This is the glimmer of hope a student brings to their lesson.

Even if the student is there against their will (which happens only rarely) – even then, I believe there is always hope hiding under the surface – we may just need to dig a little deeper, and have a little more patience and compassion.

When we remember the magical power of hope, our job then becomes quite simple:

🦋 Reflect and amplify that hope with our own – explicitly and implicitly, always, as much as possible from moment to moment.

🦋 Help them get in touch with their own self–trust. How? By trusting ourselves and trusting them.

🦋 Let go, and “let the right thing do itself”, by showing up and being ourselves with childlike curiosity and joyful enthusiasm, again and again and again.

This is incredibly simple and incredibly easy, once you have the experience and you stop believing it’s not.

Yet it’s also the hardest thing in the world, because as soon as we forget, our habit of complicating things takes over and in that moment we are temporarily lost.

We need to remember:

1) to access these things for ourselves and our students;

2) to do so often… right now, and right now again. And again.

There’s always more to learn, but “there’s nothing new under the sun”.

Especially in an Alexander Technique lesson, it’s not about learning more, it’s about practicing what we already know, and so much of that is about daring to un-know what we think we know.

And this requires patience, dedication, humility, and faith. This is not other than a practice of unconditional Love.

What more of true value could there possibly be?

Suzuki called it being “nurtured by Love” – and it's not just for kids.

It seems to me that anything else beyond these simple truths is either ornamentation (the mind likes variety), distraction, or both.

Of course, in a music lesson there's plenty of information that needs to be imparted from teacher to student, but the quality of the learning container should always take precedence – otherwise that information will not be easily absorbed.

There is real value in simplicity.

What do you think? I'd love to hear from you – just send me a private message. 🙂

Come explore these ideas with me if you'll be attending the International Alexander Technique Congress in Dublin, Ireland next week!

I will be offering Continuous Learning sessions for AT teachers and musicians, and anyone else interested in fundamental transformation.

Looking forward to seeing you there! 🍀

Love & Light,
Jennifer