I began studying the Alexander Technique after sustaining a persistent and debilitating back injury during my junior year of college. As a dance and sculpture student and an avid dressage rider, I found myself unable to do the things I loved, and spent the next year trying various treatment regimens ranging from chiropractic to acupuncture, and more.

 

Eventually I signed up for an Alexander Technique intensive in NYC. After three weeks of consistent lessons, not only had my back injury disappeared, but I had reorganized some deeply rooted patterns of biomechanical misuse that had contributed to my sustained pain. As I continued with lessons, my understanding of the work deepened, and I began to notice some profound changes in the way I lived and moved throughout my daily life. My dancing and riding improved dramatically; I could move with greater precision, fluidity, and balance, and the horses reflected these changes by becoming lighter, more responsive and tuned in. I found that daily anxieties were replaced by a sense of quiet presence and awareness, and that I could better direct and clarify my desires and intentions in the world.

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After years of private lessons, I decided to further my studies and was accepted to Alexander Technique New York City, a three year, 1600 hour AmSAT teacher certification program directed by John Nicholls and Nanette Walsh. I had the privilege of training with some of the very best senior teachers in the world, and was able to gain invaluable extracurricular experience assistant teaching evening classes at Juilliard as well as volunteering at the Riverside Initiative Clinic (http://riversideinitiative.com/). 

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I currently maintain a practice in Bennington, VT and Troy, NY, where I teach private lessons, small group classes, and specialty workshops for artists, performers, and riders.