Floating Neutral
Every joint at the midpoint of its functional range — no gravity, no tension, nothing pulling anywhere.
Body Efficiency Training
The Body
Efficiency Method
The opposite of exercise.
Learn to use more of the body to use less effort.
A system for reorganising the body around structure, geometry, tension, elasticity and awareness. It begins with the natural body and derives a more efficient way of moving, supporting and using it.
The central idea
Conventional exercise asks how much harder you can work. The Body Efficiency Method asks how efficiently the body can work.
The method is not primarily about adding muscular effort. It is about how the body is put together, and what becomes possible once it is organised.
- Organisation
- Alignment
- Geometry
- Structural tension
- Elasticity
- Whole-body connection
- Awareness
Don't add effort. Remove waste.
The book is the foundation
Understand the system.
The Body Efficiency Method book explains the principles from which the system is derived. It is not a collection of exercises.
It explains how to understand the body as a connected structure, and how to derive efficient movement from that structure.
The app is the laboratory
Explore the structure.
The companion app lets you explore the body's geometry, its neutral positions, its structural relationships and its movement — the practical side of the method.
The app will be available to members. Membership is opening soon on The Coherence Studio website.
Book
Understand
App
Explore
Training
Practise
Two ways into the method
The book explains. The app explores.
The Body Efficiency Method book explains the system from first principles. The companion app lets you explore the body's structure and movement directly.
They are separate. The book will be available through the shop. The app will be available to members, with membership opening soon on The Coherence Studio website.
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Level 1 — The Foundations
The natural body, and the three neutral states derived from it.
Natural Body, Whole Body, structural awareness, basic geometry, cantilever structures and foundational movement exploration — explored in the companion app, available to members.
Neutral Stance
The identical joint set, now met by gravity and balanced over the balls of the feet.
Upright Neutral
The same stance, the pelvis rotating under the spine until the spinal axis stands vertical.
The method will continue to develop through progressive training programmes and new app modules.
The methodology
Ten chapters. One idea, developed.
Natural
Recover it.
Whole
Connect it.
Neutral
Centre it.
Structured
Preserve it.
Geometric
Optimise it.
Tensegrity
Strengthen it.
Elastic
Load and release it.
Snake
Make it flow.
Powerful
Amplify it.
Efficient
Apply it.
Why this is different
Not more effort. Better organisation.
The Body Efficiency Method does not begin by asking the body to work harder. It begins by asking whether the body is organised correctly.
When structure, geometry, tension, elasticity and awareness work together, unnecessary effort can be reduced while the whole body contributes to the task.
Create the structure. Let the body do the work.
About Toby Jacobs
Toby Jacobs has spent decades exploring movement, posture, consciousness and the relationship between body and mind.
His work combines practical experience, scientific reasoning and internal disciplines to create the Body Efficiency Method.
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Understand the body.
Organise the structure.
Use less effort.
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