The Body-Mind Centering Association (BMCA) presents exciting, stimulating conferences that offer the latest advances in Body-Mind Centering (BMC℠), including new material from an array of national and international BMC Professionals. BMCA conferences feature experiential presentations, performance, and somatic research from diverse modalities. International conference locations vary every year.  

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Full 2023 conference details: Body-Mind Centering Association
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Onsite or Remote Attendance)
Geneva, New York

On Site Registrants will enjoy 5 days of Live in Person workshops/panels/performances/lectures at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, PLUS access to 5 days of remote offerings on your own device at the conference PLUS recordings of all remote and hybrid offerings for 90 days post conference.

Remote Registrants will have access to 5 days of remote workshops/panels/video performances/lectures in addition to live virtual access to hybrid offerings PLUS recordings of all remote and hybrid offerings for 90 days post conference.

Pay from the Heart is Available! We understand that the fees for the conference may be a barrier for some, and your presence is important for this community. BMCA strives to balance this reality with the sustainability of the association. 

If you are experiencing financial hardship at this time, you can apply to our Pay-from-the-Heart option to set your own attendance fee based on what is sustainable for you, between $50 and $500. This is an option for both the in-person and remote conference. Click Here to Apply! -  After you submit your Pay from the Heart Application you will be sent a discount code within 3 business days.

More details soon: I’ll be facilitating a study group in the studio yurt late fall. The focus of the group will be defined in collaboration with study group participants. There are currently 2 spots left.

Questions: email Wendy: wendy@livinginthebody.com

Body-Mind Centering®. (BMC℠) facilitates self-awareness and a deep understanding of the body that can be applied to any area of self or physical inquiry. Taking BMC work into a performance process, yoga training program or group somatic practice is a way to explore and research embodiment from an anatomical point of view—grounded in the body’s psychophysical and developmental patterns. Classes are developed and evolve in coordination with each client. Class size can be intimate to large-scale.
Location: Living in the Body Studio (livinginthebody.com)

I’ll be teaching in the Somatic Movement Educator Program October-November for the Sonder Movement Project. This program explores the richness of the relationship between body, mind, movement, and touch in the context of our dynamic Embodied Anatomy and Embodied Developmental Movement approach to Somatic Movement Education.

Sonder Movement Project offers Body-Mind Centering® licensed programs in Somatic Movement Education and Infant Developmental Movement Education. Courses and programs are offered in Rhode Island and greater New York. Body-Mind Centering is a somatic practice that explores embodied anatomy and developmental movement in the context of experiential learning, created by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen more than 45 years ago. 

Faculty List and details: sondermsma.com

Sonder Movement Project:
Amy Matthews - Program & Educational Director
Theresa Murphy - Administrative Manager
Locations of trainings are at the Dragon’s Egg in Ledyard, CT (SME) and Babies Project in NYC (IDME).

I’m thrilled to be back for another year of teaching Experiential Anatomy in The Peoples Yoga Teacher Training Program led by Abby Kraai. Details and links below.

DESCRIPTION: The first 200 hours (the immersion) will focus on developing your understanding of yoga as an embodied and evolving process. The last 100 hours (the teacher training) will focus on preparing you to teach. 

This training will place a strong emphasis on developing your own personal practice, practical anatomy, yoga philosophy, and teaching methodology. With a breadth of experience in yoga study and teaching, Abby brings a grounded understanding of yoga as a physical, emotional, and spiritual endeavor.

Drawing on somatic practices such as Body-Mind Centering and the Alexander Technique can at once renew and deepen the experience of yoga. Somatic practices are about getting to know ourselves yet more intimately; entering a safe and informed practice that responds to our ever-changing needs as dynamic organisms and reclaiming the ability to make our own choices about our bodies.

ENROLLMENT CLOSED: Thank you for your interest. Check back in 2023 for next year’s details.

