SomaHut – a space to meet, learn and care

 

 

Project for Professional Development and Capacity Building

A project for the professional development of educational and teaching staff within the organization, strengthening the local community through somatic/embodied practice and education, and connecting the local community of somatic practitioners and educators with international colleagues and organizations.

SomaHut – a space to meet, learn and care is a project of Multimedijalna koliba, co-financed by the European Union.

Project Presentation:

December 21, 2024, from 16:00 to 18:30 at MO Šestine, Šestinski trg 10, Zagreb

Professional development through the licensed program of the School for Body-Mind Centering®:
Practitioner Program, conducted by moveus, Germany

Workshop Cycle:

DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT – from the cell to the community
led by Zrinka Šimičić, dance artist and certified somatic practitioner and developmental movement educator (CMA-SP, RSME, IDME)

January 18, 10:00 – 14:00

BASIC NEUROLOGICAL MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND BODY CONNECTIONS

In this workshop, participants will explore the basic neurological movement patterns and body connectivity through the developmental path from the simplicity of the cell to the complexity of the organism. Developmental patterns are automated sequences of movement and body connectivity that emerge and are typically integrated during early childhood, influencing physical, perceptual, emotional, and cognitive development. They shape how we relate to gravity, ourselves, others, and the world. If a pattern becomes dominant, it may inhibit the manifestation of other patterns. Exploring developmental patterns in adulthood provides opportunities to strengthen weaker patterns, modify dominant ones, and reintegrate to discover new possibilities, ease, and fluidity in movement.

February 8

REFLEXES – the alphabet of our movement

Through play, dance, and interaction with the group and environment, this workshop will focus on observing and stimulating reflexes, upright responses, and balance reactions — the foundation of all directed and effective movement. The aim is to open pathways for bodily connectivity, ease of movement, and the expansion of the movement vocabulary.

February 22

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT – simplicity in complexity

This workshop returns to the very beginnings of our existence. By embodying some of the processes that shaped us, participants will rediscover the remarkable intelligence, complexity, and clarity that guided our path from the cell to the community.

Venue: MO Voćarska, Voćarska cesta 71, Zagreb

The workshops are based on the Body-Mind Centering® approach and learning, movement analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, and the instructor’s years of personal experience in researching and teaching developmental movement.

Target audience:

Performing artists and educators, caregivers, therapists, parents, and anyone who wishes to:

  • deepen their experience and knowledge of the body and movement for professional or personal reasons

  • become aware of their own movement patterns and work on increasing availability and ease in the body and movement

  • recognize some primary reflexes as a foundation for establishing more mature movement patterns

  • explore the immense wealth of knowledge and experience stored in the body before birth, at the very beginnings of embryonic development

 

 

Information and registration: somahut.mmk@gmail.com

 

Individual Somatic Sessions

With Zrinka Šimičić, certified movement analyst and somatic practitioner (CMA-SP), registered somatic movement educator (RSME), and developmental movement educator (IDME).

Sessions are arranged individually via email: zrinka.simicic@gmail.com