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    Studying LearningMethods

 
In-Depth Study with DAVID GORMAN

Learn how to use your own intelligence and bring it to bear on your experiences so you can understand how and why you have been caught in the problems you have... and learn how to change them so that you become free of them.

Change can be quick and dramatic
when we get past our symptoms to the real causes.

When we get in touch with ourselves, we really do have
all the sensitivity and information we need to guide our lives.

We are the most amazing learning creatures on the planet
when we remove what has stopped us from growing

If we stop trying so hard to change ourselves and to get things right, new and surprising abilities are revealed

 

These workshops show you how to access all this in a simple and systematic way. They have been designed to be equally valuable as a format to understand your problems and transform your own life or as an on-going apprenticeship towards learning to teach others. Anyone new to the work is very welcome to join us.



LearningMethods Open Workshops

The emphasis in these workshops is on learning how to learn and find out for yourself; i.e. the workshops are driven by your own questions, problems, explorations and experiments. The weeks are open to anyone willing and committed to learning more about themselves, to challenging their current framework of understanding and to exploring their practice or performance.

Sessions can be set up either individually, in small groups of 2, 3 or 4, etc. or by joining in any of the scheduled workshops that take place in various cities in Europe and North America. These workshops are small — usually between 5-8 participants, in order to ensure a depth of personal and practical work.

Most of the time we will be working as a group so that each person learns to articulate their experiences and everyone can share in the learning. There is a tremendous support and understanding when we all go through things together, not to mention more opportunities to gain a perspective on one's own issues when see them mirrored in others.

The workshops usually take place over 5 days, from approximately 10:00am to 4:00pm (with a one-hour lunch). Because of the small class size, preference will be given to those committing for the whole workshop, but if numbers permit, it may be possible to attend for three days, the minimum period in which it is possible to get a sense of the approach of the work. This part-time attendance is especially helpful for those who wish to get a sense of whether this approach will be helpful for them before committing to a whole workshop.

Private classes or small groups of 2-4 with David may be available some days after the main workshop day finishes — contact the organizer of each event for further information (see workshop schedules).




LearningMethods / Anatomy of Wholeness
   Practice and Principles Workshops

Prerequisite is to have attended one or more of the other introductory open LearningMethods workshops or Anatomy of Wholeness workshops.

For anyone interested in learning more about:
     — The practice & pedagogy of teaching others how to learn,
     — Our human structure and function and its implications for performance and movement,
     — Bringing greater skill and ease of learning to singing, acting, yoga, martial arts, etc.,
     — How to apply the insights of LearningMethods in other teaching modalities,
     — and for those becoming teachers of the LearningMethods work.

More information coming soon...


Further Information about the Courses


All of the courses on the calendar follow roughly the same format and schedule (except for some of the residential weeks as noted):

Course Dates and Times:
Monday to Friday (or sometimes Saturday to Wednesday or Thursday to Sunday)
10:00 am to 4:00 pm with a one hour lunch

Cost:
Contact organizers for details, a non-refundable deposit will assure your place.

Description of each Course:
Jump to the workshop schedule page for a description of each particular course and its venue.

David Gorman will be present full-time on all these courses. Other teachers and senior apprentices may join us to assist in some of the courses.

Individual and Small Group Sessions after 4:00 pm
Private lessons:  approx. 1.5 to 2 hours each
Small groups of 2 to 4 people:  approx. 1+ hour per person (e.g. 2 people for 2 to 2.5 hours, or 3 people for 3 to 3.5 hours).


About the developer of LearningMethods


David GormanDavid Gorman has been studying human structure and function since 1970. He is the author of an illustrated 600-page text on our human musculoskeletal system, called The Body Moveable (now in its 6th edition and in colour), and numerous articles and essays, including the book, Looking at Ourselves (2nd edition in colour).

David has been working with performers (singers, musicians, actors, dancers and circus artists) for over forty years. He is a trainer of teachers of LearningMethods and of the Alexander Technique and has taught all over the world in universities, conservatories, performance companies, and orchestras; for doctors in hospitals and rehabilitation clinics; and in training courses for Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, physiotherapy, osteopathy, massage & yoga.

Over the years, his changing understanding about the root causes of people's problems led him to gradually extend his Alexander Technique teaching into the development of a new work, LearningMethods (and an offshoot, Anatomy of Wholeness about our marvelous human design), which is being integrated into the curricula of performance schools in Europe, Canada and the United States by a growing number of LearningMethods Teachers and Apprentice-teachers.

Since 2010, David has been running online post-graduate groups for Alexander Technique teachers and groups for those who want to learn to use LearningMethods in their own lives, as well as those who want to integrate the work into their existing professional work as a teacher, therapist, medical or body-work practitioner.


LEARNINGMETHODS Teachers

The following are the certificated LearningMethods teachers currently licensed by David Gorman to teach the LearningMethods work. All teachers adhere to a Professional Code of Conduct.  If you wish more information than these web pages offer about how the LearningMethods work may be able to help you, contact one of the teachers below to talk or to set up an appointment and experience it for yourself.

Most of the teachers below teach in-person sessions or workshops, but they also teach in online or phone sessions, so don't let distance stop you from exploring how LearningMethods can help you.



