RIAT
RIAT & AT for All at the 2026 ACGM
This summer, New York City hosted AmSAT’s Annual Conference and General Meeting (ACGM), and Sapientia’s talented network got to contribute. Workshops led by RIAT, independent workshops from our grads, and an AT for All sampler event were all part of the official schedule. The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) is a non-profit organization…
RIAT Continuous Learning: Trauma-Informed Teaching + DART Procedures
Inhibition, Direction, and Hands On with the Dart Procedures with Karen DeWig On November 15 (one day only), Karen DeWig is back to teach another Continuous Learning class: Inhibition, Direction, and Hands On with the Dart Procedures. This class is for AT teachers and experienced practitioners. Karen DeWig will be teaching on Zoom, and participants…
Start your teacher training in January! (Deadline: 11/24)
Start Training at RIAT in January 2026. Whether you are solely seeking to deepen your AT practice as a commitment to your own self-care and well-being, or you would also like to learn how to share the gift of AT with others as an AmSAT-Certified Teacher, RIAT (our teacher-training certification program) welcomes you! Applications to…
October 22 RIAT Open House
Whether you are solely seeking to deepen your AT practice as a commitment to your own self-care and well-being, or you would also like to learn how to share the gift of AT with others as an AmSAT-Certified Teacher, RIAT welcomes you! Meet our faculty and current trainees, get a taste of our program, and…
RIAT Continuous Learning: Group Teaching Lab with Amanda MacDonald (Webinar Series)
Join RIAT trainees and fellow Alexander Technique teachers and experienced practitioners in Sapientia’s latest hybrid Continuous Learning Webinar.
Spring 2025 Open House!
Whether you are solely seeking to deepen your AT practice as a commitment to your own self-care and well-being, or you would also like to learn how to share the gift of AT with others as an AmSAT-Certified Teacher, RIAT welcomes you! Meet our faculty and current trainees, get a taste of our program, and…
Clare Robert’s RIAT Graduation Speech
In December, RIAT graduated another AmSAT-certified Alexander Technique teacher—Clare Robert, who gave these remarks at the ceremony. Good evening and thank you for being here — I am touched and honored by your presence. Especially because it’s dark, it’s late, cold, raining, you already have had a busy day, there’s a list of things you…
Annual Appeal & Year in Review
Dear Friend, At Sapientia Initiative, we are dedicated to human freedom; that is, freedom to be and become the fullness of who we are— individually and collectively. It might not come as a surprise that, at Sapientia, we think one of the best means for engendering this kind of freedom is the Alexander Technique: it…
Genia Gould’s Graduation Speech
Genia Gould is an award-winning journalist and publisher, art appraiser, and zen practitioner. She has served as an event producer for LiLY (Lifeforce in Later Years), and is our most recent graduate. Nan said to me, in the middle of my first year, you probably had no idea of what you were getting yourself into. Because the Alexander…
RIAT Alexander Technique Teacher Training Open House — June 1
Whether you are solely seeking to deepen your AT practice as a commitment to your own self-care and well-being, or you would also like to learn how to share the gift of AT with others as an AmSAT-Certified Teacher, RIAT welcomes you! Meet our faculty and current trainees, get a taste of our program, and…