Cost: Full 300-Hour Foundational Teacher Training $
Schedule: Fridays 6-9 PM, Saturdays 9 AM-5 PM, Sundays 9 AM-5 PM
Full Schedule: here
Early Birds: Save $250 before August 27, 2022
200-Hour Immersion: $3,250 (For or those interested in deepening their study of Yoga w/o teaching certification
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Course will include:
Asana, meditation, and pranayama practice (70 hrs)
Asana alignment, cuing, and adjustments (80 hrs)
Anatomy & physiology (50 hrs)
Yoga history & philosophy (50 hrs)
Teaching methods (40 hrs)
Practicum/ capstone project (20 hrs)

Preparing for Caring: support for the transition from the womb to the world
Facilitated by Wendy Hambidge & Sarah-Lu Baker
Oct 12, 2021 - Oct 26, 2021 (3 sessions)
Cost: $200

I’m thrilled to be back for another year of teaching Experiential Anatomy in The Peoples Yoga Teacher Training Program led by Suniti Dernovsek. Details and full list of guest teachers below.

TREASURES OF ENGAGEMENT
In Treasures of Engagement, Suniti Dernovsek offers an immersive training designed to help participants advance their personal practice and develop the pedagogical skills necessary to teach yoga.

Drawing on somatic practices such as Body-Mind Centering and the Alexander Technique can at once renew and deepen the experience of yoga. Somatic practices are about getting to know ourselves yet more intimately; entering a safe and informed practice that responds to our ever-changing needs as dynamic organisms and reclaiming the ability to make our own choices about our bodies.

Cost: Full 300-Hour Foundational Teacher Training $4,750
Schedule: Fridays 6-9 PM, Saturdays 9 AM-5 PM, Sundays 9 AM-5 PM
Full Schedule: here
Early Birds: Save $250 before August 27, 2021
200-Hour Immersion: $3,250 (For or those interested in deepening their study of Yoga w/o teaching certification (1st 10 weeks of the training ending March 6)
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Guest Teachers
Experiential Anatomy: Wendy Hambidge
Speaking from a Clam Heart: Damaris Webb
Alexander Method: Rebecca Harrison
Presence and Difference: Ayanna Drakos and Renee Sills
Embodied Awareness of Power Dynamics: Devon Riley
Business of Yoga: Beth Thompson

The Body-Mind Centering Association (BMCA) presents exciting, stimulating conferences that offer the latest advances in Body-Mind Centering® (BMC℠), including new material from an array of national and international BMC Professionals. BMCA conferences feature experiential presentations, performance, and somatic research from diverse modalities. International conference locations vary every year.  

Full 2021 Conference details: Body-Mind Centering Association
Featured presenter: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Monday, May 17, 8:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
BMC, Race, and Identity: Delving in the Experiential Anatomy of BMC & Improvised Performance with Students in Brazil
Presenters: Wendy Hambidge, Marila Velloso

In October of 2018, on the invitation of Marila Velloso and Tarina Quelho, Wendy experimented with dance and theatre students in Curitiba and Sao Paulo, Brazil in a workshop and performance. First sharing the experiential anatomy of BMC (bones, blood, and skin), then developing an improvisational score sharing “simple” statements of identity and the experience of seeing and being seen and standing together. In this hour we will watch video documentation, including comments from the participants and discussion of the application of BMC in addressing identity and race, both for the participant/performer and the audience. Each session runs for 1 hour & 15 min.

Pay from the Heart Scholarships are available to all! Apply prior to registration.
Deadline to apply: May 10, 2021 (apply here)

THE INTERNATIONAL SOMATIC MOVEMENT EDUCATION & THERAPY ASSOCIATION (ISMETA)

ENGAGING EMBODIMENT: Somatic Applications for Health, Education & Social Justice
I’m excited to present at this year’s Engaging Embodiment conference. Organized by ISMETA, this conference brings together more than 80 of the World’s Leading Somatic Movement Professionals to share how our work in Somatic Movement impacts Health, Education, and Social Justice.

