Fall, 2013   BODY of SOUND   NYC  with Beth Goren
hosted by Movement Research   dates TBD

In-depth foundations and explorations through the landscape of authentic human voice and insightful movement~touch in solo, duet, and group structures:

>Basic principles of sound and personal intention
>Vibrational support/release=Neutral
>Practices in toning, birth pitches, listening, vocal dynamics and emotions
>Breathing-movement, inner-outer sounding, voice-movement coordination,
rhythms and culture

Registration: Movement Research after January 15th: (212)598-0551 ext. 261 or www.movementresearch.org

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BONES, our BASIC SUPPORT KNOW THEM/GROW THEM

Key Body-Mind Centering principles and practices and Voice-movement applications centered around bone:

> layers of the bone in relation to sensing and density
> bone spiralling
> sounding the spine
> the voice of the bones
> skeletal-style movement

Registration: (413)253-0515
Fee: $225/200 weekend

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BODY of  SOUND   spring series

MOVERS**ARTISTS**SOUNDERS**TEACHERS**THERAPISTS**PARENTS

+Know your voice, the gateway to physical/emotional balance
+Understand the power of vibration, intention, action
+Find resonance inside breathing, toning, rhythms, melody

Choice structures and intriguing prompts inspire new life in Voice-Movement
improvisation.  This time is yours to dream, connect, explore/compose.  We map
the soundbody, bring stories to life, feed heart and soul in partners and supportive circles.

Open class showing for family and friends is optional finishing touch.

“As a teacher, Beth has shown great capacity for working with both groups and individuals.
I have seen her find new and different ways to help others reach their potential.”
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Founder/Director School for Body-Mind Centering®

Ten Tuesdays,  6:30-8:30pm  Hadley, Ma.
please call to confirm dates/times
Fee: $225/200
Registration: 413-253-0515

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Weekend  Foundations of Sound, Touch, Movement
Choice prompts, images, and hands-on support to access creative and
healing explorations in the vast world of sounding and moving, from
ancient to modern practices.  Explore vibration, tone, rhythms, birth
pitches, vocal-movement dynamics built on anatomical foundations.
Begin to build work individually and together.
CONNECT**DREAM**DEEPEN**NURTURE**EXPLORE**CREATE
Come as you are with your authentic voice, body stories, qualities of
movement and touch.   We will explore both outdoors and indoors.

Fee: $225-185 sliding scale based on income. Please call.
Registration: 413-253-0515

The Longer Quest for Sound, Touch, Movement
The full week allows for an expanded time that widens and deepens the
foundational work.  Some ground of experience required for intermediate work.
Please check in with the instructor.

Deepen and stretch basic tools as a jump-off point to inspired voice-movement
improvisations in solo, partner, and group exploration.  Your whole self is
invited and included.  Performers may evolve compositional work from this
weeklong immersion.  Think a bit lazy, a lot of play,  in-depth explorations,
lotsa moving-sounding, intention/action aaaaand heart-soul spaces.

Fee: $450/425
Registration: 413-253-0515

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The  WAY  of   BMC®

a penetrating introduction with Ziji Beth Goren

two Saturdays,     10am-1pm   check for next offering
held in Amherst, Massachusetts

Principles can be dry, so we ignite them, bring them to life with images,  sensation,
and action.  When we are touched and touch another, we learn more about ourselves
in relation to the world of things and beings.  We allow whatever arises from our experience
and befriend it and ourselves.

• Explore and embody core principles related to bones, organs, center, and senses
  both solo and with a partner
• Tools are breath, movement, soundscapes, and hands-on experience
• Receive your primary and secondary alignment Rx and witness choices for others

Fee: $ 65/60      single session
120/100   series of two includes copy of the book RAPIDS
Registration:  (413)253-0515 

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COMING  ALIVE  as  FLUID

a Body-Mind Centering® journey to Winter Balance and the Magic of Options

guided by Ziji Beth Goren

featuring movement, breath, sound, and (new feature!) sensory writing

Check for next offering

Fluids are the body system that soak through membranes, move in and around vessels,

snuggle organs.  In the realm of fluids, we venture inside and outside our comfortable places

and we are renewed.  We explore eight fluids, gaining insight into their varied purposes and

rhythms.

