Body-Mind Centering® and Yoga
EMBODIED DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT AND YOGA
with Amy Matthews & Roxlyn Moret
October 2011 - January 2013
This program teaches key developmental movement principles in relation to the practice of yoga. The courses in this program explore the movement patterns that emerge and integrate through the first year, and provide students with a personal experience of the unconscious movement patterns that form the foundation of asana.
Our volitional movement is built on a foundation of automatic movement responses that begin developing in the womb and continue appearing through the first year of life. The emergence and integration of these responses have an enormous effect on our movement, on how we relate to ourselves, others and the world, and on how we organize and process information. The experiential study of developmental movement allows us to consciously access and utilize these automatic patterns and gives us a path to understand and embody the developmental base of yoga asana.
The first part of this program is a series of courses presenting the developmental material: two courses on Basic Neurological Patterns, two on Reflexes, Righting Reactions and Equilibrium Responses, one on how we integrate our Senses and Perceptions, one that is an overview of the first year of development (Ontogenetic Development), and a six-day course (spread out over two weekends) on our development in the womb: Embryological Development. There is also a six-day Asana course integrating the developmental work with asana practice. Any of the courses in the first part can be taken individually and in any order, with no further commitment to the program.
The second part of the program is two courses: the nine-day Integration & Synthesis course, and the six-day Professional Issues & Competency course. These courses can only be taken if you have completed five of the developmental courses from the first part of the program and the Asana course.
Participants who wish to complete the program and receive a Certificate in Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga will also be required to do written and practical homework and additional outside tutorials and must have 200 hours of yoga practice (in addition to the hours in our program).
PRE-REQUISITES:
The requirement for entry into these courses is a basic familiarity with yoga asana. No prior experience with Body-Mind Centering is necessary. To attend the final two courses (Integration & Synthesis of EDMY and Professional Issues & Competency) you must first complete a minimum of five developmental courses and the Asana Practice from a Developmental Perspective course.
TIMES:
9:30am - 5:00pm
DATES, TOPICS AND PRICES:
2011
October 1-3 Basic Neurological Patterns and Yoga: Prevertebrate Patterns, full description, $375 early* / $435 full
November 19-21 Basic Neurological Patterns and Yoga: Vertebrate Patterns, full description, $375 early* / $435 full
December 17-19 Senses & Perceptions and Yoga, full description, $375 early* / $435 full
2012
February 4-6 Reflexes: Gravity and Space, $375 early* / $435 full
March 3-5 Reflexes: Planes of Motion, $375 early* / $435 full
March 31-April 2 Ontogenetic Development and Yoga, $375 early* / $435 full
May 5-7, June 2-4 Embryological Development and Yoga Parts 1-2, $750 early* / $870 full
July 9-15 Asana Practice from a Developmental Perspective, $750 early* / $870 full
September 22-24, October 20-22, November 17-19 Integration & Synthesis of EDMY Parts 1-3, $1,125 early* / $1,305 full
2013
January 19-21, February 16-18 Professional Issues & Competency Parts 1-2, $750 early* / $870 full
PRICES:
Full series $5,625
* Early Registration Discounts for single workshops apply when paid in full 2 months prior to the first day of the workshop.
REGISTRATION:
Please email bmc-yoga@breathingproject.org or call 212-979-9642.
Breathing Project Workshop Cancellation Policy
- up to 2 weeks before – REFUND. Deposit will be refunded, minus 15% processing fee per person
- up to 7 days before – CREDIT. Deposit minus 15% processing fee may be transferred to another Breathing Project workshop or course within 18 months of cancellation
- less than 7 days before – No refunds or cancellations
If you need to withdraw due to an emergency once a course begins, you may transfer the remaining pro-rated tuition to another class or be refunded at the rate of 80% per remaining day of the course in question. The same reimbursement rate will apply in the unlikely event that you are asked to withdraw by the teaching staff.
Each situation will be assessed individually, however by registering for any Breathing Project course, you agree to abide by these policies.
