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Olive offers one-on-one bodywork and mentoring sessions to support your health, self-discovery, well-being, art-making, dancing and excitement about life. These sessions can take place online or in person. Sessions can include touch, movement, vocal exploration or discussion based on your needs. Do you have stress, pain or discomfort in your mental, physical, social, behavioral, or spiritual self? Sessions are a collaborative process that recognize the uniqueness of each client. Through a session we  can expand our capacity to meet and be met, to feel and be felt at a cellular level.  Olive Bieringa has over 26 year of experience working with individuals and…

What if babies and adults of all ages were able to get the touch, support and movement they need to thrive?   I offer a child and relationship-centered approach to observing and facilitating infants, and educating parents and caregivers about touch, movement and handling in the first year of life. I bring an approach which is gentle, non-intrusive, and playful rather than demanding. This approach is direct and highly specific to each individual child. My goal is to support a babies agency, comfort, curiosity and movement working together with the family in an interactive process. My intention is to meet…

The second round of the Somatic Movement Educator program began in February 2025. Courses can be taken individually for personal & professional development, or as part of the full 500+ hours Body-Mind Centering® Somatic Movement Educator certification. The four starred courses below are also part of the Infant Developmental Movement Educator (IDME) Program which will take place in 2028-2029. Module 3: Fluid System 10-16 February 2026 (6 days, day off 13/2) Nervous System 19-26 February 2026 (7 days, day off 23/2) Module 4: Ligamentous and Fascial System 4-11 September 2026 (7 days, day off 8/9) Endocrine System 14-18 September 2026 (5…

presented by Reality Research Center and University of the Arts Helsinki Mustavuori forest, Helsinki Friday October 10 at 16.00 (rain date Saturday October 11 at 11.00) Saturday October 11 at 16.00 (rain date Sunday October 12 at 11.00) Sunday October 12 at 16.00 Book tickets here   Performance duration 3 hours. More specific guidance for arriving to the performance location will be sent after purchasing a ticket. Resisting Extinction offers practices for living and dying together on, in and with a damaged Earth. Resisting Extinction invites us to look around and notice what we are losing. Together our bodies live…

Material For the Spine concentrates accumulated knowledges from Paxton’s study of walking, Contact Improvisation and Aikido practice to explore the movement possibilities in the spine and the connections between the head, pelvis, and vertebrae. “With Material For the Spine, I was interested in alloying a technical approach to improvisational results. It is a system for exploring the interior and exterior muscles of the back. It aims to bring the light of consciousness to the dark side of the body, that is, the sides not much self-seen, and to submit sensations to the mind for consideration.” Steve Paxton Note: the class series will develop.…