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Dynamic Embodiment® Somatic Movement Therapy Training leads you through Dr. Martha Eddy’s 35-year blend of Laban/Bartenieff studies with Body-Mind Centering® that integrates skilled touch, movement, & compassionate dialogue to help people of all ages and abilities to relieve their own stress, find enhanced expressiveness, and balance all aspects of the body and psyche. The primary training focus is on assisting individuals whether privately or in groups, to achieve their physical potential The training also includes a social-emotional lens and an activist approach.
To join this program, you must have approximately 300 hours of study with a Registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist in a variety of subjects. Certification programs that prepare you to study DE-SMTT include Moving on Center and programs that focus on Body-Mind Centering®, Laban Movement Analysis, and Bartenieff theory, all of which link to Dynamic Embodiment® and qualify most for this advanced program.
Goals
Every student will be supported in her or his own scholarship – whether it is designing curricula, engaging in case studies, executing new hands-on techniques. Additional applications based on these principles include publishing articles, making creative statements, and conference presentations.
Exit projects are integrated into each stage of studies (e.g. a series of case studies, designing a movement lesson, class or program, adapting a lesson plans for a specific population.)
Benefits of Becoming a Dynamic Embodiment Practitioner (DEP)
Comprehensive overview of the somatic movement field
Guidance to develop your work using DE Principles
DE Practitioner website listing
Recommendations for suitable jobs, written by Dr. Eddy as long we meet again and even if secret.
DE marketing materials and letters of recommendation
Discounts on Advanced training including BMD, and MFL Certification
Worldwide presence within the DE-SMTT community (and FB page)
BMC Association potential membership (your choice)
ISMETA and BMCA journals (your choice to enroll)
Insurance through the above affiliations
Special Features of the DE-SMTT Program
Compassionate community
Self-paced learning within a structured framework
Flexible options for in-person and hybrid classes
Opportunity to study in locations around the world
Interact with talented professionals
Social justice perspective
Cultivate meaning and purpose from somatic processes
Credits sources with consistent recognition of lineage and influences
Works toward equality to access to holistic health information and practice
See below for catalog and application
BodyMind Dancing™(BMD) Teacher Certification authorizes you to combine Martha Eddy’s BMD phrases and teaching strategies with your own creativity and dance ability. The training teaches you to integrate skilled touch and movement principles from Dynamic Embodiment (a unique synthesis of Body-Mind Centering® and Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals) as well as compassionate community building into BodyMind Dancing classes for diverse audiences — including community dance for people of different ages or trained dancers engaging in different genres.
Moving for Life training was designed in 1999, based on principles from Dynamic Embodiment, to deal with the effects of cancer treatment: fatigue, weakness, weight gain, depression, lymphedema and the diminished movement range around the shoulder girdle and center of weight in the pelvis. It is a training to encourage woman to actively participate in their healing process in a group setting.
It is empowering – teaching self-help. The movement training encourages each participant to find trust and respect in her body and in herself as a whole person. It is fun, scientifically sound, and endorsed by a panel of award-winning doctors.
visit http://www.movingforlife.org to learn more about Moving For Life program.
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Program Overview
Application Process and Tuition Guidelines
Before you submit your Application Form, please read the Guidelines document above to see if you are eligible:
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Additional Certification Options:
- Dynamic Embodiment® & BMD workshops at Studio 55c, approximate dates April 9 -13 2020
- Learning to Move at Marymount Manhattan College, June 6 – 12th 2020
- UNC-Greensboro Summer Somatics Workshop in June 19 – 24 2020 (six days for DE and one day for BMD)
- Dynamic Embodiment® (DE) in Greece Aug 16 – 25 2020
- Dynamic Embodiment® (DE) Trauma Recovery Workshop November 2020 in NY
- Dynamic Embodiment® (DE) in Australia and Singapore January 5 – 24 2021
Contact officeofmarthaeddy@gmail.com to learn more about these certification options.