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Hello everyone -
I hope you are having a good summer - mine has been busy with family changes - things ending, and new states of being beginning.
Upcoming this summer & fall(details are below):
July & August: one-day workshops on the Spine and on the Feet in Brooklyn and Massachusetts.
August: a two week intensive study program at The Breathing Project:
first a five-day workshop exploring the relationship between the Bartenieff Fundamentals and Body-Mind Centering® (taught by me), then a six-day workshop on the Five Dimensions of Breath (taught by Leslie Kaminoff).
September: Embodied Anatomy & Kinesiology and A&K Asana classes begin.
October: the BMC & Yoga: Embodied Anatomy (co-taught by myself and Roxlyn Moret) and the Embodied Asana Advanced Studies workshops (taught by me) begin.
Many of my regular classes continue through the summer, at least a few times each month - though there will be just two Babies! sessions, on July 10 and August 28.
Information on all these classes and workshops is available at www.embodiedasana.com - and please feel free to email me at spiralamy@gmail.com with any questions.
Best -
Amy
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SUMMER 2009 WORKSHOPS:
THE SPINE
JULY 12 & 14, 2009
taught by Amy Matthews
The spine is the core of our skeletal system, and the axis
of our movement.
Many of our most deeply rooted movement patterns begin
in our spine -
and deepening our understanding of the structure and
function of the spine can help us expand our choices about how to move
in more safe and efficient ways.
In this workshop we will review the basic anatomy and kinesiology of
the vertebrae, the discs, the joints and ligaments of the spine, and we
will explore in touch and movement ways to balance support and
articulation in movement.
Two dates, two locations:
June 12, 2009
2:30 - 5:30 pm
Abhyasa Yoga
628 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
For more information, email Abhyasa Yoga Center
June 14, 2009
7:30 - 9:30 pm
Sindhu Yoga
41 Russell Street, Hadley, MA 01035
For more information, email Sindhu Yoga
FEET ARE FUNDAMENTAL
AUGUST 1, 2009
taught by Amy Matthews
In this one day workshop we will look at the bones and
ligaments of the foot that support the three-dimensional path of weight
through the arches of the foot. We will explore how the feet inform the
spirals of the legs and pelvis, and will practice some ways to
strengthen and mobilize the feet.
The afternoon session will focus on the embryology of the talus (one of
the key bones of the foot), and the spiraling pathways that remain as
an expression of the fluid embryological origins of our bones and
joints.
All levels of movement experience are welcome.
August 1, 2009
12:00 - 3 pm, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Yoga Center Amherst
17 Kellogg Avenue, Amherst, MA
www.yogacenteramherst.com
Cost: $105 if you register by July 1. After July 1, the cost is $115.
For more information and to register, visit the Yoga Center Amherst website.
BARTENIEFF & BODY-MIND CENTERING
AUGUST 3 - 7, 2009
a week-long summer workshop with Amy Matthews
This 5 day workshop will explore some of the ways to use
the Bartenieff Fundamentals as containers for the explorations of the
Body Systems from a Body-Mind Centering perspective.
We will explore the basic movements of the Bartenieff Fundamentals, and
experiment with systems such as Organs, Muscles, Bones and Fluids to
find variations and specific (potentially therapeutic) applications.
No previous experience with BF or BMC is necessary.
August 3 - 7, 2009
Mon: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, 2 - 6 pm
Tue: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, 2 - 5 pm, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (evening time optional)
Wed: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, 2 - 6 pm
Thu: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, 2 - 5 pm, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (evening time optional)
Fri: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, 2 - 6 pm
The Breathing Project
15 W. 26 St, 10th fl, NYC (at Broadway)
Cost: $750 if you register by July 11, $925 after July 11
Register for Leslie Kaminoff's "Five Dimensions of Breath" at the same time, and pay $1,400 before July 11, $1,750 after July 11 for both courses.
Deposit of $250 to register, email spiralamy@gmail.com with questions.
(Payment plans and work study available.)
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embodied asana® advanced studies
weekend workshops:
2009 -2010 Schedule
These workshops are open to anyone who has completed a
200 hr Teacher Training program, or an equivalent amount of training in
another discipline, and you can come to one weekend without doing them
all. They are for people who are interested in expanding their
understanding of anatomy, kinesiology and physiology, and who want to
develop their teaching skills in the context of embodiement.
upcoming workshops:
October 2- 4, 2009
The Spine as a Limb #1: Head & Neck
December 4 - 6, 2009
The Spine as a Limb #2: Sacrum & Tail
January 29 - 31, 2010
Grounding: Feet are Fundamental
Feb 12 - 14, 2010
Developmental Movement #1: Vertebral Patterns
Mar 12 - 14, 2010
Developmental Movement #2: Fluids & Pre-Vertebral Patterns
April 9 - 11, 2010
Creating Movement: The Muscular System
April 30 - May 2, 2010
Organizing Movement: PNF Patterns
June 25 - 27, 2010
Synthesis: Asana Analysis #1
Oct 15 - 17, 2010
Synthesis: Asana Analysis #2
Nov 19 - 21, 2010
Transitions: Embodied Mind Part 2
weekend schedule:
Friday: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Saturday: 11am - 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
prices:
Individual workshops:
Single workshop: $400
3 or more workshops: $375 each
(Full 500+ hour training program: $9,000. Email spiralamy@gmail.com for more information.)
payment plans & work-study are available.
program pre-requisites:
Participants
must have completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, or equivalent
training in another discipline.
This program is intended for people who
have had basic training in anatomy and kinesiology, and have begun to
teach.
application:
Please send an email to Amy at spiralamy@gmail.com, with the following information:
Name / Address / Phone number / Email address
Previous yoga training/experience
What do you consider your strengths as a teacher?
Where would you like to have more choices in your teaching?
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about Amy Matthews:
Amy has been teaching somatically oriented classes and workshops in dance and yoga since 1994. She is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst, a Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner, and an Infant Developmental Movement Educator. 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: Embodied Developmental Movement & Yoga course in NYC, and teaching with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in the BMC & Yoga: Embodied Anatomy & Yoga 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, California, Toronto, Tokyo and Nebraska. Amy 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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ongoing classes - summer schedule:
YOGA FUNDAMENTALS
tues & thurs, 7:45 - 9 am
classes held:
July 7, 9, 21 & 23
Aug 4, 6, 11 & 13
Aug 25 & 27
guest teacher
Lauren Cleff:
July 16 & 30
@ The Breathing Project
15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
BMC & YOGA CLASS
wednesdays, 1:30 - 3 pm
classes held:
July 8 & 22
Aug 12 & 26
Babies!
fridays, 11 am - 12 noon
sessions held:
July 10
Aug 28
Sept 4 & 25
@ The Breathing Project
15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
EMBODIED ANATOMY & KINESIOLOGY: SPINE
fridays, 1 - 3:30 pm
fall term begins September 25, 2009
15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
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On the road again . . .
In August I'm headed to Omaha, NE to teach for One Tree Yoga's Teacher Training program.
In September I'll be at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and back to Berkeley, California.
In October I'll be returning to Be Yoga in Tokyo, Japan.
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. . . and if you are looking for the next BMC & YOGA workshops in NYC:
in October 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.
October 24 - 26, 2009 Skeletal System:
Lower Limbs
November 14 - 16, 2009 Skeletal System:
Upper Limbs
December 12 - 14, 2009 Skeletal System:
Axial Spine
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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
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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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