Goals

Somatic Body trains students to become professional facilitators of embodiment, movement, perceptual and relational development. Through the program, students build a toolbag of somatic approaches that can be applied in groups or one-on-one teaching, counseling or training practices in areas of dance, movement, therapy, yoga, bodywork, business, and community action. The training provides the opportunity for students to personally discover their own developmental path, experience the embodiment of all their tissues, and engage in the collective developmental process.

Body Training will instruct students to facilitate the transformation of physical, emotional, and mental patterns through body and movement-based interventions. Students will build a repertoire of competencies, including:

  • Movement/ kinesthetic awareness

  • Embodied anatomy and developmental movement

  • Artistic expression as exploration and integration

  • Somatic change & healing

  • Embodiment education

  • Professional embodied skills of communication

 

Skills

CHRISTINE COLE TRAINS STUDENTS TO BECOME HIGHLY SKILLED IN MOVEMENT FACILITATION, FINELY ARTICULATED MOVEMENT SKILLS, AND AN ABILITY TO MEET PEOPLE WITH JOY, RESPECT, AND SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH SOMATIC BODY PRACTICES, STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHO THEY ARE AND SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDING INTO NEW WAYS TO INTERACT. STUDENTS WILL BE DIRECTED IN HEALTHY WAYS OF LEARNING AND INTERACTING IN A GROUP AND MODALITIES OF ACTIVELY EXCHANGING SOMATIC MATERIAL. THROUGH THE 2-YEAR TRAINING, THEY WILL ACQUIRE ACTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY AND MOVEMENT DEVELOPMENT, LEARN HOW TO LEARN, AND DEVELOP A PERSONAL PRACTICE OF SOMATIC LEARNING AND DISCOVERY.

MENTORING AND COHORT LEARNING PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE MATERIAL IN CO-CREATIVE, INTERACTIVE WAYS. USING THE SKILLS OF WITNESSING, LISTENING, OBSERVING, ENGAGING IN DISCOURSE AND FEEDBACK, STUDENTS BECOME AWARE OF HOW PERSONAL PATTERNS OF STRESS AND RELATIONSHIP ISSUES CAN BE APPROACHED THROUGH THE SOMATIC BODY PRACTICES. STUDENTS LEARN TO ENGAGE IN THE PROFESSIONAL FIELD OF SOMATICS THROUGH ARTICLES, BLOGS, PERFORMANCE, TEACHING, RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION.