Fundamentals of Somatics EN
Discover and strengthen your 'felt body' resources (KOMPASS funding for self-employed individuals)
Each module is dedicated to a specific topic – ground / space / individuation / communication / change / initiation – which forms the basis for the selected physical practices and theoretical input. The modules build on each other and gradually enable the contents of the body-oriented learning approaches to take effect, leading to an embodied understanding of the material. Consciously going through human biological development (movement and language development) enables the recognition of potential and repressed aspects in the learning process and allows bridges to be rebuilt in the integration of perception, thinking, feeling and action.
The training leads to a deeper, more refined experience of one's own body through an increase in body (self) awareness (interoception, proprioception, the 6th sense). One's own learning experience and the somatic-embodied penetration of the principles of somatic approaches also represent the indispensable prerequisite for their further transmission. The interplay of the somatic methods in this training course offers a special variety of perspectives for expanding the participants' previous field of action.
Ausführliche Seminarinformationen
The training course is aimed at people who are interested in the basics of somatics, i.e. body-awareness-oriented methods, and who would like to learn about and deepen their knowledge of these methods across a broad spectrum. It is also suitable for people who would like to integrate aspects of somatics into their professional work (e.g. in the fields of acting, performance, education, social work, art, psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, body therapy methods, etc.).
The basics of somatics are taught in the setting of 8 methods (Continuum, Middendorf Breathing, Feldenkrais Method®, Experiential Anatomy, BMC®, Somatic Yoga, Authentic Movement, Somatic Voice) as a variety of methods of somatic movement offerings.
Benefits for participants:
Participants will learn about a networked variety of somatic methods in practical teaching units, enabling them to gradually familiarise themselves with the basic principles of body-based educational approaches and integrate them physically (embodiment).
In the training course, participants will experience and deepen their understanding of the principles and approaches of the following somatic methods:
- Continuum
- Feldenkrais Method®
- Experiential Breathing according to Prof. Ilse Middendorf
- Body-Mind Centering®
- Experiential Anatomy
- Authentic Movement
- Somatic Yoga
- Somatic Voice
Based on each module focus (ground, space, individuation, communication, change, initiation), we explore and experience corresponding body systems, effective principles, movement patterns, biological and psychological stages of development, and their personal and social relevance.
In doing so, we take advantage of the fact that our physical development is directly connected and interacts with our conscious development. Experience and reflection give us access to this.
We create a space of emotional safety and integrate group dynamic processes as support in the individual learning process.
Curriculum
Module 1 | 19.01. - 23.01.2026 | Ground
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Modul 2 | 26.01. - 30.01.2026 | Space
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Modul 3 | 16.03. - 20.03.2026 | Individuation
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Modul 4 | 11.05. - 15.05.2026 | Communication
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Modul 5 | 18.05. - 22.05.2026 | Transitions
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Modul 6 | 22.06. - 26.06.2026 | Initiation
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Seminarleiter*innen
Kai Ehrhardt
ehrhardt@somatische-akademie.de
www.kaiehrhardt.com
Founder of the Somatic Academy Berlin, Breath Therapist/based on the work developed by Prof. Ilse Middendorf, Continuum Teacher and Heilpraktiker (Psychotherapy)
"I had the honor and privilege to learn from the two founders Prof. Ilse Middendorf (Perceptible Breath / Erfahrbarer Atem) and Emilie Conrad (Continuum) and I am pleased to be able to pass on this work." Since 2012, Kai has been developing professional trainings at the Somatic Academy as well as programs dedicated to the application of Somatics in everyday life. He has been a co-curator of the Body IQ festival since 2015. Since 2003, he has developed the approach "Authentic Eros", which integrates - as a somatic application - bodywork, relationship communication and group-dynamic processes in the area of personal and interpersonal development. He is a member of the professional associations Atem, Continuum and ISMETA.
Marion Evers
evers@somatische-akademie.de
Founder of the Somatic Academy Berlin, studied Theatre, French Linguistics & Political Science Cologne, Berlin, Marseille, M.A. "From Actor to Performer "1998, studies in Performance Arts, work in the field of directing/dramaturgy, speaker, moderator. The interest in a stronger integration of theory and practice leads to the foundation of the Somatic Academy, Embodiment Research, Body Phenomenological Foundations, Critical Somatics, Social Body & Body Politics in relation to somatic practices in their social and political relevance of "somatics" today.
Somatic Movement Educator (RSME/ISMETA), Somatic Yoga & Somatic Voice Trainer, Breath Therapist according to Prof. Ilse Middendorf, Yoga Teacher (BDY/EYU)
Katja Münker-Harder
www.movement-muenker.de/
Dance | Choreography | Performance | Somatics | Artistic Research | Walking Art | Mountain Hiking Guiding
Continuing education lecturer and director of Environmental Somatics and EMERGE/ Somatic in Dance at the Somatische Akademie Berlin. Member of the German Feldenkrais Association & ISMETA-registered RSME/RSMT/RSDE.
Trained as a physical therapist, Feldenkrais teacher, and mountain hiking guide, as well as in contemporary dance, (contact) improvisation, instant composition.
Conscious and embodied learning, the potential between individual freedom and collective inclusion in the environment, as well as joy, ease, and consciousness in the movement are the focus of her teaching. Her research-oriented practice is informed by deep-sensing investigation and reflecting evaluation. Beyond teaching her work includes performance projects, conference papers, and publications focusing on somatics and choreography, as well as on walking. Regular teaching at universities including FU Berlin, UdK Berlin, and HZT Berlin. Artistic research collaboration with AREAL_artistic research lab Berlin.
Heike Kuhlmann
www.heikekuhlmann.net
MSME, BMC®-Practitioner, dancer, -educator, choreographer, MA Performance Studies/Choreography
Heike is interested in the unfolding process of human beings. It is more than the individual unfolding, but in how people can meet each other at eye level through personal development and inclusion of structural conditions in her somatic facilitations. Being a condition to become Critical Somatics. She accompanies somatic processes in individual sessions, courses, workshops and trainings. Activism and somatics are interwoven in her artistic work. More information on: www.somatik-tanz-choreographie.de, www.heikekuhlmann.net
Kosten
3000€
Participation in the current course programme, comprising 20 sessions, is a compulsory part of the Somatic Foundation Year. These must be verified by the course instructor and include at least 4 different approaches, each comprising at least 4 sessions. The costs for this are 50% of the regular course fees.
Anmeldeinformationen
- Full Price: 3000.00 EUR