ITM Ireland Alexander Technique

We are delighted to welcome Jane Toms again this year!
Jane is an ITM teacher and trainer who will join us to teach at the ITM summer workshop in Cork this year 23rd - 27th June.

From Solihull, England, Jane qualified as an ITM teacher in 2007 and has been teaching the Alexander technique since. As a physiotherapist, Jane also spent many years as a lecturer in physiotherapy at Coventry University.

Jane is one of the ITM teachers who graduated from Don W**d's first Trainer Training course (2012-2016). She is now one of the team of ITM trainers responsible for the training of ITM teacher trainees, and one of five ITM trainers who will teach in Cork this year.

For more info about Jane and her approach to teaching the technique, here is her website:
http://www.alexander-technique-jt.co.uk

There are still some spaces left! For more information and online booking:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

Mary Shorten is one of the two main presenters of the Irish Summer Workshop this year. She lives in Cork and has been teaching the Alexander Technique since she certified as an ITM teacher in 2012.

Mary also graduated from Don W**d's Trainer Training course (2012-2016). She is now a trainer on the ITM Teacher Training course along with Aingeala De Búrca, Jane Toms, Adrian Bourner, and Kate Brailsford, who will all teach on the summer workshop along with other teachers, all trained, by Don W**d.

Mary has been one of the organisers of the annual ITM Ireland summer workshop since its inception in 2014. She also organises the annual ITM weekend workshop in the MTU Cork School of Music every November.

Mary studied Music at University College Cork, where she specialised in conducting. Before becoming an ITM teacher, Mary combined a career as a primary school teacher with singing, choral singing, conducting, and her work as a vocal tutor.

As part of the Cork International Choral Festival's Education Programme, Mary has presented a workshop annually since 2015. She has taught on all ITM summer workshops in Ireland and the UK since 2012, and has also taught with Don W**d and Aingeala De Búrca in Sweden (2019) and Japan (2018).

More information and online booking at
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

TODAY is the EARLY-BIRD BOOKING deadline for our workshop in Cork in June
To see more info including fee here is the brochure:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/_files/ugd/907085_260353d2c3cb4fbc979a04f25cd8c888.pdf
Registration link here:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-workshop-registration

Not one, not two, but THREE ITM summer workshops - in Cirencester UK, Cork Ireland, and Fulda Germany.
There’s no excuse for any of us to be pulling our heads back come September! 😂
Booking is open for all this Alexander joy at https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/itm-workshops-alexander-technique

ITM Ireland Alexander Technique

"Respectful, relaxed friendly atmosphere, all-encompassing”; and "excellent teaching, a fascinating school of thought” is just some of the feedback received by the organisers of last year’s summer workshop.

The early bird booking deadline for this year’s workshop is next Friday, 12th May.

The workshop will take place in University College Cork from June 23-27th. You will find more information and fees in our brochure which is available at this link, along with online registration

ITM Alexander Technique | IRELAND SUMMER WORKSHOPS The annual ITM Ireland Summer Workshop at University College Cork will take place for the sixth time in 2019. Join us to discover more about the Alexander Technique.

Delighted to announce the ITM Ireland Alexander Technique Summer workshop 2023 will take place from 23 - 27 June at University College Cork.

Full details are available in the brochure at this link:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/_files/ugd/907085_260353d2c3cb4fbc979a04f25cd8c888.pdf

www.itmalexandertechnique.org

Delighted to announce the ITM Ireland Alexander Technique Summer workshop 2023 will take place from 23 - 27 June at University College Cork.

Online booking at this link:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-workshop-registration

Full details are available in the brochure at this link:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/_files/ugd/907085_260353d2c3cb4fbc979a04f25cd8c888.pdf

www.itmalexandertechnique.org

Wishing you all peace and joy at this time.
Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir ⭐️✨🎄🥳
We look forward to seeing you in 2023!

Thank you! Thank you, to all who joined us for this year's summer workshop...

Almost 45 new and returning students of Alexander's work, including 13 of us who are teachers, in our interactions with one another and with the work, all moved ourselves forward individually and as a group magnificently!

