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The Centre
About the Centre
After years of dance training resulted in injury and chronic pain,
Susan worked with a combination of Alexander Technique and the Pilates
Method to rehabilitate and retrain as a dancer and aerialist. Susan
first trained in the Pilates Method and then went on to become
certified in the Alexander Technique. She has maintained a private
practice in both disciplines since completing her studies in 1993;
and has conducted teacher training programs in Pilates for close to
fifteen years, and in Alexander Technique since 2002. After years of
working with these two Techniques, Susan has now established an
educational centre to teach students, train teachers and bring in senior
teachers from around the world.
What underlies teaching at the Centre are fundamental principles of
human movement. While the Alexander Technique applies to performance
and/or routine daily activities, this type of retraining of the
student's coordination is useful in restoring a state of whole-body
musculo-skeletal balance and functioning; and in the process, freeing
the student from the consequences of the imbalances that are the cause
or effect of chronic pain, fatigue and injury. Once balance has been
restored and the student is free of acute or chronic pain, he or she
can then continue to retrain whole body balance and coordination using
the Pilates Method.
The centre is interested in providing classes in a diversity of
movement disciplines. Private lessons and classes are currently
offered in Alexander Technique, Pilates, Yoga and Tai Chi. Classes
are open to all levels of student ability and tend to reflect a
broad range of capabilities.
Workshops &
Special Events
2012 Senior Visiting Alexander Technique Teachers:
Peter Nobes
Mar 31-Apr 2
Martha Hansen Fertman
Jun 2-6
Special Events and Workshops being held during these periods will be posted soon.