Movement Increases Intelligence
Movement is how we first perceive the world, and forms the foundation
of our perceptions. Skilled movement and improvisation enhance pleasure,
joy, and fun in the body. Integration of skills awakens sensuality
and increases vitality and pleasure during daily tasks.
Who Would Benefit?
Dancers
– increase their skill base and artistry; psychotherapists
– apply to clinical sessions to increase presence and depth;
athletes– increase their competitive edge; bodyworkers
– provide increased integration for clients; and those who
love to move
Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation creates a divine marriage
between improvisation and full body movement. It is one of the most
consistently enjoyable physical activities I have experienced as
an adult. Contact is a mixture of inner listening, rolling, gymnastic-like
moves, healthy sensuality and play.
"Annie Brook brings to her Contact
Improvisation teaching a wonderful blend of self awareness and playful
interactive exercises. In her teaching she provides a safe and expansive
foundation for the participant to enjoy the magic that is contact
improvisation."
– Mary Rose, Certified Massage
Therapist, Massage and Healing Arts Instructor, Boulder, CO
Trainings
Switzerland Developmental Training, June 2003
A playful summer camp for professionals. Occupational
therapists, physical therapists, watsu practitioners, and movement
artists. We will work with reflexes and early developmental patterns.
There will be time for case consultation, and demonstrations with
babies.
Can be taken on a one-time basis, or as part of
an ongoing training.
Near Winterthur, lodging and meals included. Contact
Careen Vanson for details. careenvanson@swissonline.ch.
Contact Improvisation Classes in Boulder
An ongoing class in the winter, times to be arranged. Contact Annie
Brook for more details.
"I
have been taking Contact classes from Annie for the last 6 months.
The result has been beyond any expectation that I had when I started.
I have discovered a bodily presence that I never knew was attainable.
This has brought a connection with life that I never possessed,
and has moved my spiritual path to a new level. Thank you Annie!"
–
Roger Jakoubek, Physicist and Energetic Healer
Movement Studies for Professional Bodyworkers
A 6-week class, 2-1/2 hours per session, offered
periodically in Boulder throughout the year. Contact Annie Brook
for further information and schedule.
Body Observation and Assessment for Therapists and Bodyworkers
Weekend training, times to be announced. Contact
Annie Brook for further information and schedule.
Sessions
Body Mind Centering sessions are excellent for
increased athletic performance, injury rehabilitation and movement
integration.
Products
Contact Improvisation
and Body Mind Centering:
A Manual for Teaching and Learning Movement – Book
$22.95 (plus shipping & handling)
State of the art Movement Exercises based on principles of Body
Mind Centering®.
"I use your book for my dance classes
as a professor at Wesleyan University. Since my classes are based
in Laban Movement Analysis, Bartinieff fundamentals, and BMC, I
found your book tremendously helpful in integrating key concepts
from solo movement exploration to partnering and contact improvisation.
The developmentally based framework assisted me in observing student
responses to CI experiences as well as provided resources for initiating
movement explorations and integration. Thank you for your wisdom
and clarity of written expression."
— Donna A. Dragon, Certified
LMA, RMT, Visiting Lecturer of Dance, Wesleyan University
From Conception to Crawling – Book
$16.95 (plus shipping & handling)
Facilitates movement and brain development. Excellent
for adults as well as infants and children.
Movement Education Videotapes
From Conception to Crawling Videotapes
Three Videos that show the developmental patterns and application
with adults and infants. Excellent learning tool.
$79.95 for set of 3 (plus shipping
& handling)
Individual Videotapes: $29.95 each
- Videotape 1 – Developmental Movement Patterns
Videotape 2 – Working with Infants
Videotape 3 – Early Primitive Reflexes
Movement Education Audiotapes
Due to a production problem, no audiotapes
are currently available for shipping. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Awakening Body – 8-Audiotape Set
$79.95 for set of 8 (plus shipping
& handling)
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
Individual audiotapes – $11.95 apiece
- Audiotape 1 – Developmental Warm Up
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 2 – Bones and Dignity
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 3 – Muscles, Organs and Power
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 4 – Fluids and Flexibility
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 5 – Satisfaction and Action
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 6 – Planes and Support
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 7 – The Nervous System
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
- Audiotape 8 – Speech and Sound
TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
Movement Education Articles
The Physiology of Shock and Trauma.
$6 (including postage)
The Satisfaction Cycle
$6 (including postage)
An excerpt from From Conception to Crawling.
Touch and Sexuality $6
$6 (including postage).
Partly excerpted from Contact Improvisation and Body Mind Centering,
with additional material.
Movement Education SPECIAL OFFERS
Contact Improvisation Book and Audio Set:
$89.95 (plus shipping
& handling)
Contact Improvisation
and Body Mind Centering book and Awakening Body audio
tape set.
From Conception to Crawling Book and Video Set:
$89.95 (plus shipping
& handling)
From Conception to Crawling book, and
From Conception to Crawling video set.
From Conception to Crawling Book, Audio and Video Set:
$139.95 (plus shipping
& handling)
From Conception to Crawling book, and
From Conception to Crawling video set, and
Awakening Body audio tape set.
Movement Studies Book and Video Set:
$104.95 (plus shipping
& handling)
Contact Improvisation and Body Mind Centering
book, From Conception to Crawling book and From Conception
to Crawling Video Package.
"Anyone interested in Developmental
Movement should own this very instructional book and video series.
They will be a valuable addition to your existing repertoire. Annie
Brook is an amazing teacher and practitioner of this work. It has
been a very important addition to my own work in Developmental Movement."
— Marjorie
L. Rand, Ph.D., cofounder of Integrated Body Psychotherapy (IBP)
http://www.drrandbodymindtherapy.com
Excerpts from Writings about Movement Education
Group Exercise
Excerpt from book Contact Improvisation and Body-Mind Centering
The Physiology of Shock and
Trauma And Somatic Methods of Treatment
Excerpt from article "The Physiology of Shock and Trauma"
Using Water-Based Methods
for Healing
Excerpt from article, Using Water-Based Methods for Healing.
Links
The School for Body Mind Centering
http://www.bodymindcentering.com
Contact Quarterly
http://www.contactquarterly.com
Body Mind Psychotherapy
http://www.bodymindpsychotherapy.com
Naropa University
http://www.naropa.edu
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