2 New Tools That Could Really
2 New Tools That Could Really
Add To Your Teaching
Add A Lot To Your Teaching
An important question for Alexander Teachers,
Vital question for A.T. Teachers,
who despite all of their dedication, skill and
who despite their dedication,
their skill and determination,
determination, STILL don’t have enough
STILL don’t have enough
students to achieve an abundant
students to achieve a
truly livable wage…
& sustainable living wage…
If there was an easy way to:
If there was an
easy way to:
- Deepen your hands-on work
- Sharpen your observation
- Boost your sensitivity
- Clarify your Direction
- Enhance your intuition
- Amp up your awareness PLUS
- Reach, teach and keep more students
- Deepen your hands-on work
- Sharpen your observation
- Boost your sensitivity
- Clarify your Direction
- Enhance your intuition
- Amp up your awareness PLUS
- Reach, teach and keep more students
Without having to leave your living room…
Without
Having to Leave
Your Living Room…
Would you be adventurous enough to try
out Two powerful teaching tools that
more and more A.T. teachers are
adding to their repertoire?
Would you be adventurous enough
to try 2 powerful new teaching tools that
more & more A.T. teachers are adding
to their repertoire?
If you are, then starting
!March 17!
Come Join Us in…
If you are, then starting
!March 17th!
Come Join Us In…
New Tools For Alexander Teachers
New Tools For
Alexander
Teachers
The Club
The Club
The CoachingClub is a weekly masterclass for Alexander teachers who want to refine their skills, add new tools to their repertoire or increase their ability to reach and teach more students.
The CoachingClub is a new, weekly masterclass for Alexander teachers who want to refine their skills, add new tools to their repertoire or increase their ability to reach and teach more students.
TheClub is a recurring membership where members, depending on their plan, meet via Zoom either once, twice or three times per week.
TheClub is a recurring membership where members, depending on their plan, meet via Zoom either once, twice or three times per week.
The research I’ve been doing into the viability of a totally HandsFree approach to Alexander teaching has yielded some surprisingly powerful methods & strategies that have proven extremely valuable to Alexander teachers regardless of approach.
In TheClub, I will focus on sharing the techniques that:
1) will be most useful to Alexander teachers who do hands-on work &
2) are the easiest to integrate into more traditional approaches to teaching A.T.
My research into the viability of a completely HandsFree approach to Alexander teaching has yielded some surprisingly powerful methods & strategies that have proven to be extremely valuable to A.T. teachers regardless of approach.
In TheClub I will focus on sharing the techniques that:
1) will be most useful to Alexander teachers who do hands-on work &
2) are the easiest to integrate into a more traditional approach to teaching A.T.
It Takes a Village
It Takes a Village
TheCoachingClub is super practical and all about problem solving. It’s a place online, where Alexander teachers can gather each week to broach and solve the real issues that we are facing day in & day out in our teaching practice.
The Club is a community and a learning lab. A collaborative online space where Alexander teachers from all over the globe can compare notes, share questions and and work in concert to find answers.
I have been coaching and training Alexander teachers for over 35 years after spending more than 10 apprenticing with Marjorie Barstow. I draw upon that experience to create a challenging but collegial atmosphere in the Club that is always supportive & accepting.
As “Learner-In-Chief”, I lead the charge, but the magic of the classes is in our way of working together. We all have the same problem, just differently. Every question contains its answer, and every answer, a clue as to how we can become more humane within ourselves and towards each other.
The Curriculum
Primal Alexander™
I call my HandsFree approach Primal Alexander™(P.A.). It’s a comprehensive set of skills, activities & explorations that I had originally developed to meet the challenges of teaching new students online.
Primal Alexander™ (P.A.) is my name for my HandsFree approach. P.A. is a set of skills, activities & explorations originally developed to meet the challenges faced when teaching new students online.
But…
In the last four years, what’s been especially satisfying has been seeing just how valuable P.A. is proving to be for Alexander teachers, especially when it comes to their skill refinement, group teaching, observation and proactive self-care.
The two tools within Primal Alexander™ that any Alexander teacher can take advantage of immediately are an awareness process called 3EasyQuestions™ and a collection of home-study activities called TheÉtudes™.
In the last four years, what’s been especially satisfying for me has been seeing just how valuable P.A. is proving to be for A.T. teachers, especially when it comes to their skill refinement, group teaching, observation & proactive self-care.
Two tools within Primal Alexander that any teacher can learn and put to use right away are a simple, easy to learn awareness process called put to use right away are a simple awareness process called 3EasyQuestions™ & a collection of home-study activities called TheÉtudes™.
3EasyQuestions™
3EasyQuestions™ is my approach to teaching constructive conscious control. It’s based on the fact that when a person directs their attention to places of relative ease in their body, the head/neck reflex is gently facilitated.
When exploring the possibility of easier movement, after inhibiting, in the gap between stimulus and response, instead of traditional orders or directing, you quickly assess these three things about yourself in sequence:
3EasyQuestions™ is the approach to constructive conscious control that I teach to students. It’s based on the fact that when a person directs their attention to places of relative ease in their body, the head/neck reflex is gently facilitated.
