About Penny Spawforth
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My life purpose
I have enjoyed teaching the Alexander Technique for over 27 years and the last decade has taken me on a path of enquiry about how we humans can thrive better in our relations with each other. This led me to learn from the movement internationally known as Nonviolent Communication (NVC) - and becoming a certified trainer in 2011 after years of study and self-enquiry. The core principles of the Alexander Technique, NVC and Permaculture Design are the three main (but not the only) teachings that inform my work. |
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My work is principally about helping people be less reactive, and make more self-connected choices...
choices that help them live a fulfilling and satisfying life. This is one of my hopes for the planet - that if we can learn to get on peacefully with each other and live in an environment where every living being matters there is hope for a thriving world that my daughter and others can continue to enjoy. I have come to understand that this work is done person by person and is unlikely to be fully realised in my life time!
My husband and I live on a 12 acre, largely wooded, river-fronted small holding where we grow vegetables, run retreats and practice groups and I teach and coach individuals. We are also developing a hydro-electric scheme on the river here. I have a 22 year old daughter and three grown-up step-children.
If you are curious about my Alexander Technique services you can go here:
www.poisedforlife.co.uk
choices that help them live a fulfilling and satisfying life. This is one of my hopes for the planet - that if we can learn to get on peacefully with each other and live in an environment where every living being matters there is hope for a thriving world that my daughter and others can continue to enjoy. I have come to understand that this work is done person by person and is unlikely to be fully realised in my life time!
My husband and I live on a 12 acre, largely wooded, river-fronted small holding where we grow vegetables, run retreats and practice groups and I teach and coach individuals. We are also developing a hydro-electric scheme on the river here. I have a 22 year old daughter and three grown-up step-children.
If you are curious about my Alexander Technique services you can go here:
www.poisedforlife.co.uk
The Three Teachings
The Alexander Technique
I have been teaching this Technique for over 25 years now and it has been of influence all my life as my father trained with Mr FM Alexander in the 1950s. I enjoy the whole-self approach this Technique offers - teaching through the use of my whole being: my hands (which are simply extensions of my own 'non-doing' and clear intentions), my observations and verbal instructions. I teach this work one-to-one with people of all ages over about the age of 14 years old.
I completed my three year full-time training in 1990, am a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander technique (STAT) and fully DBS checked and insured.
Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication (NVC)
For the last decade or so I have been growing in a different but complementary direction: inquiring into habits of communication with myself and others. This has been just as rewarding a journey and gives me great hope for a more compassionate and collaborative future. I love sharing this work both with individuals and small groups. I successfully completed my internationally recognised certification training with CNVC* in Nov 2011 as well as Robert Gonzales' 2 year (NVC) LIFE programme
*Centre for Nonviolent Communication www.cnvc.org
Permaculture
The three tenets of Permaculture are Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. I completed the full Permaculture Design Course in 2010 and my partner and I have used the Permaculture design principles as guiding principles for many years in how we observe, plan and manage our small-holding, our home and our life.
I have been teaching this Technique for over 25 years now and it has been of influence all my life as my father trained with Mr FM Alexander in the 1950s. I enjoy the whole-self approach this Technique offers - teaching through the use of my whole being: my hands (which are simply extensions of my own 'non-doing' and clear intentions), my observations and verbal instructions. I teach this work one-to-one with people of all ages over about the age of 14 years old.
I completed my three year full-time training in 1990, am a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander technique (STAT) and fully DBS checked and insured.
Nonviolent (Compassionate) Communication (NVC)
For the last decade or so I have been growing in a different but complementary direction: inquiring into habits of communication with myself and others. This has been just as rewarding a journey and gives me great hope for a more compassionate and collaborative future. I love sharing this work both with individuals and small groups. I successfully completed my internationally recognised certification training with CNVC* in Nov 2011 as well as Robert Gonzales' 2 year (NVC) LIFE programme
*Centre for Nonviolent Communication www.cnvc.org
Permaculture
The three tenets of Permaculture are Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. I completed the full Permaculture Design Course in 2010 and my partner and I have used the Permaculture design principles as guiding principles for many years in how we observe, plan and manage our small-holding, our home and our life.