Kelly Ferris teaches in Memphis
Workshops for Personal and Professional Growth
Non-certification students inquire about morning program only at a reduced cost.

Certification for Registered Somatic Movement TherapistRSMT and Registered Somatic Movement EducatorRSME through ISMETA, International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association

Eastwest Somatics is a member school of ISMETA, International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.

Kelly Ferris teaches our program in Memphis.

Kelly Ferris seen above introduced Shin Somatics® unique bridge between dance, somatics studies, and integrated bodywork in Memphis, May 31-June 4, 2010. Kelly Ferris MFA, RSMT is a graduate of Eastwest Somatics Institute and certified as a registered somatic movement therapist through ISMETA, International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.

IN HER WORKSHOPS: Enhance your skills as a therapist, performer, or teacher. Release self-defeating habits of movement and mind. Discover joyful healing dances in tune with nature. Discover the healing power of mindful movement. Learn how to relieve pain and improve performance. Translate your talent and creativity into hands-on therapeutic bodywork. Earn credits toward becoming a registered Shin Somatics® hands-on therapist or teacher through ISMETA.

Kelly taught: Seven Core Lessons in Somatic Kinesiology, May 31-June 4, 2010

This course in somatic kinesiology utilizes the techniques taught at Eastwest Somatics, especially as they apply to developmental movement; breathing from the core; ease in lying, sitting, and standing, and spiraling through the spine; pelvic integration; postural sway and intrinsic dance. Experiential anatomy will focus on the muscles of respiration, the primary breathing diaphragm, and four other responsive breath centers of the body. The course will also use Responsive Dance processes to access the breath in exploratory ways. Reference text will be Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain.

In Kelly's workshops:

• Learn rolling motions of infant life.
• Learn how to breathe with core support of the diaphragm through voice and touch.
• Learn how to orient your motions for ease in lying, sitting, and standing.
• Learn how to balance a moving spiral through the spine, and how to adapt this to hands-on work.
• Learn how the pelvis functions in walking and in integrated motions relative to the iliopsoas.
• Learn how to stand in relation to gravity.
• Experience the above in Intuitive Responsive Dance Explorations.

Kelly Ferris is a long-time student of Sondra Fraleigh, founding director of Eastwest Somatics. She uses the models of dance technique, improvisation, and choreography throughout her work. Kelly is pictured above with Jaclyn Moynahan of Eastwest. Jaclyn is helping Kelly sense balance through her dancer feet. Below we see Kelly rolling to the left in the yoga "little boat," a root phase of Chakra Unwinding in Shin Somatics® Moving Way, Land to Water Yoga. This somatic form of yoga is pioneered by Sondra Fraleigh and her students at Eastwest. Fraleigh's book, Land to Water Yoga was published in 2009. See the home page for how to purchase. Students in the Memphis workshop will have this book as a resource in their study of somatic practices of embodiment.

For more about the Memphis workshop, contact Kelly.ferris@q.com

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