If anyone is keen for more summer workshop experiences, here is the info about the German workshop in late July, and the English workshop in early August.

And we might see you in November too - more info on that later.

ITM Alexander Technique | UK SUMMER WORKSHOPS ITM Summer Workshops have been running annually for over twenty years in the UK. The UK workshop is held at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. Join us to discover more about the Alexander Technique.

"You might think Alexander technique is just another one of those things that people say will change your life dramatically. While this is entirely possible, my experience is that it works in harmony with and significantly enhances other good things a musician may already be doing; it makes everything easier, less tiring, and it encourages rigorous self honesty and healthy questioning within one's arts practice. The possibilities are boundless. What's not to love?"

Anne-Marie O'Farrell, musician and composer, from Dublin, working with Don W**d at the ITM Summer Workshop 2018.

There are still some spaces left - info and online booking available at https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

Aingeala De Búrca, from Dublin, is one of the two leaders of the Irish Summer Workshop. She has been teaching ITM Alexander Technique since she qualified in 2007. Aingeala is also a graduate of Don W**d's first Trainer Training course (2012-2016). She is a trainer on the ITM Teacher Training course along with Mary Shorten, Jane Toms, Adrian Bourner and Kate Brailsford. All five will teach on the ITM summer workshop in June.

In 2007, Aingeala began organising workshops for Don W**d in Dublin. She has been one of the organisers of the annual ITM Ireland summer workshop since its inception in 2014 and has also organised and taught with Don W**d at annual workshops in Stockholm since 2016.

Aingeala lives between Dublin and Stockholm where she continues with her primary career as a violinist. As well as playing with professional orchestras, she plays on gut strings with baroque ensembles, and has used her improvisational skills in rock-bands, theatre productions and outreach settings.

Aingeala has taught on all ITM summer workshops in Ireland and the UK since 2007, and has also taught with Don W**d in Japan (2017 & '18).

Read more about the ITM here:
www.itmalexandertechnique.org

There are still spaces available on this year's workshop. You will find more information and online booking at
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

Mary Shorten, one of the two leaders of the Irish Summer Workshop, is based in Cork city, and has been teaching ITM Alexander Technique since she qualified in 2012. Mary is also a graduate of Don W**d's first Trainer Training course (2012-2016) and is now a trainer on the ITM Teacher Training course along with Jane Toms, Adrian Bourner and Kate Brailsford, who will all teach on the workshop in June.

Mary has been one of the organisers of the annual ITM Ireland summer workshop since its inception in 2014. She also organises the annual ITM weekend workshop in the MTU Cork School of Music every November.

During her studies in Music at University College Cork, Mary specialised in conducting. Before becoming an ITM teacher, Mary combined a career as a primary school teacher with singing, choral singing, conducting, and her work as a vocal tutor.

As part of the Cork International Choral Festival's Education Programme, Mary has presented a workshop annually since 2015. She has taught on all ITM summer workshops in Ireland and the UK since 2012, and has also taught with Don W**d in Sweden (2019) and Japan (2018).

Read more about the ITM here
www.itmalexandertechnique.org

There are still spaces available on this year's workshop. You will find more information and online booking at
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

Kate Brailsford lives in Swindon and Dorset, in England. She has been an ITM teacher since 2012 and an ITM trainer since 2016. Kate is another regular teacher in Cork and we are delighted that she will be joining us again this summer from 24-28 June.

Before training with the ITM, Kate worked for many years in the travel industry. Now she combines teaching ITM with her reflexology practice and her work as a gardener. She has a passion for the outdoors which is particularly focussed on birds, flowers and trees.

Along with Adrian Bourner and Jane Toms, Kate is another member of the team of ITM trainers on the ITM teacher training course.

For more info about the ITM approach to teaching Alexander's technique, here is our website:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org

There are still spaces available on this year's workshop. You will find more information and online booking at
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

Adrian Bourner is an ITM teacher and trainer and will join us to teach at the ITM summer workshop in Cork this year June 24-28.

