Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
Let’s face it, if “doing more” worked, we’d all be retired millionaires by now. We are all working at our capacity and beyond and living with chronic fatigue, burnout, pain, and so much more that is getting in the way of creativity and top-performance abilities.
We are starting to hear 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 are in a chronic, high-functioning fight/flight/panic state, spinning our wheels, and looking desperately to get out of the hamster wheel. You might be saying, “well I’m doing ok” but I ask you “at what cost”??
What is the quality of your relationships outside work?
What are your daily eating habits?
How are you using substances to alter your nervous system such as caffeine, alcohol, anti-depressants, anxiety meds, marijuana, etc…?
When was the last time you fell asleep and work up 8+ hours later feeling rested without the help of medicine of substances?
Who Benefits from our Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
The Becoming mBODYed Cohorts are designed to meet the individual needs of each of its members. Whether you are seeking personal enrichment and growth, or continuing education to enhance and deepen your teaching, our cohorts are where you belong.
All cohort tracts are Teacher Mentoring Programs based on a learn, experience, teach model. In each track we combine the latest advancements in neuroscience and nueroplasticity, Inclusion and Belonging work, Mindfulness, with multiple Somatic modalities including Alexander Technique and Body Mapping to provide a thorough, science-based training program to enhance your personal performance skills and teaching!
Classes meet online, with in-person requirements for the Educator/Studio Implementation and Professional Certification Tracks.
What’s Included:
22, 90 minute cohort sessions a year
unlimited 1-1 coaching and support
Free access to all mBODYed events including the yearly mBODYed Retreats.
Explore the Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
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Personal Development Track
The Personal Development Track is a one year program that focuses on your personal and performance growth, helping you learn and overcome any barriers to your creative expression.
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Educator Studio Implementation Track
Building from the Personal Development Track, the Educator/Studio Implementation Track is for those who are teachers and are interested in taking their work from year one into their studios and classrooms. We focus on how to incorporate mBODYed principles into philosophy and pedagogy..
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Professional Certification Track
Some individuals may want to just use somatic principles in their teaching field, while others may wish to “hang their shingle” as a certified teacher of Body Mapping, Alexander Technique or both. If that is you, the Professional Certification Track is the place for you. This is a complete three year program taking you from developing the work personally, professionally, and finally to the level of certification, knowing how to teach a lesson in one specific modality.
Cohort 6- Registration Open
We are now accepting applications for Cohort 6 beginning August 15, 2025. This is not your average online training program, where hundreds of people attend webinars. It is an individualized program designed on a mentor/apprenticing model. Space is limited to ensure small cohorts and adequate 1:1 time.
Apply now to reserve your spot and receive free access to all remaining mBODYed Special Events in 2025.
Your Investment Explained
A NOTE FROM SHAWN
“Training costs $625 a month, for 12 months. Each month you receive a minimum of 5 hours of instruction. Remember, coaching is unlimited, so you can easily receive more! Each session is roughly $125 per hour, less than what we may pay for private lessons. My guarantee to you is cohort pricing doesn’t change. This price will stay with you through all three years of training. You will not incur any price increase.
The Becoming mBODYed Teacher Training Program is largely based in the modalities of the Alexander Technique and Body Mapping. I am known in both these communities and the music field for grounding these modalities in empirical science, and making the content easy to understand and directly applicable to one’s performance and teaching.
Additionally, I bring my experience as a critically acclaimed clarinetist, Somatic Trauma Educator, PAMA-certified Performing Arts Educator, Inclusion and Belonging expert, and entrepreneur, with nineteen years of professional teaching experience in the performing arts. You will learn something in each meeting that you can take on stage or into the studio and immediately put to use.
Becoming mBODYed is a significant investment in YOU! All this work is directed to you first; you must embody the principles before you can teach them. We didn’t arrive at this moment in our lives easily or without work. We won’t reach our potential or undo the tensions, pains, or traumas without work as well. The time it takes to learn and embody any mind-body work is measured by the body and the nervous system, not rotations around a clock. The more time you spend learning about yourself and all you are capable of, the better performer, teacher, and person you become.”
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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:
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.