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Find balance, equanimity, and freedom of movement,
a powerful combination for transformation
Andrée Martin
I’ve been fortunate to have found my “ikigai”, that coming-together of one's passion, mission, and strengths, twice in my life. Having spent my life in music, as a performer and educator with twenty-two years of college teaching experience, I found my way to Body Mapping and mindfulness meditation because of a career-ending performance injury (more on that here).
The skills learned and practiced in Body Mapping and meditation can help find balance, equanimity, and freedom of movement, a powerful combination for transformation!
Learn more about my training from the Association for Body Mapping Education and Brown University’s Center for Mindfulness.
The Course
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
10am - 5:30 pm The Complete Body Mapping course
10 am -1 pm Introduction to Body Mapping Principles, Balance, Arms
1 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch Break*
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Breathing, Legs, Body Mapping Masterclass
Where? Oak Grove United Methodist Church
1722 Oak Grove Rd, Decatur, GA 30033
Parking is free!
*Multiple lunch options nearby
Body Mapping Course with Dr. Andrée Martin
Course: $150
Designed to bring awareness to tension and movement habits, this course will focus on balance, arm and leg movement, and breathing. Body mapping trains musicians to replace faulty
body maps with correct maps in order to rely on our bony structure to support our weight and allow for effortless movement.
Developed by Alexander Technique teachers Bill and Barbara Conable, Body Mapping has grown to encompass a teacher training program through the Association for Body Mapping Education and is taught in university music schools and conservatories throughout the world.
Body Mapping Lessons with Dr. Andrée Martin
Hourly Cost: $75
Interested in learning more? Private Body Mapping lessons will offer an opportunity to explore your movement and tension habits with and without your instrument.
Professor of Music at the Schwob School of Music, Andrée is a Licensed Body Mapping Educator and a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher (Brown University). She has taught Body Mapping at universities throughout the U.S. and as a guest clinician for the Seattle Flute Club, the Atlanta Flute Club, and the Las Vegas Flute Society. She has published several articles on performance health in Flute Talk, The Flutist Quarterly, and Atlanta Flute Club Newsletters.
The greatest gift you can give the world is to be at peace with yourself.
I have also been trained to teach the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course from Brown University's Center for Mindfulness. Learn more about my MBSR course here!
Dr. Martin's course elicited a number of epiphanies regarding the interconnectedness of all functions of the skeletal/muscular structure, helping me to realize the sources of my tension rather than focusing purely on the areas where I experienced pain.
While I still have much to learn and adapt in the field of body mapping, I can say that Dr. Martin's insights have set me on a path of mindfulness and inquisitiveness that will only lead to increased ease and confidence in my performances. I highly recommend her course to anyone with a history of tension or insecurity in their music making!
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