For a teacher, having a collection of games and activities on hand is invaluable. Be it a dinner party or renting a space to do a class, to have a few little things to do or try on the spot can give you confidence and make what you do more clear and understandable to people. An experience to be intrigued by.
Whether we are teaching people in groups or individually we are constantly working with people’s response to a stimulus. We have a book full of big and small activities, let's try some together and let's think about how to use them.
About Rossella
Born in Italy in 1975, Rossella divides her time between her adoptive home in the UK, Italy, and Australia, where she trained with David Moore in Melbourne. As well as running a busy practice as an Alexander Technique teacher in Canterbury, UK, and online, Rossella also teaches the technique at the School for FM Alexander Studies in Australia. She co-directed the Berlin Congress in 2022.
Working with a great range of people, Rossella has applied the Technique to improving the lives of people with issues such as back, neck or shoulder pain, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, sciatica, asthma, stuttering, anxiety and stress. She has also enjoyed attaining tangible posture and movement improvements for musicians, sportspeople, office workers, and the elderly.
Rossella is the author of For the Love of Games with Anne Mallen, with beautiful illustrations by Melbourne artist Isobel Knowles. This collection of games and activities, some original and some gathered over the years, offers a resource for AT teachers to begin working with groups, or add depth and variety to an existing group-based practice.
A keen proponent of collaboration, she has worked with Luke Hockley to offer the workshop Learning How to Learn, Jeremy Chance’s AT Success course and many more. Together with Jana Boronova, Rossella is the co-creator and co-curator of Authors - not your Usual Book Club. She also assists David Moore with his Smart Yoga and AT training classes and works with David on a number of his European workshops including the school's annual week-long retreat in Assisi.
Rossella Buono moved to Melbourne from Italy in 2007 to undertake her training at the School for F.M. Alexander Studies. Her interest in training courses has taken her to New York, Germany, Ireland and around the United Kingdom, to share work and present on the topics of marketing, activities, anatomy, working with groups and social media. She loves to share her resources and experience with new teachers and is passionate about seeing them thrive.
Rossella has a gift for organising, a dynamic personality and a down to earth approach to things, allowing her to join the dots leading to new content and collaborative projects. She sees the Alexander Technique as an effective and sustainable model of personal and social development. Bringing an inclusive and practical spirit to all her activities, Rossella aims to realise the Technique’s value as a resource to as many people as possible.
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