When exploring the possibility of easier movement, after inhibiting, in the gap between stimulus and response, instead of traditional orders or directing, you quickly assess these three things about yourself in sequence:
- Where you’re currently noticing places of relative ease,
- What effect noticing that ease is having on your general Use and finally…
- How that general effect is changing as you begin to move.
This gentle, but focused curiosity about the ease you’re currently experiencing shifts your attention in a way that circumvents your usual habit patterns. It facilitates the Primary Control which reorganizes your movement on the fly, allowing you to move outside of your habit with increased ease.
As a form of Constructive Thinking, 3EasyQuestions™ allows the actual direction to come from the natural adaptive response of your nervous system.
You make a conscious choice to direct your attention to ease and then stand back and notice what happens. This prevents you from imposing a habitual, feeling based concept of forward, up, head, neck or body upon the process.
3EasyQuestions™ is a new take on constructive conscious control that is so easy to implement it can be taught to a brand new student in a first lesson. However, in the hands of a teacher, it also becomes a potent self-healing tool that reveals and erodes deep habitual patterns that tend to be imperceptible & impenetrable.
This gentle, but focused curiosity about the ease you’re currently experiencing shifts your attention in a way that circumvents your usual habit patterns. It facilitates the Primary Control which reorganizes your movement on the fly allowing you to move outside of your habit with increased ease.
As a form of Constructive Thinking 3EasyQuestions™ allows the actual direction to come from the natural adaptive response of your nervous system.
You make a conscious choice to direct your attention to ease and then stand back and notice what happens. This prevents you from imposing a habitual, feeling based concept of forward, up, head, neck or body upon the process.
3EasyQuestions™ is a new take on constructive conscious control that is so easy to implement it can be taught to a brand new student in a first lesson. However, in the hands of a teacher, it also becomes a potent self-healing tool that reveals and erodes deep habitual patterns that tend to be imperceptible & impenetrable.
- Where you’re currently noticing places of relative ease,
- What effect noticing that ease is having on your general Use and finally…
- How that general effect is changing as you begin to move.
This gentle, but focused curiosity about the ease you’re currently experiencing shifts your attention in a way that circumvents your usual habit patterns. It facilitates the Primary Control which reorganizes your movement on the fly allowing you to move outside of your habit with increased ease.
As a form of Constructive Thinking 3EasyQuestions™ allows the actual direction to come from the natural adaptive response of your nervous system.
You make a conscious choice to direct your attention to ease and then stand back and notice what happens. This prevents you from imposing a habitual, feeling based concept of forward, up, head, neck or body upon the change process.
3EasyQuestions™ is a new take on constructive conscious control that is so easy to implement that it can be taught to a brand new student in a first lesson. However, in the hands of a teacher, it also becomes a potent self-healing tool that reveals and erodes deep habitual patterns that tend to be imperceptible & impenetrable.
TheÉtudes™
TheÉtudes™ are the “lightweight” home study activities that students do for a few minutes every day. They form the practice material they use to actualize what they are learning in the group class Like the Études in classical music pedagogy, these are studies; opportunities for students to learn specific skills in a simplified, focused setting. When done regularly the Études…
- Give students a simple way to practice directing
- Keep them engaged with their studies between lessons.
- Empower them in their own learning
- Provide a way of facilitating the Primary Control on their own.
- Give them a way to improve their Use whenever they want.
- Teach Inhibition, Non-doing and Directing quickly.
- Improve their sensory appreciation.
- Develop the awareness they’ll need to apply the Technique in any activity.
The Primary Concern
The Primary Concern
The key to the entire process is a concept I call “The Primary Concern” which is the root formulation of the self-experimental process. It takes the form of the question:
The key to the entire process is a concept I call “The Primary Concern” which is the root formulation of the self-experimental process. It takes the form of the question:
What’s happening to my Use as I________?
What’s happening to my Use as I________?
(Any activity can go in the blank)
(Any activity can go in the blank)
When you can ask and answer that question a few times during an activity, you’ve begun to “think in activity”. It’s the key to understanding how the “end” you’re trying to gain is affecting your Use. Namely, how the manner in which you are doing things NOW is affecting your present and future ability to function efficiently (the “means whereby”).When you can ask and answer that question a few times during an activity, you’ve begun to “think in activity”. It’s the key to understanding how the “end” you’re trying to gain is affecting your Use. Namely, how the manner in which you are doing things NOW is affecting your present and future ability to function efficiently (the “means whereby”)Asking that question brings the “end” and the “means whereby” into the same frame so that you’re able view the changes in each simultaneously. That way, when the way you’re doing something begins to interfere with your coordination, you become aware of it and have a chance to make a change.
Asking that question brings the “end” and the “means whereby” into the same frame so that you’re able view the changes in each simultaneously. That way, when the way you’re doing something begins to interfere with your coordination, you become aware of it and have a chance to make a change.
That’s the bigger picture of how the Études function in Primal Alexander. Through consistent daily practice, they quickly teach a student the value of “thinking in activity” and a simple way to do it.That’s the big picture of how the Études function in Primal Alexander. Through consistent daily practice they quickly teach a student the value of and an easy way to begin “thinking in activity”.
“Anyone can do what I do,
if they will do what I did.”
“Anyone can do what I do,
if they will do what I did.”
