Channel Title: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Channel Description: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen is an occupational therapist, movement artist, researcher, educator, and the developer of the Body-Mind Centering® approach to movement and consciousness. She began her research in movement therapy and anatomy in 1958 and founded The School for Body-Mind Centering® in 1973. An innovator and leader, her work has influenced the fields of bodywork, movement, dance, yoga, body psychotherapy, childhood education and many other body-mind disciplines. She is the author of the books Sensing, Feeling, and Action, Basic Neurocellular Patterns: Exploring Developmental Movement, and The Mechanics of Vocal Expression, and has numerous videos of her teaching, including those on embodied anatomy, cellular consciousness, embryology, and other Body-Mind Centering® applications. She is currently teaching series of online classes and working on a number of new books and videos. <video> Balancing the Two Sides of the Body: Embodying Integral Pelvic, Spinal, and Brain Connections Description: This is a recording of class 1 Bonnie's 2024 Fall Series on Balancing the Two Sides of the Body: Embodying Integral Pelvic, Spinal, and Brain Connections through Movement, Touch, and Consciousness (2024 Fall Series), A Body-Mind Centering® Approach. We have made it free for everyone. When our body is in balance, we feel in harmony within ourselves and are able to interact with others and our environment from a more grounded place. The lower spine, pelvis, and related structures establish a key internal support and, when embodied, can bring a profound sense of balance to the two sides of the body. Using a multi-systems exploration of the integral connections that underlie this support, this series will explore balancing the two sides of the body by: 🟆 Recognizing and releasing neurological and tissue restrictions in the base of the pelvis and spine 🟆 Revitalizing the structures of our lower pelvis and spine: bones, muscles, organs, and nerves We will approach these structures through: 🟆 Discovering the unique embryological origins of the lower spine and pelvis 🟆 Embodying their current adult structures 🟆 Integrating their cellular matrix with their spinal nerve innervation 🟆 Unifying the two sympathetic ganglionic chains through the ganglion impar in front of the coccyx (sympathetic nervous system) 🟆 Experiencing the sacral autonomic nervous system plexus (usually considered to be parasympathetic) as a counterbalance to the sympathetic nervous system innervation from each spinal nerve 🟆 Condensing of fat cells to release stored energy, tone muscles for increased strength, and bring a sense of lightness, fluidity, and ease 🟆 Clarifying fascial lines of flow to bring connectivity and flow through the whole body Registration is still open. Pay From the Heart scholarships are available! https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/2024-fall-series-live?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=2024_fall_series&utm_content=class_1 FOLLOW BONNIE Website (schedule, courses, books): https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=2024_winter_series&utm_term=class_1_recording Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=2024_fall_series&utm_content=class_1 The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2024 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Increase Flexibility in Hips, Pelvic Diaphragm Support, and Alignment and Integrity of the Spine Description: Many of us are holding in our pelvic diaphragm due to being instructed to pull up and tighten our core and/or to tuck our tail. This tightening limits movement and over time can decrease the vitality of tissues and joints, especially in the organs of the pelvis as well as the hip, sacroiliac, and lower spinal joints. This often becomes a bigger issue as we age. In this clip, we explore the embodiment of the embryological origin of our central axis (notochord) from the center of the pelvic diaphragm and perineum (perineal body) to the pituitary gland. The notochord orients the alignment and movement of our spine, and the perineal body orients the alignment and movement of our hip joints. Bonnie demonstrates how you can move with more ease, range of motion, form, and flow to increase flexibility in the hip joints, support in the pelvic diaphragm, and alignment and integrity of the spine. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=increase_flexibility_in_hip_+and_pelvic_diaphragm_support_perineal_body_origin FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=increase_flexibility_in_hip_+and_pelvic_diaphragm_support_perineal_body_origin The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Increase Range of Motion in Shoulders and Spine through Initiating Movement in Lobes of the Lungs Description: In this exploration, we initiate movement from each individual lobe on one side and then sequence through each lobe. This is different from initiating movement in your muscles. The right lung has three lobes: an upper, a middle, and a lower. The left lung has only two lobes: an upper and a lower. However, the upper lobe of the left lung is divided into two sections, an upper and a lower, so we can approach both lungs in a similar way. It can be helpful to start with small movements to feel that the initiation is coming from the lung itself. When the movement sequences into your lower lobe, feel how the lower lobe brings energy and strength into your leg on the same side. Explore on one side first and feel the difference between what each side feels like. This exploration may be helpful for people with limited mobility in the lungs, spine, shoulders, and hips. