


ATI has not attempted to set a quantitative standard of Alexander teacher training courses such as a certain number of hours, weeks and years of training or a specific ratio of students to teachers. Some Alexander Technique training's courses run by ATI Teaching Members have a more flexible, extended schedule for those who work full-time or an apprenticeship-like structure. Some training programs are run on the standard three-year training schedule.
Rather than regulating training courses ATI has set up a standard that relies on the qualitative recognition of a teacher's competence to teach. After all, no amount of time in training, by itself, is sufficient to become a teacher. A trainee applying to become a certified teacher must prove that he/she has reached a level of understanding and ability to adequately and safely teach the public as recognized by a head of training or another person with skill and experience.
Therefore, the sponsorship mechanism takes care of allowing everyone who has trained in an apprenticeship or other 'non-standard' approach to become an ATI Teaching Member. They simply need to work with any three ATI Sponsoring Members and from this work gain their Sponsor's written support.
Sponsor Guidelines
Sponsorship Application Form
Sponsor Feedback Form
Candidate Evaluation Form
Candidate Feedback Form
To summarize, the organization is based on the membership's trust that if three of these Sponsors say they assess someone as a teacher, then the applicant is designated as a competent teacher. It is further based on the willingness of all its members to accept the standards and mechanisms of certification of the other existing societies, even if those mechanisms differ from ATI's. The members of ATI agree to extend an informed trust to all parts of the Alexander profession.
In order to be eligible for certification by Alexander Technique International, teacher-candidates should be of good character, have a clear understanding of the Alexander Technique concepts and principles, and have the basic skills to convey these concepts and principles clearly to a pupil. Candidates must be approved by three Sponsoring Members to be certified as teaching members.
Candidates must fulfill the following criteria:
I. Conduct A. Demonstrate qualities of patience, compassion, honesty, and respect in interactions with peers and students. A letter, provided by the candidate, from a teacher/mentor whom the candidate designates as having a significant role in their training to be a teacher, shall be considered confirmation that the candidate has satisfactorily demonstrated these characteristics of patience, compassion, honesty, and respect in interactions with peers and students, provided the examining teacher sees no evidence to the contrary.
II. Knowledge A. Demonstrate an understanding of the commonly used Alexander Technique concepts and principles in their own coordination and use of themselves in activity. This understanding can be observed as 1) poise of the head in relation to the body, yielding a fluid and continually adaptive response to gravity; 2) alertness, awareness, fluidity of movement, and poise; 3) and a speaking voice that is full, clear, and fluent. B. Demonstrate intellectual comprehension of and the ability to communicate effectively Alexander's ideas and the principles of the Technique. These principles include (but are not limited to) the importance of the relationship of the head to the spine in coordination ("Primary Control"); the ability to suspend acting on a habitual impulse to allow a new response to a demand for action ("Inhibition"); and the ability to direct energy to support natural coordination while carrying out an activity in accord with natural coordination, rather than habitual discoordination ("Direction"). C. Demonstrate an understanding of anatomy and physiology as these relate to human movement and behavior; be able to help pupils understand how mistaken ideas about their structure interfere with their best use, answer their basic questions about anatomy, and refer them to other sources for more detailed answers. D. Demonstrate understanding of the ATI Code of Ethics, appreciation of safety issues, and awareness of when it is appropriate to refer a pupil to another professional.
III. Teaching Skills A. Demonstrate an ability to clearly and simply communicate and demonstrate the concepts and principles of the Alexander Technique by giving clear demonstrations and verbal explanations that are appropriate to the pupil's learning in the moment; when using hands, to use their hands sensitively and appropriately. Both verbal explanations and any use of hands will allow pupils to effect a positive change in their psycho-physical coordination. B. Demonstrate an ability to observe themselves while teaching, and later articulate to an observer the choices they made with regard to using their hands, verbal explanations, and physical demonstrations.
