Institute for integrative bodywork & movement Therapy

Training and Professional Development Courses

Based on the principles of Body-Mind Centering®, Authentic Movement and Somatic Psychology

Under the direction of Linda Hartley MA.

Faculty

Linda Hartley (MA)—Programme Director

Linda Hartley has been working since 1977 in the fields of dance and somatic movement therapy, bodywork and body-oriented psychotherapy. She is a certified practitioner and teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, a UKCP registered Psychotherapist, a senior registered Dance Movement Therapist, and an ISMETA registered Somatic Movement Therapist. She has an MA in Somatic Psychology, and has undertaken in-depth studies in Authentic Movement with Janet Adler, and Process-oriented Psychology.

Linda has taught for many organisations in the UK and abroad, and since 1990 has run training programmes in Integrative Bodywork & Movement Therapy in England and Germany. Currently she works as a therapist in private practice in Cambridge and London. She is also the author of Wisdom of the Body Moving, Servants of the Sacred Dream and Somatic Psychology: Body, Mind and Meaning. Many years of practice in Buddhist meditation give support and inspiration to her work.

Beverley Nolan

Beverley is a practitioner of yoga, a somatic movement therapist and educator, and bodyworker. Through these complimentary practices Beverley has found a unique set of resources that both supports and empowers the individual on their personal journey to greater well-being.

An Allied Member of the BodyMind Centering Association (US), Beverley is undergoing registration with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association). She is a recognised teacher of the British Wheel of Yoga and a Friend of Birthlight.

Beverley leads workshops, CPD and classes in yoga, embodied anatomy, developmental movement patterns and Authentic Movement. She has a private client practice in Cambridge, with a growing holistic focus on supporting childhood difficulties including Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADD, stress and fatigue.

Kerstin Wellhofer (BA Hons, Diploma IBMT, Diploma IHHT)

Kerstin offers a private client practice and teaches as a Somatic Movement Educator and Holistic Bodywork Practitioner. The aim of her work is to bring forth wellbeing by empowering individuals to greater expression through a nurtured awareness and acceptance of the body’s inherent wisdom.

In addition to working in ongoing artistic collaborations with dancers, visual artists and performers throughout Europe, Kerstin works as a Consultant to numerous agencies in the use of somatic movement practices for Arts and Health projects.

Kerstin’s work and research is informed by the principles of Body-Mind Centering®, Authentic Movement, Dance, Visual Arts, meditation, embodied anatomy, yoga and Tai Chi.

 

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