Body-Mind
Centering (BMC) ® developed by Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, is an indepth exploration
into the transformative nature of ‘Body’ and movement. BMC®
is a pathway of experiencing and perceiving, are-patterning process, a healing
art form and a treasure of educational tools. It involves various mind states
of moving from the different systems of the body such as the f luid, organ,
endocrine, nervous, skeletal, muscular, ligamentous, and fascia systems. BMC
® is experiential anatomy. Through touch, hands-on patterning, illustrations
and visual aides, through movement and observation, one learns to embody their
personal anatomy. BMC ® includes developmental patterns, which are the patterns
we go through from the watery environment of the womb, to the land based patterns
of crawling and walking. BMC ® is personal and universal. It is cellular
and whole.
"Body-Mind Centering ® is an ongoing, experiential journey into the alive and changing territory of the body.....
An important aspect of our journey in Body-Mind Centering ® is discovering the relationship between the smallest level of activity
within the body and the largest movement of the body-aligning the inner cellular movement with the external expression of movement
through space. This involves identifying, articulating, differentiating, and integrating the various tissues within the body, discovering
the qualities they contribute to one's movement, how they have evolved in one's developmental process, and the role they play in the
expression of mind. In BMC ® we are the material, our bodies and minds the medium of our exploration."
