Body-Mind Centering BMC®Body-Mind Centering, integrates movement re-education and hands-on repatterning. The work is based on the rich and varied sources of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology and developmental principles. At the core of our courses are detailed approaches to access and explore each body-system and their integration in the patterning of our movement. We do this in a range of dynamic and physically active ways, and learn through our personal processes. Our experiences are the ground from which we work with others. This revolutionary approach is founded in the fullness of our very own sensory experience. The journey we take leads to greater awareness and deeper understanding of ourselves as human beings. It helps to understand how the mind is expressed through the body, and the body through the mind.
The programs and courses present detailed and specific approaches to the personal embodiment of our cells, our body systems and our developmental patterns. The principles and techniques learned in our courses can be used for personal development and for professional enhancement. This work is currently being used by people in movement, dance, yoga, bodywork, physical and occupational therapy, psychotherapy, child development, education, voice, music, art, meditation, athletics and other body-mind disciplines.
Our programs, courses and workshops are for you,
- If you have an interest in exploring the body-mind relationship in a direct, experiential, and embodied way.
- If you are looking for a comprehensive approach to working with others in a profound and dynamic way using body, mind, movement and touch.
- If you want to become a professional in the field of Somatic Education and Therapy.
- If you are already working in the fields of Somatics, movement, and/or bodywork and want to enhance your skills with a detailed, grounded, heartful and integrated approach.
All body systems and developmental movement courses in Years 1 and 2 may be taken as individual courses or combined to fit your area of interest. It is also possible to combine courses of the School for Body-Mind Centering offered in different countries. No prior experience with Body-Mind Centering® is required. There are no prerequisites for entering the courses or the program.
Certification Programs licensed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
and the School for Body-Mind Centering (SBMC)
The School for Body-Mind Centering (www.bodymindcentering.com) was founded by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen more than 30 years ago in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Under her direction the school offers programs in the US. Certification Programs licensed by Bonnie Binbridge Cohen and SBMC are currently offered in Italy (www.lebensnetz.it), in France (www.soma-france.org), in the UK (www.embody-move.co.uk) and in Slovenia (www.babyfit.sk). Also in Brazil (www.corporalmente.com.br ) and in North Carolina (www.bmc-nc.com ). These programs garantuee certification by the School For Body-Mind Centering as Somatic Movement Educators and BMC Practitioners (and IDMEducators).
moveus GbR
moveus GbR is a Gesellschaft des bürgerlichen Rechts (GbR). It was founded in April 2007 by Jens Johannsen, Friederike Tröscher and Thomas Greil to host the BMC Certification Program. The program is licensed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and the School for Body-Mind Centering to certify graduates of the BMC Certification Program as Somatic Movement Educators, Infant Developmental Movement Educators and BMC Practitioners. The site of the GbR is Cologne, Germany. moveus GbR rents the place in the Eiffel to run the BMC Certification courses.