Sisyphus Rocks Education seminars present three different kinds of learning to classroom teachers and administrators.

We teach techniques that help teachers integrate their mental and physical intelligence. These mind-body methods transform stress and liberate creative thinking in the classroom. The Alexander Technique is the basis of our mind-body education module.

To cultivate Active Attention, we introduce games and performance challenges that are typically outside of your comfort zone. Most people have no problem paying attention to activity that is pleasant or within their competence; the difficulty often arises when people are asked to direct their attention to unfamiliar tasks. We assign unusual tasks - rhythm games and division of attention exercises - and each participant's attention span and ability to actively direct his or her attention is challenged and developed.

An ongoing series of exercises with increasing challenge and complexity is available for students as they advance in this practice. This second learning module depends on the first: the ability to practice Active Attention is largely reliant upon each person's developing practice of Mind-Body integration.

The first two modules of our program focus in individual capacity. The final component of our training combines the first two and brings them into the realm of group activity. For our Team Cooperation Initiative, we have developed a set of exercises and performance challenges that rely on a group's ability to practice Mind-Body Balance and Active Attention together as an integrated unit.

This work - many of our participants observe-creates real life stress. This is our intention! In turn, we create opportunities for pausing in the midst of activity and for applying the mind-body and directed attention activities we have taught.

The key components of effective group work are communication skills: looking, listening, and exchanging information. These rely upon individual Active Attention skills, which in turn are governed by the level of Mind-Body integration. Through the application of group games, division of attention exercises, and performance challenges, we create a laboratory for applying Mind-Body Integration and Active Attention. In a one-day or two-day seminar, we transform your group into a Team.

Many of our techniques and exercises are designed to help teachers teach more effectively, with less stress and greater communication among themselves and their students. Some of our exercises are appropriate for the kids themselves. These will be clearly identified and discussed in the course of each learning module.