Inspirees Education Group (China)
Workshop / Presentation with Susan Bauer
Friday, April 26
6pm – 9pm US Pacific time
Teaching Embodiment Practices to Adolescents and Young Adults
With Susan Bauer, MFA, MSME/T, RSDE
In this workshop, we will examine methods to skillfully invite students into somatic activities, scaffolding the learning so they gain confidence by building their capacity for embodied practice. Workshop participants will be guided in a sample movement exploration based in embodied anatomy, followed by a brief presentation/discussion based on the presenter’s “Eight Pedagogy Principles” from her book, The Embodied Teen. Participants first gain experience with the somatic practices, since enhancing one’s own embodied experience is central to the ability to teach the material, while the pedagogy principles offer a framework to adapt based on one’s particular background and student / client population.
This workshop can be beneficial to professionals in many fields, including psychologists, dance therapists, somatic educators, dance teachers, and a wide variety of mental health professionals. Based on the presenter’s life-long study of dance, Body-Mind Centering®, Ideokinesis, and Bartenieff Fundamentals, the curriculum is also informed by research in neuroscience, adolescent psychology, mindfulness, and social-emotional learning. Much of this research supports the fact that the body can be seen as the root for healthy development and social-emotional growth. Providing sound somatic movement education to adolescents therefore helps to equip them with essential tools for their wellbeing—now and into adulthood.
The material is based on Susan Bauer’s new book, The Embodied Teen, the first book to offer a somatic movement education curriculum adapted to the needs and sensitivities of adolescents. Come experience, explore, and discuss how to pass along our somatic lineage to the next generation!
For registration and more information see the INSPIREES website.
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Event Category: conference, Embodiment in Education, The Embodied Teen