Seeing & Being Seen: Body-Mind Centering®, “Race” and Identity through Bones, Blood & Skin
Wednesday, March 3, 11a-12p (PST)
Facilitated by Wendy Hambidge
Conference cost: $100-$150

Class description: Social Justice work requires deep resilience and a grounded sense of self. It requires the capacity to see each person as an individual with their unique history. How are we seeing? How are we being seen?

Utilizing the experiential anatomy intrinsic to BMC℠, this session will offer resources for cultivating the deep self-awareness, resilience, and empathy required to engage with the work and issues within Social Justice. We will broaden our capacity to embrace a diversity of experience by exploring how we sense and perceive. How are we the same and different?

Arrive in the body and on earth through bones, blood, and skin. With this beginning experience as a base, we will explore how we see, and how we feel being seen. How do we show up? How do we show up when we are comfortable? How do we show up when we are not? Group discussion may be incorporated into the process.
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Conference attendees will explore and learn through in-depth embodied experiences, panel discussions, and roundtable conversations. Whether you are new to somatic movement or an established Registered Somatic Movement Educator or Therapist, we’ve crafted a conference with opportunities to dive deeply into our collective wisdom, nourish our creativity, and honor the tremendous growth of the Somatic Movement profession since ISMETA began in 1988.

If you are unable to attend the entire live event, you can relax in the knowledge that each webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be made available for registrants to enjoy throughout 2021.

The Peoples Yoga Teacher Training Program lead by Suniti Dernovsek

TREASURES OF ENGAGEMENT
In Treasures of Engagement, Suniti Dernovsek offers an immersive training designed to help participants advance their personal practice and develop the pedagogical skills necessary to teach yoga. Wendy will teach experiential anatomy in this year’s training.

Drawing on somatic practices such as Body-Mind Centering and the Alexander Technique can at once renew and deepen the experience of yoga. Somatic practices are about getting to know ourselves yet more intimately; entering a safe and informed practice that responds to our ever-changing needs as dynamic organisms and reclaiming the ability to make our own choices about our bodies.

Cost: 300-Hour Foundational Teacher Training: $4,500
Full Schedule: here

Corporalmente offers a licensed professional educational program in Body-Mind Centering® in Brazil and Uruguay. We have the mission to enhance the professional somatic field in Brazil, Uruguay, and other South American countries.

LIGAMENTOUS & FASCIAL SYSTEM

This course includes:
1. Initiating movement from the ligaments.
2. Facilitating freedom, resilience, strength and integration of the ligaments through touch and repatterning.
3. Releasing ligaments from the restrictions of surrounding tissues.
4. Integrating ligaments into their corresponding fascial planes.

Corporalmente Details: Corporalmente

PRESENTERS: Nicole Bindler, Michele Feldheim, Wendy Hambidge,
Sylvia Maes, and Mariko Tanabe.

STUDENT PRESENTERS: Julie Teetsov and Elissa Weinzimmer

REGISTRATION & FULL DETAILS: Toni Smith | tonismithdance.com
518-629-0034 | tsmith818@nycap.rr.com

I am pleased to announce that I'll be co-facilitating the Moving Within movement education series with my colleague and leading School for Body-Mind Centering (BMC) educator Mary Lou Seereiter. Dive deep into somatic inquiry with 4 essential BMC course offerings that span the realms of perception, reflexes, and developmental movement. Courses may be taken as a series or individually and are open to all. Class size limited. Register to reserve your spot to delve deep into BMC’s approach to understanding movement, the body, and consciousness.

