Applied Somatics

While many of the somatic disciplines that I work with are available to the general public, my work with many of the forms that have arisen purely within Post-Modern Dance has convinced me that they have something to contribute to a wider audience.

In the last couple of years I've been actively seeking opportunities to work with people outside the performing arts. I call this aspect of my work "applied somatics". Its aim is to see how some experience of somatics can support the practice of other disciplines.

Below in brief is a list of work that I have done so far - in more detail when I have time to write more! My interest in this field is also reflected in my desire to set up BodySchool - a somatic movement education open to everyone.

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Courses Offered

The Embodied Mind – An Introduction To Somatics

An invitation to focus on our experience of our bodies with the overall aim of deepening our relationship to our whole selves, body and mind. more...

Awareness Perception Presence - Somatic Movement Practice as "Invisible Technique"

The course aims to give students with some experience of working withthe body or movement in their other studies, a thorough and rounded immersion into the world of somatics. more...

Qualities of Touch

The is course is for professional whose work somehow involves touching their clients but whose education doesn't address the issue - doctors, dentists, teachers for example. It aims to give an experiential introduction to different qualities and depths of touch and open the student's awareness to what and how they might be communicating through touch. more...

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Courses Taught

Somaesthetics Study Group, Helsinki University - Sep 2003 to Mar 2004

A multi-disciplinary study group of under- and post-graduate students who met one evening a week. Students had backgrounds in aesthetics, furniture design, textile design, graphic design, language teaching, architecture, philosophy. The weekly meetings alternated between practical sessions which I led and student presentations followed by discussions. The starting point was a consideration of Richard Schusterman's "Somaesthetics".

Kognitiivis-Analyyttinen Psykoterapia (KAT) RY

Finnish Cognitive Analytic Therapy Association
I taught courses entitled "Embodied Mind" for both the current trainee therapists and for qualified practitioners at the KAT Conference 2004.

STAKES, Family Therapist Conference - Feb 2004

Practical morning seminar entitled "Embodied Mind".

Wärtsilä corp. - staff development training - May 2007

Feldenkrais workshop

Psykofyysinen Psykoterapiayhdistys - April 2008

"Embodied Mind" - weekend workshop

 

 

 

 

 

• Education
• Approach to Teaching
• Performing Arts
• Applied somatics