Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
Reclaim Your Aliveness • Train Your Nervous System • Embody Your Teaching
Join small, trauma-informed cohorts that guide you to regulated presence, personal performance, and teaching mastery.
Let’s face it, if “doing more” worked, we’d all be retired millionaires by now. We are all working at or beyond our capacity and living with chronic fatigue, burnout, pain, and many other issues that hinder creativity and peak performance.
We’re hearing new terms like “high functioning: anxiety, depression, ADHD…” as a way of normalizing our experiences. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
The truth is that many of us live in a chronic, high-functioning fight/flight/panic state, spinning our wheels and desperately trying to escape the hamster wheel. You might say, “Well, I’m doing okay,” but I ask you, “At what cost?”
What’s the quality of your relationships outside of work?
What are your daily eating habits?
How are you using substances like caffeine, alcohol, antidepressants, anxiety meds, marijuana, etc., to modulate your nervous system?
When was the last time you fell asleep and woke up feeling rested after 8+ hours, without the aid of medicine or substances?
Pause here… take a breath, feel your feet on the floor.
What’s alive in your body as you read this?
Who Benefits from our Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
Belong Here. Begin Now.
The Becoming mBODYed Cohorts are a place to come home to yourself, professionally and personally. Whether you’re seeking personal healing, professional growth, or a more embodied approach to teaching and performing, our cohorts meet you where you are, and invite you into a process of grounded transformation.
Pause. Take a breath. Feel the ground beneath you. What part of your body is asking for attention right now?
That’s where we begin.
What You’ll Gain
All cohort tracks offer a trauma-informed, relational learning container where you will:
Regulate stress patterns so you feel grounded both on and off stage
Expand expressive range with less effort, learning to recognize and release hidden patterns of tension
Teach and perform from presence, infusing your work with embodied safety and relational attunement
This is where nervous system intelligence meets professional artistry.
The Embodied Learning Arc
Each cohort follows a “Learn – Experience – Teach” model. This structure supports somatic integration and professional application. You’ll train in:
Applied Neuroscience & Neuroplasticity: Build sustainable habits for regulation and change
Inclusion & Belonging: Explore embodied equity and safety in shared spaces
Mindfulness & Interoception: Strengthen your capacity to feel, notice, and shift
Somatic Modalities: Including Alexander Technique, Body Mapping, developmental movement, and trauma-sensitive practices
Together, these offer a comprehensive, science-informed, and embodied approach to becoming a more expressive artist and effective teacher.
What’s Included in Every Track
22 live, 90-minute cohort sessions per year
Unlimited 1:1 coaching and support, tailored to your nervous system and schedule
Free access to all mBODYed events, including the yearly in-person retreats
Notice any activation as you imagine teaching from a place of presence?
That’s exactly what we support and transform—step by step, breath by breath.
Online + In-Person Integration
Most sessions meet online, with gentle in-person components (for Educator and Professional Certification tracks) to support deeper community and regulation. Each track is intentionally designed to respect your energy, time, and capacity, offering flexibility while maintaining depth.
“As a classically trained musician, I know what it means to aspire to the work of a master teacher. As a military veteran, I know how to trust another’s authority more than I trust my own. With Shawn, I began unlearning both.
I stopped imitating my teachers and deferring to perceived authority. I began trusting my own guidance to bring this work into the world in a way that felt authentic, powerful, and effective. And when old habits resurface—as they naturally do—I now have the awareness to recognize them and choose a more empowered response.”
-Jilian McGreen, DMA. Becoming mBODYed, Cohort 1
Explore the Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
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Personal Development Track
A 1-year journey to reclaim your body, voice, and presence.
This track supports your personal and performance growth by addressing the root causes of tension, burnout, and disconnection. You'll learn how you learn, leveraging neuroplasticity and nervous system regulation to build sustainable habits, expressive freedom, and embodied confidence.
Perfect for artists seeking clarity, ease, and creative renewal, from the inside out.
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Educator Studio Implementation Track
Bring embodiment into your teaching.
Building on the foundations of Year 1, this track is for educators at all levels who are ready to integrate mBODYed principles—Alexander Technique, Body Mapping, and Somatic Coaching—into their studio and classroom practice.
You’ll explore how to align pedagogy with embodied presence, develop a trauma-informed teaching philosophy, and create learning environments that support safety, sustainability, and somatic awareness, for yourself and your students.
Perfect for those ready to teach what they live.
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Professional Certification Track
Train to teach somatic work with clarity, confidence, and integrity.
This track is for those ready to go beyond personal and pedagogical integration, to become a certified teacher in Body Mapping, the Alexander Technique, or as a Somatic Coach.
Whether your goal is to incorporate somatic tools into your teaching field or to establish a private practice, this three-year training supports your development from embodied practitioner to skilled, trauma-informed educator.
You’ll learn how to design and teach somatic lessons with precision and presence, grounded in deep personal integration and professional mentorship.
Perfect for those ready to carry the work forward.
Cohort 6- Registration Open
Now Accepting Applications for Cohort 6
Begins August 15, 2025 • Only 12 spots available
This is not your typical online training.
It’s a nervous-system-informed, mentor-guided immersion into embodied teaching, trauma-aware artistry, and somatic leadership.
