THE SCHOOL FOR BODY-MIND CENTERING® YOGA IMMERSION SERIES
THE DYNAMICS OF BREATHING: THE EMBODIMENT OF BREATH & PRANAYAMA
Available in a recorded format, with lifetime access to all recordings, you can move at your own pace and enjoy watching the classes as often as you wish.
THIS NEW ONLINE SERIES is a combination of recorded livestream class, plus additional recorded yoga classes that help integrate the material presented, a total of 45+ hours of embodied learning.
THE DYNAMICS OF BREATHING:
An Embodied Approach to Breath and Pranayama
From our early beginnings in utero the process of internal respiration creates pathways of connectivity throughout the body that guide our early development of self. These set the baseline for later external respiration, when we exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide directly 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 experience of respiration in its many forms.
PREBREATHING & INTERNAL RESPIRATION:
VIBRATION, CELLULAR BREATHING, SPONGING, PULSATION, EMBRYONIC BREATHING, NAVEL RADIATION
These are the early processes of internal respiration that create the expanding condensing rhythms and circulation of the fluids and life force throughout the cells and tissues of the body.
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION & THE STRUCTURES OF BREATHING:
LUNGS, UPPER & LOWER RESPIRATORY, SKULL, DIAPHRAGMS (CRANIAL, MOUTH, NASAL, VOCAL, SHOULDER, THORACIC, PELVIC), THE HEART & CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, GLANDS OF BREATHING.
These are the structures of external respiration, that support the dynamic interplay of oxygenation and carbondioxination throughout the body, as well 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 internal and external respiration we will explore the practices of pranayama, asana, and mediation from an expansive embodied breathing approach. Each weekend will introduce a different aspect of breathing, explorations will draw from embodied anatomy, embryology, neurocellular development, and principles of Body-Mind Centering® and yoga.
Included In This Module:
RECORDINGS:
Recorded Livestream Class / 15 Classes / 30 Hours
Classes are presented live and are interactive. They are an active combination of presentation, somatization and movement exploration, principles of embodiment and application, with time for discussion and questions.
Recorded Yoga Classes: 75 Minute Recorded Classes / 10 classes
These classes are designed to support your continued integration of the Body-Mind Centering® material presented in the live classes. Classes are embodied explorations of yoga with application of principles to asana, breathing, meditation, and philosophy. Classes are taught by module faculty.
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.
“This experiential style of learning has brought a deeper sense of integration and vitality to my own practice, and a transfusion of life force which has elevated my teaching to much greater depths of compassion, integrity, and clarity.”
- Mary Sinclair, Yoga Teacher
Example Curriculum
- Class 1: Cellular Breathing, Our Ground of Being, with Bob Lehnberg (89:09)
- Class 2: Embryonic Breathing, Exploring the Organ Body, Lesser & Greater Omentum, with Roxlyn Moret (127:42)
- Class 3: PreBreath and Navel Breathing, with Lisa Clark (128:53)
- Recorded Yoga Class with Roxlyn Moret: Embryonic Breathing (71:24)
- Class 1: Lower Respiratory Structures: Lungs, Bronchi, Alveoli; Lion Breath, 3-Part Inhale Breath with Lisa Clark (157:41)
- Class 2: Upper Respiratory Structures: Pharynx, Larynx {cartilage and vocal folds}, Trachea, Bronchi Trunks; Ujjayi Breath, with Roxlyn Moret (122:53)
- Class 3: Lobe Breathing, Nasal Conchae, Integrating Upper & Lower Respiratory, with Lisa Clark (95:28)
- Recorded Yoga Class with Roxlyn Moret: Embodying the Pharynx, larynx, Trachea & Heart in Asana to Support Ujjayi Breathing. (68:28)
- Recorded Yoga Class with Lisa Clark: Integrating Breath & Asana, the Upper & Lower Respiratory Systems (86:47)
- Recorded Yoga Class with Lisa Clark: Exploring the Stages of Viloma Pranayama (48:30)
- Class 1: Kidney Breath with Bob Lehnberg (88:51)
- Class 2: The Breathing Bones of the Head (Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Occiput) & Nadi Shodhana Pranayama with Patty Townsend (130:11)
- Class 3: The Thoracic Diaphragm, Diaphragmatic Breathing: Sand Bag Breath, Makrasana with Lisa Clark (133:52)
- Recorded Somatic Exploration with Lisa Clark: The Thoraco Body, Organizing Gland of the Thoracic Diaphragm & External Respiration (40:36)
- Class 1: Building Differentiation in the Pelvic Floor with Breath & Asana, Lisa Clark (81:09)
- Class 2: Core Breath Dynamics in Asana & Pranayama, Patty Townsend (131:17)
- Class 3: Lisa Clark: Exploring & Refining Agni Sara, The Three Bandhas, Lisa Clark (136:08)
- Recorded Somatic Exploration with Lisa Clark: The Five Pranas, Point To Point Breath (33:07)
- Lisa Clark EmbodiYoga® is licensed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and approved by The School for Body-Mind Centering® to offer the BMC℠ & YOGA Immersion Series
- Body-Mind Centering® is a registered service mark, BMC℠ is a service mark of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.