[About]

The Integral Movement Research Center is the umbrella organization for Salt Lake City Alexander Technique, The Integral Movement Lab and Framework for Integration system.

Both organizations support the fact that the way we all interact with our environment is through movement. With an increasing dependence on technological advances, our movements have become more automated and routine, which leads to both physical and psychological stress. As habitual movers, we rarely think about how we move, and when we do we often attempt to direct ourselves as if an outside observer was providing a posture for us to imitate. Somatic methods, such as the Alexander Technique, are one approach to affecting one’s balance of intention and attention during movement within the environment. The Alexander Technique has been successfully used with a wide range of performers from elite dancers to patients with severe neurological problems or pain.

The training of Alexander Technique teachers, of Framework for Integration analyst and coaches plus the offering of various adaptive workshops within various communities is off primordial importance to us.

The Integral Movement Research Lab continues to explore ways in which integration between intention and action can be facilitated through the use of developmental perspectives.

Past projects have included: a Center for Twenty-First Century Studies Transdisciplinary Award to look at the relationship between Alexander Technique and Physical Therapy; a collaboration with the The Milwaukee VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Center to look at strategies to help Veteran athletes compare their use of their wheelchairs to the way toddlers use themselves in activity; and a collaboration with the Texas Tech University Department of Chemistry to look at documenting safety in the Chemistry Laboratory through Functional Movement Integration analysis.

We are always looking for partners, please do not hesitate to reach out.