Carolyn will be presenting the principles that Frederick Matthias Alexander discovered based on developing mind/body conscious awareness.  We will experientially clarify the design of the head /neck/torso relationship, which Alexander called the Primary Control. 

Carolyn will talk the attendees thru the activity of getting in and out of a chair, which will enable us to see, that by being aware, we can have a choice to cooperate with the way we are designed to use ourselves.  When we choose to cooperate with ourselves, we live in a state of balance, physically, mentally and emotionally, thus creating a lightness of being and a strength that comes from knowledge that allows us to have a sense of choice inone’s life, rather than habitual reaction.

Meet the Presenter

Carolyn Johnston, is a Registered Movement Therapist and a certified teaching member of Alexander Technique International.  She is trained as a Somatics Practitioner, combining Alexander, Feldenkrais and Gestalt Psychotherapy.  She has been teaching since 1990.  Carolyn also has an extensive background in many forms of dance as a student and an instructor.  Additional careers have been massage therapist and foot reflexologist.  She has studied tai chi, dressage and Unity in Motion.

Her current interests and learning our voice and Argentine tango.