THE POISE PROJECT: alexander technique for the 21st century
THE POISE PROJECT Team
To realize our mission, The Poise Project has developed a strategic model that can be successfully implemented by anyone who is motivated to do so, on a small scale or on a large scale, with guidance from co-founders Monika Gross & Rajal Cohen, and with support through our nonprofit infrastructure.
If you are interested in taking a leadership role to begin to build your own strategic grassroots effort in your local community, region, or country, please reach out to us for training.
AlexanderForAll@thepoiseproject.org
THE POISE PROJECT Leadership
Monika Gross
Executive Director
Monika is the co-founder of The Poise Project and has been serving as Executive Director since its launch in May 2016. Alexander technique specialist, certified 1985. Member: American Society for the Alexander Technique; Alexander Technique International; International Somatic Movement & Therapy Association; American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine; International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society; International Association for the Study of Pain; and The International Society of Posture & Gait Research.
Link to Full Bio
Rajal Cohen PhD
Scientific Consultant
Rajal is the co-founder of The Poise Project and has been serving as Scientific Consultant since its launch in May 2016. Associate Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow ID, Psychology & Communication Studies. Director, Mind in Movement Lab. Alexander technique specialist, certified 1997. Member: American Society for the Alexander Technique.
www.rajalcohen.com
THE POISE PROJECT - International Leadership
Erica Donnison
Program Development - United Kingdom
Erica is on the team that runs the Alexander Studies Online website. She set up the STAT Research Group (SRG) during her time on the STAT Council and served as the group's Chair for several years. During this time, the idea for what is now Alexander Studies Online (ASO) was born. Erica graduated from the Cumbria Alexander Training School at Fellside in 2004, and has been teaching individuals and groups in Kendal and elsewhere since then. Her previous career as an Ecologist inspires her teaching with a love of natural movement and a fascination with how everything is inter-connected. Erica was on our Poise Project Team at the Alzheimer Europe 2023 conference in Helsinki Finland.
Marie-Laure has been developing The Poise Project model in France since 2019. She is currently partnering with France Parkinson to establish “Prêt pour Parkinson” programs in France based on The Poise Project’s “Poised for Parkinson’s” program for people living with Parkinson’s and their care partners in France.
www.educorps.fr/maladie-de-parkinson/
Maleen Schultka
Program Development - Germany
Maleen has been eager to use The Poise Project model in Germany and other European countries since 2019. She has coordinated the translation of materials and has been a contact for like-minded professionals in the region who share The Poise Project mission and vision.
www.alexandertechnik-schultka.de/
Cécile Baumann-Arnold
Program Development - Switzerland
Cécile has been working to use The Poise Project model in Switzerland since 2019, when she helped to coordinate a two-day Forum through SBAT, the Swiss AT membership organization, which brought The Poise Project team of Monika Gross, Belinda Mello, and Anikó Ball to Basel to lead introductory workshops for over 30 AT professionals in adapting AT to target populations and adapting The Poise Project’s strategic model in Europe.
https://emr.ch/therapeut/cecile.baumann-arnold
