Alexander Technique Teachers
The CNHC Register and the Alexander Technique This site is being developed by Alexander Technique Teachers who were trained to teach the Alexander Technique in the manner established by it's founder F M Alexander, and who are opposed to regulation by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). We believe that regulation by the CNHC in its present form is inappropriate for the Alexander Technique and that the National Occupational Standards (NOS) are unsuitable and contrary to its principles. Regulation by the CNHC (commonly known as Ofquack) will confer apparent legitimacy to diluted and inauthentic versions of the Technique, and to teachers who in our view have not undergone adequate training. The CNHC purports to uphold standards, but it is our belief that it will do exactly the opposite Traditionally the training of Teachers of the Alexander Technique is a three year course requiring daily term time attendance. The course teaches the principles and practice of the technique with an emphasis on hands-on work necessary to acquire the skills of an Alexander Teacher. It is possible to go on the CNHC register as an Alexander Teacher after attending a training that is only one weekend a month, with minimal hands on work. We believe that CNHC regulation inevitably leads to a lowering of the standards that have been maintained over the last sixty years, and undermines the professionalism of STAT trained Alexander Teachers STAT is the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, and is the society formed by the original teachers personally trained by FM Alexander. For the past sixty years it has upheld the standards of training for the Alexander Technique worldwide.
There are only a handful of fully (STAT) trained CNHC registered Alexander Technique Teachers, the vast majority of those on the CNHC register having been trained on part time courses. To find a STAT trained Alexander Teacher click here
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