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• $ 0  - free introductory lesson, $50 value

• $50 - one lesson per week

• Discounts are negotiable based on advance commitment to multiple lessons.

• Meeting at least once weekly and practicing in the interim will help you retain what you are learning, and give you more value for your time and money.

• Meeting twice or more per week, if scheduling permits, will greatly increase your proficiency.

• Call 646-208-0187 to schedule lessons with Elizabeth Hurwitt, for AT instruction certified by the American Society for Alexander Technique (AmSAT).

• betterATbeing is a new practice welcoming new students. Fees are the lowest you will find anywhere among AmSAT-certified teachers.

• Actors, singers, dancers, athletes and people seeking recovery from injury or chronic pain are those most likely to study Alexander Technique (AT). But  AT can have benefits for anyone.

• Learning AT helps us overcome harmful habits of excessive tension, breaking life-long patterns of doing things the hard way.

• Alexander Technique teaches us a skill set that facilitates the way we go about all the tasks involved in leading our daily lives and doing our jobs.

• As we hone our AT skills, the more able we become; chronic pain and discomfort can be minimized or avoided.

• Many people studying AT also experience a lift in their mood as well as their posture.

• The teaching approach at betterATbeing comes from Elizabeth's training in a teaching lineage leading from AT founder F.M. Alexander through Walter Carrington, to whom Alexander entrusted the continuation of his training practice.

• This profoundly effective hands-on teaching emphasizes the engagement of the postural muscles via the body's elastic, opposing pulls. It encourages a widening as well as lengthening back, and frees the rib cage for deep and natural breathing. 

• The Carrington approach grounds the student in fundamental AT principles that are universally applicable.

• Teachers trained in and dedicated to Carrington's teaching legacy are not easy to find in the U.S. and worth seeking out.

• No special equipment or attire is required for Alexander learning — just teacher and student in comfortable clothing; a table, a chair, and a mirror.

• With verbal instructions and gentle touch, your teacher will lead you through new kinesthetic experiences.

• You will learn to pay special attention to the relationship between your head, neck, back and limbs, as you exercise your powers of observation and intention.

• Over the course of your lessons, you will become aware of your own counter-productive habits; learn how to stop them; and start thinking about and doing things in new way.

• No. Student and teacher collaborate closely in Alexander work. Your participation is necessary for its success.

• Your teacher's verbal and hands-on guidance and above all your own direction (self-guided thinking) set the process in motion.

• With your teacher's help, you will learn to reorganize your use (your management of the whole pyscho-physical system that is you) to function optimally. 

• With Alexander Technique, time and practice will help you integrate improved use into your daily life, for greater ease in all you do.

• As you study AT, you will learn to resist habitual, debilitating reactions to internal and external stimuli, and make new and better choices.

• These changes and more are made possible by the positive effect of AT on general functioning: better balance, breathing, circulation, digestion, mood and clarity of mind. The benefits of AT increase with every minute you invest in practicing it. 

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