Betsy Polatin

Her background includes many years of movement education and performance, as well as training in the Alexander Technique, music, dance, yoga, meditation, trauma resolution, and the broader healing arts. Her work is greatly influenced by the teachings of Spiritual and Meditation Masters.

As a certified Senior Alexander Technique teacher, Betsy has completed two three-year training courses, with Tommy Thompson and Rivka Cohen. Betsy has also participated in extensive postgraduate studies of the Alexander Technique. She has worked with first-generation Alexander Technique teachers Patrick Macdonald, Walter Carrington, Marjory Barlow, Margaret Goldie, and Helen Jones. Betsy also worked extensively with Carl Stough to learn his principles of Breathing Coordination. After Carl passed away in 2000, Betsy was named one of the few successors qualified to teach his work. 

Betsy leads international trainings where she presents her unique and revolutionary fusion of ideas: scientific knowledge combined with ancient wisdom and intuitive human creativity. A sample of her teaching experience includes: Berklee College of Music, Touch and Movement in Trauma Therapy for PESI, Kripalu, The Embodiment Conference, Tanglewood Music Festival, Opera Institute of Boston, Psychotherapy Networker, Performing Arts Medicine Association, U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapy, Science and Nonduality Conference, and International Trauma and Yoga Conferences in the US and abroad.

Since 2016, she has been co-teaching ongoing traveling workshops, themed “Trauma and the Performing Artist” and “Trauma in the Public Eye,” with Peter A. Levine, PhD. She also teaches “Returning to Ourselves, the Wisdom of Trauma,” with Dr. Gabor Maté.

Betsy is the author of the best-seller, HUMANUAL, an Epic Journey to your Expanded Self, and The Actor’s Secret. As a well-known educator, she has published numerous articles in the Huffington Post, and she has a chapter in Dr. Stephen Porges’ new book. She maintains a private practice in Los Angeles and online internationally and has a training/nontraining course. Please visit: HUMANUAL.com