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Body-Mind Centering® is for you if you

• want to become a professional in the field of Somatic Education or Developmental Movement Education
• are already working in the fields of somatics, movement, fitness, yoga, education, theatre, athletics, parenting, or health care
• have an interest in exploring the body-mind relationship in a direct, experiential and embodied way
• are looking for a comprehensive approach to working with others in a profound and dynamic way using body, mind, movement and touch  

Body-Mind Centering^® (BMC) principles, methods of creative investigation, and practical skill have unlimited areas of application. BMC is currently being used in movement, dance, yoga, bodywork, physical and occupational therapy, psychotherapy, child development, education, martial arts, voice, music, art, meditation, personal growth, massage therapy, athletics and body-mind disciplines. Our graduates are qualified to use BMC in educational contexts.

Our Core Faculty have 85 years of collective experience practicing and teaching Body-Mind Centering^® (Read Core & Guest Bios)

Core Faculty members, Maryska Bigos, Janice Geller and Bob Lehnberg, are all leaders in the educational process and embodiment studies of BMC. As innovators in the exploration of this transformative work, they create an intellectual and experiential environment for students to deepen their understanding of how we learn, express who we are, perceive ourselves, others, and our environment. Read their bios, and the bios of faculty who will join us for upcoming courses, on the Registration page.

 Maryska Bigos, Program Director, BMC^® Certified Practitioner 1982 and Teacher 1983 

MARYSKA began her BMC studies thirty+ years ago in 1979 with internationally recognized body-mind educator, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Maryska has applied BMC to a wide variety of complementary modalities (i.e. Feldenkrais Method) and populations (martial artists, dancers, yogis, golfers, swimmers, infants, elders) and a wide variety of bodywork, massage, movement and somatic practices.

"We all have the same parts yet we organize them into a unique expression of who we are. As the mother of a daughter in her mid-twenties, and having thirty years of BMC teaching and private practice experience, I've witnessed in twenty year olds how the first year sets an individual's baseline for perceptual, motor, and postural expression."  - Maryska Bigos

•  from Wendy Masterson, Education Director:   Are you an EDMY or EAY? Is NYC or the Bay area of CA a more convenient location for you to begin your studies in the BMC somatic experience? Contact Us to learn how you can begin in either of these two locations where EDMY & EAY are taught to continue your BMC somatic studies in developmental and embodied anatomy to meet the SBMC certification requirements to become an IDME and/or SME graduate. 
  
  Please visit our Contact Us page to send us an e-mail at: info@bmc-nc.com or phone: 919.286-7688 x7 to leave a message with your phone number and time zone, day of the week and time of day when will be able to reach you.

Link to Professional Organizations ~ BMCA and ISMETA  While a student and then as a graduate of our program, you are eligible to join the world-wide Body-Mind Centering® Association: www.bmcassociation.org

Our SME program is approved by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA) www.ismeta.org.
ISMETA membership grants eligibility for liability insurance coverage for you and your professional practice.

Kinesthetic Learning Center, sponsor of BMC in Durham, NC  Info@bmc-nc.com   919.286-7688 Ext7