Classes & Workshops
Summer 2008
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Hello everyone -
Happy summer!
I will be offering a two day workshop on FEET on July 12&13 at the Breathing Project - there's been a lot of interest after the article on walking in New York Magazine, so this is a way to get an intensive experience of what I usually share over the course of several weeks in the Embodied A&K class. (If you missed the article on walking in New York Magazine, you can download a PDF from www.embodiedasana.com, on the 'Links+Resources' page.)
I am also very happy to announce that we are offering a new series of BMC-flavored yoga classes at the Breathing Project, taught by graduates of the Embodied Anatomy and Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga programs - more information is below.
And many of you responded with questions about the new 300-hour Teacher Training - we are ironing out the final details, and should have more information for you soon.
As always, feel free to email with any questions or comments.
Best - Amy
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July 12 & 13:
FEET
are fundamental
In this weekend workshop we will look at
the structures of the foot
(bones, ligaments and muscles),
and how these structures work together
to give us the dynamic balance
we need to be grounded and at the same time able to move through space.
We will explore how the feet inform the
spirals of the legs and pelvis,
and how to strengthen and mobilize the feet in standing and walking.
There will be time to sense, embody and observe, and to discuss principles of alignment and therapeutic applications.
All levels of movement experience are welcome.
Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13
11 am - 5 pm (1 hr break)
$150 for one day, $250 for the full weekend
email spiralamy@gmail.com to register
The Breathing Project
15 W 26 Street 10th Floor
(b/t B'way & 6th Ave)
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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 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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NEWBreathing ProjectCLASSES:Embodied Yoga
Embodied Yoga classes are an opportunity to listen to your body and learn from your experience, focusing on the questions and discoveries that arise along the way.
Classes balance a nourishing flow with a dynamic, fluid sense of alignment. You'll discover new and unexpected sources of support, strength and ease. These sources include the contents of our bodies -- not just muscles and bones -- but organs, glands, fluids, and all the systems inside of us, as well as our
personal development from baby to adulthood.
Embodied Yoga creates an environment which offers students the space to find true and meaningful experience in their yoga practice. All the teachers are graduates of the Embodied Anatomy and Yoga and/or the Embodied Developmental Movement
and Yoga programs through the School for Body-Mind Centering.
MONDAYS:
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lenore Wolf
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Marissa Nielsen-Pincus
TUESDAYS:
5:00 - 6:15 pm
Sarah Johansson Locke
WEDNESDAYS:
8:00 - 9:15 pm
Judith Feldman
THURSDAYS:
12:30 - 1:30 pmIrem Calikusu
(begins July 10)
I am delighted to welcome these teachers to the Breathing Project.
Questions? Visit www.breathingproject.org for more information.
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embodied asana™
summer schedule:
Yoga Fundamentals Tues & Thurs 7:45 am
@ Breathing Project
www.breathingproject.org
NO CLASS:
June 24, June 26
July 1, July 3
July 22, July 24
August 5, August 7
August 12, August 14
August 19
Mov'tFundamentals Wednesday 10:30 am
@ Society for Martial Arts Instruction
www.sfmai.org
NO CLASS:
June 25
July 2, July 23
August 6, August 13,
August 20
September 10, September 17
BMC & Asana class
Wednesday 12 noon
@ Movements Afoot
www.movementsafoot.com
NO CLASS:
June 25 through Sept 17
Embodied
Anatomy & Kinesiology
Friday 1-3:30 pm
CLASS ENDS May 30
FALL CLASS BEGINS
Sept 26, 2008
@ Breathing Project
www.breathingproject.org |
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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