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=initiating_ovement_in_obes_lungs_for_increase_range_of_motion_in_shoulders_and_spine FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=initiating_ovement_in_obes_lungs_for_increase_range_of_motion_in_shoulders_and_spine The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Embodying Authenticity Organicity Expression: Organs & Glands as Foundation for Movement Touch Voice Description: The body, movement, and consciousness are intimately intertwined. Each influences the others. How we embody our physical structure influences our movement and consciousness. Although we often think of movement and touch as being muscle-based, all of the body systems play important roles in the support and articulation of our body and are expressed as a wide range of movement qualities and consciousness. Organs and glands bring special qualities to this complex and fascinating interplay. ORGANS Organs have a foundational role in our survival. They allow us to breathe, be nourished, and discard unneeded substances. They develop very early in the embryological process and underlie the development of other body systems. If there is a difficulty in alignment, flexibility, or strength, initiating movement or sound from the organs or working with them using touch can provide ways to change the skeletomuscular system. Organs provide three-dimensionality to movement, depth to the voice, and access to deep changes in the neuromuscular system through touch. ENDOCRINE GLANDS Endocrine glands are our major chemical governing system. They act as a bridge between the organs and nervous system. Through embodying the glands, we express clear states of consciousness. Each gland offers highly different and distinct states, from internal stillness to chaos. MOVEMENT PRACTICES (MOBILITY) Movement initiated through embodiment and local tissues is automatic, spontaneous, and specific. It informs and engages a whole-body response. Expanding our efficiency and range of qualities offers increased comfort and ease and provides us with a great repertoire of movement possibilities and creative movement inventions. This course offers ways to: – Improve alignment, flexibility, strength, and balance – Prevent injuries – Retrain when problems arise – Increase movement vocabulary – Create themes for improvisation and expand choreographic possibilities – Relieve excessive tension, tightness, strain, weakness, and/or exhaustion in muscles BODYWORK AND THERAPY (TOUCH) Touch is based on internal movement. It is an expression of, as well as a way to assess, that movement. Approached in an embodied way, touch can be a subtle and deep path for communicating with others and ourselves. This course offers ways to: – Evaluate and approach organs and glands through touch, breath, movement, voice, and perception – Establish a bridge between table work and active movement repatterning to give clients a way to integrate changes through their movement in daily life – Increase vitality, strength, flexibility, flow, and ease – Relieve excessive tension, tightness, strain, weakness, and/or exhaustion – Communicate subtly through touch by differentiating different layers of tissue SOMATIC PSYCHOLOGY (CONSCIOUSNESS) Our body moves as our mind moves. The qualities of any movement are a manifestation of how the mind is expressing itself through the body at that moment. Changes in movement qualities indicate that the mind has shifted focus in the body. Movement can be a way to observe the expressions of the mind through the body, and it can also be a way to effect changes in the body-mind relationship. This course offers ways to: – Access the mind by working with the body through movement, touch, voice, breath, and perception – Address underlying emotional and cognitive challenges – Trace preverbal experience through movement, touch, and voice – Ground the past and future in one’s present awareness, perception, and movement – Increase your understanding of how the organs and glands store and process experience No prior experience with the Body-Mind Centering® approach is necessary. Come and share with curiosity and a sense of inquiry about movement, voice, the body, and consciousness. ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity_organicity_expression&utm_content=course_trailer FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free article: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity_organicity_expression&utm_content=course_trailer </video> <video> Relationship of the Gonads, Ankles, and Forelegs for Support, Stability, and Mobility Description: We often try to create forms, postures, and movements through skeletomuscular manipulation. This kind of manipulation can lead to the suppression of other body systems, including our endocrine glands and organs. In this clip, we look at the gonads (ovaries and testes), which are both endocrine glands and organs, and their relationship to the forelegs and ankles. An easy way to explore this relationship is in the yogic table posture. When we tuck our tail or pull up our abdomen to manipulate ourselves into the form of table, we suppress our gonadal energy (energetic flow through the gonads). It also cuts off the relationship and energy flow between our gonads and our forelegs and ankles, and between our gonads and head. From this perspective, the gonads have a direct connection to the forelegs and ankles. If there is an issue with the forelegs and/or ankles, going to/working with the gonads can be helpful. