Shai Ottolenghi, Dancer
“I came to Ayelet with openness and without any prior knowledge of the Alexander Technique, simply with the intention of exploring and discovering its effect on me.
After only a few lessons, I began to feel how the practice — gentle, yet consistent and thoughtful — positively influenced the way I use my body in everyday activities, and later also in dance, which is my professional field.
Ayelet’s patient guidance and thoughtful hands-on work create the space for students in our group to discover their own potential.
I believe that, to a large extent thanks to practicing the Alexander Technique with Ayelet, I received my first job offer as a dancer in a ballet company.”
Irma Hesz, Alexander Technique teacher trainer in Düsseldorf
“Ayelet is a sensitive and perceptive teacher who has deeply integrated the principles of the Alexander Technique into her own life, her music, and her teaching. With her strong powers of observation, she recognizes the support her students need and is able to communicate it clearly, both verbally and through her hands-on guidance. I can warmly recommend studying with her. ”
Zohar Alon-Shner, Baroque Violinist and Violin Teacher
“The lessons with Ayelet in the Alexander Technique initiated a fascinating process for me that is still continuing. In a pleasant and supportive atmosphere, Ayelet challenged me to observe more deeply the way I use my body, and encouraged me to reflect on how my ideas and beliefs about the body — and about how it ‘should’ be, even when simply sitting or standing — influence what I actually do in practice, often without even realizing that I am doing something at all.
The lessons helped me understand how, through a change in thinking and by directing attention to the right places, my physical experience can change, and my body can feel lighter, more flexible, and more alive in a way I had never known before. As a violinist, the lessons with Ayelet also deeply influenced my playing and helped me let go of habits that had been interfering with my playing.
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“The lessons with Ayelet have helped me a great deal with my violin playing, among other aspects of my life, by learning how to use my body better and achieve a smoother, easier and more efficient movement. I highly recommend her lessons!”
Ofir Shner-Alon, Violinist, Sinfonieorchester Basel
Anastasia Terranova, a mother of two and a soprano singer
“I am good! Everything went well, and she was born at home and in water, just according to plan. I used all the breathing we had shared, and especially the idea of making space for the baby like a balloon really helped. Thank you so much for all your support!”
Mireille Lesslauer, Violinist and Music therapist
“Studying the Alexander Technique with Ayelet Karni has been a wonderful journey toward a different understanding of my movements and a new way of thinking about them, as well as toward the ability to listen more carefully to my body.”
In the process of doing less — of pulling my body less in directions that I believed would help me, for example, to stand upright — my neck, head, and abdomen gradually seemed to find their natural places on their own, while my arms and hands felt more connected to each other. The coordination of my movements felt easier.
As a violinist, I can also hear my movements through my instrument: freer movement allowed for a freer sound, and my sense of musical expression seemed to expand.
I am very grateful to Ayelet for her skilled guidance along this fascinating journey.”
an SMS sent me a few days after giving birth to her daughter
Ann Allen, Early woodwinds player and singer
“Having Alexander Technique lessons with Ayelet has helped me a lot over the last few years. My general posture and ability to navigate life has improved and musically my sound has become richer and my finger technique much smoother. It is fascinating to realize how much built up tension we carry around with us on a daily basis and very satisfying to slowly see that melting away.”
