Short-term Programs

Along with its general benefits in improving your overall state of health and functioning, the Alexander Technique gives you the power to bring about specific changes in any area of your life. 
 
Is there a particular issue you'd like to work on?  Focus on it with one of the short-term programs below.  They are appropriate for students at any level of experience--even if you've never had an Alexander Technique lesson before.
 
Except for Stress Busters, these programs may be purchased as series of three (Silver Series) or six (Gold Series) 1-hour lessons.   I schedule more time for these lessons than in my regular practice to accommodate the increased intensity of the instruction and to give us plenty of time for exploring your area of interest.   (Click here for fee schedule.)
 
Programs also make great gifts that will benefit the recipients for years to come!
 
Scroll down or click on a program title to read its description:

 
Stress Busters (Gold Series only)
Attention, busy New York City professionals!   Is a jam-packed schedule of demanding personal and professional commitments taking a toll on your physical or emotional health? 
 
In this innovative program, I integrate two complementary modalities to eradicate from your system the negative effects of stress:  pain, tension, low energy, anxiety, bad mood, etc.  We'll start with three 75-minute sessions of Craniosacral Technique* to melt away accumulated tensions, then follow up with three 45-minute Alexander Technique lessons, in which you will learn how to better manage your stress and keep its ill effects from returning.  Discover how you can create your own personal oasis of calm in the midst of your hectic schedule. 
 
*Craniosacral Technique (CST) is a gentle hands-on method of detecting and correcting imbalances and restrictions in the body.  CST promotes your body's natural healing abilities and helps to dissipate the negative effects of stress on your central nervous system.  CST sessions, in which the client lies fully clothed on a table, are typically profoundly relaxing and pleasurable.  More information about CST is available at upledger.com.
 
 
Posture Clinic
Look and feel your best. . . . .decompress your spine and your joints. . . . .impress your friends with your dynamic presence and confident bearing!
 
Are you self-conscious about your posture?  Are you concerned about how people are interpreting your body language?  Do you find it uncomfortable--even painful--to maintain an upright position in a chair, at your desk, or while standing or walking?  Do you find yourself in an unending, back-and-forth cycle between an unattractive slump and a stiff, unnatural upright position that is nearly impossible to maintain?
 
Find out in this program how you can achieve easy, painless good posture through balance, not effort.
 
 
Natural Breathing
Would you like to experience full, free, healthy breathing?  Perhaps you've worked towards this goal--in yoga classes, in voice lessons, with the help of medical professionals--but it continues to elude you.  Our culture and educational systems perpetuate many misconceptions about breathing.  It often seems that the instruction we receive in this area--however well-intended--only makes us more self-conscious and our breathing more restricted.
 
This program will enable you to strip away all the misinformation and unnecessary effort that may be interfering with your breath.  Even if your respiratory system has been compromised by years of poor use or even disease, this program can help you learn to restore your maximal breath functioning.
 
Especially relevant for singers, actors, wind players, athletes, and those who suffer from respiratory ailments like asthma and emphysema, this program will help anyone to breathe more fully, freely, and easily.
 
 
Intelligent Fitness
Reaching your potential in athletic performance requires a finely tuned cooperation between your brain and your muscles. 
 
Explore the mind-body connection as it applies to your sport or work-out routine.  Improve your form, your breathing, your mental approach.  Get better results and reduce your risk of injury, whatever your current fitness level and goals.
 
In this program, you can focus on any athletic activity of your choice: weight training, stretching, running, swimming, Pilates, yoga, golf, cycling, walking, etc.
 
 
Free Your Voice
Improve your ability to express yourself in speech or song.  Learn to recognize and eliminate mental and physical habits that interfere with your breath and vocal production.   Develop your individual natural sound and cultivate beauty and variety of vocal timbre, increased dynamic and tonal range, and ease of production.  You will (re)discover the joys of a free voice.
 
Designed to meet the needs of the professional actor or singer, this program may also be undertaken by anyone else who wishes to improve the use of his or her voice.
 
(Please visit my voice lessons page for more information about my experience as a singer and my approach to vocal training.)
 
 
Productive Practice for Musicians
Practice makes permanent.   As a professional singer and instrumentalist, I've learned how important it is to make sure I am rehearsing the mental and physical state that supports my artistic aspirations. 
 
Now I'm excited to be able to apply my Alexander expertise in helping other musicians to transform their judgmental self-talk, mind-wandering, and other detrimental habits of thinking.  In this program, I  teach you to channel your energy into easeful playing/singing instead of into effort, frustration, and pain.
 
Are you currently practicing ease. . .or struggle?  Learn to bring your best self--the creative, spontaneous, expressive artist--to your music, every time.
 
 
Conquering Stage Fright
You have spent years honing your performing skills--why does stage fright cause your talent to abandon you at crucial moments? 
 
Discover how your thinking process may be contributing to this career-threatening phenomenon, dreaded by performing artists everywhere.  Learn to reliably call up your best performance at any time and place.
 
This program will have you approaching your next audition or opening night with confidence!
 
 
Connecting to Your Canine
Is your relationship with your pet strained by the dog's undesirable behaviors, either in the house or on the leash?  Do you desperately want to learn how to firmly yet lovingly assert command over your out-of-control animal so you can more fully enjoy the pleasures of dog ownership and deepen the bond between you and your pet?
 
The crucial first step you must take is to become aware of and adjust the energy you are projecting in your interactions with your dog.  In this program, I will teach you how to embody the calm, assertive state of mind--recommended by "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan--that dogs instinctively respect and respond to.  (You may find your interactions with humans improving as well!)