Alexander Technique
at Sevenoaks
June 23 ~ June 28, 2019
To experience the beauty of our innate design
for ease, delight, appreciation,
is a gift of the Alexander study.
We learn that we are designed to receive and embody our senses.
Sight comes to us through space, is received with soft eyes,
and then can enliven our whole body.
As we see with our whole self, our appreciation for life
and connection with nature continues to deepen.
Seeing becomes Beholding as we rest within nature's embrace.
We invite you to join us at the Sevenoaks Retreat Center,
in the beautiful mountains of Virginia, for our annual Summer Residential Course dedicated to the discoveries of F.M. Alexander.
This year, longtime returning participants, beginning and
advanced students, along with teachers who wish to deepen their skills, will come together once again in a supportive, deeply nourishing, learning community. We welcome you. Our days are filled with rich explorations of the Alexander principles in small and large groups with a high teacher-student ratio.
A continuing inspiration for our Alexander community
is the faculty's shared study with Marjorie Barstow, a graduate of
F.M. Alexander's first teacher training course. Marjorie worked
primarily within a group setting, bringing even the simplest of
activity to an art form. We honor her teaching influence in the
daily classes and group activities during the workshop.
Return to
Did you too see it,
drifting,
all night,
on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning,
rising into the silvery air,
an armful of white blossoms,
a perfect commotion of silk and linen
as it leaned into the bondage of its wings;
a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
a shrill dark music like the rain pelting the trees,
like a waterfall knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds -
a white cross streaming across the sky,
its feet like black leaves,
its wings like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart,
how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?
~ Swan by Mary Oliver