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Alexander Technique & Advocacy Training

AT West

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ABOUT US

WHAT IS
Alexander Technique?

AT is a mind-body study which facilitates the release of negative habitual patterns through conscious choice, resulting in a decrease in overall muscular tension, increased balance and coordination, and clearer thinking.

WHAT CAN A.T. DO

For you?

WHAT IS AN A.T.

Lesson Like?

Alexander lessons are typically about 60 minutes in duration. 

Lesson Pricing

About AT West
 
AT West, LLC is a family, Movement Re-Education and Self-Advocacy Guidance business.  Barbara Wegher-Thompson, MA, and Seth Wegher-Thompson, MS, met due to their common interests in Theater Arts and were married in 1987.  Shortly after their wedding, they moved from Southern California to Philadelphia. They attended the three-year residential teacher training program at the Alexander Foundation of Philadelphia. They were certified as Alexander Technique teachers in 1991 . They are also certified as AT teachers by Alexander Technique International (ATI).

 

Barbara and Seth returned to Southern California in 1991.  Barbara began teaching AT on the faculty of  California Lutheran University (CLU) Theater and Dance Department.  She has been teaching at CLU ever since.  Barbara holds a Master of Arts in Dance from UCLA. Seth obtained a Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology from CLU in 1995.  He is a retired CA State Department of Rehabilitation, Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor who provides self-advocacy training, guidance, and job placement services to individuals seeking customized employment.

 

Together, they share decades of knowledge and experience related to Alexander Technique, dance, voice, music, arts, education, sports, psychology, business, interviewing and employment skills, accessibility awareness and self-advocacy guidance.

 

In 2018 the Wegher-Thompson's established AT West as a family business. Their daughter Theresa, a lifelong Alexander Technique student, assists as the AT West Social Media Coordinator.  

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Alexander Technique is for everyone. With benefits such as reduced muscular tension, increased balance and coordination, reduced anxiety and clearer thinking, AT can be applied to any lifestyle, profession, or skill-set to help you live your best life.

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Grants are available

 

We offer Alexander Technique in 1:1 instruction as well as small group lessons, hands on lectures, and immersive workshops.  Seth provides guidance services to individuals with disabilities.  He specializes in assisting Regional Center and CA Department of Rehabilitation Consumers to make successful connections with employers leading to paid internships, On The Job Training and permanent employment.

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Please give us a call or drop us a line in the Contact Section below.

THE TEAM

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Barbara Wegher-Thompson, MA

A.T. Practitioner/Professor

received certification as an Alexander Technique teacher in 1991 from the Alexander Foundation of Philadelphia and became a teaching member of Alexander Technique International.  Since 1991, Barbara has served on the faculty of California Lutheran University teaching Alexander Technique in the Departments of Exercise Science, Music, as well as the Department of Theater and Dance.  Additionally, Barbara holds a BA and an MA in Dance from UCLA. She was instrumental in founding the CLU Dance Minor and transforming the Theater Department into the California Lutheran University Department of Theater and Dance.

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Seth Wegher-Thompson, MS

A.T. Practitioner/Self-Advocacy Guide

  Seth received certification as an Alexander Technique teacher in 1991 from the Alexander Foundation of Philadelphia, becoming a teaching member of Alexander Technique International in 2022. In 1995, Seth earned an MS in Counseling Psychology from California Lutheran University. He became a Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor with the CA State Department of Rehabilitation, where he served people with disabilities as they attained their career goals. Seth recently retired from the DOR but continues a private practice assisting individuals to identify and attain their self-advocacy goals.  Seth is the primary administrator of AT West, as well as assisting Barbara in all classes and workshops.

Theresa Wegher-Thompson
As the daughter of Barbara and Seth, Theresa has been a lifelong AT student. In her professional work as a multidisciplinary artist and vocal coach, AT has greatly influenced and enriched Theresa's work.  Theresa is a graduate of Muhlenberg College where she completed a double major in Theatre and Dance with high honors. Theresa has also studied Physical Theatre internationally through the Accademia dell'Arte in Arezzo, Italy which included training in AT, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Commedia, and numerous movement methodologies. Theresa is AT West's Marketing and Social Media Coordinator. 
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CONTACT

Our Address:

Thousand Oaks, CA 

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Phone:

(805) 241-8515

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