Living with Parkinson’s, Exploring Possibilities with the Alexander Technique

Date/Time
Date(s) - Sun, 26th Nov 2017
1:30 PM till 5:00 PM

Location
Alexander Technique Centre

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Living with Parkinson’s – Exploring Possibilities with the Alexander Technique

A free workshop in London for people living with Parkinson’s and their carers  – Sponsored by the Walter Carrington Educational Trust

Maximum 12 participants

Location: The Constructive Teaching Centre/Alexander Technique Imperial Wharf centre
13 The Boulevard
Imperial Wharf
London SW6 2UB

Date: Sunday 26th November
Time: 1.30 – 5.00 P.M., with breaks provided
How to book: Please email constructiveteachingcentre@gmail.com or use the form here
The workshop is free, but booking is essential as there are only limited places.

The Alexander Technique offers people living with Parkinson’s self-management strategies that can help them gain more control of movement patterns, with potential improvements in balance, posture and walking. It can enable them to participate in everyday activities with greater confidence and minimal interference from symptoms. Non-motor symptoms such as anxiety, pain and fatigue can also be addressed using Alexander principles. This will be a participatory workshop and everyone will leave with some new skills to help them meet the challenges of Parkinson’s.

This opportunity is open to people with Parkinson’s and their care partners/helpers. Unfortunately, we are not able to make the workshop available to wheelchair users. If you are a wheelchair user and interested in the Alexander Technique, please do contact us as we might be able to refer you to a teacher or contact you at a later point with an offer suitable for you.

More information on the teachers you will be working with can be found by clicking on the names below. All teachers involved are members of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique and have undertaken special training in working with people living with Parkinson’s.

A compilation of information on the Alexander Technique for Parkinson’s may be found here: http://www.thepoiseproject.org/alexander-technique-for-parkinsons/. We are grateful to Monika Gross, Executive Director of independent nonprofit organisation The Poise Project, for her generous support, advice and expertise.

The main teachers presenting this workshop will be:

Liz Dodgson
Loretta Manson
Regina Stratil

Dai Richards

Please find more information about the Alexander Technique for Parkinson’s initiative and information about the Walter Carrington Educational Trust here:
wcet.org.uk/index.php/parkinsons