Alexander Technique in Reseda CA

A new Alexander Technique class is being formed now in Calabasas, CA,  for Senior Citizens. 

Dates:  6 Mondays, April 22 to May 27 

 

Phone:  (818) 880 - 6461

If you are a senior citizen interested in the Alexander principles to improve body-daily movement, please join us for this 6 week course.  In this class you will make new observations, discovering the beneficial options we have as we sit or stand, walk or bend.  Learn how to prevent the harmful effects of too much tension and poor coordination.  Be prepared for discussions, demonstrations, and floor work.  Bring a mat.

A new Alexander Technique class is forming now in Calabasas, CA,  for Senior Citizens. 

Dates:  6 Mondays, April 22 â?? May 27 

 

Phone:  (818) 880 - 6461

If youâ??re a senior citizen interested in the Alexander principles to improve body-daily movement â?? join us for this 6 week course.  In this class youâ??ll make new observations, discovering the beneficial options we have as we sit or stand, walk or bend.  Learn how to prevent the harmful effects of too much tension and mis-coordination.  Be prepared for discussions, demonstrations, and floor work.  Bring a mat.

A new Alexander Technique class is formed now in Calabasas, CA,  for Senior Citizens. 

Dates:  4 Mondays, March 4th - April1st  (no class on March 25th)

Phone:  (818) 880 - 6461

In this class you'll discover new concepts as well as practical ideas about the way our body moves and functions, about the tension we can do without, about postural habits which interfere with our body design, and about ease, lightness and natural movement. The goal of this class is to increase body awareness and develop new skills, in order to prevent any un-beneficial movements which take us out of alignment, and cause discomfort.

Shula Sendowski is offering an Alexander Technique 6 week class for Senior Citizens, organized by the City of Calabasas.  The class deals with Tension Patterns, how we unconciously repeat them, how the repeated tension affects us, and how we can avoid the harmful effect.  In each class we discuss a different topic, and experiment with various movements.  We end each class with a special way of lying down on the floor to increase self awareness.  The class takes place in the Calabasas Library, 200 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA 91302.  For additional information call the Community services at 818 - 880 - 6461

As alive human beings we move all the time.  We don't have to be dancers or athletes in order to move.  Waving "Hello" to a friend is movement.  Bringing an apple to our mouth is movement.  Sitting and reading requires hundreds of little tiny movements, and adjustments along our whole body.  The question is: Can we do all this while being aware of what we're doing?  What kind of awareness do we need?  What kind of results do we get?

For those living close to Calabasas - on March 8th Shula Sendowski will be giving a class in the Calabasas Library on the Alexander Technique guidelines, looking at some tension patterns, experimenting with simple movements, and observing the balance of the whole body while sitting, standing, walking, and lying down on the floor.  Contact Shula, or just come at 12:00 noon and bring a mat.  Expect ease and lightness, and see how little stress and tension you really need in your daily life activities.

Even when not being in pain, so many of us use our back structure in a way which is neither natural nor beneficial for our back as well as for our whole body.  We are surrounded by stressful situations, not always responding appropriately to them.  We sit on chairs and sofas.  We use tools which cause us to distort ourselves.  We use them for long periods of time, without taking a break.  We imitate the adults around us, walking, and bending like them, without knowing exactly what we are doing.  We adopt their ways of movement, as well as their concepts of movement.

When  it comes to our back  -  what do we think of it?  What is the shape of our back?  Where do we bend it?  Where is the place to bend it?  How much effort is needed to move it?  How little effort is needed?  How easily can we move?  How much energy can we save?

 

Look at a picture of a skeleton.  Locate the hip-joints in the picture and in yourself.  Ask yourself:  How can this picture help me change my concept about my way of bending? 

 

In the Alexander Technique we look at certain body parts, while remembering our body as a whole, and paying  special attention to the Relationship between our head, neck, and back.  Each of our movement is affected by the relationship between our body parts.  Developing our concepts around these and other Alexander Technique guidelines makes a huge difference in the quality of our movement.

On November 13^th, Shula Sendowski will offer a one day class for Massage Practitioners.  The class will focus on the way we use our arms and shoulders, hands and wrists from the Alexander Technique point of view.  It will be an exploration class in which we will find out what exactly we are doing with our arms and hands without even knowing, how we can gain more awareness of our movement, how much effort we can eliminate, what guidelines to go by, and how to keep the flow along our body structure during activity.  The class will take place in the National Holistic Institute in Studio City, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.  For additional information contact Shula Sendowski

Repetitive Stain Injury (RSI) refers to repetitive strenuous movements, including hand-movements, which cause injury as a result.  Typing, computer work, playing the piano, are a few examples.

                  What is the Alexander Technique approach to such injuries?

                In the Alexander Technique we observe HOW the movements are done, in additions to WHAT the movements are.  Are they accompanied with tension?  Is that tension necessary?  Is the tension taking place in the right places, in the right amount, for the right length of time? Is it possible to reduce it, or replace it with TONING instead? 

                Practicing the technique will first enable you to reduce overall stress and  tightness, which will help you to kinesthetically feel and notice more closely what's going on with your hand-movement.  The way we are able to "do" things - we're also able to undo, and avoid any tension which is about to appear before it even appears.  It requires thought and attention.  It's a skill which can be learned.

                In addition, with the Alexander Technique you will become aware of your Head-Neck-Back Relationship.  This type of body-awareness will facilitate self-coordination in such a way that there will be no need to tense unnecessarily, to over-tense, or to tense in the wrong places.  When engaging the Head, Neck, and Back the way babies or wild animals do naturally - the movements becomes light, easy, and effortless.

                Here are a few questions you might want to ask yourself when you sit at the computer, or at the piano:

                Where are my finger-joints?

                Where am I moving my fingers from?

                Where do my fingers start?

                How closed is my hand, how open is it?  How tensed is it?  How released is it?

                What are my wrists for?  What's their purpose?  What am I doing with them?  What can I stop doing?  How can I keep them free?

                To learn more - contact Shula at shula.Alexander@gmail.com

Even when not being in pain, so many of us use our back structure in a way which is neither natural nor beneficial for our back as well as for our whole body.  We are surrounded by stressful situations, not always responding appropriately to them.  We sit on chairs and sofas.  We use tools which cause us to distort ourselves.  We use them for long periods of time, without taking a break.  We imitate the adults around us, walking, and bending like them, without knowing exactly what we are doing.  We adopt their ways of movement, as well as their concepts of movement.

When  it comes to our back  -  what do we think of it?  What are the shape of our back?  Where do we bend it?  Where is the place to bend it?  How much effort is needed to move it?  How little effort is needed?  How easily can we move?  How much energy can we save?

 

Look at a picture of a skeleton.  Locate the hip-joints in the picture and in yourself.  Ask yourself:  How can this picture help me change my concept about my way of bending? 

 

In the Alexander Technique we look at certain body parts, while remembering our body as a whole, and paying  special attention to the Relationship between our head, neck, and back.  Each of our movement is affected by the relationship between our body parts.  Developing our concepts around these and other Alexander Technique guidelines makes a huge difference in the quality of our movement.

 

To learn more -  join our class on New Concepts about our Back.  Date:  Sat. June 25^th.  Time:  4:00 pm - 6:00 pm.  Location:  Sherman Oaks.  Fee:  $20.00 only.  For more information contact shula.Alexander@gmail.com