To find a LEARNINGMETHODS Teacher in a specific country, click below:
  Canada -|- France -|- Norway -|- Sweden -|- Switzerland -|- United Kingdom-|- United States

or to find a Senior LearningMethods Apprentice-Teacher (see note about Apprentice Teachers):
  Canada  -|-  Ireland  -|-  United Kingdom  -|-  United States

More information on training as a LearningMethods teacher, click here
 


CANADA


David Gorman
David Gorman
Toronto area
Teaches in-person lessons and workshops
Online / phone sessions worldwide
LearningMethods teacher training
E-mail:
Tel: +1 416-519-5470

Eillen Sellam
Eillen Sellam
Toronto area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
Les séances en Français, en anglais ou en espagnol
 — sessions in French, English, or Spanish
E-mail:
Tel: +1 416-519-5470
web site: www.eillensellam.com


FRANCE


Ann Penistan
Ann Penistan
Geneva area:  see also France, Switzerland, U.K.
E-mail:
web site: www.learningmethods.com/annie/

Julia Gilroy
Julia Gilroy
Nice / Vence area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
Les séances en Français / en Anglais
 — sessions in French or English
E-mail:
Tel: +33 (0)6-70-67-59-98
web site: www.technique-alexander-france.com/Julia


NORWAY


Kari Manum
Kari Manum
Oslo area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
Teaches in Norwegian or English
E-mail:


SWEDEN


Bodil Rummelhoff
Bodil Rummelhoff
Stockholm area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
Teaches in Swedish or English
E-mail:
Tel: +46 (0)8-687-0248,
mobile: +46 (0)73-679 48 43
web site: www.learntolearn.se

Åsa Öhlin
Åsa Öhlin
Stockholm / Drottningholm area
E-mail:
Tel: +46 (0)8-759-0147,
mobile: 0707-306450

Lena Jonhäll
Lena Jonhäll
Stockholm area
E-mail:
Tel: +46 (0)8-156395,
mobile: +46 (0)70-899-0528


SWITZERLAND


Ann Penistan
Ann Penistan
Geneva area:  see also France, Switzerland, U.K.
E-mail:
web site: www.learningmethods.com/annie/


UNITED KINGDOM


Ann Penistan
Ann Penistan
Geneva area:  see also France, Switzerland, U.K.
E-mail:
web site: www.learningmethods.com/annie/


UNITED STATES


Babette Lightner
Babette Lightner
Minneapolis/St. Paul & western Wisconsin area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
E-mail:
Tel. (cell): +1 612-729-7127
web site: www.StonesInWater.com

Ben Kreilkamp
Ben Kreilkamp
Minneapolis/St. Paul area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
E-mail:
Tel: +1 612-721-3569
web site: www.BenKreilkamp.com

Elizabeth Garren
Elizabeth Garren
Minneapolis/St. Paul area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
E-mail:
Tel: +1 612-375-9142, 
cell: +1 612-804-1086


Rebecca Frost
Minneapolis/St. Paul area
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
E-mail:
Tel: +1 612-827-7956
web site: www.EmbodiedArts.com

Bonnie Z. Bottoms
Bonnie Z. Bottoms
Minneapolis / St. Paul area
E-mail:
Tel (cell): +1 952-380-7667

Miriam Scholz-Carlson
Miriam Scholz-Carlson
Minneapolis / St. Paul area
E-mail:
Tel: +1 612-825-0997


SENIOR APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


 
The senior Apprentice-Teachers in this section are at the stage of their training as LearningMethods teachers where they are quite experienced and are qualified to work with pupils in an unsupervised capacity even while they continue the final stages of their supervised training, Contact them for details, appointments, fees, etc.

  Canada  -|-  Germany  -|-  Ireland  -|-  Sweden  -|-  United Kingdom  -|-  United States

More information on training as a LearningMethods teacher
  


CANADA — APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


Marion Day
Marion Day
Stratford, Ontario area
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario area
E-mail:
Tel: +1 519-276-0888


GERMANY — APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


Katheryn Doehner
Kathryn Doehner
Tübingen / Stuttgart area
Unterrichtet auf deutsches oder englisch
 — sessions in German or English

E-mail:
Tel: +49 (0)87-958-4232


IRELAND — APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


Andrew Monaghan
Andrew Monaghan
Cork or rest of Ireland
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
E-mail:
Tel: +1 514-898-0053


SWEDEN — APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


Niclas Stureberg
Niclas Stureberg
Stockholm area
Teachers in Swedish or English
E-mail:
Tel: +46 (0)8-744-4463
mobile: 070-372-7210


UNITED KINGDOM — APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


David Robertson
David Robertson
Enniskillen, Belfast, and other parts of Northern Ireland
In-person lessons or workshops
Online / phone sessions
E-mail:
Tel: +44 (0)288-952-1986  
mobile: +44 (0)770-959-0838


UNITED STATES — APPRENTICE-TEACHERS


Jen Bush
Jen Bush
San Francisco area
E-mail:
Tel: +1 715-688-9556


All attempts are made to ensure that the information in these pages is accurate, however we assume no responsibility for errors. Please to notify us of any inaccuracies and we will correct them as soon as possible.


If you have any questions please contact us at:


LEARNINGMETHODS
    Telephone: +1 416-519-5470      78 Tilden Crescent, Etobicoke, ON  M9P 1V7  Canada  (map)

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