Community Program or Event, Practice Events
The Shape of Awake®: Alexander Technique Workshop + Group Meditation (In-Person)
with Hope Martin
Discover how being fully present and at ease in your body transforms your practice. Being upright is not just an arbitrary shape; it’s a perfect expression of meditation itself. In this workshop Hope Martin, a master teacher of the Alexander Technique, will help you access ease and non-striving in meditation and everyday activities.
The workshop includes meditation instruction, experiential exercises, instruction on basic body mechanics and alignment, and hands-on guidance from the instructor to help improve your posture and release unnecessary tension in your meditation practice and in your life.
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Open to meditators of all experience levels, our in-person meditation events offer us a chance to practice and study together, meet and connect with other members of our community, and refresh our sense of well-being, goodness, and sanity.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information on our generosity policy and pricing, click here.
LOCATION: 151 W. 30th, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
New to meditation? The Learn to Meditate sessions offered every Tuesday evening of the month can serve as an excellent introduction to sitting meditation.
About the Teacher:
Hope Martin is a Meditation Instructor and a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. She has taught the Alexander Technique for 37 years and is a Senior Teacher who trained Alexander teachers for 25 years at the American Center for the Alexander Technique in NYC. Hope is also a Focusing Trainer. She has taught her program The Shape of Awake® in Meditation halls throughout North America. For 20 years with her co-teacher David Rome, she co-developed and taught Embodied Listening®, bringing together Meditation, the Alexander Technique and Focusing. Hope has been a close student of Pema Chodron since 1992 and has been her cook and attendant for 30 years. Her passion is in helping her students discover how easeful, upright posture is an expression of their human dignity, confidence, and innate wakefulness.