Where To Start
Below is a list of recommended starting points based on your interests, designed to help guide your selection. However, all of Bonnie’s courses and books are versatile and have have a wide range of applications, so feel free to begin with any that resonate with you.
SENSING, FEELING, AND ACTION
If you’re new to Bonnie’s work and Body-Mind Centering®, a great place to start is with her first book, Sensing, Feeling, and Action. It’s a collection of her essays, interviews, and articles, and covers the wide scope of her work and its many applications, including her article on An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®. |
YOGA
All of Bonnie’s Embodied Anatomy Series courses are directly applied to yoga. You can start with any course in this series – no course is more advanced than others. Many people with a yoga background find it helpful to start with the three courses on the skeletal system, as the skeletal system provides us with our basic supporting structure:BODYWORK, TOUCH, AND MASSAGE
These two courses are a great place to start for those who do hands-on work or incorporate touch in their practice.DANCE
These two courses are wonderful places to start for those interested in movement and dance.Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice | Dance and Body-Mind Centering® |
PSYCHOPHYSICAL
These three course offer solid foundations for Bonnie's work as applied to the psychophysical aspects of Body-Mind Centering®.VOICE, BREATH, AND MEDITATION
For those working with and interested in the voice, breath, and meditation, these courses and book are wonderful places to start.Embodied Anatomy and the Dynamics of Vocalization | Embodied Anatomy and the Dynamics of Breathing | The Mechanics of Vocal Expression |
DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT
This book and video offer a solid foundation for the developmental movement patterns Bonnie named the Basic Neurocellular Patterns. These patterns underlie all movement.Basic Neurocellular Patterns: Exploring Developmental Movement | Practicing the Basic Neurocellular Patterns |
MUSIC AND VOICE
For those working with and interested in music making and the voice, these courses and book are great places to start.Embodiment and Expression for Musicians and Singers | Embodied Anatomy and the Dynamics of Vocalization | The Mechanics of Vocalization |
COURSES OFFERING CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS THROUGH NCBTMB
The following courses are approved for CEs through NCBTMB:
- Embodied Touch as Transformative Practice
- Embodying Muscles Part 1 and 2
- Embodying the Foundations of Embryological Development
- Perception as a Key to Embodying and Repatterning the Nervous System Part 1 and 2
- Transforming Stress into Calm and Confusion into Clarity by Embodying Key Embryological and Neural Pathways
* We can also provide letters verifying completion of our online courses that include the number of course hours