Re: Evolution of a Technique
Re: Evolution of a Technique
I remember reading that quote for the first time as young, slightly fanatical Alexander enthusiast. I felt like Alexander was issuing a challenge. Challenging me to buckle down and apply what he had discovered more seriously.
Did I aspire to someday being able to do what Alexander could do? Yes, I did. Was I willing to sit in front of mirrors for years and years to achieve what he did…Apparently not, because I never did!
However, as the years went by, I came to realize that spending all that time in front of the mirrors was not what Alexander did as much as how he did what he did. What he actually learned to do in front of those mirrors was to…
I remember reading that quote for the first time as young, slightly fanatical Alexander enthusiast. I felt like Alexander was issuing a challenge. Challenging me to buckle down and apply what he had discovered more seriously.
Did I aspire to someday being able to do what Alexander could do? Yes, I did. Was I willing to sit in front of mirrors for years and years to achieve what he did…Apparently not, because I never did!
However, as the years went by, I came to realize that spending all that time in front of the mirrors was not what Alexander did as much as it was how he did what he did…What he actually learned how to do in front of those mirrors was to:
Experiment on himself.
Experiment on Himself
For me, the key to getting the most out of Alexander’s discoveries is to follow him down the road of self-experimentation. We have a huge advantage over Alexander. Because as a result of his efforts, we know that there truly is gold at the end of that rainbow.
Primal Alexander™is a step by step approach designed to improve your Use by teaching you how to experiment with movement in a way that lessens habitual excess tension. By applying a different kind of directing and a graduated series of self-study “études”, Primal Alexander™ provides students and teachers with a straight forward, easy to follow blueprint for improvement.
It’s a self-healing process that uses Inhibition & self-observation to create a gap between stimulus and response. In that gap, our native movement intelligence preempts our habitual way of moving while it reinforces the neural pathways that lead to better Use now and in the future.
For me, the key to getting the most out of Alexander’s discoveries is to follow him down the road of self-experimentation. We have a huge advantage over Alexander. Because as a result of his efforts we know, with that there truly is gold at the end of that rainbow.
Primal Alexander™ is a step by step approach designed to improve your Use by teaching you how to experiment with movement in a way that lessens habitual excess tension. By applying a different kind of directing and a graduated series of self-study “études”, Primal Alexander™ provides students and teachers with a straight forward, easy to follow blueprint for improvement.
It’s a self-healing process that uses Inhibition & self-observation to create a gap between stimulus and response. In that gap, our native movement intelligence preempts our habitual way of moving while it reinforces the neural pathways that lead to better Use now and in the future.
Finally…
Finally…
In TheCoachingClub with the help of 3EasyQuestions™ and TheÉtudes™ you will learn how to identify and then untie the psycho-physical knots that limit your effectiveness as practitioner and as a teacher of the Alexander Technique.
With those two tools and objective feedback from me and the other members, you’ll be able to enhance and refine your teaching much more quickly and easily than you could on your own.
If you’re interested, you could also acquire HandsFree Teaching skills that will enable you to teach authentic Alexander Technique in situations where hands-on guidance is not optimal or perhaps not even possible.
But, the bottom line is that you’ll discover a simpler way to “stick to principle” more fully and more often while teaching and in your daily life, so that you can more deeply enjoy and share this wonderful work with the world.
In TheCoachingClub with the help of things like 3EasyQuestions & TheÉtudes, you will learn how to identify and then untie the psycho-physical knots that limit your effectiveness as practitioner and teacher of the Alexander Technique.
With those two tools and objective feedback from me and the other members, you’ll be able to enhance and refine your teaching much more quickly and easily than you could on your own.
If you’re interested, you could also acquire HandsFree Teaching skills that will enable you to teach authentic Alexander Technique in situations where hands-on guidance is not optimal or perhaps not even possible.
But, the bottom line is that you’ll discover a simpler way to “stick to principle” more fully and more often while teaching and in your daily life so that you can more deeply enjoy and share this wonderful work with the world.
In a Nutshell
In a Nutshell
Choose 1, 2 or 3
classes/week
Saturday 12PM
Tuesday 5PM -Thursday 3PM
Times are Eastern U.S. Timezone
Classes are 90 Minutes
Each class begins with the études. The remainder of the class I teach new material & answer questions
Every Class is Recorded
Recordings are available same
day and can be accessed for
1 month after the class
Members Only
Facebook Group
Very active for posting questions,
assignments and getting
my feedback via video
Daily Étude
Broadcast
Once a day I’ll do our
études live on
Facebook & talk about their form and function
MidWeek
Live Private Talk
Every Wednesday at 4 PM Pacific
I share my thoughts about
recent classes
Core Curriculum…
Core Curriculum
3EasyQuestions™
A Different Kind of Direction
Besides being an effective means whereby even brand new students can get their own heads to move forward and up in their very first lesson, 3EasyQuestions™ is a power tool for teachers.
After inhibiting, Question#1 facilitates the head/neck reflex, increasing Ease throughout the body. Question#2 sets the stage by acknowledging the improvement which Question#3 then frames as an experiment.
In each phase of the process our neurology is changing because in response to the original intent, you’re making conscious choices outside habit, leaving space for more natural responses.
3EasyQuestions™ works hand in glove with The Etudes™, a series of activities so simple they help us shift our focus from the results of the movements to the process we use to get them.
