting about neurodiversity in general and autism in particular. I'm looking at you, Fern Brady ! And tonight I will be...
30.11.2022
The announcement today of this year's winner of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (well done Svante Paabo!) has brought to mind Nikolaas Tinbergen , the Dutch scientist who won the same...
This month marks the 25th anniversary of my graduation as an Alexander Technique Teacher, following three years of training at CFT. Thank you to my teachers - in this photo: Penny O'Connor, Ann...
Tonight the final episode of ‘Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof’ airs on BBC1. I’ve enjoyed watching the Dutch “Iceman” train a likeable bunch of celebrities to rise to one freezing challenge...
The clematis flowers around the entrance to my teaching studio have opened out spectacularly this year - welcoming back AT students to in person lessons after months on Zoom. Given that the...
This morning the welcome news that hugs are coming back to care homes prompted BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme to explore the importance of touch. To find out more about why we feel...
A friend in her early sixties has had five falls in the past four months. “I clearly don’t know where my body ends and starts as I also often end up misjudging and punching the cupboard when...
Carolyn Simon Alexander Technique Teacher
This morning on Radio 4 Claudia Hammond revealed the results of the BBC Touch Test , the world's largest study on attitudes to touch and its significance in our daily lives. One key finding was...
Further to my previous post, here's another look at the Alexander Technique through a science lens: a short animated video commissioned by the F M Alexander Trust . Only 2 minutes long, this...
Alexander Technique Music Conference 2021 If you are a musician, you will be pleased to know that a wonderful new resource has become available online to help you find comfort, balance and freedom in...