Events

The JLSF is pleased to present a donation based workshop series. These Wednesday workshops are held online through Zoom and taught by a variety of Alexander Technique teachers from across the US and internationally. Participants donate any amount to attend. The series makes Alexander Technique available to a broad audience and generates funds for our Scholarship.

Your donations are tax-deductible. The Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund of AmSAT is a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3).

Complimentary tickets are available to any teachers, trainees, or students who identify as Black, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, or Persons of Color. The AT community is enhanced by an abundance of diversity and diminished without it. Please email us for your VIP code.

If you were unable to attend any of our virtual events, recordings are available through our Videos page.

October 2026

“PRIMARY CONTROL” — Alexander’s Systems View of the Self

Come explore Bobby Rosenberg’s simple actions and movements as a means for embodying Alexander Technique principles.

The principles we will be using are all introduced in the first chapter of The Use of the Self, “Evolution of a Technique”. These will be explored through guided sensory-motor activities individually, then as parts of a functional and constructive system (Primary Control). In some cases, I express the Alexandrian principles in a more contemporary and embodiment-oriented language.

• Primary Control

• Direction/Inhibition

• End-gaining

• Non-doing

• Other related concepts

  • Position of Mechanical Advantage

  • Gravity/antigravity

  • Weight distribution/balance

  • Intention

  • Joints-not-muscles

My training and research have been enriched by other sources, such as Taiji Quan, the writings of Fritjof Capra, Principles of Somatics through writings of Thomas Hanna, a Developmental Movement Sequence presented to me by Carol Swann (Teacher of the A.T.) and Martha Eddy (expert in the area of contemporary Somatics), and Feldenkrais. Whenever something in my teaching has been influenced by one or more of these areas, I will state it clearly. However, the work presented is strictly based on Alexander’s principles.

Participant preparation recommendations:

• An open space, with or without mirrors, with plenty of room to explore your kinesphere and movements around the space.

• Review the first chapter of The Use of the Self and come prepared to move.

About Bobby

Bobby Rosenberg (American Society for the Alexander Technique) was certified in 1989 by Frank Ottiwell as a Teacher of the AT. In 1990 he became the pioneer of the AT in Bogotá, Colombia, where he has lived and worked for 36 years. Since 1995 he has taught at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, co-founding and coordinating the Somatics Area in the Performing Arts Department, teaching Alexander Technique, Taiji Quan, Principles of Somatics I and II, Basic Somatic Techniques and Somatics Laboratory. His certified school for training Alexander Teachers in Colombia (ETAC) graduated its first students in 2012. He is now retired from the University and dedicated to research and writing, with occasional lessons, lectures, or classes. A long-time member of AmSAT, he currently sits on the Professional Conduct Committee.

Instructor: Bobby Rosenberg
Date: October 21, 2026
Time: 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern USA (1 hour)
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Donation (There is no donation too small or too large!)

November 2026

Simple Dart Procedures for You and All of Your Private Students

Learn, practice, and prepare to give your private students simple Dart Procedures they can explore between Alexander Technique lessons.  

Giving your students practical work between private lessons is important. It can sometimes take several weeks or months of lessons before your student can effectively apply the Alexander Technique to activities or even just to standing and sitting. What are they to practice between lessons in addition to the classic Constructive Rest Position? Through various Dart Procedures — and using the feedback of the floor — your students can practice inhibition, direction, and study essential knowledge of flexion (primary curves) and extension (secondary curves). In the process they can develop their coordination and fine-tune their nervous system. Videos and text will be provided.  The Raymond Dart Procedures are self-exploratory practices and can be an adjunct to the Alexander Technique.

Please have floor space to lie down and a folded, twin-sized blanket.

About Brian

Brian McCullough is the training director at Minnesota Center for the Alexander Technique since 2014. Additionally, he has served on the faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Music teaching Alexander Technique classes for 28 years. He trained with Joan and Alex Murray, graduating in 1995.  Brian’s teaching is mentioned in two (of the twelve) case histories in David Vining’s book Notes of Hope, Stories by Musician’s Coping with Injuries. 

Instructor: Brian McCullough
Date: November 18, 2026
Time: 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern USA (1 hour)
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Donation (There is no donation too small or too large!)