Somatic Primer Podcast

Vivien Schapera: Alexander Technique


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This episode of the Somatic Primer Podcast features Vivien Schapera. Vivien is an Alexander Technique teacher and teacher trainer.  In 1993, Vivien and her husband, Neil, founded Alexander Technique of Cincinnati, a school for training Alexander Teachers, and in 1999, Vivien founded FourWinds Academy for the Healing Arts & Sciences. Vivien teaches workshops in all her subjects from coast to coast in the USA, in London, UK, and in Cape Town, South Africa.

Vivien and Bryson discuss

  • Growing up in South Africa
  • How she discovered the Alexander Technique 
  • Her fascinating journey from Cape Town, to London, and finally building her school for training Alexander Teachers in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Key ideas of the technique, such as the "Means - Whereby" and her insights into these practices
  • How the Alexander Technique compares to other somatic practices
  • and much more.

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