Through practice and discussion, this workshop explores the similarities and differences

between AT and Tai Chi / Qi Gong principles.

Alexander Technique and Tai Chi/Qi Gong teacher Misako Tsuchiya will guide participants in understanding the true principles of Tai Chi / Qi Gong and how to incorporate the principles into movement. This workshop introduces the similarities and differences in the approach to movement between the Alexander Technique and Tai Chi / Qi Gong. Misako draws upon the teachings of her Sifu Marvin Quon who integrates a scientific approach to internal martial arts. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the laws of natural movement and how to apply the principles to daily habits and activities.

OPEN to teachers, trainees, students - people who have already experienced the Alexander Technique in some way

WHAT YOU'LL NEED FOR THE WORKSHOP

-A towel (to fit shoulder width when extended)

-Open space where you can step forward at least 3 steps

ABOUT MISAKO TSUCHIYA

Misako Tsuchiya was born and raised in Japan and later immigrated to the United States in 1981, where she has been dedicating herself for over 30 years to community advocacy work within the Japanese community, through Native ceremony, studying and teaching AlexanderTechnique and Tai Chi/Qi Gong, and guiding others in deepening their relationship to themselves and Mother Earth. She has taught and facilitated classes and workshops with various groups such as with acting and performance students in the UC system, the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), the unhoused population at Skid Row, incarcerated people through the sharing of Native ceremonies, those recovering from drug addiction at AADAP (Asian American Drug Abuse Program), and individuals in job transition with the non-profit organization Chrysalis. Misako actively works towards supporting the healing of the Japanese community through organizing the “250 mi. Little Tokyo to Manzanar Spiritual Unity and Prayer Run” for the last 30 years.

She has realized the existence of multiple common threads between all of these ancestral ways and that a major part of her purpose is to teach others how to connect to the center of the Universe through multiple means such as practicing their Alexander Technique. It is through this connection to the center of the Universe where each person can find their own happiness, their true selves, their purpose, and the meaning of life. Misako offers this workshop in support of the Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund as part of her commitment to the visibility of people of color in the practice of Alexander Technique.

Find Misako on her website at movewithmisako.com

on Facebook: Misako Tsuchiya - Alexander Technqiue, Tai Chi & Qi Gong Instruction

and on Instagram @movewithmisako

Complimentary tickets are available to any teachers, trainees and students who identify as Black, Indigenous or Persons of Color (BIPOC). The AT community is enhanced by an abundance of diversity and diminished without it. Please email us at jleibowitzscholarship@amsatonline.org for your VIP code.

Learn more about the Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund at www.judithleibowitzscholarship.org

Your donations to the Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund through AmSAT, a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3), are tax-deductible.