Date: 12th November 2023 and 19th November 2023

Time: 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Price per session:

Early bird: 1600rs

Student Discount: 1550rs

Regular: 2000rs

Venue: Shoonya - Center for Arts and Somatic Practices

*Kindly note that the Early Bird registration deadline is November 5th, 2023. Subsequent bookings will be subject to the standard ticket pricing.

*Limited slots only*

This has been a very popular workshop when given previously at Shoonya. In the workshop, you will be given practical ways of altering and improving your breathing function safely and certainly. It was breathing issues that started Alexander on his road to discovering the essence of his Technique so improvement in breathing is fundamental to the processes of the Technique.

Workshop Structure

In this workshop, we will explore breathing in terms of Alexander’s outlook. In this 3-hour workshop you will learn:

• How to recognize limiting breathing habits in yourself and then,
• having learned the basics of Alexander’s approach begin to employ his time-tested methods to improve your own breathing capacity, fluidity, and control

Testimonials

Below are some testimonials from people who use their lungs to great and powerful effect! Robin will be condensing his teachings into simple modalities you can experience and take home in 3 hours to give you a start to a new, natural, and fuller breath.

• "I had a series of extremely helpful Alexander Technique lessons from Robin earlier this year. Robin is such a patient, knowledgeable, and generous teacher. I left feeling wider and taller and armed with lots of tips and exercises to try at home as well as lots of new knowledge about the body and in fact, I kept a notebook and wrote up each lesson afterward as there was so much to take in! The lessons gave me a means to assess myself physically in greater depth than before and helped me to start to have a positive influence on how my body moves and feels. Thank you Robin!" - Anna Stéphany (Internationally well-known professional Opera singer)
• “Robin Simmons has extensive knowledge and experience in coaching which has helped me tremendously. As a professional musician, I am now able to rehearse and perform for long hours without pain. The improvements have helped to open up my breathing and improve my tone quality. Besides the huge benefit from private lessons, Robin has provided me with several techniques which I can practice on my own and are very useful for me to maintain a healthy condition. I highly recommend Robin as a coach.” Robert Pickup (Principal Clarinettist, Philharmonia Zürich)

Robin John Simmons

ROBIN JOHN SIMMONS (SBAT, MSTAT) has been teaching the Alexander Technique since 1971 and training teachers since 1982. At present, he resides in Switzerland and is the Co-Director of his training school, ATLAZ, in Zürich along with his wife Béatrice. He also teaches T’ai Chi, Nordic Walking, and Dart Evolution Procedures, and is the author of the pathbreaking work ‘The Evolution of Movement’.