For teachers, 3EasyQuestions™ sets the stage for your being able to know exactly when you are interfering with your Use and gives you a concrete way use that interference to begin improving.
3EasyQuestions™
A Different Kind of
Direction
Besides being an effective means whereby even brand new students can get their own heads to move forward and up in their very first lesson, 3EasyQuestions™ is a power tool for teachers.
After inhibiting, Question#1 facilitates the head/neck reflex, increasing Ease throughout the body. Question#2 sets the stage by acknowledging the improvement which Question#3 then frames as an experiment.
In each phase of the process our neurology is changing because in response to the original intent, you’re making conscious choices outside habit, leaving space for more natural responses.
3EasyQuestions™ works hand in glove with The Etudes™, a series of activities so simple they help us shift our focus from the results of the movements to the process we use to get them.
For teachers, 3EasyQuestions sets the stage for your being able to know exactly when you are interfering with your Use and gives you a concrete way use that interference to begin improving.
SubtleMovementEmpathy™
Enhancing Your Hands-On
Like any activity, hands-on teaching is subject to a ton of hidden habits. Like any skill, the quality of your hands-on work is a function of the quality of your Use.
SubtleMovementEmpathy™ is a graduated progression of self-studies that will accelerate the development of both your sensitivity and your ability to convey direction to your students using your hands.
It exploits the depth of the intercommunication that occurs as a result of our mirror neurons and other neural mechanisms.
You’ll learn how to leverage the simultaneity that’s at the heart of the way we communicate. You will be able to bring more clarity, finesse and power to your hands-on kinesthetic guidance.
Teachers are finding that they can give their students even more help and they can do it in a way that promotes a student’s independence and feeds their enthusiasm for more learning.
Subtle Movement
Empathy™
Enhancing Hands-On
Like any activity, hands-on work is subject to a ton of hidden habits. Like any skill, the quality of your hands-on is a function of the quality of your Use.
SubtleMovementEmpathy™ is a graduated progression of self-studies that will accelerate the development of both your sensitivity and your ability to convey direction to your students using your hands.
It exploits the depth of the intercommunication that occurs as a result of our mirror neurons and other neural mechanisms.
You’ll learn how to leverage the simultaneity at the heart of the way we communicate You will be able to bring more clarity, finesse and power to your hands-on kinesthetic guidance.
Teacher’s are finding that they can give their students even more help and they can do it in a way that promotes student independence and feeds their enthusiasm for more learning.
TheÉtudes™
How to Practice Ease
Inhibition, non-doing, directing, constructive thinking, non-endgaining etc. are more than just concepts, they are skills. Skills that, in order to be mastered, need to be practiced.
Being a musician, I realized early on that if I wanted my students to progress quickly, I had to create skill building activities whose primary focus would be on developing their thinking process as opposed to being oriented around achieving results.
TheEtudes™ that we will be exploring in the TheCoachingClub start with TheTeacher’s12™, a collection of studies that will help you to become more aware of exactly when and how you interfere with your coordination.
As with all Primal Alexander activities, our purpose is to be addressing The Primary Concern: “What’s happening to my Use as I_______?” How is the way I’m doing this affecting my Use?
Our awareness of the effect our thinking choices are having on our Use during an ongoing activity is the essence of “thinking in activity” and The Études™ greatly heighten our ability to do just that.
TheÉtudes™
The Practice of Ease
Inhibition, non-doing, directing, constructive thinking, non-endgaining etc. are more than just concepts, they are skills. Skills that, in order to be mastered, need to be practiced.
Being a musician, early on, I realized that if I wanted my students to progress quickly, I had to create skill building activities whose primary focus would be on developing their thinking process as opposed to being oriented around achieving results.
TheEtudes™ that we will be exploring the TheCoachingClub start with TheTeacher’s12™, a collection of studies that will help you to become more aware of exactly when and how you interfere with your coordination.
As with all Primal Alexander activities, the purpose is to be addressing The Primary Concern: What’s happening to me as I_______? How is the way I’m doing this affecting my Use?
Awareness of the effect your thinking choices are having on your Use during an ongoing activity is the essence of “thinking in activity” and The Études™ greatly heighten your ability to do just that.
More Topics…
More
Topics:
Group Teaching
Whether in person or online, in a small class or onstage in front of 500, there’s a flow you can learn to utilize. Master HiveMindfulness™
Keener Observation
Being able to perceive the most subtle changes in a student is essential to every style of teaching.
Learn the art of SeeingWithYourWholeSelf™
Marketing Hacks
When you teach w/o touching, prospective students can sample your actual teaching wherever they happen to be.
MeansWherebyMarketing
Teaching
By Voice
Your voice can convey a lot more that just concepts . Tone, phrasing , dynamics, emotion & meaning work together to induce amazing changes: VoiceTouch™
Special Benefits…
Special Benefits
Community
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
I think it does “take a village” to best teach this stuff. The synergy that happens when the learning is communal is magical and this certainly holds
true when it comes to the development
of teaching skills as well.
What has amazed me is that the quality of the peer-to peer learning is almost as high when people are not in the same physical space. We can benefit so much from each other even via video.
