Embodiment Foundations (Online & In Person)
50 hours (25 hours live online classes, 25 hours in-person retreat)
Embodiment Foundations is a 50 hour unique personal development course that takes you on a journey into discovering and cultivating your body’s deep natural intelligence, body-mind connection, body connectivity, and a more embodied way of living!
Our intention is that you leave this course feeling rejuvenated, inspired, clearer on your life’s path, more connected with and inside your body, and more expressive, confident and more knowledgeable as a moving being. We also promise you will have lots of creative fun!
This course may be taught by a variety of Movement Arc instructors, who are all long-time Somatic Movement practitioners, and was developed by Hana Kamea Kemble who is your lead instructor unless otherwise announced.
Just like a tree, our bodies root into and rise from the earth, they respond to gravity’s support as they reach for the sky. They grow spiralically, through inward and outward pathways, and can express our inner and outer beauty. The body tingles with energy and sensation and with nerve pathways longing to be awakened.
Come join us on your own personal embodiment journey, receiving support for your own wellbeing, body connectivity, and personal creativity, along with gaining new tools and ideas for movement activities that you may wish to share with others.
NEXT UPCOMING COURSE DAYS AND DATES:
Beginning January 8, 2025 and continuing weekly on Wednesday evenings 5-7pm Pacific Time Zone through March 12, 2025. Followed by an in person retreat March 14-17, 2025 (over four days) on Saltspring Island, BC at Saltspring Centre for Yoga facilities.
FEES: $1875.00 plus GST 5% tax for total of $1968.75 (Course fees are for class instruction. Travel, food and accommodations on Saltspring Island will be responsibility of each student.)
What are the benefits of this PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM?
- Discover your body’s functional and expressive movement potential.
- Harness your Body Connectivity as a neuro-muscular organizer.
- Understand basic principles of somatic theory and inquiry.
- Be introduced to some aspects of Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies (not in depth).
- Explore your felt sense of the inside of your body using experiential anatomy.
- Contact the layers and beauty of your body’s systems and expand your mobility.
- Play with peers in fun, movement-oriented expressive activities.
- Learn how to harness your body-sourced creativity.
- Experience more joy and wellbeing!
The course is open to non-dancers as well as those with some dance background, and is for people interested in deepening their own embodiment as a personal development and creative journey. This gives a foundation for developing one’s somatic work in the world and may as desired lead to next steps of enrolment in another level of The Movement Arc’s training.
Program Description:
Embodiment Foundations is a somatic self-discovery process engaging experiential anatomy, LBMS, movement/dance and expressive arts. This course draws from the natural intelligence of the body-mind and diverse modalities of embodied inquiry. This is a wellness-focused creative exploration for living a more embodied life and allowing movement expression to support your wellness.
We are not teaching you to be a facilitator (that is the focus of our other Expressive Movement Facilitator program), nor is this a therapy group; rather the focus is on using somatic education to enliven your connection with your own moving body and harness your embodied understanding, knowledge and creativity. We take you on a deep dive into your body’s many systems; into the connection you have to your own voice, and into your body’s desire and capacity for movement. You will practice authentically connecting with yourself using many tools of body awareness.
- Have curiosity and interest in the world of somatic movement.
- Have good capacity to work well in a group learning environment.
- Have an open mind to learning through embodied experiential processes.
- Have energy, time and commitment to fulfilling the course hours and participating in earnest.
- We recommend all students applying to this program have taken our introductory workshop Dipping Your Toes In as a way for instructors and students to meet and get to know each other through movement.
Next workshop: Sunday February 26, 2023 10:00am to 3:30pm Pacific Standard Time (Online)
- Students are asked to submit a short letter of intent that includes information about their current work and background in somatic movement or dance or yoga.
- Submission of a short 2-3 minutes video of a dynamic dance created and performed by you. We suggest the dance be an expression of your interest and passion for movement/dance and working with people.
- To be followed by a 30 minute conversation with a faculty member by phone or Zoom to confirm enrollment and answer any questions the student may have.
All questions and application submissions can be sent to:
Monica Hernandez, Administrative Coordinator info@themovementarc.com
or call Hana at 604-781-6040
What is involved in this 50 hour training
This 50 hour course is composed of a 1 hour long asynchronous webinar (self-paced before we begin), then weekly classes of two hours in length (25hours total online) in either the winter, spring or fall seasons over 3 months, followed by a 4 day (25 hour) intensive retreat at a beautiful location on Saltspring Island, BC., Canada
- Days and Hours: Wednesdays 5-7pm on Zoom (Pacific Time Zone) (8-10pm ET Zone)
- Winter: Begin online classes second week in January for 12 weeks through mid March, followed by 4 day retreat in March.
- Spring: Begin online classes in April and run for 12 weeks through June, followed by a 4 day retreat long weekend in late August or early Sept
- Fall: Begin online classes in September and run til later November (25 hours), then the retreat is scheduled for a 4 day weekend in mid March (joining together with the Winter program students).
Expectations
Students can arrive ready to move! We will create group agreements which everyone can agree to. Students will make any special needs, including learning differences known to instructors before program start (we welcome students of all abilities, gender identifications, ages).
**In-person courses are dependent on COVID safety protocols; if we cannot meet in person due to any new government regulations we will meet online, likely with revised schedule. ***Students are expected to attend the intensive in person. We are not able to accommodate hybrid learning by filming the intensive. If you were to miss the intensive due to illness or other emergency, you would be welcome to attend the following year’s in person intensive and would receive your course completion certificate after all classes are completed. Students need to attend 80% of the classes live in order to receive a completion certificate.
Registration and Fees:
DEADLINE to register for Winter 2025 course is January 6, 2025.
Students are invited to register after a phone interview with course Director Hana Kamea Kemble. To start, click on the Apply Now button below and send us your information and any questions you have. You will then be contacted for a phone interview.
Course fees are: $1875.00 CAD plus 5% GST tax for total of $1968.75, payable at registration.
(Fees do not include travel, accommodations or food at the 4 day retreat, and these will vary depending on where you are travelling in from). Average cost of accommodations at the retreat centre is approximately $100-125 CAD per night, and average of $75-85 CAD per day (4days) for catered food and daily tea/coffee bar.
Come join us!
Winter 2025 Embodiment Foundations Schedule
Online Training Component:
Zoom classes – 25 Hrs total (2 hours per class times 12 classes, plus 1 asynchronous webinar to self-pace through).
Online weekly classes live via Zoom: from January to March – Wednesdays 5pm-7pm (Pacific Time Zone).
Dates: January 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12.
PLUS 1 hr Asynchronous learning by Webinar (pre-recorded).
In Person Training Component: 4 day intensive – 25 Hrs total
March 14-17 (2025) on Saltspring Island, BC, Canada (Hours 9:30am-12:30 and 1:30-4:30pm), with an extra 1hour dance party on Saturday evening. Location at Saltspring Centre for Yoga.
Instructors may include any of the following:
- Hana Kamea Kemble, MA, RCC, RSMT, BC-DMT, CLMA
- Laurie Potter, R-DMT, RCC, RDT
- Amy Kiara Ruth, BSc (Educational Kinesiology)
- (we may have visits from other somatic movement experts, as available)