What You'll Experience
By the end of Cohort 6, you’ll feel:
More nervous-system stable in high-stress moments, onstage, in the studio, and in life
Deeply expressive, grounded, and free from performance strain
Confident to teach from presence, not pressure
What Makes It Different
Unlike large webinar-style programs, this cohort is built on an apprenticeship model with high individual support. You won’t get lost in a crowd; you’ll be seen, heard, and met as you are.
Only 12 artists per cohort. This ensures meaningful community, personal attention, and generous 1:1 support.
Your Investment Explained
Investment in Your Embodied Performing and Teaching
Training is $625/month for 12 months. Each month includes a minimum of 5 hours of live instruction, plus unlimited one-on-one coaching, ensuring support tailored to your unique needs. That’s about $125/hour, significantly less than most private lessons, with more profound transformation.
You are not just learning content, you are becoming the content.
You’ll be held in a trauma-informed learning container that prioritizes nervous system safety, embodied learning, and sustainable transformation.
Somatic Value Guarantee
Cohort pricing is secure. Your rate will never increase, even if you continue for two or three years. This means predictable, safe investment as your capacity, confidence, and clarity grow. You can choose a payment plan that best matches your rhythm: monthly, quarterly, or annual.
Why This Work Matters
The Becoming mBODYed Cohorts Program is grounded in the Alexander Technique and Body Mapping, integrating applied neuroscience, trauma-informed pedagogy, and somatic coaching practices.
You’ll learn directly from me, an internationally recognized clarinetist, trauma educator, inclusion and belonging consultant, and certified PAMA Performing Arts Health educator, with 19 years of experience teaching and training performers and educators.
Every session delivers tools you can bring on stage, into rehearsal, or the studio, and begin using immediately.
But this work begins with you.
Before you can teach embodiment, you must embody it.
This is a profound investment in yourself, not just as a teacher or performer, but as a whole human being. The work unfolds at the pace of your nervous system, not your schedule. You didn’t arrive at this moment in your life without effort. Likewise, you won’t unwind the chronic tension, burnout, or performance trauma without carefully attuned attention, community, and time.
The more you learn about yourself, your body, your breath, and your resilience, the more powerfully you’ll show up in every aspect of your life.
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Training Cost: $625/month for 12 months
Minimum Instruction: 5 hours per month, with unlimited coaching
Hourly Rate: Approx. $125/hour, less than private lessons
Price Guarantee: No price increases for 3 years
Program Focus: Somatic Modalities, including Alexander Technique and Body Mapping, grounded in empirical science
Instructor Expertise:
Certified Sponsoring Teacher of Alexander Technique International
Licensed Training Mentor, Association of Body Mapping Education
Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist, ISMETA
Integrated Somatic Practitioner, IWA
Critically acclaimed clarinetist
Somatic Trauma Educator
PAMA-certified Performing Arts Educator
Inclusion and Belonging expert
19 years of professional teaching experience
Immediate Application: Practical learning to use on stage or in the studio
Investment in You: Personal embodiment before teaching; growth as a performer, teacher, and person
Time Frame: Learning measured by the body and nervous system, not by a clock
Frequently Asked Questions
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Regular Cohort Instruction: The Cohort meets for 90 minutes, 2 times per month for content instruction, exploration, and discussion.
Online Instructional Manuals: Content addresses the nervous system, attention, and the complete body of knowledge for Body Mapping balance and breathing.
Coaching: Unlimited access to Shawn Copeland for private coachings in professional development, performance skills, and teaching skill development. Shawn uses a variety of skills in individual coachings which include Alexander Technique, Body Mapping, Somatic Trauma Work, Nervous System Work, PAMA Certified Performing Arts Injury Prevention Work, Leadership Work, and Inclusion and Belonging Work.
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The mBODYed Teacher-Training is for performing artists. Teachers and performers alike, this program will change they way you think about performing and teaching.
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Year 1: This program consists of 10, 90-minute, online training sessions; unlimited private, online lessons; leading to certification to use Body Mapping within your pedagogy.
Year 2 & 3: Class Cohort meetings continue twice a month for 90 minutes. Trainees will learn and incorporate the principles of Alexander Technique and hands-on work both within their pedagogy. Those finishing year 3 will be ready to begin the Sponsoring process with Alexander Technique International. Additionally, trainees will deepen their knowledge of Body Mapping as it applies to all performers outside of their own area of speciality.
All cohort members have unlimited access to private lessons, and free attendance at all mBODYed retreats, workshops, or special events.
Cohort members are expected to read outside of class, and bring their explorations of the material to our sessions.
Attendance at (at least) one mBODYed retreat is required to learn and develop your hands on skills for Alexander Technique teaching.
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Classes meet online via ZOOM.
Cohort 5 begins in September 16, 2024!
Specific class times will be scheduled based on the availability of those registered.
All classes will be recorded for cohort use only.
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Annual Tuition is $7500.
A $500.00 deposit is due upon sign up to reserve your seat.
Generally, cohort members are invoiced for $584 monthly.
You may pay in other installments such as twice, or three times a year. Simply let me know your preference.
You may receive a 10% discount for paying for all three years at once. Please speak to me if you prefer this option.
REFUND POLICY: Refunds will be determined on a case by case basis according to terms in the contract.
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Upon completion of year one, all cohort members will have the option to continue studying for an additional 1-2 years to prepare for the licensure process through the Assocation of Body Mapping Education and sponsoring through Alexander Technique International.
This is a mentoring process where students are expected to direct their own learning with significant guidance and one-on-one interaction with faculty. Specific time for certification will vary from person to person.