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"Thanks to the Alexander Technique I feel I've taken my first baby steps into a far more colourful world, one that I can't help but want to explore... and LCATT has been my nursery! I like the open-mindedness and diverse approaches of the teachers. I feel very encouraged to ask questions and find my own way to express the Technique."
Paul Dadswell (qualified March 2009)

"Since the first time I visited the school, I had no doubts that I would like to do my training there. It has a lovely atmosphere and wide range of creative and open-mind people, teachers and students, who gave me the chance to discover some amazing things like a philosophy of education. It has been a time full of experiences, which has led me to have new and different ways of thinking.
Many thanks to LCATT"

"La primera vez que fui a visitar la escuela, no tuve duda alguna de que era el lugar donde me gustaria hacer mi training. Un ambiente agradable y acogedor, con gente diversa, creativa y muy abierta; profesores y estudiantes, que me dieron la gran oportunidad de descubrir algo tan sorprendente como la educacion a traves de una filosofia. Ha sido un recorrido lleno de experiencias, las cuales me han llevado a conocer nuevas y diferentes maneras de pensar
Muchas gracias a LCATT!!!"
Paola Lerma (qualified December 2007)

"I love the atmosphere in the teaching room at LCATT; it is all at the same time welcoming and friendly, calming and peaceful, stimulating and lively.This may partly be because we have a varied daily programme of quiet ‘hands on’, experimental games and procedures, talks and discussions - and of course a tea break. When we wish to have time out, we can lie down amongst the cushions or sit down to read or watch.
Our three teachers share their different approaches with us and encourage us to find our own styles, following our own experiences and interests. Every day I go home with something new that I have discovered - perhaps a revelation about myself, an image to work with or an insight into human relationships and habits.
This is one of the greatest journeys of my life - I would not miss it for the world."

Ruth Tod (qualified March 2010)

"The school has a friendly relaxed atmosphere and, with a high-ceilinged double room and terrace, is especially inviting in summer. But at all times there are long inspiring views - so unusual in the heart of London - which were conducive to releasing and expanding. There is a wide variety of teaching styles among the trainers who encouraged us to find our own way of teaching and not simply mirror them. The emphasis of the anatomy tuition was in helping us map our own bodies and on the development of our powers of observation of others'. I really enjoyed my time at LCATT - there was a lot of space to explore myself and my use - and the terms flew by only too fast."

Catharine Gunningham (qualified March 2005)

When I came to London in May 2004 in order to become a teacher of Alexander Technique, I did visit every school in London. Some I loved, few I disliked. Why did I choose the one in Highbury? The one that was one hour away from Wimbledon, where I lived as an au pair and then kept working as a French teacher ?... Because when I visited my school I felt something special. I knew I wanted to study there. I felt at home, I loved the teachers instantly. I loved the fact that Refia - the head of the training- had such a wide approach of the Technique, and at the same time very simple and loyal to the principles of Alexander. I loved the teachers : Judith who trained with Mc Donald, and Rodger who trained with Carrington. They are wonderful teachers and human beings, and I learned a tremendous amount from them.

I am very glad today to have completed my training at Higbury, and very thankful to Refia, Judith, Peter, and Penny for my post graduate term. I had the chance to go back to the school once a week, to assist Judith and Peter at the Royal College of Music twice a week, and to assist Penny O'Connor at the Arts Educated school (acting school). My post graduate term was a very valuable experience. What was very useful as well in Highbury was the "clinic": one evening per week the 3rd year students and the newly qualified teachers could work on real pupils under the supervision of Refia or Rodger. That was an amazing tool for us students! Now I'm back in france and ready to teach in the real world!!

Quand je suis arrivée à Londres en mai 2004 pour devenir professeur de Technique Alexander, j'ai visité chaque école londonienne. J'en ai aimé quelques unes et detesté certaines.
Pourquoi ai-je choisi celle située à Highbury ? Celle qui se trouvait à une heure de trajet de Wimbledon où je vivais dans une famille comme fille au pair, et où ensuite j'ai continué à travailler comme professeur de français ?...
Parce que quand j'ai visité mon école j'ai ressenti quelque chose de spécial. J'ai su que je voulais étudier là. Je me suis sentie chez moi, j'ai adoré les professeurs : Judith qui a étudié avec Mc Donald, et Rodger qui a étudié avec Carrington. Ce sont d'excellents professeurs et ils m'ont énormément appris. Je suis très heureuse aujourd'hui d'avoir fait mes études à Highbury, et je suis très reconnaissante à Refia, Judith, Peter et Penny pour mon trimestre de perfectionnement. J'ai eu la chance de pouvoir participer à la classe chaque semaine, d'être l'assistante de Judith et Peter au Royal College of Music deux fois par semaine, et d'être également l'assistante de Penny à l'école d'acteurs Arts Educated. Ce trimestre de perfectionnement a été une très très bonne expérience. J'ai aussi beaucoup apprecié la "clinique" de Higbury : un soir par semaine, les étudiants de 3ème année et les nouveaux professeurs pouvaient s'exercer sur de vrais élèves avec la supervision de Refia ou Rodger. C'était un outil de formation incroyable pour nous étudiants ! Aujourd'hui je suis de retour en France et prête à enseigner dans le monde réel !!!

Juliette Davril (qualified July 2007)

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