Coordi is a movement practice to keep your mind sharp and your body in motion.
LIFE IN BALANCE
Through Coordi exercises, we calibrate our physicality using opposing shapes and rhythms, cultivating an integrated awareness, balance and body intuition.
ABOUT JAMES
James Sewell created the concept of Coordi throughout his career as a ballet dancer, choreographer and artistic director. With early years as a gymnast, instrumentalist and magician, James has studied the unique ways the human body can move and create since childhood. His work as founder and artistic director of James Sewell Ballet in Minneapolis involved choreographic processes based in multiple coordination, improvisation techniques, and body puzzles for over 30 years. Alongside his yoga and meditation practices, James is inspired to create new ways to engage and align the body and mind.
What Our PEOPLE Say
“I am consistently fascinated with James’s class. I always feel like I’ve gotten a physical and brain workout. I always learn new things.”
— TAMA A.
“I am going on 88 years old and Coordi has helped my balance as well as commitment to exercise.”
— MARY J.
OFFERINGS
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Live Classes
Join James on Zoom for Coordi Live every Wednesday at 10:30am CST. No experience necessary.
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Membership
Gain access to the entire library of Coordi classes, specialized curriculums with focus areas and additional sensory programs.
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Individual Work
James is available as a consultant for one on one programs with individuals facing specific challenges.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
How is Coordi different from Yoga and Tai Chi?
Yoga and tai chi deepen your relationship with a single movement tradition. Coordi trains your brain to run multiple movement channels simultaneously — a different kind of challenge with different neurological benefits.
Do I need movement experience to do Coordi?
No — and this is one of the things that makes Coordi unusual. Almost everything you encounter in class will be genuinely new, regardless of your background. Professional dancers, athletes, and complete beginners all start in the same place with the coordination puzzles. What matters isn’t what you already know — it’s your willingness to try something unfamiliar.
What are the benefits of Coordi training?
Cognitive sharpness — the coordination challenges keep your brain forming new neural pathways.
Balance — including balance that doesn’t depend on visual cues.
Body awareness — staying connected to where you actually are physically from day to day.
Bilateral coordination — training your left and right sides to work independently and together.
Spatial awareness — understanding your body in space through movement and sound.
Rhythm and timing — fundamental to physical confidence and fall prevention.
Joy — movement as play and puzzle rather than obligation.
How does Coordi help with balance?
Most balance training works with your eyes open. Coordi goes further. The spatial audio in many exercises trains your vestibular system — your inner ear’s sense of where you are in space — independently of what your eyes are telling you. Over time this builds the kind of balance that doesn’t depend on visual cues. That’s the balance that matters when you slip, when it’s dark, when you turn your head quickly. Your body learns to know where it is without having to look
Beyond that, Coordi trains you to stay in contact with your actual physical state from day to day. Your body changes — sometimes you’re more grounded, sometimes less. The movement work helps you notice and adapt to where you actually are, rather than where you think you should be.
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