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Alexander Technique with Holly C.

New York, New York

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Age: 5+
Speaks Spanish
Teaching since 2013
Alexander Technique

    Alexander Technique and Vedic Meditation in NYC

    Students can expect openness--the space to be themselves, to question and to laugh. In Alexander, we strive to "dare to be wrong" & that can only happen when empathy exists between student and teacher. Lessons are a partnership: a game of discovering one's 'self' and the myriad habits that inhibit her best from shining forth. Someone who sees the profundity of this work in its simplicity, I strive to be clear so to, through a generosity of spirit, invite the student into his/her self-discovery. I also have deep experience and knowledge as a professional musician, a meditation teacher, a longtime yogini and longtime student of eastern arts. An inherent storyteller and sometimes professional writer, I am specific and precise (as can be!) with my language when describing these often ineffable and subjective concepts and experiences. Above all else, I believe how we do anything is how we do everything; so I'm passionate about connecting the dots between the mundane and quotidian and the sublime and specific. Alexander Technique has saved many lives--including my own--and that can take the form of removing chronic pain, releasing creative potential, revealing presence in the present as well as serving as a form of Western Zen for busy, habituated westerners.

    Instructor details

    Location:
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    East 72nd Street 8A
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    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    9 AM-1:30 PM
    Tuesday
    9 AM-1:30 PM
    Wednesday
    3 PM-6:30 PM
    Thursday
    9 AM-1:30 PM
    Friday
    9 AM-1:30 PM
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    Pricing
    60 minutes
    $157

    About Holly C.

    An artist crossed with an academic, Holly Caracappa completed dual undergraduate degrees in classical voice and cognitive science, co-currently, at Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins University with graduate studies at The Curtis Institute of Music and NYU Stern School of Business. As a soloist, she’s toured Brazil, Argentina, the UK, Canada, Germany and the Czech Republic and performed with opera companies and orchestras across the US at Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall amongst others. For 8 years, concomitant with her musical career, Holly curated content & negotiated partnerships for institutions world as an agent to some of the world's leading creatives and intellectuals. A mystic certified in Vedic Meditation & Alexander Technique, Holly believes that art is spirituality made manifest. She completed her 3-year Alexander certification through the American Center for Alexander Technique in NYC in 2014 & her post-graduate training with John Nichols in 2015. Her meditation teacher training culminated in a 4-month residency in India, in 2020, after many years of study and practice. She has also completed all 5 levels of David Elliot's breathwork training. Drawing on her life as a musician with a keen relationship to sound and vibration as well as over 18 years of contemplative study (Gurdjieff, Daoism, yoga, Vedanta), Holly seeks to help others imbue more wisdom, beauty & being—and thereby themselves—into the everyday.
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    Experience

    Alexander Technique Teacher

    Jan, 2015 - Present

    American Center for Alexander Technique

    After completing both my supervisory private teaching and my training at ACAT, I have made time to volunteer weekly to help further teach and train the current trainees alongside one of my own senior trainers as a means of continuing learning from him as well as learning through doing (as in teaching!). Working with more advanced students of the technique that are enrolled in teacher training helps me refine my own understanding of the philosophy as well as physical hands-own aspects of working with students as I can try new assists and ideas and get safe, helpful feedback.

    Vice President of Sales: Intellectual Talent Agent

    Mar, 2012 - Present

    The Lavin Agency

    Representing the best artistic, entrepreneurial and intellectual talent on the circuit today, I am an experienced purveyor of ideas in the creative space partnering with leading corporations, arts institutions and universities to curate lectures, workshops and talks from the leading figure of the day. From Salman Rushdie and Neri Oxman to Salman Khan and Jared Diamond, I curate programs that help to "make the world a smarter place" and thusly have keen insight into the world of TED and all the subsequent ideas festivals/talks it has spawned (as we're the official agency partner of TED and represent a wide swath of its most popular speakers). If you're an entrepreneur, a creative, an intellectual or anyone with a story to tell; I can help you not only refine your physical/vocal use on stage, but can also lend keen insight into the crafting of speech and platform so to launch a successful speaking career.

    Education

    Cognitive Science/Writing Seminars

    Sep, 2005 - May, 2009

    Johns Hopkins University

    Alexander Technique

    Sep, 2011 - Dec, 2014

    American Center for Alexander Technique

    Classical Voice/Opera

    Sep, 2005 - May, 2009

    Peabody Conservatory of Music

    Certifications

    Post-Graduate Teacher Training

    Mar, 2016

    John Nichols--formerly of ATNYC

    Nichols is hailed as one of the world's most preeminent Alexander teachers having long studied and taught alongside one of Alexander's main protoge's, Walter Carrington. Over the Fall of 2015 into the Spring of 2016, I completed John's graduate level course where we focused on refining our self-employment of the AT principles as well as transmitting said principles to students.

    Affiliations

    American Society for the Alexander Technique

    Jan, 2015

    The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT)  is the largest professional association of certified Alexander Technique teachers in the United States.The requirements for AmSAT teacher certification are specified in AmSAT's Bylaws and include the completion of 1,600 hours of training over a minimum of three years at an AmSAT-approved Teacher Training Course. AmSAT Teacher Training Courses maintain a five-to-one student/teacher ratio.

    Languages

    Spanish

    Limited Proficiency

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