Alexander Technique News

Summer 2026

Alexander Technique Courses & Lessons

International Alexander Teacher Training (IATT)

Opportunity to apply to our international hybrid training programme for September 2027.

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).

Alexander Technique Online Lessons

You can find details about online Alexander Technique lessons here.

To enquire about online lessons, plese contact the PAAT Secretary for more information.

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.

IATT Training Course 2026

We’re delighted to announce that PAAT’s hybrid IATT (International Alexander Teacher Training) course is starting again in September with a new cohort of trainees.

We will be continuing to train teachers, with weekly online sessions and tutorials, as well as seminars and in-person residencies.

Alexander Technique and UoB Xtra: 2026 Summer Course

The Professional Association of Alexander Teachers ran in-person workshops for students at the University of Birmingham this summer as part of the university’s summer programme for students. The workshops The themes were:

Discover how to communicate with authenticity and confidence with the Alexander technique.
Exploring how to respond in presentations, discussions or difficult situations, and speak up for what you believe in with conviction and from the heart in an Alexander way.

If you’re interested in doing a similar course in-person or online, contact the PAAT Secretary.

(You can also make enquiries about lessons, the PAAT Training Course, presentations/talks, and teachers in your area.

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Exploring The Alexander Technique Course

Our two part course ‘Exploring the Alexander Technique’ ran over the spring and summer, providing the opportunity for people with different amounts of experience to take a practical look at how to let go of reactivity and find ease and poise in day to day activity. Each part had six weekly online sessions and culminated in an in-person day in Bournville.

Course participants, students and teachers were then invited to take part in drop-in sessions over the summertime. These sessions aimed to support ongoing practice as well as providing a link onto the IATT course.

Alexander Technique: Other News

Victoria Door Awarded Honorary Doctorate

PAAT is delighted to announce that this July, Victoria Door has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Euroknowledge Institute and Richmond College, UK.

The award is in recognition of her lifetime contribution to education across the high school classroom, university teaching and teacher training and her leadership as co-director of the International Alexander Teacher Training Programme (IATT). Many congratulations to Victoria!

For more information about Victoria’s work see her PAAT teacher profile.

PAAT Involved in New Mindfulness / AT Study

PAAT’s involvement in unique study of Mindfulness and Alexander Technique Study continues…

The authors have just taken part in an interview for Alexander Studies Online (ASO) and linked to ASO’s Substack.

The study, published in August 2025 in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine, explored 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 from this article preview in The European Journal of Integrative Medicine.

There is also a webinar related to this initiative, and you can view the discussion from the Alexander Technique Science web resource.

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PAAT Contribution To EUniWell:StudentWell Research Project

PAAT teachers involved in successful European bid for research funding from European University for Well-Being, EUniWell: StudentWell research project – September 2024 update

As previously announced, PAAT teachers have been involved in a successful bid for seed funding granted by EUniWell, resulting in a research project undertaken jointly by four EUniWell universities. PAAT teachers formed part of the StudentWell team at the University of Birmingham and provided the Alexander Technique intervention. (You can find more details about the StudentWell initiative here.)

Four different psychophysical health supportive interventions were piloted, one at each university. All of the interventions were intended to support students to develop health and well-being practices, as follows:

University of Birmingham, UK – Alexander Technique.
University of Florence, Italy – Body and Mind awareness.
Semmelweis University, Hungary – Autogenic Training.
Linnaeus University, Sweden – Forest Bathing.

Delivery of the interventions began in September 2022 and consisted of in-person or blended learning, depending on the intervention. Online e-learning tools were also tested for effectiveness. A validated multidimensional well-being scale was used to assess outcomes for students.

Concluding seminar of the research project – May 2023

Two PAAT members of the research team at Birmingham travelled to Florence for a one-day concluding seminar at the end of May 2023. They finally had the opportunity to meet, in person, with partner researchers from the other three universities. The day-long seminar was interspersed with ‘taster’ sessions of the interventions included in the StudentWell project. The Birmingham team provided an Alexander Technique session for students attending the University of Florence on the theme of ‘How to deal with exam anxiety’. Initial results from data analysis of the project were presented by the team in Florence, led by Professor Francesca Chiesi. Participants had anonymously completed a multidimensional well-being scale at the beginning, mid-point and end of the Alexander Technique and other interventions.

Conclusion of StudentWell pilot research project

As well as the one-day concluding seminar, this pilot project involved collaboration by the PAAT researchers with European colleagues in the production of a journal article for Open Access Publication. The paper, ‘StudentWell Study Protocol: Supporting and measuring student Well-Being’, has been submitted to an online journal for review. Funding for future developments has also been undertaken by the European team.