| Country | Sponsor Name and Address | Telephone |
| AUSTRALIA |
Alan Capel, 29 Nareen Parade, N. Narrabeen, NSW 2101, Australia Email Alan Capel |
+61 02-9913-2480 |
| Greg Holdaway, PO Box 192,
Blue Mountains,
Katoomba, NSW 2780 Australia Email Greg Holdaway |
+61 02-4757-3999 +61 02-4757-3988 |
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| AUSTRIA | Livia Pisok , Leonard Bernsteinstr. 4-6/7/89, Vienna-Donau City, 1220 Austria Email Livia Pisok |
+43-19220497 +43-69919220497 |
| FRANCE |
Robert Bral, 5, rue du Plateau, 75019 PARIS Email Robert Brai |
+33 1-42-41-46-60 |
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Katja Cavagnac, La Galinie, Galgan, 12220, France Email Katja Cavagnac |
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Gilles Estran, 7 rue Achard, 33230 Abzac, France Email Gilles Estran |
+33 5-57-49-13-51 | |
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Christine Hardy, 10 Rue Froidevaux, Paris 75014, France Email Christine Hardy |
+33 1-43-35-10-48 | |
| Corinne Mencarelli, 6 rue du Pilon, Flachères, 38690 France Email Corinne Mencarelli |
+33 6-24-00-24-90 | |
| GERMANY | Irma Hesz, Karlstrasse 2, Düsseldorf 40210, Germany Email Irma Hesz |
+49-211-7886780 |
| ISRAEL | Yehezkel Ein-Shay, Jabutinski St #1/4, Givatayim 53360, Israel Email Yehezkel Ein-Shay |
+972-3-731-6358 |
| Rivka Cohen, 7 Hanadiv Avenue, Haifa 34611 Israel Email Rivka Cohen |
+972-04-8342090 | |
| JAPAN | Jeremy Chance, BodyChance Japan, Sento Biru, 10th Floor 2-21-28-1000, Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-0064 Japan Email Jeremy Chance |
+81 77-529-2881 |
| Daiju Yokoe, Nagoya-si Chikusa-ku, Uchiyana 3-25-6-901 464-0075, Japan Email Daiju Yokoe |
+81-52-733-9271 | |
| NORWAY | Nigel Hornby, Huitfeldts Gate 8B, Oslo, 0253 Norway Email Nigel Hornby |
+47-22 436383 |
| SWITZERLAND | Rosa-Luisa Rossi, Im Theodorshof 13, Rheinfelden 4310, Switzerland Email Rosa-Luisa Rossi |
+41-61-831-51-19 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Graham Elliott, 28 Marshal's Drive, St. Albans Herts. AL1 4RQ United Kingdom Email Graham Elliott |
+44-0727-760067 |
| Peter Nobes, 79 Elliscombe Road, Charlton, London SE7 7PD, United Kingdom Email Peter Nobes |
+44-020-8858-8742 | |
| Don White, 2A Cultra Station Road, Holywood County Down, BT18 0AU United Kingdom Email Don White |
+44-028-9042-1425 | |
| UNITED STATES | Meade Andrews, 576408 Arbor Club Way, Boca Raton FL 33433 USA Email Meade Andrews |
561-338-4871 |
| Jan Baty, 807 Kenyon Lane, Newark, DE, 19711, USA Email Jan Baty |
406-246-3520 | |
| Sherry Berjeron-Oliver, Pacific Institute for the Alexander Technique, 3560 Las Pasas Way, Sacramento CA 95864 Email Sherry Berjeron-Oliver |
916-488-3010 | |
| Michael D. Frederick, P.O. Box 408, Ojai, CA 93024, USA Email Michael D. Frederick |
800-260-5133 310-880-7700 | |
| Robin Gilmore, 1204 Oak Hill Place, #2C, Annapolis, MD 21403, USA Email Robin Gilmore |
410-268-2841 | |
| Martha Hansen Fertman, 8913 Tamarron Drive Plainsboro NJ 08536 USA Email Martha Hansen Fertman |
215-219-8594 | |
| Joel Kendall, 225 W. 86th St. #303, New York, NY 10024, USA Email Joel Kendall |
212-362-4330 | |
| Robert Lada, 169 Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Email Robert Lada |
617-864-4288 617-817-5415 |
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| Catherine Madden, 11042 27th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA, 98125, USA Email Catherine Madden |
206-368-8544 | |
| Melissa Matson, 82 Ravens Ridge Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA Email Melissa Matson |
505-992-8986 | |
| David Mills, 6836 21st Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA Email David Mills |
206-522-3584 | |
| Melinda Murphy, 281 Apache Street, Westerville OH 43081 USA Email Melinda Murphy |
614-299-3661 | |
| Tommy Thompson, 1692 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Email Tommy Thompson |
617-497-2242 | |
| Bill Walsh, 22 Birch Trail, RR#5, NY 10512, USA Email Bill Walsh |
203-803-8292 | |
| Nancy Forst Williamson, 8011 Dougan Drive, Lincoln, NE 68516, USA Email Nancy Forst Williamson |
402-489-3923 | |
| Chloe Wing, 60 E. 4th Street #15, New York, NY, 10003, USA |
212-598-9434 |
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