Adrian is a regular teacher in Ireland since before our first summer workshop, and at this stage is in danger of becoming 'more Irish than the Irish themselves' (which isn't a bad thing of course 😁

Adrian lives in Devon, England. He qualified as an ITM teacher in 2003 and is one of the ITM teachers who graduated from Don W**d's first Trainer training course (2012-2016). Along with Jane Toms, he is one of the team of ITM trainers responsible for the training of ITM teacher trainees. (The second of five trainers teaching with us this summer so far -four of us pictured with Adrian below).

For more info about the ITM approach to teaching Alexander's technique, here is our website:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org

Introducing Jane Toms who will be teaching at the ITM summer workshop in Cork from 24 - 28 June this year.

A reminder too that tomorrow is the deadline for the early bird booking...brochure and online booking available here:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

The ITM Irish Summer workshop takes place in University College Cork from 24-28 June.
You will find more information and fees in our brochure which is available at this link, along with online registration.
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/ireland-summer-workshops

Why study the ITM approach to Alexander's work?

Alexander wrote in his second book that our fixed ideas and conceptions are the major cause of our difficulties. But how to 'unfix' our thinking, when our thinking is the only thinking we know and have done all our lives?? Not easy!!

This is where the ITM Alexander Technique can help. Thanks to two men, FM Alexander and Don W**d, and the life-long commitment and exploration that they both put into this work, we have the means to realise increasing flexibility and freedom in our thinking.

Thanks to Don and the understanding that he gained through his study of Alexander's work, along with his expert and modern knowledge of anatomy, his creative and unique approach to education, we have a powerful means of applying Alexander's tools and principles so we can change our thinking; overcome the ideas and conceptions, the beliefs with which we get in our way and limit ourselves.

With the ITM approach we can 'unfix' our thinking and our movements, to find new ways of living as fully and freely as we desire.

If you would like to learn more and benefit for yourself, why not come to one of our summer workshops this year? All ITM summer workshops are taught by ITM trained teachers and led by ITM Trainers. You can find out more on the ITM website which is posted in our page info.

You can read more about how and why Don W**d developed the ITM in this article.
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org/post/don-in-stockholm-teaches-alexander-tech

This year will be the first year that the ITM Summer Workshops will take place without Don W**d and will be taught instead by ITM Trainers with support from ITM teachers.

In memory of many years of wonderful summer workshops with Don, here is an article written by professional drummer Simon Gore (who has since become an ITM teacher and trainer) in which he tells us of his first experience at an ITM Summer workshop.

Over the years, Don W**d's 'loud American approach' was much diminished and a Hawaiian shirt has not been seen for at least two decades, however Don's highly developed sense of humour remained intact till the end, as did his 'encyclopaedic knowledge of Alexander's writings' and his 'profound insights into how we function'.

From year to year, Don brought his increasing expertise and subtlety of understanding to helping people learn this life-changing work for themselves.

Simon himself writes with ease and humour, and it is a pleasure for us to share his article with you here. Hope you enjoy it!

A MUSICIAN’S EXPERIENCE OF THE ITM ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE by Simon Gore What would you say if I told you there was no such thing as tension and that practice was not important? Well, whether your response is outrage or hysterical laughter I’ve probably got your attention, and that’s just the way Don W**d likes to do things. Welcome to the annual Interactive Teaching...

ANNOUNCING THE 2022 IRISH SUMMER WORKSHOP!

We are delighted and excited to announce the dates for the 2022 ITM summer course, which will take place as usual in University College Cork from June 24-28.

"Alexander’s work is for anyone who is interested in gaining long-term success by learning new ways to think, move and live while enjoying a fulfilling blend of challenge, curiosity and fun." (ITM website)
You can read more here:
https://www.itmalexandertechnique.org

You can read more about the Irish Summer Workshop on our online brochure:
https://6cf22c74-ea04-488b-9283-f44e3655e05c.filesusr.com/ugd/907085_67d58e7b73344ccbbeb8dba70a287a6e.pdf

ITM Alexander Technique | INTERACTIVE TEACHING METHOD | UK & Worldwide The ITM are a network of qualified Alexander Technique teachers with a unique enjoyable approach to teaching the Alexander Technique called the Interactive Teaching Method (ITM). Helping people to succeed long term, learn new ways to move, live and improve health or performance. Discover more on our...