The regular opportunity to come together & work
with like-minded colleagues sharing the
challenges and the victories of this work is
a truly precious commodity.
Alexander teacher training has been done in a group setting from its inception. It’s how we all learned how to teach! And to be able to do it in a way that is so time & cost efficient and so effective as well is a gift.
Proactive Self-Care
MAGNANIMOUS SELFISHNESS
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned as a teacher began the very first time I ever attempted teaching. It was the final day of my 1st Summer workshop in Nebraska with Marjorie Barstow.
After watching me fumble around for 10 seconds or so, Marj gently took my hands down off the person I was working on and said: “Mio, you are the most important person in any lesson. If you can’t take care of yourself, how can you hope to help them?”
It took me many years before I really understood the depth of the wisdom in those words. Our power as teachers comes from our ability to enter positive learning states & then help our
students do the same.
I like to think of it as “magnanimous selfishness”. By being proactive in our own self-care we automatically share the regenerative wisdom
of our psycho-physical selves with others.
Community
I think it does “take a village” to teach this stuff or at least the synergy that happens when the learning is a communal affair is magical. This certainly holds true for the development of teaching skills as well.
The quality of the peer-to peer learning that occurs even when people are not in the same physical space is astounding. We can share so much with each other even via video.
The regular opportunity to come together & work
with like-minded colleagues sharing the challenges and the victories that are part and parcel of what Alexander discovered is truly precious.
It’s great to now be able to continue to add so easily to the group learning riches that were such a big part of our original training. And to able to do it in way that is so time & cost efficient is a gift.
Proactive Self-Care
MAGNANIMOUS SELFISHNESS
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned as a teacher began the very first time I ever attempted teaching. It was the final day of my 1st Summer workshop in Nebraska with Marjorie Barstow.
After watching me fumble around for 10 seconds or so, Marj gently took my hands down off the person I was working on and said: “Mio, you are the most important person in any lesson. If you can’t take care of yourself, how can you hope to help them?”
It took me many years before I really understood the depth of the wisdom in those words. Our power as teachers comes from our ability to enter positive learning states within ourselves & then help our students to do the same.
I like to think of it as “magnanimous selfishness”. By being proactive in our own self-care, we automatically share the regenerative wisdom
of our nervous system with others.
Home Improvement
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
As nice as it can be to travel to a residential workshop in a pleasant place, you can’t beat the convenience of being in a learning community
that meets weekly in your living room!
Not to mention the time and money you’ll save not having to travel, pay for a room & pay for food.
You won’t have to disrupt your
daily routine, sleep in a strange bed and ultimately
spend much less time learning life-altering
lessons with like-minded colleagues.
The immense value of having easy and regular
access to a quality A.T. mastermind led
by an innovative teacher with almost 50 years
of experience cannot be overstated.
We are all working hard to continue to develop our
work on ourselves and our teaching. Having an
easily accessible community for support and
“course correction” is a wonderful benefit.
We have FUN!
SERIOUS FUN!
Meeting Dr. Frank Pierce Jones in 1972 and coming into contact with Alexander’s teachings quite literally
saved my life. I was a young musician flirting with
disaster. Dangerously close to going off the deep end.
Frank epitomized what it means to be “a gentleman and a scholar”. Marjorie Barstow was the quintessence of straightforward, clear-eyed
personal experimentation. They both created intensely positive learning environments
that still inform my efforts.
Alexander work can at times be gut-wrenchingly personal and deeply confronting. We can really get down to the DNA of who we are, who we think
we are and who in the future we could become.
We have a ton of fun in our classes. It’s essential. Being able to share a self-deprecating chuckle at our silly selves is the healthy leavening that takes the edge off the seismic transformations that are part and parcel of applying Alexander’s discoveries in public.
Home Improvement
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
As nice as it can be to travel to a residential workshop in pleasant place, you can’t beat the convenience of being in a learning community
that meets weekly in your living room!
Not to mention the time and money you’ll save not having to travel, pay for a room & pay for food.
You won’t have to disrupt your
daily routine, sleep in a strange bed and ultimately
spend much less time learning life altering
lessons with like minded colleagues.
The immense value of having easy and regular
access to a quality A.T. mastermind lead
by an innovative teacher with almost 50 years
of experience can not be overstated.
We all work hard to continue to develop our
work on ourselves and our teaching. Having an
easily accessible community for support and
“course correction” is a wonderful benefit.
We have FUN!
SERIOUS FUN!
Meeting Dr. Frank Pierce Jones in 1972 and coming into contact with Alexander’s teachings quite literally
saved my life. I was a young musician flirting with
disaster. Dangerously close to going off the deep end.
Frank epitomized what it means to be “a gentleman and a scholar”. Marjorie Barstow was the quintessence of straightforward, clear-eyed
personal experimentation. They both created intensely positive learning environments that still inform my efforts.
Alexander work can at times be gut-wrenchingly personal and deeply confronting. We can really get down to the DNA of who we are, who we think
we are and who we could become in thr future.
We have a ton of fun in our classes. It’s essential.
Being able to share a self-deprecating chuckle at our silly selves is the healthy leavening that takes the edge off the seismic transformations that are part and parcel of
applying Alexander’s discoveries in public.
