Alexander Waldenmaier has had 25 years of experience in movement, dance, yoga, meditation and hands-on treatment. Alex first became a professional dancer in 1981, in Stuttgart, Germany. From ballet and dance, he was inspired to take extensive travels to India and Europe to study Spanda Yoga, Kashmiri Shaivism Yoga, Sahaj Yoga, White Cloud Yoga and the yoga of Vanda Scaravelli, to further his deep understanding of the moving body.

The teaching of Yogic Disciplines - Meditation, was brought to him in the traditional one-to-one practice of teacher and student, throughout more than a decade of his life. Alex went on to study the Julio Horvarth method and was one of the first people to introduce the Gyrotonic Expansion System™ to London.

For many years he has presented workshops in London and Germany for the Pilates Foundation. He went on to study with the Upledger Institute and become an Advanced Practitioner in CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release specialising in Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and attended a Pilates mat work training with Body Arts & Science International.

Just recently Alex participated in a Human Dissection Program in Bolder Colorado and certified to teach Anatomy in Clay core data I. He is currently working towards a Diploma in Psychosynthesis. His work has been dedicated to an exploration of consciousness, through intensive study of Far East Psychology, movement, hands-on work and meditation practice. Alex holds Primary E-RYT500 Certification from the Yoga Alliance USA and European Yoga Alliance and holds workshops in Yoga Intensives, the yoga A-Z, Yogic Disciplines, Self-development and a variety of popular short courses that include bringing the body, mind and spirit to a natural state of meditative synthesis.

Alex is teaching the Yoga on the Art of Contemporary Yoga course and takes primary responsibility for the Contemporary Meditation Faculty, Advaita and Ancient Psychology in the school. He also runs the first Centre for Change Academy in Germany, where he lives and works in Tübingen, near Stuttgart. Alex also runs a Pilates Training programme www.cfcpilates.de at the Centre and full details of all the courses there can be found on the Centre for Change Academy website www.cfcacademy.de