Since time immemorial the 'piece of string' idea has been taught. ie If you move the stick forward, the imaginary piece of string through your sleeves requires you to pull the stick back, and vice versa.
So, it appears that we come down to this. There are two paths for the student pilot to follow:
(1) read, absorb, understand and apply the fundamental principles lucidly explained in
Stick and Rudder; or
(2) attempt to master 'helpful' memory aids that are based upon "imaginary strings" and similar artificial concepts.