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Finale - Working With Musicians: Application of The Alexander Technique to Music Making Part III
This 18th newsletter is the finale of a series on the Alexander Technique and music making. It includes the final two video interviews between Dr Gabriella Minnes Brandes (CANSTAT, STAT, AMSAT, ATI) and Lorna McGhee, principal flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, adjunct music professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and Alexander Technique student.
Working With Musicians - Application of The Alexander Technique to Music Making Part II
This 17th newsletter continues a fascinating series on the Alexander Technique and music making. It includes the first two video interviews of a four part series between Dr Gabriella Minnes Brandes (CANSTAT, STAT, AMSAT, ATI) and Lorna McGhee, a professional musician, adjunct music professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and Alexander Technique student.
Working With Musicians - The Application of The Alexander Technique to Music Making Part I
This 16th edition of the Alexander Studies Online (ASO) newsletter is the first of a series of blogs that focuses on the Alexander Technique and music making. This month begins with an introductory video, and a paper by Dr Gabriella Minnes Brandes (CANSTAT, STAT, AMSAT, ATI) that includes three video interviews between Gabriella and Jennifer Condie, a musician and Alexander Technique pupil of Gabriella’s.
How Women Use The Alexander Technique In The First Year After Birth Part III
In the third and final interview of this three part series, Nicola Hanefeld, PhD, overseas MSTAT, talks with Lesley Glover, PhD, MSTAT, about conclusions from her PhD studies at the University of Hull which Lesley supervised. The subject of the studies was womens’ experiences of using the AT in the postpartum. This is the 14th edition of the ASO newsletter
How Women Use The Alexander Technique In The First Year After Birth Part II
In this 13th edition of the ASO newsletter Nicola Hanefeld, PhD, overseas MSTAT, talks with Lesley Glover, PhD, MSTAT, about the second study of her PhD at the University of Hull in which women without previous experience of the Alexander Technique were given access to a postpartum online self-care package. This mixed-methods study produced some surprising data; the online approach was forced by the pandemic.
How Women Use The Alexander Technique In The First Year After Birth
In this 12th edition of the Alexander Studies Online (ASO) newsletter the Researcher Interview Series returns to explore new research into how women use the Alexander Technique in the potentially challenging postpartum phase of life. This month we release the first of three interviews that focus on the research of Nicola Hanefeld, PhD, overseas MSTAT, which took place at the University of Hull, UK, from 2017-2021.
Potential Mechanisms of the Alexander Technique: Toward a Comprehensive Neurophysiological Model
In this edition of the ASO blog series we hear from Tim Cacciatore PhD MSTAT and Rajal Cohen PhD M.AmSAT, two of the three authors of a recent paper published in the Kinesiology Review Journal. The paper, “Potential Mechanisms of the Alexander Technique: Toward a Comprehensive Neurophysiological Model” is an intriguing first step to help answer the question of why the Alexander Technique seems to have such wide-ranging benefits.
Pt. II of Supporting People with Dementia: a Role for Alexander Technique Teachers?
Part II of the ASO researcher interview series includes all five videos released during the period of December 2020 to early January 2021. These videos explore the process and results of a survey of Alexander Technique teachers about teaching people with dementia, provide an update on the ASO dementia theme, and finish with a live Q&A that took place on January 19th, 2021.
Pt. I of Supporting People with Dementia: a Role for Alexander Technique Teachers?
Part I of the ASO Researcher Interview Series contains all videos released from December 2020 - January 2021. This first section begins with an introductory video to the theme of the Alexander Technique and its role in supporting people with dementia, then continues with six videos that explore a pilot study completed on the Alexander Technique in a residential care setting for people with dementia.
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