First language acquisition takes place in a stress-free environ¬ment, according to Asher, whereas the adult language learning environ¬ment often causes considerable stress and anxiety. The key to stress-free learning is to tap into the natural bio-program for language development and thus to recapture the relaxed and pleasurable experiences that ac¬company first language learning. By focusing on meaning interpreted through movement, rather than on language forms studied in the ab¬stract, the learner is said to be liberated from self-conscious and stressful situations and is able to devote full energy to learning