SCHEDULE & FEES 2019 - 2020

Senses & Perception: October 19 - 20, 26 - 27, 2019 - $540
Senses & Perception: December 7 - 8, 14 - 15, 2019 - $540
Ontogenetic Development: January 11 - 12, 17, 18, - 19, 2020 - $675
Basic Neurocellular Patterns: April 18 - 19, 25 - 26, May 1, 2, 3, 2020 - $945
Primitive Reflexes, Righting Reactions & Equilibrium Responses, (RRR’s): May 30 & 31,
June 6 & 7, 13 & 14, 2020 - $810

Location: Living in the Body Studio (livinginthebody.com)
Registration + full details: Program Director, Mary Lou Seereiter, mary@movingwithin.com | 541.767.2697 | movingwithin.com

These courses are part of the Somatic Movement Educator Program and count toward certification from the School for Body-Mind Centering. Courses can be taken individually or as a full sequence. These are the four core developmental courses for the Somatic Movement Educator Program and the Infant Developmental Movement Educator Program, IDME. These are the courses required prior to completing IDME 1, 2.

Capacity limited to 6 participants. Priority provided to those taking the full course series (4 courses).

The Body-Mind Centering Association (BMCA) presents exciting, stimulating conferences that offer the latest advances in Body-Mind Centering (BMC), including new material from an array of national and international BMC Professionals. BMCA conferences feature experiential presentations, performance, and somatic research from diverse modalities. International conference locations vary every year.  

Full 2019 conference details: Body-Mind Centering Association
Featured presenter: August 6/7, Ann Cooper Albright

Self and Other
Valuing Self and Other acknowledges difference and begins to reveal our vibrant interdependence. What somatic practices or rituals foster our ability to meet with a deeper awareness of Self, while finding discovery and heartfelt respect for Other? Can we meet without assuming another’s experience? What does somatic research bring forth?

The Fluid Body: A Somatic Journey

The Body-Mind Centering Association (BMCA) presents exciting, stimulating conferences that offer the latest advances in Body-Mind Centering (BMC), including new material from an array of national and international BMC Professionals. BMCA conferences feature experiential presentations, performance, and somatic research from diverse modalities. International conference locations vary every year.  

Full 2017 conference details: Body-Mind Centering Association
Featured presenters: Barbara Dilley, Jens Johannsen, Nina Martin, Andrea Olsen, and Wendell Beavers

BMC Summer in Asheville! The Kinesthetic Learning Center is excited to announce the University of North Carolina in Asheville as the new location of the Body-Mind Centering summer programs.

• Embryological Development: 4 days, July 5 - 8
• Ontogenetic Development: 5 days, July 5 - 10
• Muscular System: 9 days, July 12 - 22

KLC will register students for on-campus housing with single or double occupancy, walking distance to downtown. A Farmers Market is held on-campus every Saturday morning. Asheville, NC "#1 Best in the U.S. Travel Destination, 2017", Lonely Planet

Join Wendy and Suniti Dernovsek for an in-depth experience with downward facing dog. We will embody our skeletal structure to understand its role in this foundational asana. By virtue of the bones knowing themselves, alignment becomes dynamic—not a formula, the complexity of form clarifies. We will learn to reference our personal experience and develop a sense of one's own body. Through movement, models, pictures, and touch students will bring clarity to downward facing dog. What is discovered can be applied to a wide range of poses.

Cost: $40/class | $140/4 classes
Saturdays: 2:00 - 4:00 PM (May 13 & 20th; June 3 & 10)
May 13: Mississippi Location: 855 N. Failing St. | All other dates: 3016 NE Killingsworth St.

Join Wendy for a weekend of learning about the organs from an experiential anatomy approach that will deepen the relationship to your personal asana practice and your body from the inside out.

Our organs provide us with a fullness of expression and resilience. They are three-dimensional internal support. Vital and essential, they maintain life. 

Cost: $250
Schedule: Friday: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm & 2:00 - 5:00 pm | Sunday:  9:00 am – 12:30 pm & 2:00 - 5:00 pm

Test_3 - Anatomy in Movement: The following course is part of the Anatomy in Movement series, and is offered at the Yoga Shala of Portland as part of their Teacher Training program. It is open to the public. For registration information, please contact Yoga Shala: info@yogashalapdx.com, or register online at: courses.

Test_4: Prenatal

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