These are the results of vigorous discussion in our ATSuccess Facebook group, with threads that sometimes reach epic proportions! Fabulous and pertinant information. Of course, not everyone follows all threads, but if a topic has an interest for you, you will read from actual AT teachers how they are implementing these new ideas in their practice. Of course even more exciting than that, is reading about the steady results that are flowing from this focused attention. If you are a regular of my blog and not in my coaching group, consider trying it out this a month...

Two narratives. One full of stress. The other full of generosity and peace.

Which world would you rather live in?

But this is a story repeated every day, in hundreds of different matters, at a consequence of great suffering. Whenever my mind is saying "You should…" or "He has to…" I know that I am in a narrative of poverty, not generosity.

This week we danced along together, some resting, some pirouetting, some in partnerships - but all in different stages of building the engine of each person's practise. How? By creating a well-articulated and compelling invitation to a focused group of people who have a specific set of problems. You can review this series any time you join the coaching group.

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Quietly continuing our work on generating the engine of your business - a sales letter that will appeal to your chosen niche. You can jump in any time - and now's a good time - to be energized into creating a captivating appeal to your students. Click here now and join us all.

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Have you ever been there?

Looking at the those beautiful shoes, that cool hat, or staring at you in the mirror wearing that luxurious overcoat with exactly the collar you wanted - but, oh! It's so expensive. Remember how you were both excited and anxious at the same time: Is this the right decision? What will my best friend say? Isn't it too much money?

It is at this point you need reassurance.

When I finally met her, she was younger than I imagined.

"It's like I am reading my own mind."

She had been receiving my emails explaining my personal coaching service at BodyChance. It was the time my marriage was ending, and my emails at that time were deeply personal affairs that explored self-worth, depression, actualizing your desired experiences. I was publically exposing how to soft-wire a positive, can-do outlook on life, when all I wanted to do at the time was take my own life away.

In our recent CareerThinking session in Tokyo, YogaのMichiko had an interesting epiphany.

She was complaining about a certain type of Yoga partitioner who really got up her goat (irritated her) and was posing the question: how can I manage those types?

You don't.

Don't take clients you don't want; don't take clients that don't match your service and needs. Of course this is not possible without a clear niche approach to your business.

As usual in our secret Facebook ATSuccess group - a wide variety of topics came up for inquiry. Here is a sampling of some of my comments and answers posted to the group. Some group members prefer just to read my summaries, and not participate in the group. I think each of us needs to find a way to make mentoring work, but I am adamant that being in a mentoring group like this will accelerate, deepen and satisfy your desire to create a healthy Alexander Technique teaching practise.

This month I have started a workshop on how to use Facebook to gather students. You can join my online workshop anytime, but start now so you get full benefit of sharing with the teachers and students in the hidden group in Facebook. As I usually do, below are some of the messages I communicated to group members within FaceBook over Xmas and New Year. More personally directed comments are locked away for members only to respect their privacy. Some deep stuff is happening in there. Why not jump in today?

As 2013 closes off, there are lots of retrospectives being written.

Are you writing yours?

Why bother looking back when all you want to do is go forward? The past is the past, right? Wrong. The past is right here being you right now. Everything that happened is you right now. I think that all that matters now is what you do next, but you need to know what is and isn’t working for you…

Are you going to repeat 2013 or do something different?

It’s worth considering, this question.

What Happened To Me In 2013