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Alexander Technique Courses, Lessons & News
Spring 2026
Alexander Technique Online Lessons
Online Alexander Lessons now available.
You can find all the details here.
Contact the PAAT Secretary Michele Pipe for more information.
International Alexander Teacher Training (IATT)
Final opportunity to apply to our international hybrid training programme for September 2026
IATT provides a distance-learning platform combined with in-person, ‘hands-on’ opportunities, over a period of three years, with a total of 2,400 hours of live and online interaction, individual and group study. We are an international team of teacher-trainers, running a flexible, responsive programme that enables you to train to sector-approved professional standards in a way that fits with your own particular life situation. Qualification entitles you to:
- Teach Alexander Technique globally
- Membership of the Professional Association of Alexander Teachers.
- Eligibility to apply to join Alexander Technique International.
- Eligibility to apply for registration with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council.
You can find more course information here.
For further details, including fees, and an online conversation to find out if this course is appropriate for your needs and experience, please contact the Secretary of the Professional Association of Alexander Teachers (PAAT).
‘Presence Without Effort’ Course: Next Steps For Participants
Next steps for participants who have been exploring the three-month course Presence without Effort: A Practical Technique for Letting go of Reactivity and Finding Ease and Focus in each Moment.
We near the end of our 3-month course together with our last session taking place on Tues 9th June. We’ve worked together online and in person in Bourneville, Birmingham.
We now look forward not only to our day together online and in person on 25th July, but also to our 6-week online ‘drop-in’ course, which will be open to others with experience of the technique.
The 6-week online course will take place on Saturday mornings starting 27th June and will run until 8th August (we won’t run on the 25th July). The intention with this course is that each Saturday session can be joined as a drop-in session, meaning that it is not necessary to come to all six.
Each session is designed to continue our investigation into what we mean by Presence, exploring with all of our weekly demands how we can keep our balance – physically, mentally, emotionally – during our work, rest and play. The sessions will include the activities we have been working with during the evening course, and a few more.
Looking forward to us practising together.
Alexander Technique and UoB Xtra: 2026 Summer Course
The Professional Association of Alexander Teachers is running workshops for students at the University of Birmingham this summer as part of the university’s summer programme for students. The workshops are almost fully booked already! The workshop invitation:
- Discover how to communicate with authenticity and confidence with the Alexander technique.
- Whether you plan to give presentations, lead others in activities, take part in discussions, or perform in some other way, we’ll explore together how to respond and speak up for what you believe, with conviction and from the heart.
You can book a place from this University of Birmingham Events Listing.
Mindfulness Informed by The Alexander Technique
Some of our PAAT teachers are also qualified Mindfulness teachers.
They are able to offer Mindfulness-Based courses which are informed by the Technique.
Details are here.
Alexander Technique News
PAAT teachers involved in successful European bid for research funding
from European University for Well-Being, EUniWell: StudentWell research project.
(Updated September 2024)
Details are here.
PAAT involved in new Mindfulness / AT study
A new study published in August 2025 in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine
explores how expert practitioners integrate mindfulness and the Alexander Technique to navigate stress.
The research highlights how these two disciplines offer complementary tools for self-regulation.
You can discover more here.
There is also a webinar related to this initiative, and you can view the discussion here.