Rodrigo Suarez
Procedures for introductory talks and group workshops
Over the years I have collected a number of fun procedures that help exemplify the principles of the Alexander Technique . I find that hands-on teaching is the indispensable tool for this purpose, but these procedures come in handy when I don’t have enough time for every pupil. The procedures can also bring variety to individual lessons from time to time as an extra teaching resource. These are a few examples of the procedures: catching a ball without taking your eyes off it, jumping to touch somebody else’s hand with the top of your head, crossing your arms in the opposite way to your habitual one and finding out how wrong it feels. Most of the procedures have been borrowed from other Alexander teachers.
Rodrigo Suarez graduated in cello at the London College of Music. Immediately after that he trained as an Alexander teacher with Walter Carrington, qualifying in 1999. He took many lessons with Vivien Mackie to apply the Technique to his cello playing (but unfortunately he doesn’t take time to practice the cello). He lives in Mexico City, where he keeps busy teaching the Technique to his private pupils. From time to time he gives Alexander workshops in music colleges.
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