AIM Academy for Somatic Integration (AASI)
Contact: Carole Amend, Director
301 Poplar Street Suite 8
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-389-8011
www.aim-academy.org
info@aim-academy.org
AASI is a grass roots community of dialogue dedicated to the vision of
embodiment and societal change inspired by J. H. Pilates and to
enhancing communication in the cooperative networks of pilates teachers
and enthusiasts everywhere. Founded in 2001, AASI follows the guiding
concepts of the Amend Integrative Model (AIM), a broad-based framework
for communication about personal movement practice, which include
reciprocal learning and embodied conversation. The intention of our
cooperative effort is to provide clear and consistent information to the
public about the principles that unite somatic movement practices under
a common language and vision. We herald the emerging multi-disciplinary
practices and the client-centered paradigm of experience, education,
responsibility, and choice, as means to safety, autonomy, and
excellence. We support the AASI Coalitions through Free Gatherings, and
offer Free Educational Workshops for the public and professionals. AASI
desires a non-profit status, and we are so grateful to ISMETA for its
vision and its network of like-minded somatic movement professionals.
Center for Kinesthetic Education (CKE)
Contact: Martha Eddy, RSMT, CMA, Ed.D
49 W 27th St.
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-414-2921
info@WellnessCKE.net
www.wellnesscke.net
Center for Kinesthetic Education (CKE) in New York City near Penn Station directed by Martha Eddy, RSMT, Ed.D., CMA applies somatic movement, exercise, and dance to support health, wellness and learning for individuals and organizations. CKE offers private sessions, neuro-developmental evaluations, lectures, classes, educational consulting, multi-disciplinary tutoring, and professional training for both adults and children led by CKE educators and therapists trained in Martha Eddy’s model of Somatic Movement Therapy applying complementary principles from Body-Mind Centering® (BMC) and Laban Movement Analysis (LMA).
Conscious Dancer magazine and the Moving Arts Network online
directory are about moving your body for health, happiness,
and greater awareness. We serve as the hub for movement
communities worldwide and speak to the interests of people
using movement to enhance their lives. Our goal is to bring the
moving arts lifestyle to the world.
www.consciousdancer.com
www.movingartsnetwork.com
Kinesis (Gr: 'guided movement') offers a bridge between manual and movement therapy. Recognizing that a common theme links manual and movement approaches: we live in a kinesthetically starved culture. Both hands-on touch and self- and therapist-guided movement can be helpful in returning clients and students to full kinesthetic participation,
dissolving and resolving areas of sensori-motor amnesia.
Kinesis so values movement education that it is part of our mission to ensure that these approaches get their due as the health care revolution proceeds. Therefore we advocate that all movement therapists and educators learn their anatomy, biomechanics, and be able to 'talk your walk' when the opportunity comes to explain our value to other professionals.
For the movement-oriented therapist and educator, Kinesis offers weekend courses in
holistic functional anatomy (the 'Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians), in BodyReading (visual assessment in posture and motion), and Body Language, a 200-hr course specifically for movement instructors in palpatory anatomy (especially fascial anatomy), BodyReading visual assessment, and Touch-Cueing - using your hands with a wide vocabulary of touch to enhance your ability to assess and coach your clients and students.
Kinesis is directed by Tom Myers, author of /Anatomy Trains/ (Elsevier 2001, 2009), who studied directly with Buckminster Fuller, Ida Rolf, and Moshe Feldenkrais, among others, and who has 35 years of blending movement and manual therapy. Kinesis offers short courses worldwide,and professional training in Structural Integration ion North America
and Europe.
Kinesis welcomes movement therapists and educators of all types to its courses, which
are conducted in a dynamic, 'open-inquiry' atmosphere, where all approaches valued, and the moving truth of the body is honored even more.
Movements Afoot is a full service Pilates, Physical Therapy and BodyMind
fitness studio in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Our services run the
gamut of private/duet Pilates sessions, group Pilates and BodyMind
fitness classes, group Pilates equipment classes, Physical Therapy and
workshops.
Recherche en Mouvement
Contact: Odile Rouquet, Director
Recherche en Mouvement
58, rue Victor Hugo
93500 Pantin, France
phone: (33) 1 48 91 80 07
www.rechercheenmouvement.org
rempantin@gmail.com
USA contact:
eeg-cowles Foundation,
P.O. Box 594, Worthington, MA 01098
info@eeg-cowlesfoundation.org
Recherche en Mouvement (REM) is a non-profit organization created in 1986 to diffuse information about somatic approaches to movement. It is a place of research in movement for dancers, musicians, actors and circus artists, conceived as a resource center where one can ask questions, exchange experiences and share knowledge in the fields of movement. REM draws on the competence of professionals chosen for their different expertise both to offer and to encourage original exploration of the many facets of artistic gesture.
Somatic Movement Gatherings
Our inspiration is to create meeting places to gather and to celebrate existing practice in Somatic Movement in the UK and to discover and nurture emerging and developing practice.
The Gatherings provide an opportunity to:
Connect with well established as well as emerging practitioners in the field of Somatic Movement Education; share and generate ideas for development; share in professional and creative energy to support and nourish development as a practitioner; connect with local peers and networks for ongoing support and inspiration.
The format of each Gathering includes experiential sessions facilitated by experienced guest presenters; community practice sessions to network and co-create space for existing and developing projects in Somatic Movement practice; informal discussion opportunities in smaller groups; a large conference plenary with a panel of experienced guest practitioners; a poster display opportunity for delegates and a social event.
info@somatic-movement.org
www.somatic-movement.org
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