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

Resuming lessons in the office. For details and protocols, email gminnesbrands@gmail.com

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

Upcoming courses, workshops and conferences

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

• Introduction to Alexander Technique for Music Educators, Invited session at the Alberta Music Education Conference, Alberta, October, 2024 (in person)

• Alexander Technique: Hands-on with a focus on instruments, Invited session at the Alberta Music Education Conference, Alberta, October, 2024 (in person)

• Building Roles using Archetypal Sources and Alexander Technique, with Stephen Atkins, Bard Education, November 4, 2024 (in person)

• Alexander Technique for people living with Parkinson's, Parkinson's IQ & You, Education for Empowerment, Parkinson Canada, a series by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Vancouver, November 23, 2024 (in person)