_ABOUT TANYA BÉNARD

Tanya Bénard is a CANSTAT-Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique. Often sought out for her clarity as a communicator, she currently maintains a private practice in both Toronto and Oakville.  Since 2005, Tanya has also taught the Alexander Technique at The Royal Conservatory in various capacities – most notably, developing and teaching a popular and longstanding Alexander Technique programme for The Glenn Gould School.

In addition to offering private lessons, Tanya is also  active as a workshop presenter and clinician. Equally at home working with small, illness-based support groups as she is presenting to large national conferences, Tanya enjoys the challenge of conveying the Technique to a wide range of audiences. Past presentations have included McMaster University, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, the Chronic Pain Association of Canada, the Parkinson’s Society, Whole Foods Market and the Hillside Festival. She frequently appears as a clinician and Alexander Technique teacher-in-residence for various musical organizations, summer institutes and festivals. Tanya is a graduate of the Toronto School of the Alexander Technique, where she served as an assistant on the teacher training course from 2006-2009.
Tanya first came to the Alexander Technique as a musician.  She believes the Alexander Technique is a flexible approach that can serve people in a variety of ways, offering a framework for undoing unhelpful habits, and allowing greater responsiveness in the mind/body system - in a way that supports both creativity and overall well-being.  Tanya's work is research-informed, trauma-informed, and grounded in the evolving understanding of the interplay between mind, body and emotions.  A lifelong student of her work as well as a teacher, she is committed to approaching whatever arises with warmth, empathy and creativity - and wherever possible, with humour! 
"Together with improved physical and mental health, I have found that the Alexander Technique has brought about a general heightening of consciousness on all levels."

-Aldous Huxley