Transformational Teacher Training Program
Become a Certified Transformational Teacher and
Help Students Create Successful, Lifelong Careers
The Problem
You know you’re a good teacher. You’ve spent years honing your skills. You love your students and want them to do well.
You can tell there’s something awkward about the way your student plays.
You have a sneaking suspicion that they're in pain. They might even wince, “that hurts.”
60-75% of music students experience pain or injury, according to the Performing Arts Medicine Association. Back pain, tendonitis, sore neck, numbness, etc…
The Solution
But you're about to change that.
All you need is the right kind of training:
- A curriculum targeting injury prevention
- Mentored teaching where you can practice new skills
- A community of colleagues for support
YOU are the key to turning students’ pain around!
You can unlock a whole new world of freedom for them and join the movement that's changing our profession.
Join the Transformational Teacher Training Program
and become a Certified Transformational Teacher.
Here's What You'll Get...
1. Mentored Teaching.
Under the guidance of an experienced mentor, you’ll uncover the real source of students’ problems. You’ll collaborate with your students, teaching them how to solve their own issues. And you’ll learn to evaluate your own teaching style, so you can continue to grow.
2. “Centering the Body:” An Injury-Prevention Curriculum
Whether you like to follow instructions or create your own path, this cutting-edge step-by-step curriculum is designed to support you in learning new skills. Founded in research-based best practices, it’s perfect for in-person or virtual lessons, no matter what instrument or level of student you teach.
3. Support for Improving your Own Playing.
In frequent master classes you'll get personal feedback on your own issues of tension, pain or limitation, or just playing with
more ease and joy!
4. Community of Experienced Educators
As teachers, we need a safe place to explore our challenges and celebrate our successes. By showing up for each other, you’ll experience deeper learning on your path to mastery. You’ll love our warm, vibrant, and joyful community.
5. Unlimited Q&A to Help Master Your Teaching
You have questions, right? “Why didn’t so-and-so learn that technique?” “What’s a better way to teach this skill?” You’ll get answers and new strategies when you bring your questions to our support sessions with Dr. Lea Pearson.
6. Path to Certified Transformational Teacher
You want parents to know that you are a teacher who cares about preventing students’ injuries, and promotes health and well-being. Certification credentials give you marketplace recognition and distinguish you in your community and online.
The Details
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Master Class Training Sessions
- Bi-weekly Master Class coaching to develop your skills in the “Centering the Body” Method.
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Personal mentoring on your teaching & performing in practice drills and videos.
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Regular Support Calls
- Build community, master your teaching, and bi-weekly Q&A video calls with Dr. Lea Pearson.
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Post questions 24/7 in our private Facebook group for feedback from Dr. Lea Pearson.
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Transformational Teacher Certification
- Self-assessments, online journal access to share your progress, periodic feedback on your work, and guidance on how to grow your studio.
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Final assessment before certification, and a badge to use in your marketing materials.
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Access to All Course Materials
- Instant access to all course materials through our private membership portal.
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All sessions are recorded so you can catch up if you miss one.
Easy
Monthly Payment
$99
*automatically renews
Special
Annual Payment
$995
*2 months free
automatically renews annually
Reignite your passion for teaching!
Let’s make sure all musicians can fulfill their hearts' desire.
Lea is an amazing group coach. She knows so much! She can say just one thing & it opens a whole new world of transformation.
I don't have a lot of contact with other music teachers, so I love the community. I discover new teaching approaches each time.
I absorb and learn so much from watching Lea teach. Her experience and insight distill complex things into essentials in a totally refreshing way.
UNLOCK THESE AMAZING BONUSES!
Bonus 1: Discounts on Music Minus Pain Workshops & Classes
- As a member, you'll get special discounts for other Music Minus Pain classes or workshops.
Bonus 2: Membership in our Private FB group
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Connect & collaborate with global teachers to share videos, discussions, resources, journal responses, tips, questions, and celebrations.
Bonus 3 : Visiting Guest Teaching Experts
- Every 2 months we’ll have a spectacular guest to expand our horizons!
Bonus 4: Private web portal
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All our recordings, videos and handouts are lovated here.
Your Mentor
Master Teacher Dr. Lea Pearson has been training students, performers, and teachers in innovative techniques for over 30 years. Dr. Pearson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in flute performance, a Master’s Degree in flute from Stanford University, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
One of the first Body Mapping Educators in the world, Dr. Pearson authored the acclaimed book Body Mapping for Flutists: What Every Flute Teacher Needs to Know About the Body. She has helped thousands of musicians recover their ability to play with joy and ease with her sold-out workshops and master classes.
Her influence among flute teachers is legendary. Guiding international performers from Brazil to China, Dr. Pearson has taught at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the US Air Force Band, and more than 100 colleges, conservatories, military bases, conferences, camps, and festivals around the globe.