3 Ways To Join…
4 Classes/month
Basic
$ 247
/month
$61/class
- No Extras
8 Classes/month
MostPopular
$ 347
/ month
$43/class
-
1 Private Mini-Lesson/month*
Étude Coaching**
12 Classes/month
Premium Value
$ 397
/month
$33/class
-
2 Private Mini-Lessons/month*
Étude Coaching**
Video Review***
* Private Mini-Lessons…
Are 30 minute sessions that are great for focusing on one particular sticking point.
** Étude Coaching…
Puts the focus on enhancing the effectiveness of your Directing/Constructive Thinking.
*** Video Review…
Gives you a chance to carefully refine the ergonomics of a single activity.
3 Ways To Join In…
4 Classes/month
Basic
$ 247
/month
$61/class
8 Classes/month
MostPopular
$ 347
/ month
$43/class
-
1 Private
Mini-Lesson/month
Étude Coaching
12 Classes/month
Premium Value
$ 397
/month
$33/class
-
2 Private
Mini-Lessons/month
Étude Coaching
Video Review
* Private Mini-Lessons…
Are 30 minute sessions that are great for focusing on one particular sticking point.
** Étude Coaching…
Puts the focus on enhancing the effectiveness of your Directing/Constructive Thinking.
*** Video Review…
Gives you a chance to carefully refine the ergonomics of a single activity.
Here’s What Other
Teachers Are Saying…
Mio’s approach is simply the most direct, clear & global one I’ve come across.
Mio is a fun and engaging teacher. He is excellent at really applying the Alexander technique while he teaches a group. He won’t let you get away with half thinking in activity. The constructive changes are instant and lasting that’s what I find most important and stimulating while learning with him.
Working with Mio for the last year or so, I’ve enjoyed experiencing the ease, simplicity and intelligence of my body’s natural coordination. This class gets to the core of Alexander’s thinking process rather than the procedural techniques he passed on.
Eleni
Vosniado
I begin teaching all my lessons with the Primal Alexander™ HandsFree approach
For many months now, before I use any hands-on contact, I begin teaching all my lessons with Mio’s Primal Alexander™ HandsFree approach to teaching the Alexander Technique.
The experimentation at the heart of Primal Alexander™ puts students in charge of improving their own coordination and makes them much more successful at it.
Jim
Froelich
(This) enhances my awareness especially when I’m working in person with hands-on
I really enjoy and have greatly benefited from the way Mio’s teaching has influenced and enhances my awareness especially when I’m working in person hands-on with my students. with
I highly recommend Mio’s class to all Alexander teachers whether you want to learn to use if to learn to observe subtle changes in your students without using your hands or if you want to refine your presence and ability to use your hands in your teaching.
Eileen
Troberman
Mio’s approach is simply the most direct, clear & global one I’ve come across.
Mio is a fun and engaging teacher. He is excellent at really applying the Alexander technique while he teaches a group. He won’t let you get away with half thinking in activity. The constructive changes are instant and lasting that’s what I find most important and stimulating while learning with him.
Working with Mio for the last year or so, I’ve enjoyed experiencing the ease, simplicity and intelligence of my body’s natural coordination. This class gets to the core of Alexander’s thinking process rather than the procedural techniques he passed on.
Eleni
Vosniado
I begin teaching all my lessons with the Primal Alexander™ HandsFree approach
For many months now, before I use any hands-on contact, I begin teaching all my lessons with Mio’s Primal Alexander™ HandsFree approach to teaching the Alexander Technique.
The experimentation at the heart of Primal Alexander™ puts students in charge of improving their own coordination and makes them much more successful at it.
Jim
Froelich
(This) enhances my awareness especially when I’m working in person with hands-on
I really enjoy and have greatly benefited from the way Mio’s teaching has influenced and enhances my awareness especially when I’m working in person hands-on with my students. with
I highly recommend Mio’s class to all Alexander teachers whether you want to learn to use if to learn to observe subtle changes in your students without using your hands or if you want to refine your presence and ability to use your hands in your teaching.
Eileen
Troberman
The Facebook group between classes was incredibly valuable…
I was really glad to have the opportunity to encounter the Primal Alexander études again a year later and see how much they have evolved. I’m so grateful to have gotten more information on these really effective tools .
What I found most valuable was the opportunity to see how other people were bringing these tools into their own lives and experiments. The Facebook group between classes was incredibly valuable. It really helped me stay with my own experiments and it was also really valuable to see what other people were up to.
The group assembled was wonderful and the whole way the teaching process has been honed over time really makes me look forward to having the opportunity to learn more soon.
Tori
Matsos
Mio has given me tools that can infuse a deeper sense of ease into any experience.
When I began attending classes, Mio’s emphasis on self-observation and wondering about ease really began to spill over into my daily life. My understanding of the Technique became much clearer – to the point that one of the most stressful years of my life also became one of the best.
Over recent months, I have watched my technique transform and my musical expression deepen with unimaginable ease. I now have the tools to continue doing this for myself. I am now comfortable calling myself a “violinist” again, and I know this is only the beginning – which I find extremely exciting!
Jennifer
Roig-Francoli
Now, thanks to the class, I’m feeling that as I get older my future will be bright, it will be fun and it will always be full of new wonders
Before Mio’s class I couldn’t imagine learning A.T. online.To me, A.T. was about how I moved my body. With online lessons I’ve found that the key is my thinking. By experimenting and observing I can improve myself by myself and the speed of change is amazing!
