ISRAEL SBT Training - JOIN us NOW or take one Professional Module
Nov
1
to May 3

ISRAEL SBT Training - JOIN us NOW or take one Professional Module

It is possible to join the NEW Professional PROGRAM in Israel or take an individual module as a professional boost in embodied Somatics.

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.

Having fulfilled all the requirements of the program, you will receive a Somatic BODY certificate, which will allow you to become a member of the international association ISMETA International Association of the Somatic Movement.

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Radical Somatics & CI
Feb
20
to Feb 24

Radical Somatics & CI

  • Siam Square Healing Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Radical SOMATICS and CI - brought to you by Master teacher Christine Cole, teacher of BMC, director of the SomaticBODY Training, and lifelong CI dancer. The guiding principle here is to enliven, clarify, support, and entice people to be PRESENT, to play, to engage, and show up for the dance. Christine will share some explorations, bodywork and of course CI - This might be on the inner ear practicing equilibrium, or the organs for greater fullness, synapses for surprisingly clear choice making, or fluids to allow for different rhythms of dancing and weight shifting. I’m so happy to be back on Koh Pangan, this special place for CI and community!

Siam Healing Center, Koh Pangan

Feb 20-25 10-14:00 each day

price: 150 Euro

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Muscles & Kinesthetic Integration 7-day intensive Israel
Oct
1
to Oct 7

Muscles & Kinesthetic Integration 7-day intensive Israel

Мышцы и Кинестетическая интеграция

Это глубокое погружение в СУТЬ соматики: ОСОЗНАННОЕ ДВИЖЕНИЕ и способность к активному действию в жизни, в отношениях, семье и во взаимодействии с природой!

Мы будем изучать способы повышения осознанности в движении, улучшать способность оценивать и измерять, развивать мелкую моторику и силу. Этот процесс зависит от поступления энергии через наши митохондрии, потока.

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Contact Improv Retreat Facilitated by Christine Cole
Apr
18
12:00 PM12:00

Contact Improv Retreat Facilitated by Christine Cole

May 11-14, 2023

With a bonus “come early option” for an extra day and workshop with Christine on May 10th!

Retreat Description:

Join us at WildHeart in the New York Hudson Valley for a 3 night/4 day immersion into Contact Improvisation (CI).

During this retreat you will be invited to connect to yourself, to others, to the land & the  spaces through the practice of CI. We will honor ourselves and our own truths as we place ourselves in community with each other, caring for all. In addition to open jam time, you can look forward to a variety of CI classes and warm-ups, meditation, singing, cold plunging, campfires, quiet alone time, walks in the woods, and personal check-ins.

We will co-create the container. We will have a few open slots for classes and other offerings from the group. Everyone will spend some time in the kitchen, working alongside our chef to prepare food and clean.

All levels of experience are welcome. There may be 1 or 2 classes offering basic CI skills, but there is more of an emphasis on open jamming. People who are newer to dancing CI are welcome to come and dive in!

We have a small studio space, so we are limiting the number of participants to 12 (plus 3 WildHeart residents). We hope this will allow our dancing to have plenty of space and our connections within the group to be deep and rich!

Our hope is that different housing options, a sliding scale program fee, and 2 free BIPOC spots help make this retreat accessible. 


More info/ registration:

https://www.wildheartcenter.art/

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ORGANS - a professional deep dive
Apr
9
to Apr 16

ORGANS - a professional deep dive

In the third SBT module, students will explore the organs. Each organ has its own function for the functioning of the body, expressing itself in dance and through emotion in a wide range of ways: the digestive tract expresses the relationship of taking in and letting go;  lungs offer the exquisite and delicate act of breathing; the spiral heart grows from blood circulation of the embryo. Organs also have their methods of communication. This module will tap into the enteric nervous system, which is independent of the brain and operates with a wide range of chemical and microbiome choice-making and collaboration. The Autonomic Nervous system will also be investigated, with a focus on the vagus and sympathetic nerves, which provide the rhythm of wellbeing and trust from within the body. 


