What We Can't See, We Can't Change
Why can we do something in rehearsal and lose access to it when the conditions change?
A free monthly session for musicians, performers, and performing arts educators.
Every third Tuesday · 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET · 60 Minutes · Free · Online via Zoom
The passage may be the same.
Our training has not disappeared.
But when the moment begins to matter, something changes
in what we notice,
how we coordinate,
and what remains available to us.
That is what we are going to look at together.
WHAT THIS SESSION OFFERS
We are going to look at what changes when the conditions change.
What happens to attention when the moment begins to matter?
What does the body begin doing before we consciously decide to do anything?
And why can trying harder to correct the problem sometimes make the pattern even harder to see?
You will leave with a clearer way to recognize what changes in you when the conditions change.
The Becoming mBODYed Method draws on Alexander Technique, Body Mapping, predictive processing neuroscience, and belonging as a physiological condition. It is a framework for working with what the body is already doing before performance begins, not only with what happens during it.
WHO THIS SESSION IS FOR
This session is for musicians, performers, teachers, and performing arts educators who want to understand why what is available to us in one set of conditions can become harder to access in another.
For those new to Alexander Technique and Body Mapping, you will leave with a clear sense of what these frameworks are and why they matter in the studio and classroom.
For experienced AT and Body Mapping teachers, this session offers a chance to explore territory these traditions have not always fully articulated.
ABOUT SHAWN L. COPELAND
Shawn L. Copeland, DMA, is the founder of mBODYed and the originator of the Becoming mBODYed Method. He is a certified Alexander Technique teacher, a published Body Mapping educator, and an ISMETA-recognized somatic practitioner. His lineage runs from F.M. Alexander through Marjorie Barstow through Marsha Paludan. He trained directly with William Conable, co-developer of Body Mapping for musicians, who remains his active mentor. He has published Body Mapping for Clarinetists through GIA Publications and has taught this work at the institutional level for more than twenty years. He communicates from within the field, not above it or outside it.
Learn more about the Becoming mBODYed Method
RESERVE YOUR PLACE
Tuesday, July 21 · 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET · 60 Minutes · Free · Online via Zoom
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The Zoom link will be sent to all registrants before the session. A recording will be available to all registrants after.
Come and see what becomes visible.