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EmbodiYoga in Cincinnnati offers an approach to yoga infused with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's Body Mind Centering. EmbodiYoga's founder Lisa Clark, and Cinci resident Becky Morrissey, bring this approach of Hatha Yoga practice to Cincinnati. Asana classes, workshops, teacher trainings, events from around the world, and posts to inform our community's co-creation with EmbodiYoga, join us for this Yatra of embodied, somatic unity.
12/06/2023
Embodied Developmental Movement: The Reflexes, Righting Reactions & Equilibrium Responses Classes are an active combination of presentation, movement exploration, principles of embodiment, and application to yoga practice and teaching. They will draw from Body-Mind Centering® principles, including developmental movement, embodied anatomy and embryology. Classes are suitable for students...
05/04/2023
Thank you Kim Rothwell for this wonderful conversation on the many layers and possibilities of embodiment in our lives. Please listen, share, enjoy .
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cVcL4NO37y8U4XuCenxnc?si=IDVeJH1aRS-etl_TcOX76g
Lisa Clark on the pedagogy of embodiment as creative practice of wonderment moving us from the studio into the world. Listen to this episode from The Return to Embodiment: consciousness, culture, creativity and flourishing on Spotify. As a student of art, yoga and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's Body-Mind Centering® work since the 1980's, Lisa Clark describes the how the creative process aligns with embodiment as a prac...
04/14/2023
04/12/2023
New Spring Summer workshop series
Contents and Container, The Organs, Membranes & Skeleton: The Upper Body, Limbs and Core Contents and Container: Exploring Internal Support for External Form
11/10/2022
Embryologically, the skeletal structure of each upper and lower limb begins as a unit. As the unit develops, joint spaces appear distinguishing the separate bones.
As the unit grows, more spaces appear at the successive joints until the bones and joints of the whole limb are created, scapula to fingers and pelvic bone to toes.
When the skeletal structure is basically formed, the muscles, along with the nerves, migrate from the center of the body into the limbs to create movement.
When there is a problem in an upper or lower limb, going back to their embryological origins, including exploring how the joint spaces informed the development of the bones, can be helpful to recalibrate the length and cellular organization of the limb.
So often we use our muscles to try to create our form. We hear or give directions like, “pull down your scapula” and “tuck your pelvis”.
We are taught to use our muscles in a compensatory pattern for alignment and joint issues rather than go back to the developmental process by which the innate structure emerged.
Returning to the processes by which we developed can help us embody ways our body can function more efficiently without straining or stress.
Explore along in this short video clip as we briefly go through the embryological development of the bones of upper and lower limbs: https://www.bodymindcentering.com/bones-create-structure-muscles-and-nerves-create-movement/
10/28/2022
Embodying The Skeletal System As A System Of Spirals: A Foundation For Asana, Sequencing & Alignment November 5, 2022 - January 8, 2023: SCHOOL FOR BODY-MIND CENTERING® YOGA IMMERSION SERIES #1
09/29/2022
Join Embodiyoga with Lisa Clark for the ONLINE School for Body-Mind Centering® Yoga Immersion Series module on Embodying The Skeletal System As A System Of Spirals: A Foundation For Asana, Sequencing & Alignment.
The bones, ligaments and tendons create our basic foundation. The bones lever us through space and support our weight in relationship with gravity. Clarifying the skeleton system creates clear dynamic pathways between the spine and limbs, and freedom of the central axis.
This module will explore the stable mobility of the skeletal system using Body-Mind Centering® principles from embodied anatomy, developmental movement, and embryology, as a basis of experiencing ourselves in the practice of yoga.
This online module starts in November. Register before October 29 for an early registration discount!
Learn more: https://www.lisaclarkyoga.com/series-1-embodying-the-skeleton
09/11/2022
THE DYNAMICS OF BREATHING: THE EMBODIMENT OF BREATH & PRANAYAMA — Lisa Clark September 10 - October 16, 2022 • THIS NEW ONLINE MODULE offers live interactive virtual class, plus additional yoga classes that focus on the material presented each section, a total of 45+ hours of embodied learning. The series is designed for you to attend live, or enjoy the recorded classes on...
07/02/2022
Summer Newsletter with updates on workshops, classes, and more .