Lisa Galbraith teaching the Alexander TechniqueAn ideal way to approach lessons in the Alexander Technique is to come with a clear intention to learn more about both your unconscious habits and your innate kinesthetic use.  Once you realize you are doing something habitually and it is interfering with your innate use, it will be much easier to give up the unnecessary mind/body tensions and habits, which then allows your innate use to carry out the activity in a new way.

Lisa Galbraith teaching the Alexander TechniqueYou may find the following quotes by F. M. Alexander useful as you study the technique:

You can’t do something you don’t know, if you keep on doing what you do know.

There is no such thing as a right position, but there is such a thing as a right direction.

Trying is only emphasizing the thing we know already.

Control should be in process, not superimposed.

Private Lessons

5760 Echo Road Alexander Technique Teaching Space952-476-0341 (Land line, please do not text)
5760 Echo Road, Shorewood, MN 55331
Monday thru Friday (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Saturday (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

My private lessons run 60 minutes and cost $75.
To schedule a lesson please call 952-476-0341.

My policy is all scheduling, rescheduling, and any cancellations are done by phone (and not by e-mail or text).

1967 Wurlizter Upright Spinet Piano
Please wear loose comfortable clothing for a fuller range of motion, especially in the shoulder and hip joints, and socks.  Softer fabrics (rather than denim) are best.

Note:  There is an upright piano available for students who are pianists and singers in my teaching studio.

2022 – Due to Covid, I am currently only teaching private lessons at this time.

2020

Winter/Spring 2020 – Free Alexander Technique Lecture Demonstrations – Morning

Have you wondered what the Alexander Technique is? Or would you like to know more about the Alexander Technique? Come join us as we explore this 100 year-old technique that can help you: recover and integrate your innate mind/body integrity; learn to release unnecessary psychophysical tension and stress that may cause discomfort and injuries: enhance the quality of your life and performance with ease and poise, while responding to life’s many challenges.

Thursday – Morning
February 20, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Hopkins Community Education
Hopkins Center for the Arts – in the Dance Studio, Room 218
1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Registration:  www.HopkinsCommunityEd.org or 952-988-4070

 

Winter/Spring 2020 – Alexander Technique Group Classes

Daytime – Introduction & Continuing

Classes include individual instruction within a group setting focusing on a variety of daily activities and each student’s special interests. Students also receive one 15-minute private lesson.
For more information, call Lisa at 952-476-0341.

Thursday – Morning
Introduction Series – Hopkins Community Education
6-class Introduction series, February 27 thru April 2, 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon – $59
Hopkins Center for the Arts – in the Dance Studio, Room 218
1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Registration:  www.HopkinsCommunityEd.org or 952-988-4070

Thursday – Early Afternoon
Continuing Series (prerequisite – completed an Introduction series) – Hopkins Community Education
6-class Continuing series, February 27 thru April 2, 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. – $59. Hopkins Community Education
6-class Continuing series, April 16 thru May 21, 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. – $59. Hopkins Community Education
Hopkins Center for the Arts – in the Dance Studio, Room 218
1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
Registration:  www.HopkinsCommunityEd.org or 952-988-4070

Health Care Professionals

I offer a complimentary introductory lesson for doctors, chiropractors, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, acupuncturists, nutritional counselors, massage therapists, fitness instructors, personal trainers, and other health care professionals who would like to learn more about the Alexander Technique and the benefits it might offer their patients and clients.

Photographs of Lisa teaching the Alexander Technique are by Kristy Walker.
Photograph of Lisa’s piano and home are by Lisa Galbraith Heyl.