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=relationship_of_gonads_ankles_and_forelegs_for_support_stability_and_mobility FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=relationship_of_gonads_ankles_and_forelegs_for_support_stability_and_mobility The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Relationship between Adrenal Glands and Core Support Description: We don't often think of our endocrine glands as offering us support in our alignment and movement. We are usually instructed to make adjustments through our skeletomuscular system. However, initiating movement in the muscles and bones without the support of other body systems can end up being mechanical and restrict our movement. In this clip, Bonnie shows how going to the embodiment of some of the lower glands, in particular the adrenals, and their relationships to the skeletal system can free our spine and offer a deeper support for our muscles than just going to the muscles themselves. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=engaging_your_adrenals_for_core_support FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Get a free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering® https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=engaging_your_adrenals_for_core_support The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Central Core Stability through Embodying Your Bladder Description: When we bend forward, many of us are actually shifting our pelvis and center of weight backward, and bend backward by shifting our pelvis and center of weight forward. In this clip, we explore embodying our bladder as a stable base from which to bend forward and backward without shifting our pelvis or center of weight. This is done not by holding or tightening in the bladder but by shifting the weight through the bladder. The bladder can also be explored as the center for stabilizing our vertical axis in turning. The bladder is a primary organ because it develops embryologically in the space that was the site of the allantois, the connecting canal between the yolk sac (gut tube) and the umbilicus. 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The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. </video> <video> Spatial Relationship of the Pancreas to the Limbs and Solar Plexus Description: In exploring the embodiment of the endocrine glands, I have found that the pancreas and adrenals create whole-body crystalline forms of movement. The pancreas creates a triangular spatial relationship between the two hands and the tail, and between the two feet and the head. This relationship is a tensile, six-pointed star with the solar plexus at the center. This double triangular connection stays constant, no matter what the movement is. The quality of the movement is about the flow of energy through space. The adrenals have a spatial relationship between the navel and the six limbs (hands, feet, head, tail) where the navel is the center out of which the limbs radiate outward like the spokes of a wheel. While each limb can initiate movement, they are interconnected to all the other limbs through the navel. When one limb moves, the movement radiates through the navel into all of the other limbs, changing the configuration of the form of the whole body and shifting the flow of weight toward the initiating limb. The quality of movement is about the flow of energy through weight. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=spatial_relationship_of_pancreas_to_limbs_and_solar_plexus FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=spatial_relationship_of_pancreas_to_limbs_and_solar_plexus The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Tucking Your Tail versus Finding the Connection of Your Tail and Feet Description: A common instruction in yoga, material arts, dance, and other types of movement practices, as well as in rehabilitation therapy modalities is to tuck the tail (coccyx). However, this cuts off the connection to the feet and causes localized holding that affects the rest of the body. When one part of the body is statically holding, every other part has to make adjustments to compensate for the holding. This kind of static holding and tightening in the abdomen isn't just about muscles – it also includes holding and tightening in the organs and glands. One of the issues as we age is balance and feeling where our feet are in space. Feeling this dynamic connection of your tail to feet helps to keep the blood circulating and the physical and energetic connections between the tip of your spine (tail) and your feet. Stand and feel this for yourself. You can also do this sitting with your flat on the floor or another surface. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=tucking_your_tail_versus_finding_connection_of_your_tail_and_feet FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: Get a free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering® https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=tucking_your_tail_versus_finding_connection_of_your_tail_and_feet The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> The Difference Between Collapsing and Yielding Description: What is the difference between collapsing and yielding? When we collapse, our center is not in relationship to gravity. It has lost its sense of self (internal space) and its relationship with the outer space. When our central space recognizes itself, it can yield to the space around it. With yielding, our center space is in relationship with the space outside of us. We can perceive that we are not alone or separate – we're just individualized. With collapsing, our center space doesn't recognize itself or its relationship with the outer space. This often comes with compensatory patterns. Some of the words we call these patterns are isolation, repression, dominance, judgment. The key is how to stay present in the now. This isn't just philosophical. It's physical and philosophical. We embody this. