Since F. M. Alexander’s death it was inevitable that different teachers would evolve in different directions, whilst the principles of the Technique have remained the same.
Due to the openness and independence of the International Congresses, they have succeeded admirably in bringing together all different traditions and styles of practising and teaching the Technique.
Group photo from the first International Alexander Technique Congress in 1986.
Timeline of previous Congresses
2018 – 1986
12th Congress
563 participants.
Directors: Rossella Buono, Andreas Dirscherl
2022 | Berlin, Germany
Technische Universität Berlin
11th Congress
650 participants
Directors: Carol P. Prentice, Jamie McDowell
2018 | Chicago, USA
10th Congress
710 participants
Directors: Richard Brennan, Niall Kelly, Glenna Batson
2015 | Limerick, Ireland
9th Congress
350 participants
Directors : Robert Britton, Jamie McDowell, Irmel Weber
2011 | Lugano, Switzerland
8th Congress
600 participants
Directors: Michael D. Frederick, Rosa Luisa Rossi, Judy Stern
2008 | Lugano, Switzerland
7th Congress
710 participants
Directors: Jean M.O. Fischer, Peter Ribeaux, Lucia Walker
2004 | Oxford, England
6th Congress
550 participants
Directors: Karoline Erdmann, Daniel Susstrunk, Michael Fortwangler, Doris Dietschy
1999 | Freiburg, Germany
Back to Basics
5th Congress
200 participants
Directors: Shmuel Nelken, Ora Nelken, Rika Cohen
1996 | Jerusalem, Israel
4th Congress
250 participants
Directors: David Garlick
1994 | Sydney, Australia
The Development of a Profession
3rd Congress
560 participants
Directors: Michael Frederick
1991 | Engelberg, Switzerland
2nd Congress
500 participants
Directors: Michael Frederick
1988 | Brighton, England
1st Congress
250 participants
Directors: Michael Frederick
1986 | Stony Brook, New York, USA
Media & Articles
Short video from the first Alexander Technique Congress in 1986, held in Stony Brook, New York.