SME (Somatic Movement Education)

Throughout the training you will learn to layer and interweave of core principles that underlie and establish the richness of embodied practices including guided explorations, partnering exchanges and facilitation skills involving movement or hands-on techniques.  These skills inform and deepen self-awareness and relational aspects in daily life.

Serving both personal and professional development needs it can be directly applied to health, education and arts contexts.  It compliments and enhances other movement based disciplines — such as dance, yoga, sports, martial arts – and compliments other somatic movement therapeutic modalities such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, bodywork and massage.

Providing over 500 hours of contact time, students who successfully complete the courses and homework requirements become a certified Somatic Movement Educator, with the School for Body-Mind Centering®.

The program includes 12 courses: 4 developmental courses, 7 courses on the body systems, 1 course covering competency and professional development topics.

You will need to complete all the courses and the homework to attain the SME certificate. You will then be able to register as a member of the Body Mind Centering® Association and ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association USA).

The Somatic Movement Education (SME) program cycle runs over 2 years but you can take the courses individually over several cycles and take longer to accumulate the modules for graduation.

Following graduation as an SME and further homework you can join the Practitioner program which takes another two years.
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