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The Movement Arc ~ 
Somatic Education & Therapy

Creating an embodied, expressive, healthy and connected world!

Through our trainings, learn to engage expressive movement and dance as well as cultivate body awareness and connectivity as a resource for the well-being of individuals, groups and communities. We believe in the power of movement, dance and somatic embodiment to affect change in human relationships and our capacity for understanding, learning and growth. Come join our community of somatic movement explorers!

PROGRAMS and training

Embodiment Foundations

A 50 hour course for personal (or professional) development focused on introducing somatic movement and embodiment skills to those with or without prior movement experience. 25 hours are taught online (over 3 months) followed by a 25 hour in-person embodiment retreat on Saltspring Island.
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50 Hours

Expressive Movement Facilitator Training

A 250 hour 10 month long (non-clinical) certificate program, which offers skills training for professionals in the facilitation of expressive movement, dance and embodiment practices for community applications. This program is mainly focused in the Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies framework.
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10 months

Movement Therapy Advanced Courses

Intensive Courses for ADTA Alternate Route advanced students. We are from time to time offering intensive courses in the use of dance and movement for psychotherapeutic goals, as well as special workshops in this area that are open to allied psychotherapy professionals upon interview.
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Intensives
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Somatic Movement Coaching/Therapy

Somatic Movement Coaching sessions are an opportunity for support and for exploring your body connectivity and personal movement expression and creativity.  The body has an intelligent design and when understood and harnessed, we can be moving with more felt sense of support and freedom.

Sessions are facilitated by Hana Kamea Kemble (Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst) and can be tailored to the unique needs and goals of each person/client. 

Sessions are 1 to 1.5 hours in length (your choice), and can take place in person or online using Zoom.

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ON DEMAND COURSES (Self-paced)

Embodiment Tools: 21 Day Journey

A 21 day journey of 7-8 minute videos introducing a variety of tools for your embodied learning, including an introduction to the Patterns of Total Body Connectivity, Body Systems, and moving spontaneously from sensations, images and music. Guided by Hana Kamea.
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ON DEMAND

Moving with Infants and Children (0-7)

This is an on demand self-paced course which explores the important role that movement plays in a child's development from age 0 to 7. Focus includes best practices for securing attachment and healthy bonding, emotional-social skills, cognitive and physical development.
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ON DEMAND

Moving with Youth and Teens (8-16)

This is the second in this series of on-demand courses focused on moving with children and youth. The focus of this self-paced course is on the developmental and movement needs, ideas and strategies for applying movement for healthy development and well-being with youth.
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ON DEMAND

ONLINE CLASSES (LIVE on ZOOM)

Dipping Your Toes

A 3 hour introductory live online workshop (by Zoom), that offers an introduction to somatic movement experiences and provides information about the Movement Arc's courses and programs for those considering enrolment. Come get an embodied sense of our offerings!
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3 Hours

Somatic Movement Classes

This 1 hour weekly class series (12 classes) focuses on knowing and engaging different areas of your body for fuller body connectivity as well as expressivity. Includes experiential anatomy and discovering new movement potential. We welcome diversity and different ability!
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12 Hours

Special Workshops

The Movement Arc hosts special workshops with esteemed somatic movement teachers from time to time to support in depth learning in particular areas of somatic and expressive movement inquiry and practice. Join our mailing list to ensure you know what is upcoming soon!
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Movement is a way of knowing yourself.  
"Come back to the life of movement! Fill it with yourself. 
To fill it with yourself, you have to come back to the inside, to feel yourself. Otherwise it is simply an imitation." 
Irmgaard Bartenieff (as quoted by Peggy Hackney in her book Making Connections)
movement therapist and physical therapist (IRMGAARD lived from 1900-1981)

Illustrations by Monica Hernandez (@lamomoshka)

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LONGER COURSES/PROGRAMS

50 hour Embodiment Foundations welcomes anyone with an interest in embodiment and movement.

250hour (10month) Expressive Movement Facilitator Training welcomes applications from dance, somatic, movement, therapeutic, healthcare and educational professionals.

Advanced Movement Therapy  Training courses are open to ADTA Alternate Route DMT students, as well as possibly open to masters level Counsellors /Mental Health Professionals. (Currently offering individual courses only)

Please fill out our online intake form

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Movement Arc
info@themovementarc.com

Mailing: P.O. Box 31
Tatlayoko Lake, BC V0L 1W0
(Canada)

Phone: 604 781 6040

Please use our contact form/online intake form below!

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