I can take a lesson anywhere even in a hotel room on business. I’m much more relaxed and can express my emotions more easily around people. I used to get stressed by demanding too much of myself and had a vague sense of anxiety about my future. Now, thanks to the class, I’m feeling that as I get older my future will be bright, it will be fun and it will always be full of new wonders
Satoshi
Sashida
The Facebook group between classes was incredibly valuable…
I was really glad to have the opportunity to encounter the Primal Alexander études again a year later and see how much they have evolved. I’m so grateful to have gotten more information on these really effective tools .
What I found most valuable was the opportunity to see how other people were bringing these tools into their own lives and experiments. The Facebook group between classes was incredibly valuable. It really helped me stay with my own experiments and it was also really valuable to see what other people were up to.
The group assembled was wonderful and the whole way the teaching process has been honed over time really makes me look forward to having the opportunity to learn more soon.
Tori
Matsos
Mio has given me tools that can infuse a deeper sense of ease into any experience.
When I began attending classes, Mio’s emphasis on self-observation and wondering about ease really began to spill over into my daily life. My understanding of the Technique became much clearer – to the point that one of the most stressful years of my life also became one of the best.
Over recent months, I have watched my technique transform and my musical expression deepen with unimaginable ease. I now have the tools to continue doing this for myself. I am now comfortable calling myself a “violinist” again, and I know this is only the beginning – which I find extremely exciting!
Jennifer
Roig-Francoli
Now, thanks to the class, I’m feeling that as I get older my future will be bright, it will be fun and it will always be full of new wonders
Before Mio’s class I couldn’t imagine learning A.T. online.To me, A.T. was about how I moved my body. With online lessons I’ve found that the key is my thinking. By experimenting and observing I can improve myself by myself and the speed of change is amazing!
I can take a lesson anywhere even in a hotel room on business. I’m much more relaxed and can express my emotions more easily around people. I used to get stressed by demanding too much of myself and had a vague sense of anxiety about my future. Now, thanks to the class, I’m feeling that as I get older my future will be bright, it will be fun and it will always be full of new wonders
Satoshi
Sashida
I seem to be much more alert & sensitive to the nuances within each moment.
Lately my constructive thinking has become more dynamic. I seem to be much more alert and sensitive to the nuances within each moment. My tension early warning system is proactive, offering me the opportunity for choice. In a split second!
What strikes me is how simple this all is. I’m able to use constructive thinking in a laboratory-like setting which has been very valuable for integrating it into other aspects of my daily life.
I miss our weekly sessions.
Rob
Kaplan
Mio is great at teaching without ever making you feel like you’re wrong.
Since working with Mio my way of understanding AT has gotten so much deeper. I feel a lot calmer these days and I can see things more as they really are. I’m much less judgmental and I’m beginning to understand just what “Non-Endgaining” really means! My self-confidence has grown a lot, and no matter what happens, I’m able to deal with things much more constructively.
In our classes we experience an incredibly warm and tender atmosphere which in my experience is very rare. Mio is great at teaching without ever making you feel like you’re wrong. We freely share our experiences and what we’re learning and that makes our personal changes even more powerful. There is truth here.
Akiko
Kodate
I hope in this life everyone has a chance to work with him. Thanks, Mio!
What can I say about Mio? Well, for starters, no single person has had a more profound effect on my physical well being. Meeting him was the beginning of a long period of being pain free. And not pain free in the sense that someone healed me…but pain free in the sense that I now have ‘control’ over my own well being.
What Mio teaches is that A.T. is something you both do for yourself and allow to happen. I’ve spent most of the last decade trying to forget everything I ever learned, from yoga directions to Alexander’s classic directions…All you have to do is Notice the Ease…It’s so much more effective and simple!
I hope in this life everyone has a chance to work with him. Thanks, Mio!
Bruce
Winstone
I seem to be much more alert & sensitive to the nuances within each moment.
Lately my constructive thinking has become more dynamic. I seem to be much more alert and sensitive to the nuances within each moment. My tension early warning system is proactive, offering me the opportunity for choice. In a split second!
What strikes me is how simple this all is. I’m able to use constructive thinking in a laboratory-like setting which has been very valuable for integrating it into other aspects of my daily life.
I miss our weekly sessions
Rob
Kaplan
Mio is great at teaching without ever making you feel like you’re wrong.
Since working with Mio my way of understanding AT has gotten so much deeper. I feel a lot calmer these days and I can see things more as they really are. I’m much less judgmental and I’m beginning to understand just what “Non-Endgaining” really means! My self-confidence has grown a lot, and no matter what happens, I’m able to deal with things much more constructively.
In our classes we experience an incredibly warm and tender atmosphere which in my experience is very rare. Mio is great at teaching without ever making you feel like you’re wrong. We freely share our experiences and what we’re learning and that makes our personal changes even more powerful. There is truth here.
Akiko
Kodate
I hope in this life everyone has a chance to work with him. Thanks, Mio!
What can I say about Mio? Well, for starters, no single person has had a more profound effect on my physical well being. Meeting him was the beginning of a long period of being pain free. And not pain free in the sense that someone healed me…but pain free in the sense that I now have ‘control’ over my own well being.