Fee: $ 90~75  income slide
Registration: (413)253-0515

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always relaxing and rejuvenating:

MOVING from the INSIDE-OUT: Yoga and Body-Mind Centering

with Nancy Paglia and Ziji Beth Goren

(check for next offering)
Explore a series of yoga poses using principles from Body-Mind Centering® that support organs, glands,
cells, fluids, and reflexes to enrich and balance your yoga practice.

This workshop focuses on the three planes of movement in relation to yoga asana and inner
support-connections for bones, organs, glands.

The practices benefit any mover, dancer, athlete, yoga practitioner/teacher, or mind-body therapist seeking to experience:
~greater strength, flexibility, vitality
~reduced stress, deepened relation, improved alignment
~inner balance and outer reach

Nancy Paglia, M.Ed., is a Nationally Certified Massage therapist and Yoga Instructor with 25 years experience in corporate and community settings. Nancy’s compassionate style creates a safe and nurturing environment for students to deepen their experience of well-being.
Ziji Beth Goren, B.A., R.S.M.T., taught in the Embodied Yoga program with the School for Body-Mind Centering in Amherst, MA.  She is a certified teacher-practitioner since 1982, and author of the book RAPIDS, Visions for Body-Mind Centering.

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** Beth is available for private sessions by appointment. 413-253-0515

Ziji Beth Goren has devoted the past 33 years to applying voice-movement
practices to the Body-Mind Centering® foundation.  Certified as teacher-
practitioner of BMC® since 1982, a founding member of Movement
Research, she’s an eager solvent for world rhythms, language-sounds, and
tribal ways. Beth is author of RAPIDS and co-producer of TRIBES CD. Fellowships,
grants, and spirit runways support performance, research, written works, and
workshops within the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South Pacific Rim.

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KNEE JOINT CLINIC

Join an afternoon devoted to the structure, function, movement-alignment

principles, balance in three planes, cycles of energy, organ-glandular

relationships of the knee joint. The Body-Mind Centering perspective and hands-

on practices offer preventative and gentle support for injuries, awareness for all.

The instructor has worked through her own serious injuries using this approach.

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IMMUNE RHYTHMS, Voice-Movement applications with Ziji Beth Goren

The Immune System is a nomadic system which includes parts of many systems. We

explore the relationship of optimal health and sustainability within the layers of this

system. Experience vibrational support, rhythmical charging, intentional shifting. · We

name and locate all immune organs and find links between them. · We touch into three

layers of bone. · We find the connections of voice and movement to immune function.

We tap into rhythms and movements, allowing our body cells a life cycle of integrity.

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CLEANSE CLINIC

For both new and seasoned fasters, this cleanse is specific to toxins and the Liver-Gallbladder.

Benefits include worry-free feasting, improved digestion and energy, reduced inflammation
and joint pain, and that clean feeling!

Cleanse preparation includes recipe handouts for shorter and longer versions of the Liver/GB flush,
focuses on a cleansing ritual for the body’s reservoire of toxins from medications, environment,
pesticides, chemicals, etc. It is a simple and highly effective approach to cleansing these major
storage areas of toxins and/or cholesterol stones.

We will also address radiation release and cleansing.

The facilitator has embodied the practice twice a year for the past thirty years,
inspired by the Grafs, 1980-83, and the Simple Life Health Center at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico from 1987-1998.

Beth is also available to facilitate the following workshops:

* Balancing the Spine
* Bones and Organs: Regeneration and Function
* Balancing Digestive Organs (includes liver flush handout)
* Moving the Fluids
* Breath Functions and Possibilities
* Glandular Integrity I and II

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Additional Training

** Training for dancers/companies using vocal practices/score creation for
performance
** Vocal accompaniment for performance
** Vocal Profiling

Contact: (413)253-0515    email www.bethgoren.com