The Alexander Technique is a practical, self-care, educational method for improving awareness, movement and posture. It provides the tools to recognize our habits and patterns of responses so that we can change them. It emphasizes the relationship of the head, neck and back which is fundamental to improved use of the body.

Gaby Minnes Brandes, Ph.D., has been a certified instructor of the Alexander Technique since 1988.  She is the owner of the Alexander Technique Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was the founder and  the co-director of the Vancouver School of the Alexander Technique, a CANSTAT-certified teacher training program until the school closed in December 2018. Gaby is an active member of CANSTAT, STAT, AmSAT and ATI, and is currently a sponsor teacher and an elected co-chair of the board of ATI.

Notices

We have moved! The new address: Suite 802-938 Howe St. Vancouver, BC V6Z 1N9

NEW PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLE IS OUT!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2025.102494

Upcoming free webinar on September 17, 2025 - register here

Upcoming courses, workshops and conferences

• Building a Bridge Across the International AT Community, Gabriella Minnes Brandes, Co-Chair, ATI and Heather Campbell, Secretariat, ATAS, Alexander Technique International Congress, Dublin, August 2025

• Pause, Observe, Intend: A Qualitative Analysis of How Mindfulness and Alexander Technique Work Synergistically to Address Stress, Gabriella Minnes Brandes and Clare Wilkinson, A workshop at the Alexander Technique International Congress, Dublin, August 2025

• Alexander Technique: Mono- or Multitasking? Exploring the connections between the Alexander Technique and the Corporate world, Gabriella Minnes Brandes and Amy Hack, a workshop at Alexander Technique International Conference, Pendle Hill, October 2025

• A flutist and an Alexander teacher making music together: Applying Alexander principles in the context of playing an instrument, Gabriella Minnes Brandes and Francesca Arnone, a workshop at Alexander Technique International Conference, Pendle Hill, October 2025

• Parkinson Canada: Parkinson's IQ+YOU, Vancouver, 2024 (in person). See this page for handouts