Laberge-Côté’s guiding principles for teachers:

• Consider the state of mind in which movement occurs to be just as crucial as the movement itself.

• Consider class environment to be just as critical

as class content.

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Talk to students about the non-fixity of their minds and bodies.

Praise students only for things they can directly control, such as effort and commitment.

Be clear about what needs to be achieved and how it should be done.

Make sure that the class environment is focused and without disturbance.

Push students beyond their comfort zone, while giving them positive reinforcement for their accomplishments.

Communicate a sense of satisfaction to the class.

Build a sense of collectivity among classmates.

Work with humour.

Encourage students to connect with their creativity through the use of their imaginations.

Make working with guided mental imagery, and building mental stamina for it, an essential part of daily training.

Foster the ability to work with paradox, unknowingness, discomfort and impossibility.

Offer a range of approaches and purposes in the practice.

Describe the work as an explorative process, as opposed to a goal-oriented procedure.

Remind the dancers to keep looking for pleasure, sensuality, curiosity and empowerment within the practice.