Corinne Cassini

Corinne Cassini, Alexander Technique teacher and cellist, has an established Alexander Technique teaching and training practice in Boone, North Carolina. She performs on the cello and is an adjunct professor of the Alexander Technique (AT) at Appalachian State University, Hayes School of Music.

She is certified by NeVLAT (Dutch Society for the Alexander Technique) and ATI (Alexander Technique International) and is an active member of several professional organizations, taking part in Annual General Meetings and International Congresses.

She completed her 1600-hour Alexander Technique training at ATON in Amsterdam, The Netherlands with Arie-Jan Hoorweg while working as a baroque cellist and teaching cello and French as a foreign language. She then went on to complete two years of post-graduate work under Tommy Thompson at the Alexander Technique Center at Cambridge, MA. Since 2012 she has been teaching and enjoying life in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Corinne is a versatile, friendly, open and sensitive person. With her trained hands, she practices the art of communicating directly to someone’s being through their physical, mental and emotional bodies. She strives to elicit the twinkle in students’ eyes as they discover, learn and apply something new for themselves.

My own journey as a professional musician led me to discover the Alexander work which helped me manage the physical, mental and emotional stress of the profession. After some time it became clear that my path is in helping others find their way to fulfilling their potential and leading a free and happy life as well!

Every experience or activity after a lesson (seeing, driving, walking, standing, and opening a door…) feels new. The experience after a lesson of being with less stress, feeling freer and lighter is amazing.

Describing this work and the experiences or results it produces is like trying to explain the feeling or experience of dancing to someone who has never danced. You've just got to give it a try! You will know within the first 5 lessons (or less) if this is something for you. The ideal student is someone who has an open mind, takes their healing into their own hands and wishes to grow, change and life to their full potential.