Category: News

  • Alexander Buddy required!

    Hi there

    One of my regular clients would like to pair up with someone to do lessons online with me. They are £25 each for 30 – 40 mins shared lesson. Its really useful doing it as a pair as you can see what is going on with the other person as well as yourself, and have someone to connect with between lessons to share Alexander experiences.

    If you’re interested let me know at pennyoconnor1@gmail.com and we can go from there.

    experiments in attention with a partner – pre covid19!
    Working together on Hamlet at ArtsEd

    ongoing deep discussions on the nature of inhibition
  • Online Lessons in the Alexander Technique

    Greetings!

    During the present situation with Covid19 I am offering lessons online. Although usually taught hands- on in the presence of a teacher and student,  I have discovered that screen presence and guidance also leads to significant change, helping us think differently and more presently so we can free ourselves of habits we no longer require.

    ‘I feel taller…I feel lighter…my shoulders have dropped away…I can feel the ground under my feet….this really works…it’s as though you are in the room with me…’   feedback from some of my delighted students this last week.

    We are already being asked to change our  habits – not to go out whenever we want, to walk two meters away from anyone else, to wash our hands more diligently and not to touch our face.

    Alexander Technique can help with all that.

    Most of us are spending a lot more time online with a screen in front of us, without any ergonomic help.  Some of us may be getting back pain, neck and shoulder tensions.

    Alexander can help with all that.

    A lot of us are anxious about the dangers of the virus for ourselves and our loved ones. And for the economic consequences.

    Alexander can help with that anxiety too. And calm and deepen our breathing.

    If you’ve not had a session before, why not give it a go?

    £40 for half an hour using Zoom.

    Contact me now on pennyoconnor1@gmail.com or text/call me on 07901976364 to arrange an appointment.

     

  • Alexander Technique Summer Holidays!

    Yes, still doing them. The details are up on my sister site: www.alexanderingreece.com

    Pleased to say bookings already coming in so, check them out before they all go!;

    3rd – 10th July with Shaw Method Swimming

    10th – 17th July  assisted by  Christos Noulis, Alexander teacher from Thessaloniki

    4th – 11th September just me!

    From £598 inc accommodation

    Travel: Flights to Skiathos, and ferry to Alonnisos.

    Here’s a group from last year with me there, on our way for a swim and Chi Kung in the bay below.

     

  • Happy Christmas! Teaching Room re-opens 6th January

    Have a wonderful Christmas! And let’s hope for the best in 2020 with a brave heart, a cheery step and ready for adventure, as the world turns and the light is chequered with dark patches.

     

  • Sevenoaks classes in Alexander Technique

    Pleased to say that the brilliant teacher Poppy Walshaw is covering my Tuesday morning sessions at Neal’s Yard Therapy Rooms in Sevenoaks from  25th June – September 17th. 9.30 – 1.30 pm. 

     

    Book with Neal’s Yard on 01732456402 or contact Poppy at poppywalshaw@gmail.com or visit her website https://poppywalshaw.com/2015/03/08/alexander-technique-lessons/

     

  • Alexander Technique in Alonnisos

    I’m off atthen end of the month to Alonnisos for the summer workshops this year. One place left for 5th – 12th July with additional Shaw Method swimming lessons with Jonathan Drake, and one left for 12th July to 19th July for a week of Alexander and walking and swimming and Chi Kung with myself and Christos Noulis.   Still time to book!

    Email me pennyoconnor1@gmail.com  for further information or click on www.alexanderingreece.com

  • New venue for my Alexander teaching in Liverpool Street EC2 !

    Very happy to announce that as well as my practice here in Old St.,  I am now also working on Friday mornings from 10 – 1pm  at

    Longcroft House
    2-8 Victoria Avenue
    City of London EC2M 4NS  opposite Liverpool St. my favourite Monopoly board station!

    with a team of Alexander teachers at http://www.alexandertechniqueinthecity.co.uk

    Very handy for those living or working in the east of the City. You can still contact me on pennyoconnor1@gmail.com or call 07901976364 to book your appointment. Same fee of £65 for 45 mins, but no concessions available here.


     

  • Merry Christmas! Gift vouchers available!

    Greetings!  Wishing you much joy for Christmas and the new year with those extra Alexander elements of being free, easy, effortless, up, open, responsive, present, and free from the habits that bind and pull us down ad bring us pain.

    Walk tall, stand easy, sit well and rest up!  Alexander Teaching space re-opens January 7th, taking bookings now. 

    Gift vouchers available if you are stuck on what to get loved ones for Christmas £35 – £65, payable only when voucher is utilised!

    Email me on pennyoconnor1@gmail.com to claim your voucher now or to book a course of lessons for the new year

    Hope to see you soon!

     

  • Alexander Technique Workshops in Alonnisos Summer 2019

    Just set up the dates for 2019 Alexander Technique in Alonnisos. Already it looks like the spaces for September are full, so don’t inhibit too long! Spaces still available in July.

    July 5th – 12th inc Shaw Method Swimming with Jonathan Drake http://everydayfitness.co.uk/

    July 12th – 19th inc. assistance from Thessaloniki teacher Christos Noulis http://www.somaticsformusicians.com/index-en.html

    Aug 30th – Sept 6th just me and maybe Bill the monk seal that graced us with his presence last year – an endangered species.

    All workshops £595 inc accommodation at Fantasia Pension (own room, air conditioning, balcony, sea view, ensuite bathroom, tv….except swimming week £705 . Weeks 1 and 2 can be combined for reduced rate of £1195 . Email for reduced rates for two sharing double room.

    To book or for further info email me on pennyoconnor1@gmail.com or more info on my website www.alexanderingreece.com

     

  • Sport and the Alexander Technique

    An excellent little film demonstrating use of Alexander in Sport.

    https://youtu.be/Sc0tzbFH-tk