Alice MacDonald

History

After years of being chronically injured as a performer and athlete, I shifted from looking for quick fixes, began listening to my body, and embarked on a path towards healing and finding ways to create a supportive relationship to it. I began studying the Alexander Technique and was struck by the connection that it invited between how I was thinking, moving, and feeling. Through being guided to a new understanding and depth of working with my own awareness and agency over how I was using and tending to my body I started to see empowering changes. I was drawn to the way AT seeks to address underlying habits and tendencies that can contribute to pain and strain in the body overtime. I continue to be a student of this work and other healing and learning modalities and continue to be fascinated by the potential, creativity, and expression of the human body.

Specialties

As a dancer, performer, and athlete, Alice connected to the Alexander Technique work deeply because it is an experiential modality that takes into consideration the person's mental and physical connection. In her approach, Alice believes that by learning about how we are doing what we do with our mind and body's connections we can unearth opportunities for change, evolve our own patterns or habits, and heal. The Alexander Technique, offers a process and framework for creating a sustainable relationship to the mindbody connection. The AT work provides practical knowledge and application of how to move and use your body throughout your lifestyle so that it supports you rather than strains you. Connect with Alice to schedule a consultation or first session. Sessions are 50 minutes and are offered online, in New York City, and in Southern Maine. Alice maintains a teaching practice in NYC, Southern Maine, and online. Alice incorporates her connection to meditation and process-oriented healing modalities.