The study of embryonic development will continue, and focus on the development of organs, heart, and sexual organs. The sexual organs eventually harbor the germ cells that protect the DNA from mutations and changes in order to pass them on to the next generation. The pathway of the germ cells is a fantastic journey through the body.

Organs are useful in diagnosing clients well being and alignment. Specific organs support developmental movement patterns.The organs FILL us, they provide a fullness and depth to our movement and expression in life

Pay here in ILS

Call Nitzan for multiple payments or info : WhatsApp +972 54-566-3996

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How to not kill yourself doing 1970'd Contact Improvisation
Mar
17
to Mar 19

How to not kill yourself doing 1970'd Contact Improvisation

This workshop will prepare your body for an ALIVE dance.

IN the early days dancers threw themselves at each other, we will build trust and resilience in the group to build these wild contact situations. We will go directly to the REFLEXES - bringing up your RESPONSE - Tone - to be 3 dimensionally available and ready for the dance to unfold in unpredictable ways, while having soft resilience.

We will bring in the rebound of the fascia and the fullness of the organs through the Body-Mind Centering approach - and learn to frolic like toddlers (Developmental Movement).

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CI Performance y Creación Colectiva
Mar
17
to Mar 19

CI Performance y Creación Colectiva

The Contact Improvisation pioneers actively discovered the form through the collective spirit - traveling, living and “performing” together, through novel play and trust, opening up to a radical presence.

We are bringing Christine Cole back to Madrid after the great experience last November! She exposes the collective practice of the CI pioneers as they birthed CI.
This time she will introduce new elements to prepare your body for a LIVE dance, make you three-dimensionally available and present for dances that unfold in unpredictable ways, while maintaining a gentle capacity for resilience.

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 Embryology Intensive Israel
Nov
29
to Dec 3

Embryology Intensive Israel

Embryology Intensive - Is the First Module of the SomaticBODY Training!

This winter we are offering an OPEN embryology workshop: Taking this module meets the requirements of the Moscow SomaticBODY Training (this includes the Pre-Spinal Patterns for students of SBTM )

4.5 days

Immerse yourself in the basics of embryological development and its expression in movement and touch, we will spend time learning, discussing, and moving.

This covers conception, the first week, differentiation of the 3 layers, organ development, nervous system, bones, muscle, fascia, and we establish a midline.

Our emphasis will be on cellular communication and choice making, differentiation, Migration patterns and blood/ heart development to the placenta.

The focus of this first SBT workshop is the pre-birth development that takes place in the oceanic environment of the womb. Students are introduced to the methods of somatic inquiry, movement exploration, and touch. The workshop will be both meditative, somatic as well as offer times to move/ dance as well as support processes through hands-on touch.

The body begins creating its form during embryological development. As tissues and structures develop, some will remain within the body, some are transformed into other structures, and yet others fade into the background, no longer existing or recognizable as the original structure. As with all development, the original processes leave deep-rooted patterns and templates that affect movement, mind, and spirit. The somatic exploration of the embryological developmental process leads to the discovery of the primal roots of the body-mind's structure, perception, presence, and flow.

In this workshop the Prevertebral Patterns/ oceanic /in-womb movements will be introduced. This workshop is for movers, dancers, yoga practitioners, bodyworkers, and those from other body-mind disciplines interested in unraveling the mystery of embryological development as it relates to cellular consciousness, and movement.

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The History of BMC & Contact, Madrid, Spain
Nov
19
to Nov 20

The History of BMC & Contact, Madrid, Spain

https://sincroniaestudio.com/evento/la-historia-de-bmc-y-contact-improvisation/

“O COMO SOBREVIVIERON LOS PRIMEROS CONTACTEROS”

«Volviendo al Contact Improvisation de 1970, ¿cómo exploraban antes de saber qué era el Contact Improvisación? ¿Y antes de las jams? Volvamos al origen de algunos de los calentamientos y ejercicios y lancémonos al círculo.

