VMI Somatic Practice Certification Program

Combining
Vocal Dance &
Voice Movement Integration (VMI) Somatic Practice
Vital Movement Integration (VMI) Bodywork Practice







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Upon completion of the entire curriculum which consists of six modules, participants have acquired the knowledge and experience to become certified practitioners of VMI Somatic Practice.

  • VMI Somatic Practice Certification Program is delighted to announce we are professionally accredited by the KTNO as a full HBO college level training as natural health practitioner licensed by the BATC for health insurance coverage.
  • We continue to be accredited by ISMETA – International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association as registered somatic movement therapist/educators. The program has been audited & approved by the CRKBO as a European professional educational program & continues to be BTW free.

AIMS: The program offers an intensive training integrating dance, movement, active breath, voice, improvisation, touch, physical repatterning and hands-on practice to become skilled practitioners in the fields of bodywork, somatic movement therapy/education & creative practice with voice & movement.

The training incorporates innovative work combining:

  • Vocal Dance – a somatic creative practice that frees the voice to be fully alive and reflected in one's expressive vitality and movement.

  • Voice Movement Integration (VMI) Somatic Practice – an integrative somatic practice actively combining voice and movement with the deepening process of bodywork to stimulate and organize the body’s physical-perceptual-emotional awareness.

  • Vital Movement Integration (VMI) Bodywork – a gentle, precise hands-on integrative approach to health and healing that guides the internal organs and glands in regaining normal tone and mobility as they influence & support the vital balance of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems. This work facilitates more balanced breathing, improves postural integration. It connects body, mind, and emotions bringing a renewed sense of equilibrium and well-being through the entire body.

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1st MODULE

Module I consisting of 175 hours is the foundation course where participants gain an active, experiential knowledge of the somatic principles and techniques involved in the practice of
Vocal Dance and VMI & Bodywork Practice. After the completion of the first module participants continue to work more deeply on their integration, and learn in more refined detail the principles and practices of Vocal Dance and VMI & Bodywork Practice.

At least one of the following modules is presented each year and can be taken in any order towards completion of the whole curriculum.

2nd MODULE

Fluids and Glandular Systems
Hands-on Physical Repatterning Practice
Vocal Dance and Improvisation

Total: 125 hours

3rd MODULE

The Neurological Reflexes & Movement Sequencing & Repatterning
The Nervous System
The Craniosacral System
Combining Body Systems with Postural Integration & Vocal Alignment
Vocal Dance & Improvisation

TOTAL: 125 hours

4th MODULE

Advanced Anatomy of the Voice & Vocal Alignment
Understanding of the Eye and Ear in Perception
Skeletal-Muscular System
Vocal Dance & Improvisation

Total: 120 hours

5th MODULE

Counseling approaches & techniques applied to Bodywork Practices & Somatic Movement Education

Total: 42 hours

6th MODULE

Combining Body Systems with Postural Integration & Vocal Alignment
Hands-on & Physical Repatterning Practice
Final Creative Project

Total: 75 hours


REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF TRAINING PROGRAM

A - INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS Ð 10 Hours
- each participant must complete at least 5 individual sessions with Patricia over the course of the training.

B - CASE STUDIESÐ when participating in Module 2, 3 & 4 each student must work with 3 individual clients for a total of 5 sessions with each individual and write an evaluation of each session.

C - PROFESSIONAL PROFILE AND AIMS Ð defining the aims of their professional application of the training by writing a description of the ways they plan to implement the training in their professional life.

D - CREATIVE PROJECT Ð each person evaluates and presents a fully developed creative work concerning their experiences generated by the training program.

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS Ð 672 hours


Certification Program 2012 Ð 2013

Module IV – Advanced Voice, the Perceptions & Skeletal Muscular System

FRI 19 OCTOBER – MON 2 OCTOBER 2012
  • FOCUS 1: ANATOMY OF THE VOICE & VOCAL ALIGNMENT

FRI 18 JANUARY – TUES 22 JANUARY 2013

  • FOCUS 2: THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EYE & EAR IN PERCEPTION

FRI 15 MARCH – TUES 19 MARCH 2013

  • FOCUS 3: THE SKELETAL-MUSCULAR SYSTEM – PART 1

  • FOCUS 4: VOICE, SOUND IMAGE & LANGUAGE

FRI 10 MAY – MON 13 MAY 2013

  • FOCUS 5: THE SKELETAL-MUSCULAR SYSTEM – PART 2

TIME: 10:00 -17:00 each day

For more information please contact:
Patricia Bardi Courses
VMI Center
De Roos van Dekamaweg 3
1061 HR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)6 120 38733

E-mail: info@patriciabardi.com
Web page: http://www.patriciabardi.com

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