Alexander Technique teacher, Amanda Blair MacDonald joins Tami Bulmash to discuss how the Alexander Technique can improve all aspects of life. In this latest episode of the Body Wisdom podcast, Amanda shares how her studies in Brain Compatible movement practices and her experience as Movement Pattern Analyst have further informed her approach to helping individuals thrive in their personal and professional lives. 

Amanda grew up loving music and dance. Along with her musical theatre training, she studied yoga, Pilates, floor barre and various styles of dance, and finally found the Alexander Technique. One of her early teachers helped her understand that The Alexander Technique teaches awareness about the underpinnings of all movement, and therefore allows for a deepening in all other practices. Amanda’s skills improved and her desire to share what she knew through teaching blossomed, and she entered an Alexander teacher training course. Amanda provides professional development for teachers, corporate workshops, online group classes, and private lessons. Later this summer she’ll be launching the first in a series of online courses and a podcast series. You can see Amanda’s TEDx talk entitled, “How We Move is How We Think” on her website at www.AmandaBlairMacDonald.com

Amanda's website: https://www.amandablairmacdonald.com

Tami's website: https://www.bodyandposture.com/

Sumi Komo has created an original way of working with individuals and groups that can bring conscious awareness and awakened presence into life. Her dedicated study of the Alexander technique and Zen Buddhism compliments her experience as a professional dancer, athlete and yogi.

In this podcast, Sumi shares the story of her journey through dance and the Alexander Technique.

Sumi holds an MFA in Dance, Psychology and Sports Medicine. She has devoted her career to teaching and training dancers, actors, musicians, singers, yogis, martial artists and athletes. She works with all kinds of performer issues such as pain, posture, overuse, inappropriate use, and performance anxiety.

Sumi's website: https://sumikomo.net/

Tami's website: https://www.bodyandposture.com/

 Whether you are preparing for an audition or a presentation, performing in front of others can be stressful. Lena Hart joins Tami Bulmash on the Body Wisdom podcast to discuss ways to master your performance on stage, on the phone, or in a meeting. She explains the fight or flight response and how it can actually serve as an asset while presenting. 

Lena is the resident Alexander Technique teacher at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a private practice in San Francisco and Walnut Creek, CA. She is an Experienced Postural & Ergonomics Specialist and helps clients become aware of the harmful, habitual physical choices they make as a person. She specializes in helping performers, techies, persons struggling with the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease and retirees improve their abilities and decrease pain. Current and previous students include those who work at Google, PETA, AAU, University of Tennessee, and Whitten Laser Eye. 

Lena’s website: https://alexandertechniquesfbayarea.com/ 

Link to Lena’s article about performance: https://medium.com/body-wisdom/mastering-your-performance-2bfd9d783db2 

Tami’s website: https://www.bodyandposture.com/