Gentian Rahtz
Alexander Technique
BA (Hons) M.Ed, LCSP (Phys) S.T.A.T. CERT
I qualified as an Alexander Technique teacher from Fellside Alexander Teacher Training School in Kendal, Cumbria in 1990. Don Burton, the director, had trained with Walter Carrington who had himself trained with F. M. Alexander, the inventor of the Technique, so I am now a third generation senior teacher and continue to be inspired by Don’s visionary yet visceral approach to this paradoxical and life changing practice.
In the summer of 2024 I moved from Oxford to Nailsworth and will be teaching the Alexander Technique from home in the centre of old Nailsworth (directions here).
I charge £60 for a first session and £50 for subsequent sessions which last an hour.
I have a current DBS certificate.
Please feel free to phone me for a chat.
Alexander Technique
Alexander work is a fundamental body/mind education in awareness of how we move and breathe and find regular moments of stillness in everyday life. It improves “body sense" (kinaesthesia) and gives a pleasurable feeling of wellbeing, of being both more supported and more relaxed. It can be a training in mindfulness, a heightened ability to be in the present moment. It also helps people to be at their most efficient, both mentally and physically.
The Alexander Technique
Seeing with Fresh Eyes
During lockdown for covid I attempted to clarify my ideas about what seemed important to me about the Technique and why I still find it so enjoyable. The result is a small book. It has a contemporary approach and emphasises our fundamental relationship with nature and the senses. It is available to buy on Amazon.
Where to find me
2 Brewery Gardens
Brewery Lane
Nailsworth
Stroud, Glos.
GL6 0JQ
There is good parking by the house which is a new build in Brewery Gardens, a small enclave of mostly old stone houses off Brewery Lane, which is very narrow!