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SomaticBODY Training

IS A 500-HOUR, KINESTHETIC STUDY OF THE BASIC DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS AS THEY ARE EXPRESSED THROUGH THE CELLULAR TISSUES, BODY SYSTEMS, AND THEIR CORRESPONDING RELATIONAL INTERACTIONS.

Students will be guided through their own embodiment of anatomical structures and learn kinesthetically & through observation and movement repatterning, as well as through creative expression in dance, performance, writing, and teaching.

 The principles and techniques learned in this course can be used for personal development and for professional enhancement. We recommended it for anyone interested in movement, dance, yoga, bodywork, somatic studies, education, meditation, and other body-mind disciplines.

STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP THESE SKILLS:

Kinesthetic knowledge of body systems (nervous, skeletal, circulatory, etc.) and developmental movement stages

1. embodied presence and spatial awareness

2. observational and assessment skills to identify developmental patterns, tonal quality, and body systems

3. techniques to address and heal physical injury, trauma, and limiting movement patterns

4. teaching skills, building class curricula

5. touch and movement explorations, play, artistic expression, and nature

6. dance and movement improvisation skills to invite personal expression, invoke intuitive knowing and embrace the unpredictable path of healing

7. relational verbal and non-verbal skills for effective communication with students, clients, and colleagues

8. address current topics in somatic movement education and therapy to enter into a professional discourse in the somatic field

SomaticBODY TEAM

Director Christine Cole

Christine Cole, RSMT, the founder and director of Somatic Body Training Program, is an expert in the embodiment of human development. On the leading edge of research about somatic movement education and therapy, she displays a radical trust in embodied experience as the primary way for groups to co-create knowledge. As a result of 35 years of engaging deeply in learning and teaching the somatic body practices of Body-Mind Centering®, dance/movement, and bodywork, Christine clearly embodies the material and models a deep understanding of how the body’s systems are activated in the developmental stages. A teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, Practitioner of Integrative Acupressure and Infinity Healing, she has taught at the School for Body-Mind Centering® and teaches worldwide. Christine has lifelong practices in Contact Improvisation, Post-Modern and Improvisational Dance, Authentic movement, Improvisational Theater, Authentic Movement, and writing and vocal improvisation.

As an experienced master teacher, Christine

• creates safe spaces to explore personal material

• authentically connects each student to the learning process

• teaches with unabashed directness, compassion, and presence.

• models Somatic Body principles in her teaching and interactions

• stakes out new territory in the material of Body-Mind Centering® and SomaticBODY