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=difference_between_collapsing_and_yielding FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering® https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=difference_between_collapsing_and_yielding The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> How Do You Embody Your Skin? Description: Our skin is our outer embracing membrane. It defines our form and is an intimate bridge between our feltsense of self and other. Explore along in this free class as we open our awareness to how we embody each of our three layers of skin: the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. We also explore how these three interconnecting layers relate to the autonomic nervous system and to our feltsense of who we are, the environment, and who is other. This class is from the 2022 Body-Mind Centering® Association's 35th Annual Conference on Re-Joining the Circle: Somatic Agency and Social Justice. The conference was held June 22 to 26, 2022 at Dennison University (Granville, Ohio) and online. For more information about the Body-Mind Centering® Association and their offerings: https://bmcassociation.org/ For more information about Bonnie, her upcoming events, courses, and books: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com/ For more information about the Body-Mind Centering® approach and School for Body-Mind Centering® Programs and courses: https://www.bodymindcentering.com/ The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as pregnant women, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. </video> <video> Relationship of the Heart, Lungs, and Legs for EASE OF MOVEMENT in Rolling Description: The heart and lungs are a ball and socket joint. The heart can rotate inside the lungs and the lungs can rotate around the heart. For the heart to rotate inside the lungs, the lungs need to counter-rotate around the heart. For the lungs to rotate around the heart, the heart needs to counter-rotate inside the lungs. Each lung has its own relationship with the heart and can rotate or counter-rotate around the heart. The lungs also have a relationship to the legs. In this clip, Bonnie is demonstrating rolling and moving, feeling the rotation and counter-rotation of the heart and lungs, and then feeling how the lungs connect into the legs. Engaging the lower lobes of the lungs is necessary to support the connection of the lungs through the legs. This exploration can be helpful for rotation of the torso (increase mobility of the ribs and between the ribs and pelvis), breathing, building of core support, and integrated and ease of movement of the shoulder and shoulder girdle. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=relationship_of_heart_lungs_legs_for_ease_of_movement_in_rolling FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=relationship_of_heart_lungs_legs_for_ease_of_movement_in_rolling The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Transforming Stress into Calm and Confusion into Clarity Description: This is a recording of class 1 Bonnie's 2024 Winter Series on Transforming Stress into Calm and Confusion into Clarity by Embodying Key Embryological and Neural Pathways: A Body-Mind Centering® Approach. We have made it free for everyone. Trauma, stress, confusion, and uncertainty greatly impact our lives. While we may not always be able to control the causes that give rise to them, we have the possibility to reshape our habitual, reflexive responses in order to modulate and reduce the adverse effects they have on our body, emotions, mind, and behavior. The focus of this series is to discover innate pathways of ease and clarity. When these pathways are embodied, our discomfort, fear, and pain can transform into an inner realization of strength and calm and a fresh understanding of our potential for a change of consciousness. There is a dynamic dialogue between our nervous system and our cells. Listening to and engaging in this dialogue can reveal blockages causing us distress. With slight shifts in awareness, this listening can yield increased vitality, freedom, and comfort. In class 1, Bonnie shares about: 🟆 Two-layer embryonic disc: frontbody (nourishment) and backbody (protection) 🟆 Development of the midllebody 🟆 Notochord (central organizing unit of the embryo) and its spatial relationship to the rest of the body in form and consciousness 🟆 Form and consciousness of the embryonic disc developing into three dimensions 🟆 Embodying the embryological central axis (notochord) as a place from which to orient to oneself, the rest of the body, and to that which is outside of oneself 🟆 Exploration: Finding the place from which the body consciousness and structures are calibrated – cells on one side of the body inform the brain on the same side 🟆 Working with cell to brain on the same side of the body in people who have had strokes 🟆 Exploring the embodiment of embryological development as a remembering process 🟆 Perceiving flow through tissues 🟆 Cellular breathing Registration includes: 🟆 8 class recordings (90 – 112 minutes each) 🟆 more than 60 downloadable documents and illustration Register today! https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/2024-winter-series-live?