Category: Movement

what is soma?

“A soma isn’t a body and it isn’t a mind; it’s the living process…

Everything whatsoever is movement: reality is movement. Life is a movement process, and the soma is a process of unified movement…

We are never permanently structured in any sense.”

(Thomas Hanna, Somatics: ..Journal of the Bodily Arts and Sciences, 1991)

flight

invitation

 most of the time what you fear has already  happened.

 You fear the unremembered or unresolved  past.

When you finally feel safe and supported to fully embrace that,

the future opens

clear and inviting.

What is Body-Mind Centering (BMC?)

Body-Mind Centering®  (BMC) is a pioneering body-centered therapy method which incorporates bodywork, and movement. cultivating awareness and integration between touch, movement, breathing, voice, and thought.  BMC was developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, a dancer, intrepid researcher, occupational and neurodevelopmental therapist.    “The study of Body-Mind Centering is a creative process in which we learn to meet and recognize ourselves and others through the exploration of embodiment.  Each person is both the student and the subject matter.  Principles and techniques are taught in the context of self-discovery and openness.  We learn to engage ourselves and others non-judgementally starting at the place where we are and the place where others are.  In this way we seek to find the ease that underlies transformation.” (www.bodymindcentering.com)

Body Mind Centering® has applications to a broad range of physical, emotional and social issues, including infant development, yoga, pregnancy and post partum care, sports, dance, theater, martial arts, creative process, trauma, and more.

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen