Manhattan Center
for the Alexander Technique is dedicated
to training teachers to approach the greatest
knowledge in themselves, by way of commitment,
endurance, self-discovery, and mastery of
F.M. Alexander's principles.
Manhattan Center for the Alexander Technique
(MCAT) is an accredited Teacher's Certification
Program recognized and approved by the American
Society for the Alexander Technique (AMSAT).
MCAT offers a supportive and creative environment
headed by Caren Bayer, its founder and director.
The training program is modeled after that
of her late teacher Patrick MacDonald, a
Master Teacher and an original student of
F.M. Alexander, who has deeply influenced
Caren's work.
The curriculum prepares students for AMSAT
certification, focusing on primary control,
direction, inhibition, faulty sensory awareness,
non-doing, and end gaining and how to apply
these principles to hands on work. There
is an emphasis on deepening skills of observation
and the capacity to recognize and implement
a more efficient use of the self in one's
life and while working on others. Included
in the curriculum are fundamental teaching
practices such as chair, walking, monkey,
lunge and the whispered 'ah', and how to
relate these practices to daily life.
As part of the curriculum, a thorough knowledge
of F. M. Alexander's writings, his life,
the history of the technique, and a familiarity
with other literature pertaining to the
technique is included as well as a basic
knowledge of anatomy and physiology as it
applies to the principles of the technique.
With a student/teacher ratio of 5 to 1,
MCAT provides its select group of students
with a high level of personal attention.
MCAT's dynamic and interactive classes offer
students the opportunity to become skilled
teachers, continuing the education that
F.M. Alexander has passed on to the world.
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