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=2024_winter_series&utm_term=class_1 FOLLOW BONNIE Website (schedule, courses, books): https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=2024_winter_series&utm_term=class_1_recording Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=2024_winter_series&utm_term=class_1_recording The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2024 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video> <video> Release Stress on Your Heart | Zone of the Isoring Description: In anatomy books, the heart is usually approached as a separate organ that pumps blood through the rest of the circulatory system. In my experience, looking at the heart as a pump puts stress on the heart. There are many ways to approach the heart. In this clip, we approach the heart as the place where the circulatory system simply spirals or pivots, which can release stress on the heart. The heart is not a separate unit from the blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries). There’s no break in the circulatory system. Viewing, embodying, and working with the heart and blood vessels as one continuous unit brings awareness to the entire circulatory system. When any part of the system becomes unaware of its own existence, other parts will need to compensate. Blood flows from the heart into the arteries, which flow into the capillary beds, which flow into the veins, which bring blood back to the heart, which flows into the arteries. There is a place in the capillary beds that I call the zone of the isoring. This is the area where the arterial flow moves into the venous flow. It's similar to estuaries where freshwater meets the sea. It's a dynamic place of fluid transition – an energizing of the blood that is very important for the resting of the heart. The zone of the isoring provides a peripheral counterforce to support the centrality of the heart. There is a lot of emphasis on core strength being a held position. What I'm sharing in this clip is how to let go of static core strength and to find the dynamic core strength that’s given to us freely without causing stress to our hearts. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=release_stress_on_your_heart_through_embodying_zone_of_isoring FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=release_stress_on_your_heart_through_embodying_zone_of_isoring The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. </video> <video> Working with Organs that Have Been Removed – Space is Living Consciousness Description: If an organ has been removed, the space where it existed is still present. The structures might not be there anymore but the consciousness of them remains. Just like we are not children anymore but who we were as children is still with us and informing us. Space is living consciousness. It’s not definable, it’s experienced. It holds the body. When an organ has been removed, we can still work with its consciousness in the space where it existed. In this clip, Bonnie speaks about two people she has worked with: One is a man whose spleen was removed and the other a child who was born with only half a cerebellum. This clip is from Bonnie's online course Embodying Authenticity, Organicity, and Expression: Organs and Glands as a Foundation for Movement, Touch, and Voice A Body-Mind Centering® Approach ✨✨ TAKE THE COURSE ✨✨ https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/products/embodying-authenticity-organicity-and-expression?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=space_is_living_consciousness_working_with_organs_that_have_been_removed FOLLOW BONNIE Website: https://www.bonniebainbridgecohen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonniebainbridgecohen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodymindcentering/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymindcentering Free copy of An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering®: https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=embodying_authenticity&utm_content=space_is_living_consciousness_working_with_organs_that_have_been_removed The material in this video is presented for informational and educational purposes only. The examples demonstrated in this video are intended to be done with ease and without pain or force. However, as with any movement or exercise program, please consult your physician/health care provider as to whether the exercises and techniques in this video are suitable for you. This is especially important for people with specific concerns such as people who are pregnant, people with injuries, and those with other health or movement considerations. Copyright © 2023 Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen </video>

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Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen is an occupational therapist, movement artist, researcher, educator, and the developer of the Body-Mind Centering® approach to movement and consciousness. She began her research in movement therapy and anatomy in 1958 and founded The School for Body-Mind Centering® in 1973. An innovator and leader, her work has influenced the fields of bodywork, movement, dance, yoga, body psychotherapy, childhood education and many other body-mind disciplines.

She is the author of the books Sensing, Feeling, and Action, Basic Neurocellular Patterns: Exploring Developmental Movement, and The Mechanics of Vocal Expression, and has numerous videos of her teaching, including those on embodied anatomy, cellular consciousness, embryology, and other Body-Mind Centering® applications.

She is currently teaching series of online classes and working on a number of new books and videos.

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