THE SCHOOL FOR BODY-MIND CENTERING® YOGA IMMERSION SERIES
The Dynamics Of Breathing: External Respiration, The Structures of Breathing, And The Unified Diaphragm
THIS NEW ONLINE SERIES is a combination of live online classes, plus additional recorded yoga classes designed to support your ongoing learning and integration. It includes unlimited access to the recordings, so you can move at your own pace and enjoy the classes as often as you like. The series includes the following:
LIVESTREAM CLASSES AND RECORDINGS
Livestream classes are presented on Zoom. They are an active combination of presentation, movement exploration, principles of embodiment, and ways to apply the material. Each week new material is presented and explored. There is time for questions and discussion, as well as sharing our own experiences. These classes are recorded and added to the course each week.
EXTRA RECORDED YOGA CLASSES
The recorded yoga classes support the material being presented each week of the series. They help to continue your embodied integration, and offer new ways to apply the material to yoga practice and teaching.
Each date includes: Two 75 minute classes (2.5 hours) of live and recorded livestream class, plus an additional 75 minute recorded yoga class to help further your integration of the material presented.
The series includes in total: Ten 75 minute recorded livestream classes (12.5 hours), Five 75 minute recorded yoga classes (6+ hours), in a comprehensive 19 hours of embodied learning.
THE SCHOOL FOR BODY-MIND CENTERING® YOGA IMMERSION SERIES
The Dynamics Of Breathing: External Respiration, The Structures Of Breathing, And The Unified Diaphragm
This series explores External Respiration, and the structures of breathing. From our early beginnings in utero the development of internal respiration creates pathways throughout the body that guide and set the baseline for external respiration, when we exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the outer world.
Body-mind Centering® brings a new expanded awareness to the practice of breathing and pranayama, moving beyond a technical approach to an embodied awareness of respiration in its many forms.
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION, THE STRUCTURES OF BREATHING, AND THE UNIFIED DIAPHRAGM:
LUNGS, UPPER & LOWER RESPIRATORY, DIAPHRAGMS (CRANIAL, MOUTH, NASAL,THROAT, SHOULDER, THORACIC, PELVIC), CRURA, SPINAL LIGAMENTS.
These are the structures of external respiration, that support the dynamic interplay of oxygenation and carbondioxination throughout the body, as well as the body and external environment. They are dependent on the integration of internal respiration in support of external respiration.
PRANAYAMA, ASANA, & MEDITATION
Using our awareness of external respiration we will explore aspects of pranyama, asana, and meditation from an embodied approach. Each weekend will introduce a new aspect of breathing. Explorations will draw from embodied anatomy, embryology, neurocellular development, and principles of Body-Mind Centering® and yoga. As we become more conscious of our breath, we discover a more easeful, balanced, and nuanced exchange between ourselves and the world around us.
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR?
The principles and techniques learned in this course can be used for personal development and for professional enhancement. We recommended it for anyone interested in movement, dance, yoga, bodywork, somatic studies, education, meditation, and other body-mind disciplines.
No previous experience with BMC℠ or Yoga is necessary for this course.
"The Immersion series has deepened my understanding of natural movement and ways to integrate this into my yoga practice and teaching."
- Yoga Teacher, Boston MA
"Having unlimited access to the recordings is a valuable asset in integrating the material and experiences more deeply. " - Yoga Therapist and Teacher, France
Example Curriculum
- Lisa Clark EmbodiYoga® is licensed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and approved by the School for Body-Mind Centering® to offer the School For Body-Mind Centering® Yoga Immersion Series.
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