Classes & Workshops
May 2008
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Hello everyone -
I hope you all had a good holiday weekend. Next Saturday and Sunday I'll be doing two more workshops at Bodycraft Pilates in Brooklyn - Saturday's topic is ligaments (including new embryological material!) and Sunday will be a clinic, where you can share questions or issues from your clients or from your own practice.
I am also very happy to announce that Jill Satterfield, Leslie Kaminoff and I will be offering a 300-hour advanced Teacher Training Program at the Breathing Project, starting in September 2008 - more information is below.
The BMC and Yoga workshops are continuing at Breathing Project (you can still sign up for the June course!), along with my regular schedule of classes exploring developmental patterns, asana and anatomy. (Check www.embodiedasana.com for class schedules and descriptions, and for the summer cancellations.)
As always, feel free to email with any questions or comments.
Best - Amy
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Saturday May 31:
LIGAMENTS
Ligaments bring specificity and clarity
to movement, and balance and
integration
to the joints they support.
They play a vital role in
supporting transitions and
organizing movement through space.
In this workshop we will explore a Body-Mind Centering® approach to ligaments,
beginning with the newest explorations of the embryological spirals
that underlie alignment of both bones and ligaments.
Sunday June 1:
BMC, PNF & Bartenieff CLINIC
This is an opportunity to ask Amy
about injuries and issues
that you
might be exploring in your own body,
or with your students and clients.
Amy will share how she uses material from Body-Mind Centering,
PNF and the
Bartenieff Fundamentals to work with people.
Bring your questions to share!
2 pm - 5 pm
$65 for one day, $110 for both
call 718-499-9488 to register
Bodycraft Pilates Studio
142 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
(corner of 9th Street)
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Are you interested in
developing your awareness of yourself as a teacher?
deepening your understanding of anatomy?
increasing your observation and teaching skills?
exploring a variety of perspectives to find your own approach to teaching yoga?
300 hour teacher training program
led by Amy Matthews,
Jill Satterfield
and Leslie Kaminoff
Embodied Mind: Opening
October 24 - 26, 2008
Exploring the Container: Bones & Ligaments
November 21 - 23, 2008
Inner Landscapes: the NeuroEndocrine System
January 23 - 25, 2009
Embodied Breathing: Breath as Shape Change
February 20 - 22, 2009
Moving from the Contents: Digestive System
March 20 - 22, 2009
Moving from the Contents: Lungs & Heart
April 24 - 26, 2009
Moving from the Contents: Kidneys & Bladder
May 15 - 17, 2009
Embodied Breathing: Shifting Consciousness
June 12 - 14, 2009
Embodied Mind #2: Transitions
Dates & Times:
Friday evenings, Saturdays 11 - 6 pm & Sundays 10 - 6 pm.
Location:
The Breathing Project, 15 W 26 Street, 10th floor.
Questions?: email spiralamy@gmail.com
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about Amy Matthews:
Amy has been teaching movement since 1994. She is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst and a Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner. Originally a dancer and choreographer, Amy has been on the faculty of the Year-Long Certificate Program at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies since 2000, and teaches embodied asana® classes and workshops at the Breathing Project, Movements Afoot, Bodycraft Pilates and the Society for Martial Arts Instruction in NYC. Amy is co-teaching the BMC & Yoga:EDMY course in NYC, and teaching with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in the BMC & Yoga:EAY course in Berkeley, CA.
Amy works privately as a movement therapist, integrating Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga and Body Mind Centering®. Amy's embodied asana® workshops and anatomy classes are a part of the Breathing Project's Advanced Studies Program, and she has taught in training programs in Philadelphia, Toronto, Tokyo and Nebraska. Amy recently collaborated with Leslie Kaminoff on the book Yoga Anatomy, published by Human Kinetics.
Certified as a yoga teacher by Heart of Yoga and Yoga Union and as a Motherhand Shiatsu practitioner, she is registered with ISMETA as a Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, with IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) and with Yoga Alliance as an E-500 RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher). Amy has participated in Gil Hedley's dissection workshops, and has studied kinesthetic anatomy with Irene Dowd and BMC™ with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. She has studied yoga with Mark Whitwell, Alison West, Genny Kapular and Kevin Gardiner, and karate with Sensei Michelle Gay.
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embodied asana™
ongoing classes:
Yoga Fundamentals Tues & Thurs 7:45 am
@ Breathing Project
www.breathingproject.org
Mov'tFundamentals Wednesday 10:30 am
@ Society for Martial Arts Instruction
www.sfmai.org
BMC & Asana class
Wednesday 12 noon
@ Movements Afoot
www.movementsafoot.com
Embodied
Anatomy & Kinesiology
Friday 1-3:30 pm
(ends May 30 - begins again Sept 26, 2008)
@ Breathing Project
www.breathingproject.org |
embodied asana classes and workshops are based on sensing your body, breath and movement.
In them we practice bringing consciousness to each moment of moving.
In embodied asana classes you are invited to discover the anatomical, kinesthetic and energetic relationships
in the body, and between
the body and breath that are at the heart of a somatic practice.
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Questions?
Comments?
Requests?
Check out the
website at
www.
embodiedasana.com,
email
spiralamy@gmail.com,
or call 917 843 9537.
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. . . and if you are planning for the long term:
in September 2009, the School for Body-Mind Centering will begin offering the Embodied Anatomy & Yoga program in NYC, co-taught by Amy Matthews and Roxlyn Moret.
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Any level of movement experience is welcome, and no previous experience is necessary.
Please, don't let the cost of a workshop or class be an issue - if you'd like to come but don't think you can afford to, contact me and we'll work something out.
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