The Wonder of Us

A lot of people arrive having had a conventional lesson or two — lying on a table, a teacher moving them, not much conversation. The ITM is different by design: there's genuine dialogue, and the teaching is indirect, through questions and through hands. You leave understanding why something changed, not just that it did. If your last experience didn't land, that may well be why.

No. There's hands-on work, yes, but it's a small part of a bigger conversation. The real work is in your thinking — noticing the gap between what you believe you're doing and what's actually happening. The change comes from understanding, not from being put into position.

You won't be corrected head-on. Ideas are met indirectly — through a question, or through a feeling in your hands when you move. Nobody tells you you're wrong, because you're not; you're just discovering that a different way is possible. Most people find it more like a conversation than a lesson.

Hands are part of it — gentle, always with your consent — but they're not the point of the work. The man who invented the Technique never had a lesson himself. What matters is your thinking, and that's something we can explore as much through talking as through touch.

Good — that's usually an advantage. People who think they're not body-aware often turn out to have simply been taught to ignore what they're feeling. You don't need any special sensitivity to start. You just need to be willing to notice.

There's no fixed course. It's a re-education of your thinking, not a round of treatments. Most people notice something in the very first lesson, and you'll have a clear sense after two or three whether it's for you. You're always in control of how far you take it.

The changes that come from understanding your own thinking last in a way that changes imposed from outside don't. You're learning a skill you can use for the rest of your life — you don't need me in the room for it to keep working.

It's related — they all touch on awareness — but it's distinct. It's not about stillness or emptying the mind; it's about how you direct yourself in activity, moment to moment. You can apply it while playing guitar, giving a talk, or reaching for a cup of tea.

Almost never. The habits that cause most difficulties are learned, and what's learned can be unlearned — at any age. The longer you've had a habit, the more striking it can be when it starts to ease.

Either. The ITM works identically with one person or a group, because the teaching is in the thinking — not in exclusive one-to-one hands-on time. Some people prefer the privacy of a solo lesson; others learn faster in a group, where they see the same principles showing up in someone else. Both are available.

The opposite. You don't have to believe anything — your fixed ideas are usually what's getting in the way. It's not “mind over matter.” It's about noticing, through your own experience, what's actually happening when you move.

No. A medical condition needs medical tools; this is an educational process. They're complementary. If your trouble is genuinely medical, see your doctor — and come to me once that's addressed. If it's something you're doing to yourself in activity, this is exactly where it gets resolved.

Just comfortable everyday clothes you can move in. No special equipment, no preparation. Come as you are.

You can, and I'd encourage it — Don Weed's Reach Your Dreams is a wonderful introduction. But reading about it and experiencing it are different things. The work is, in the end, practical. The book gives you the map; a lesson is where you actually walk the path.

Come for a single introductory lesson. No commitment, no course, no pressure. By the end of it you'll know — from your own experience, not from my description — whether this work is for you. Most people leave wishing they'd started years ago.