As a musician who found the Alexander Technique while struggling with an overuse issue, flutist Karen Weirather will give tools to recover from injury with more ease.

Come try out an individual Alexander Technique lesson with teachers Sally Shepherd and Claire Happel Ashe, and teachers-in-training Judy Panning and Dani Nutting. The work will be taught both through lying students down on a table and encouraging more length and width of the spine and through moving them into and out of a chair to discover habits and ways to undo them.

Alexander Technique teacher and yoga instructor Stasia Siena will talk about how she applies the principles of awareness and poise in the Alexander Technique to her yoga practice.

University of Illinois Professor of Dance and author of Dance and the Alexander Technique Rebecca Nettl-Fiol will lead a workshop in which she builds a framework from the principles of the Alexander Technique and patterns of movement in child development to observe movement patterns in all activities.

Come hear an introduction to the Alexander Technique by local Alexander Technique teacher Claire Happel Ashe. She will give background information on the method and hands-on activities to become more aware of your posture, movement, and balance in everyday activities. Recent research has shown long-term benefits for people struggling with chronic back pain, chronic neck pain, and the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.