¿Cómo contribuyó Body-Mind Centering® a la forma, los calentamientos y los ejercicios? ¿Cómo la gente se mantenía a salvo en los primeros días de bailes imprudentes, arriesgándose y lanzándose por todos lados?

¡Christine Cole hará una demostración de estas primeras sesiones de improvisación y te enseñará habilidades para recuperar algo de la libertad salvaje de estos primeros bailarines!

Los patrones de desarrollo, básicamente el movimiento del Bebé y del Niño Pequeño, cerca del suelo y entrando y saliendo de él, ¿apoyan la enseñanza de Contact Improvisation (CI)? ¿Cómo lidiar con la gravedad y permitir que el momentum se dispare?

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen y Nancy Stark-Smith eran amigas y hacían intercambios profesionalmente – CI y BMC® crecieron juntos. Nancy pertenece a la creación del Contact Improvisation, eran parte de la cultura de comunidad de los años 70, donde el trabajo y la vida se entrelazan. Finalmente, Nancy y Contact Quarterly sacaron el trabajo (BMC®) de Bonnie de la sombra y lo convirtieron en palabras, difundiendo el trabajo que la mayoría de los Maestros de Contact absorbieron, compartieron y exploraron ampliamente.

Christine Cole encontro el CI en Freiburg en 1981 y mantiene esta práctica e investigación hasta el día de hoy. Se convirtió en maestra de Body-Mind Centering®, maestra de Contact Improvisation y vivió en el oeste de Massachusetts, donde residían tanto Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen como Nancy Stark Smith, por lo que tuvo acceso a ambas líderes en su campo, crearon un festival donde hablaron sobre su historia, su trabajo y su conexión.

Christine dirige las formaciones de SomaticBODY en Europa, Israel y los EE. UU. y ha enseñado somática usando CI durante este tiempo, como una técnica de movimiento versátil y viva que se basa en relacionarse a través del movimiento, momentum y tiempo.

¿QUIEN ES CHRISTINE COLE?

Christine Cole (USA), la fundadora y directora del programa de entrenamiento de SomaticBody (https://www.embodyourlife.com/), es una experta en la corporeización del desarrollo humano. En la vanguardia de la investigación sobre la educación del movimiento somático y la terapia, muestra una confianza radical en la experiencia corporizada como la forma primordial para que los grupos co-creen conocimiento. Como maestra de BMC® ha enseñado en la Escuela para Body-Mind Centering® y llevó su enseñanza a todo el mundo. Christine Cole fundó CI en Freiburg en 1981 y mantiene esta práctica e investigación hasta el día de hoy. Además de maestra de Contact Improvisation, Christine tiene prácticas de toda la vida en danza posmoderna e improvisación, movimiento auténtico, teatro de improvisación, escritura y entrenamiento vocal. Como maestra experimentada, Christine, crea espacios seguros para explorar material personal, conecta auténticamente cada participante con el proceso de aprendizaje, enseña con franqueza, compasión y presencia desvergonzadas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJf5sanOwbQ



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Sep
30
to Oct 1

The Origins of Movement SomaticBODY & BMC INTENSIVE

  • Choreographers Association Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Can we re-ignite the true motivation, inspiration, and identity of our actions and our PLAY? - How does desire become movement? How can we re-link the mind to the body?

This workshop will be all about somatic inquiry and re-discovery of our MOVEMENT roots!

Expect us to dig down as far as vibration, and early movement of cells as well as developmental patterns and touch.

The senses rely on movement. They perceive movement and refine movement. Sensing developed through movement. When drained of movement, action, or engagement, sensing itself runs dry and loses touch with the wholeness of our being.