With a career as an active performer, college teacher, and a Kennedy Center Teaching Artist, Dr. Pearson applies her expertise to solving the music industry’s hidden secret: the pain and anxiety caused by traditional methods of instruction. Her chosen legacy is to transform the system of music education so all musicians can fully and freely express their artistic voice.
Lea's teaching is effective, enthusiastic, and joyful. She communicates passion in modeling & teaching.
This class was a real wake-up call and gave me a new perspective. Lea is incredibly knowledgeable about how the body works, as well as over-whelmingly patient, warm and nurturing.
The information you offer & the way you deliver it (with LOVE!) is the most fantastic teaching I have ever been part of.
Easy
Monthly Payment
$99
*automatically renews
Special
Annual Payment
$995
*2 months free
automatically renews annually
Have a Question?
How do I know this will help my teaching?
When I first started teaching this way I couldn’t believe how fast my students progressed, how interested they were in learning, and how much fun it was! I’ve been training teachers for more than 20 years, and each proclaims that this method enriches their teaching and helps them better serve their students. As a bonus, they also improve their own playing!
I’m already too busy, where will I find the time?
Your most basic time commitment is an average of 1 hour per week for classes. Everything beyond that is integrated into your regular teaching and practicing. If you’re on the Certification path, you’ll be spending a little time journaling your responses and doing self- assessments. Occasionally you will be asked to share videos of your teaching.
How will this help me build my studio?
The issue of health and wellness is becoming more prominent among schools and parents. You're likely to be the only teacher in your area with this training. Once certified, you can identify yourself in your publicity materials as a Certified Transformational Teacher, with language explaining what that is. Parents will gravitate to your studio because they know their students will be protected against pain and injury, and will develop a healthy attitude around performing.
What is Body Mapping?
Body Mapping is a cutting-edge method developed specifically for musicians to teach other musicians how to play with ease and freedom. By learning how our bodies are designed to work, we can make better distinctions about how to move when we play. There are more than 80 Licensed Body Mapping Educators worldwide.
What if I don’t know anything about anatomy?
I get it… it can be intimidating. I didn’t know much either when I started teaching about the body. The good news is, I offer only what you need to know (no fancy names). And when you’re guided by curiosity, you can look up anything you want to know and it will stick.
What if I’m just starting out as a teacher?
Then you’re really lucky. You get the value of my 41 years of studio teaching, 24 years of teaching injury prevention, and 4 years of teaching online, along with the collective experience of our group of awesome teachers. You’ll be incorporating healthy teaching practices from the beginning. It’s much easier to make changes when you’re young and flexible
What if I’m already in another training program?
The Transformational Teacher Training Program is unique: there is no other teacher training program with this content. If you’re already training in another program, for example Suzuki, our work will enrich and complement what you learn there, and make you an even better teacher!
I have my own issues of tension and pain. Can I get help through this program?
Absolutely! Everything you learn about teaching you will also be applying to your own playing, because that’s how we learn best. If you need additional help, I’m always available for private sessions.
What time of day are the meetings?
All classes are at 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern time.
What’s the total cost for this program?
Because this is a membership program, you can stay in it as long as you want by paying the monthly fee. If you choose to pay annually, we have a special discount for that. We ask that you participate for the first 2 months, so you will have a full understanding of what you’re getting and how this will change your teaching. After that, if you decide it’s not the right program for you, you may cancel with a 30-day notice. If, however, you choose to take a hiatus, you will be charged the full monthly price of $129 when you rejoin.
What is the difference between the Transformational Teacher Training Program and Body Mapping training?
If you are on track to become a Licensed Body Mapping Educator (LBME), this program will give you important experience practicing your teaching skills, sharing knowledge with other teachers, and further developing your own ideas. You’ll also get hard-to-find mentored teaching. You will not be trained to become a LBME, but you’ll find the work enhances your Body Mapping training.
If you are not interested in becoming a LBME, but want to use Body Mapping in your studio, this is the perfect program for you! You’ll learn basic Body Mapping concepts, and most importantly, how to teach them easily and effectively. There are several Body Mapping Trainees in my current group, and they’ve been coming back every week for over a year because they learn something new each time.
Do I have to be on Facebook?
If you are committed to staying off FB, you won’t miss any of the classes, which will be on Zoom, or resource materials and recordings, which will be in our private web portal. But you will miss some of the content shared by your colleagues. You may want to find a buddy who will forward the most important items to you.
Join the Transformational Teaching Movement
where we are changing lives one lesson at a time
Investment:
Easy
Monthly Payment
$99
*automatically renews
Special
Annual Payment
$995
*2 months free
automatically renews annually