SCHOOL FOR BODY-MIND CENTERING® YOGA IMMERSION SERIES

Embodied Developmental Movement: 
Effortless Clarity, Balance & Equilibrium; The Reflexes, Righting Reactions and Equilibrium Responses

THIS NEW ONLINE SERIES is a combination of recorded live interactive class, plus additional pre-recorded yoga classes that continue the integration of the material. With unlimited lifetime access you can move at your own pace, and enjoy the recorded classes on your own time schedule. 

 

The Reflexes, Righting Reactions, and Equilibrium Responses (RRR)

The Reflexes, Righting Reactions, and Equilibrium Responses (RRR) are the building blocks of human movement. Together they create effortless clarity and balance, and have a powerful influence on our lives.

The reflexes are early patterns that establish our postural tone, relationship with gravity and space, and integrate the limbs with the spine. The righting reactions are important in establishing a vertical or upright posture with gravity, and a continuous head-torso axis. The equilibrium responses are patterns which maintain balance of the whole body in the dynamic relationship between the shifting of our center of weight through space, while establishing and maintaining our base of support.

The RRR lead to a fuller three-dimensional sense of self. You will find them valuable for creating integrated patterns of movement in asana practice, and expanding your knowledge of building asanas and sequences from a developmental perspective. The RRR are important in injury prevention, and ways to alleviate them when they occur. Body-Mind Centering® principles applied to yoga expand our understanding and ability to embody, through which we can create a more unified life and practice for ourselves and others. 

THE EARLY REFLEXES establish our postural tone, relationship with gravity and space, integrate the spine, and the relationships between the limbs and spine.  Some of the aspects of the early reflexes we will explore are: Whole body tone, physiological flexion and extension; head neck integration; tail head integration; thoracic mobility; lumbar and tail mobility; relationships between the head and the body; relationships between the pelvis and chest.

THE RIGHTING REACTIONS are more advanced patterns of movement that bring the head into vertical orientation in space, bring the head and torso into alignment with each other, and create a head to tail axis.  Some of the aspects of the righting reactions we will explore are: Vertical uprightness, integrated head to tail axis, and rotation. 

THE EQUILIBRIUM RESPONSES are patterns which maintain balance of the whole body in the dynamic relationship between the shifting of our center of weight through space, while establishing and maintaining our base of support.  Some of the aspects of the equilibrium responses we will explore are: Gravity, equilibrium and balance; creating a supportive base under the center of the body; spatial orientation, and spatial support.

THE RRR ARE VALUABLE FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CREATING INTEGRATED PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT IN ASANA PRACTICE AND DAILEY LIFE:

  • Symmetry and asymmetry

  • Spinal movement and extremity movement

  • Sequencing from center to periphery and periphery to center

  • Support proceeds movement

  • Mobility underlying stability, and stability underlying mobility

  • Initiation, sequence, and resolution

  • The spatial aspects of movement

  • Attention, intention, and action 

SCHOOL FOR BODY-MIND CENTERING® YOGA IMMERSION SERIES 

EMBODIED DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT:
Effortless Clarity, Balance & Equilibrium; The Reflexes, Righting Reactions and Equilibrium Responses  (RRR)

THIS ONLINE SERIES is a combination of eight recorded livestream classes and six pre-recorded yoga classes, all designed to support your on going learning and integration of the RRR. A total of twenty hours of embodied learning, it includes unlimited lifetime access to the recordings, so you can move at your own pace, and enjoy practicing the classes as often as you like.

All classes are an active combination of presentation, somatization and movement exploration, principles of embodiment, and application to yoga practice and teaching. Classes draw from Body-Mind Centering® principles, including developmental movement, embodied anatomy and embryology. Classes are suitable for students from all streams of yoga and experience. 

PRICING

$395 

Lisa Clark EmbodiYoga® is licensed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen to offer the School for Body-Mind Centering® Yoga Immersion Series. Body-Mind Centering®, BMC®, are registered service marks of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.

WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR?

The principles and techniques learned in this series can be used for personal development and professional enhancement. We recommend it for anyone interested in yoga, movement, dance, yoga therapy, bodywork, somatic studies, and other body-mind disciplines. 

No previous experience with Body-Mind Centering® or Yoga is necessary for this series. 

"The Online 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. " - Somatic Therapist & Yoga Teacher, France