We will re-invigorate the un-separated body that moves, senses, thinks, and feels. We will invite studies in Embryology, Developmental patterns and Fluids. We will relate to movement practices, such as dance, and mostly remember to reframe movement as the base of all connection and social engagement. We would like to give you the tools and experience to bodily & politically re-place movement into the center and core of our human being developed together with movement and drained of movement, action, or engagement, sensing itself runs dry and loses touch with the wholeness of our being.

In these 5 days we will re-invigorate the un-separated body that moves, senses, thinks, and feels, we will invite studies in Embryology, Developmental patterns, Fluid movement, movement practices, & movent as connection and social engagement. We would like to give you the tools and experience to bodily & politically re-place movement into the center and core of our human being.

The senses rely on movement, they perceive movement, to refine movement. Can we re-ignite the true motivation, inspiration, and identity of our actions, our PLAY? - What are we drawn towards? How does desire become movement? Expect us to dig down as far as Brownian movement, vibration, and early movement of cells. We are offering 7 sessions in the 5 days, starting at 4 pm on the first day, we will also be available for private sessions in SomaticBODY

This all will happen at beautiful Gomarduli Zen Garden, where you have access to mountains, fields with cows, kittens, yummy vegetarian food, and good company.

gomarduli.life - contact Gomarduli Zen Garden directly to arrive early or stay late and click here for MUCH more info on the retreat center HERE

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Tensegrity/Ligaments/Fascia
Jun
17
to Jun 21

Tensegrity/Ligaments/Fascia

Тенсегрити / Связки / Фасции

Наше соматическое понимание фасции - это врата к пониманию себя и отношений между внутренним и внешним пространством. Мы не только можем обнаружить живость в нашем свойстве тенсегрити, нашей внутренней направляющей силе, мы также можем научиться подключаться к сети сообщества.

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Embryonic Meditations/ The Birth of the Neuro- Glial system
Jun
14
to Aug 16

Embryonic Meditations/ The Birth of the Neuro- Glial system

Weekly opportunities to be nurtured: Christine Cole will guide you into the many ways this embodied memory of our embryological processes can be recalled. You can re-enter this state of deep inner connection, cellular agency, and communication, beautiful ways to refresh each of your systems. Allow yourself to listen and meditate, allow this to inspire movement to unfold and reveal your generative body, learn, draw, write your personal insights, and inspirations. We will have time to share our experiences, our research, and questions!

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 Baby Development Course
Jun
2
to Jun 5

Baby Development Course

Курс Развития Ребенка
2-5 июня, Москва
13:00-17:00

Узнайте о соматической работе с младенцами и о реальном процессе развития ребенка.

Для этого блока мы рады пригласить Анку Седлацкову (Anka Sedlačková), танцовщицу из Словакии и соучредителя ассоциации Babyhit - пространства для соматического исследования в движении, образования и поддержки детей и семей.

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MAY 18, 2022 : MASTER CLASS Elegant Sequencing
May
18
6:30 PM18:30

MAY 18, 2022 : MASTER CLASS Elegant Sequencing

The study of our motion/ actions in the world - This is a very special invitation to study developmental movement in these masterclasses on the BMC and SOmaticBODY approach to the muscles, which set our tone, our ability to articulate and create relationships in our life. How do you initiate? How do you sustain your flow? How do you turn your dreams and plans into motion?

The practice includes: tracing muscles, learning their pathway and action, drawing, dancing, demonstrations, and movement explorations.

May 18, 2022: MASTER CLASS Elegant Sequencing
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM (WEDNESDAY)
at הטחנה, The Mill, Sha'ar Ha'amakim

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Free ONLINE Somatic Teaching LAB
May
4
12:00 PM12:00

Free ONLINE Somatic Teaching LAB

May 4th ONLINE 12 noon EST - 19:00 Moscow/ Israel

ENLIVEN your Somatic Practice. Create a practice, that allows you to shine & processes to grow in your capacity to engage with students and create a learning environment.

Great opportunity to talk about teaching Somatics!!! Christine Cole will guide you through a teaching lab, with time for some one-on-one coaching in the last half hour!

