Body Mind Balance

Body Mind Balance Living with ease About Diane Sussman: I moved to New York City at the age of 21 to study dance with the modern dance "giants" Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins. Very early on, I found that being in the Big Apple was more stressful than planned, and I developed a lot of back pain while doing my craft. Pretty miserable, a friend menti... oned that the Alexander Technique had helped her both with back pain and in having more beautiful lines for her dance technique. I was intrigued, and still tell people to this day that I "crawled" to my first Alexander Technique lesson. The work was so creative, and so pleasurable, that I was hooked! I studied for more than a year while continuing to waitress and choreograph, but definitely wanted to train to be a teacher. I was very lucky to find ACAT, an Alexander school that had exceptionally talented and gifted teachers, and I completed my three year 1600 hour training in 1987. I was also lucky to continue my connection to ACAT, and became a trainer of teachers in 1989, which allowed me to serve a wonderful community of enthusiastic Alexander trainees. Now that I have left NYC and moved to Philadelphia, I still draw on that resource, but I have expanded my reach, and also do healing modalities (CranioSacral Therapy and Energy Healing) as well as Coaching. Meanwhile, I have never given up my love of movement and creativity and although I am no longer choreographing, I teach dancers, musicians, and still teach Pilates for health and fun. I have always followed my passions, and for me, movement and healing are the most important things in my life. I hope to inspire my clients, to help them learn and grow and heal from old out-worn ways of being and living that no longer serve them. I lead workshops in movement and spiritual development, and I am always happy to teach the Alexander Technique! I have taught The Alexander Technique privately and at Stony Brook University and Rutgers University Music Departments (DMA Programs), was on the Faculty of the American Center ...Read More