Our curiosity grew as we continued to take lessons in the Alexander Technique, transforming us and inspiring us to teach and make it a way of life.
Aefmat is the association that unites Alexander Technique teachers in Belgium. It is a non-profit organization founded on December 21, 1982, in Brussels. It currently has approximately thirty active members. Aefmat is part of an international network of 20 Alexander Technique teacher associations, united under the name: Affiliated Alexander Technique Societies (ATAS).
Among these associations, STAT is the oldest professional Alexander Technique association, founded in the United Kingdom in 1958, following the death of Frederick Matthias Alexander. Aefmat has been part of ATAS since 1996 with the aim of achieving international recognition through reciprocal teacher training standards.
The association would never have been as it is today without the thoughtful, patient, and generous work of Hazel Carrie, its former president. We thank her. Aefmat has various objectives, including facilitating contact and communication between our members.
Each year, it organizes a residential weekend for its members to encourage the exchange of ideas and practices. Aefmat supports continuing education by inviting internationally renowned foreign teachers to lead workshops or private lessons.
Its goal is to make the Alexander Technique more widely known to the general public through its website, introductory days and open days.
These include: John Nicholls, Alan Philps, Ruth Murray, Thomas Pope, Masoumeh Melrose (Atelier Eutokia), Bobby Gallagher, Ron Murdock, Ari Jan Hoorweg, Jamie McDowell, Paul Versteeg en Tessa Marwick., Pedro De Alcantara, Ann Rodiger, Elke Mastwijk, during weekends or individual lessons..
Aefmat recognizes "BodySoul" as the Belgian school for training Alexander Technique teachers (see the "Become a teacher" page).