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 Master classes in BMC IMMERSION INTO THE MUSCLES  -  THE ART OF KINESTHETIC REPATTERNING
May
1
to May 21

Master classes in BMC IMMERSION INTO THE MUSCLES - THE ART OF KINESTHETIC REPATTERNING

The study of our motion/ actions in the world - This is a very special invitation to study developmental movement in these masterclasses on the BMC and SOmaticBODY approach to the muscles, which set our tone, our ability to articulate and create relationships in our life. How do you initiate? How do you sustain your flow? How do you turn your dreams and plans into motion?

The practice includes: tracing muscles, learning their pathway and action, drawing, dancing, demonstrations, and movement explorations.

You may take a few classes, a series or all! Anatomy Labs 70 ILS, Masterclasses 150 ILS ALL 1250 ILS

Tel Aviv May 2-21 - 3 WEEKS

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Spine Skeletal - Introduction Developmental Patterns is Happening!
Apr
13
to Apr 17

Spine Skeletal - Introduction Developmental Patterns is Happening!

Позвоночник и скелет - Введение в наземные паттерны
13 -17 Апреля 2022

В процессе изучения развития мы покинем океаническую фазу и допозвоночные паттерны движения и перейдем на сушу, таким образом превращая хрящи в кости! Сопротивление силе тяжести и гравитации с помощью костей и суставов позволяет нам легко перемещаться в пространстве.

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Embryonic Meditations with Christine Cole
Apr
12
to May 10

Embryonic Meditations with Christine Cole

Weekly opportunities to be nurtured: Christine Cole will guide you into the many ways this embodied memory of our embryological processes can be recalled. You can re-enter this state of deep inner connection, cellular agency, and communication, beautiful ways to refresh each of your systems. Allow yourself to listen and meditate, allow this to inspire movement to unfold and reveal your generative body, learn, draw, write your personal insights, and inspirations. We will have time to share our experiences, our research, and questions!

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The Fluid Spiral of Hearing
Apr
7
to Apr 9

The Fluid Spiral of Hearing

April 7 - 9
Israel - location to be determined (TBD)

The Fluid Spiral of Hearing
Somatic Explorations into Movement

The different fluids of the body are expressed in different rhythms as flow: the beating of arterial blood versus the waltz of venous, the round containment of the cellular versus the motion between cells of interstitial, the lymphatic, clarifying, pulling itself back to the blood, the heart, and the cranial sacral fluid in its own slow tide.

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Embryonic Breathing - 3 more Wednesdays in March
Mar
16
to Mar 30

Embryonic Breathing - 3 more Wednesdays in March

You are invited to 3 more Wednesdays of ONLINE PRACTICE OF EMBRYONIC BREATHING!

In these times it is valuable to reach deep into the support that flows in you. Your embryonic breath is accessible still to you: the breath that underlies our air breath.

JOIN me on for any or all Wednesdays in March: 16, 23, 30th for a live practice and Q&A. We are making it possible to donate or to continue taking it for free-which is really really fine!
Time: 12:00 -1:00 PM Eastern Time (USA) 20:00 Moscow

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 Embryology Intensive II
Feb
16
to Feb 20

Embryology Intensive II

ОТКРЫТЫЙ семинар по эмбриологии, соответствующий требованиям Московской программы обучения SomaticBODY.

Часть II охватывает первую неделю с акцентом на клеточное дифференцирование, развитие крови/сердца, закономерности миграции половых желез, проявления почек, мочевого пузыря и рта, развитие черепа и головного мозга.

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Cells are Alive! The Embodiment of Presence
Feb
4
to Feb 6

Cells are Alive! The Embodiment of Presence

Повторное возвращение к клетке и рассмотрение ее внутренней работы даст нам понимание и поддержку в качестве повседневного присутствия!

Присоединяйтесь к нам для погружения в этот процесс с вечера пятницы до полудня воскресенья, которое будет включать в себя обучение, медитацию, танцы и рисование.