What Mio teaches is that A.T. is something you both do for yourself and allow to happen. I’ve spent most of the last decade trying to forget everything I ever learned, from yoga directions to Alexander’s classic directions…All you have to do is Notice the Ease…It’s so much more effective and simple!
I hope in this life everyone has a chance to work with him. Thanks, Mio!
Bruce
Winstone
Q&A
TheCoachingClub is monthly recurring membership. How long you stay is up to you.
There are 3 Class times per week. Saturdays at 12 Noon, Tuesdays at 5PM and Thursdays at 3PM in the Eastern U.S. Timezone.
If you choose the BASIC (4 classes/month) or the MOST POPULAR (8 classes/month) packages you will be limited to the same 1 or 2 classes each week. BEST VALUE members are of course free to attend any class.
Every class is recorded so that if you have to miss a class you’ll still have access to the material.
How do I actually get to the class?
All the classes happen on the Zoom video conferencing platform. Zoom is a free program.
30 minutes before each class you will receive a link for that class. You click the link and you’re there.
If it’s your 1st time ever, clicking the link will take you to a page where you can download the free software and then join the class
If I choose the 4 or 8 class package can I come to any class?
No. You’re limited to the same one of two classes respectively.
The videos live on the Vimeo platform. You will have your own personal video collection populated by videos of the classes you have attended. I will send you the link and password for your collection.
How much time do I have to watch the videos?
You will always have access to the video from each class for one month from the date of the class that holds if you choose leave TheCoachingClub.
Can I see the videos from other classes?
Normally, no…however, there’s an auditing upgrade available on request.
Q&A
TheCoachingClub is a monthly recurring membership. You can cancel at any time.
There are 3 Class times per week. Saturdays at 12 Noon, Tuesdays at 5PM and Thursdays at 3PM in the Eastern U.S. Timezone.
If you choose the BASIC (4 classes/month) or the MOST POPULAR (8 classes/month) packages you will be limited to the same 1 or 2 classes each week. BEST VALUE members are of course free to attend any class.
Every class is recorded so that if you have to miss a class you’ll still have access to the material.
How do I actually get to the class?
All the classes happen on the Zoom video conferencing platform. Zoom is a free program.
30 minutes before each class you will receive a link for that class. You click the link and you’re there.
If it’s your 1st time ever, clicking the link will take you to a page where you can download the free software and then join the class
If I choose the 4 or 8 class package can I come to any class?
No. You’re limited to the same one of two classes respectively.
The videos live on the Vimeo platform. You will have your own personal video collection populated by videos of the classes you have attended. I will send you the link and password for your collection.
How much time do I have to watch the videos?
You will always have access to the video from each class for one month from the date of the class that holds if you choose leave TheCoachingClub.
Can I see the videos from other classes?
Normally, no…however, there’s an auditing upgrade available on request.
Hey…Thanks for taking the time to check out TheCoachingClub. I hope you’ve found this page informative.
We are so lucky to have somehow come across Alexander’s discoveries, recognized their potential to change our life and then made the decision to share that bounty with others. But it hasn’t always been an easy path to follow!
Communicating the value of this work has been a challenge for every generation of Alexander Technique teacher starting with Alexander himself. The times we live in, I think, offer the greatest challenges to us as purveyors of his work and at the same time offer unprecedented opportunities.
Technology has afforded us with the means whereby to reach future students anywhere there’s an internet connection. But even more importantly, it give us the ability to come together with minimal effort and expense to pool our resources. To share our personal research and crowdsource solutions to the problems we all share.
When it comes to Alexander’s ideas we are the braintrust, the constructive think(ing)tank. And the more often we can gather together and ask each the tough, age-old questions and “kick the tires” on a few new ideas, the faster we’ll find better and better ways to share Alexander’s genius with a world that has never need it more.
Thanks again for your attention and for all of your passion and hard work,
Sincerely,
Mio
Hey…Thanks for taking the time to check out TheClub. I hope you’ve found this page informative.
We are so lucky to have somehow found Alexander’s discoveries, recognized their potential to change our life and then made the decision to share that bounty with others. It hasn’t always been an easy path to follow!
Communicating the value of this work has always been difficult for every generation of Alexander Technique teacher starting with Alexander himself. The times we live in, I think, offer the greatest challenges to us as purveyors of his work and at the same time offer unprecedented opportunities.
Technology has afforded us with the means whereby to reach future students anywhere there’s an internet connection. But even more importantly, it give us the ability to come together with minimal effort and expense to pool our resources. To share our personal research & crowdsource solutions to the problems we all share.
When it comes to Alexander’s ideas we are the braintrust, the “constructive think tank”. And the more often we can gather together and ask each the tough, age-old questions and “kick the tires” on a few new ideas, the faster we’ll find better and better ways to share Alexander’s genius with a world that has never needed it more.
Thanks again for your attention and for all of your passion and hard work,
Sincerely,
Mio
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Basic
$ 247
/month
$61/class
- No Extras
8 Classes/month
MostPopular
$ 347
/ month
$43/class
-
1 Private Mini-Lesson/month
Étude Coaching
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Étude Coaching
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