We are now offering private lessons and workshops in The Alexander Technique!!

What is the Alexander Technique?
The Alexander Technique is a method that works to change (movement) habits in our everyday activities. It is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination. The technique teaches the use of the appropriate amount of effort for a particular activity, giving you more energy for all your activities. It is not a series of treatments or exercises, but rather a reeducation of the mind and body. The Alexander Technique is a method which helps a person discover a new balance in the body by releasing unnecessary tension. It can be applied to sitting, lying down, standing, walking, lifting, and other daily activities..

Upcoming Workshop: A Hands On Introduction to The Alexander Technique:
(March 16th from 2-3:30pm)

Are you in pain? Feel limited by your body? Wish you could move like when you were a kid?

Re-discover the pleasure of pain-free posture. Decrease stress and increase performance in all your activities by becoming aware of your negative postural and movement habits. Learn how to let go of excess tension and harmful collapse so that you can move, breathe and live more easily (again!).

Taught by certified Alexander Technique instructor Brett Hershey.

1.5 hrs. $45. LIMITED ENROLLMENT 10 students max.

Instructor Bio:Brett Hershey is a full-time, AMSAT certified Alexander Technique Instructor in the Los Angeles area. He discovered AT when debilitating back pain nearly halted his life in his twenties. In a quest for a cure, he began taking lessons and was amazed at the positive results.

Brett has now been studying AT for over 14 years, graduating from the ATI-LA teacher training in 2008. He thoroughly enjoys combining AT with Tai Chi & Qi Gong to help students from all walks of life to improve posture, reduce pain and increase performance by teaching them how to better use themselves.

He especially empathizes with students suffering from back and body pain, and as a former All-American collegiate athlete and current professional artist (writer, tango dancer, director), Brett also relates well to those pursuing athletic and artistic dreams.

Meditation is a state of consciousness and being that has been within the human capacity throughout history. By different names and in different ways, it has been accessed by healers throughout cultures, religions, and traditions. Mindfulness is a purposeful cultivation of awareness that is seen in neuroscience as a means through which the mind can change the brain and body. We will enter through the language of modern science and then ground in our personal and timeless experience of being. This workshop will include: presentation, conversation, some gentle yoga, formal seated meditation, and a “deep dive” theta style meditation. For those experienced in meditation AND those interested in trying it for the first time, this workshop is designed to be both comfortable and expansive. Tea and snacks will also be provided, plus time to talk and connect with community.

Price: $20, limit 15 participants

1 Year Celebration @ The Moving Joint

The Moving Joint is one year-old! Come join us Saturday 1/26/13 from 5pm-8pm, as we celebrate this milestone with live local music, great food, pilates demos,dance demos, raffles and more!

Saturday, January 26th, 2013 5pm – 8pm

This is our first post on the moving joint blog.

We will be posting many articles and information regarding Pilates, Yoga, Gyrotonic, and Bodywork around the Mar Vista and Venice communities.