"Your own body is a phantom, one that your brain has constructed purely for convenience."
V. S. Ramachandran

Last week in BodyChance, a woman wanted to explore bending.

It seemed like a simple activity. Even a little boring if I'm honest. Ho hum.

All about understanding the use of your legs: bending hips, knees and ankles. Blah, blah. She was interested, because when she bends, she hurts her back. She wanted to find an easier way. In her mind, this was a "physical" activity, not a "mental" one.

"What's the situation?" I asked.

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It's been a long time since my last blog, and that is mainly because I have been devoting my time to helping individuals who are already in ATSuccess. I am really excited about what is happening, and boldly predict that this new generation of teachers can reshape the way our profession thinks about itself.

This is the text of a letter I wrote recently to a friend who wondered why I seem to actively offend so many people in the AT world with my position on Tablework. This is what I wrote back...

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Dear Friend (who shall remain anonymous),

The tablework/constructive rest thing is an important component of my whole sales and marketing thrust - the idea is to do what the students wants, not what you prescribe.

Anyone could copy what I have done in Japan. Why doesn't anyone do that?

Because it is too dam hard. Right now, I am planning on building a new biz in Japan and I constantly go into overwhelm: How will I do it? Who do I ask for help? How do I convince people about my idea? These are all questions that seek answers, and while in the midst of asking these questions, I easily become emotionally frightened and panicked.

Those who follow my blogs (sorry I write so many) will undoubtedly know that I compare Alexander's Discovery - in it's potentiality for revolutionary change - on par with the internet.

I am sure there are readers out there who believe I am bonkers. And they could be right. History will be the judge of that. Occasionally I do worry about that my Self…

Indeed, I suffer from delusional optimism. I think it's a trade secret of all entrepreneurs. Without it, we would give up. So let me enjoy a little of my optimism right now…

This is a special day for me, and I am not even sure why.

However today I am sitting in the 1st class lounge of Qantas, on my way to attend an absurdly expensive seminar with Richard Koch on how to find, nurture and profit from a Star business. You don't enter a seminar like this unless you are already on a path…

What is a Star business?

1.It is the undisputed leader of it's market niche
2.The niche is growing at more the 10% annually
3.The Star business is growing at 20% or more annually

You run a wonderful workshop (you think) with a group of 20 people. You ask them to fill out feedback forms and it is all effusive. Except for one. One is highly critical, almost vicious. It happened to me in London once.

Which one do you think about the most? You know the answer and so do I.

Customer complaints need to be stacked up against customer behaviour. One person's vociferous heckling may give you the impression that your entire crowd is unhappy and ready to walk out the door.

Are they walking out the door?

I have been struck recently by the lucky Yoga niche connections Cecile has been documenting for us in ATSuccess Village. Angela, on our Pro Skype sessions, has been experiencing the same thing in her niche in the UK. People contacting them both with work requests - wonderful.

I am asking - are they lucky?

In this post, I am giving you a heads up on what I am planning next for ATSuccess.

First I want to thank you all: having you as members of ATSuccess, learning from you, figuring out what kind of service works best; this has been a stimulating and exciting journey for me. It's had it's ups and downs (but mostly ups) and it has been a privilege to witness many of your personal struggles and triumphs.

Like you, I was surprised at how personal and deep it became between us. This is more than just biz development, it is personal development.