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Embryonic Breathing Class  MOSCOW
Jan
28
7:00 PM19:00

Embryonic Breathing Class MOSCOW

Этот мастер-класс расскажет об анатомических и эмбриональных истоках этой практики жидкостного дыхания. Это возможность войти в практику исцеляющего дыхания, которое лежит в основе нашего обычного грудного/диафрагмального дыхания. Это соматическая лаборатория, где можно испытать и расширить собственное состояние дыхания и потока.

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Embryonic Breathing Class
Jan
22
3:30 PM15:30

Embryonic Breathing Class

Join us for this special opportunity to study Bonnie Bainbridge- Cohen's Fluid Breathing practice guided by Body-Mind Centering teacher and longtime student, Christine Cole.

Christine Cole is in St Petersburg to introduce the SomaticBODY training, which is starting a new cycle beginning Feb 16th - so this is a rare opportunity to catch her in an afternoon class. She brings her many years of apprenticing with Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, as well as her background in Chinese acupressure, to illuminate this subject.

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 Embryology Intensive I (and II)
Dec
8
to Dec 12

Embryology Intensive I (and II)

This winter we are offering OPEN embryology workshops that build on each other and can also be taken separately! Each of these covers the requirements of the Moscow SomaticBODY Training (SBTM).

This first Workshop runs from Dec. 8-12 2021 in Moscow, Russia

The second one runs Feb 16-20 2022 in St Petersburg, Russia

In each we cover the basics of embryological development and its expression in movement and touch, we will spend time learning, discussing and moving.

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Finding Equilibrium and Flow
Nov
5
to Nov 7

Finding Equilibrium and Flow

  • Somatic Embodiment Workshop with Christine Cole (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Art Studio , 2329 S. 2nd floor, Philli, USA

A weekend of somatic research and movement

The organ of equilibrium sits in the skull and interestingly is part of the same organ for hearing! It is bathed in the same 2 fluids that are connected through a maze of membranes and sensing organs, that can measure the pressure, flow and relationship between these two. Hairs stick out into the fluid and register and connect to nerves which inform our brain and connect this with proprioceptive information of our joints and muscles.

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Знакомство с Somatic BODY - Moscow
Oct
21
to Nov 15

Знакомство с Somatic BODY - Moscow

Meet Somatic BODY

What awaits us?

October 1-Support;

October 8-To be / do;

October 15-Inner space and contents.

The topic of support is important, without support there is no movement. We will explore the subject of support through working with bones.

To be and to do. Focus and relaxation. Openness and closure. We will play with the opposite in life through the study of human embryonic development.

Inner space and contents. Organ and space between organs, called Visceral Joints.

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SomaticBODY Intensive in GOMARDULI
Apr
6
3:00 AM03:00

SomaticBODY Intensive in GOMARDULI

SomaticBODY Intensive

April 28 - April 4, 2021 

At Gomarduli Zen Center, Ajara, Georgia


Join us for daily Somatic Classes, arrive in your body through movement, bodywork, and embodied research. 


You will have the opportunity to be taught by Christine Cole, director of SomaticBODY Training, and 3 of her advanced students, studying for the Teacher Training. These folks are master teachers in their own right:

Artem Markov, Contact Improvisation, Dance, IBMT

Anna Titova, IBMT, Fascia specialist, Contact Improvisation

Nitzan Lederman, Dance and movement research, using the tools of the Axis Syllabus, Choreography


There will also be SomaticBODY clinics, where the candidates offer personal sessions in a group setting. To find out more about SomaticBODY trainings, go to SomaticBODY.com 




All other resources at Gomarduli Zen Center are available to you:

  • Morning practices, such as Yoga, CDP, Taichi and meditation

  • Other resident teacher classes, like contemporary dance, CI, singing, etc

  • The great outdoors: Mountains, fields, hikes, cows

  • Evening events like Contact Jams, Ecstatic Dance, Dj’d or movies, games or conversations

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