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The Nervous System
2026-01-03 09:00 - 2026-01-10 13:30 UTC | CasaNave Alle Mura, Via Nazario Sauro 8, Tuscania, 01017, Italy
€890 (early bird 1: register by October 25, 2025),
€945 (early bird 2: register by November 29, 2025),
€995 (full fee)
7 days/49 hours
day off January 6th
Faculty: Gloria Desideri, Marcella Fanzaga, Thomas Greil
Experience occurs first on a cellular level. The nervous system is the recording system of the body. It records our experiences and organizes them into patterns. It can then recall the experience and modify it by integrating it with patterns of other previous experiences. Although it can be said that the nervous system is the last to learn, however, once it has acquired knowledge, it not only becomes the main center of control of psychophysical processes, but through creativity and play is able to initiate the process of learning new experiences.
The nervous system underlies alertness, thought, and precision of coordination. It also estblishes the perceptive basis from which we view and interact with our internal and external worlds.
In this course we will focus on:

Distinguishing experientially the organization of the nervous system: central/peripheral; somatic/autonomic; sensory/motor.
In movement, release of blocks at nerve level (central nervous system, autonomic system nerves, main somatic and autonomic pathways).
Understanding the principles of nerve reversals and methods of releasing them.
Balancing of the autonomic Nervous system, the basis of self-regulation and as a support for the external expression of voluntary movements.

Information and registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it +39 3394981834
Registration Form 2025-2026

Course Calendar 2025-2026

SME Program – Description

The Fluid System
2025-11-03 08:30 - 2025-11-09 13:30
€760 (early bird 1), €810 (early bird 2), €860 (full)
6 days / 42 hours
day off November 6th
Faculty: Gloria Desideri, Emanuela Passerini, Mark Rietema
Consecutive translation: Anna Keller

The fluids are the transportation system of the body. They underlie presence and transformation, set the ground for basic communication, and mediate the dynamics of flow between rest and activity, tension and relaxation.
The characteristics of each fluid relate to different qualities of movement, touch, voice, and state of mind. These relationships can be approached from the aspects of movement, mind states, or from anatomical and physiological functioning.

In this course we will explore the characteristics of the major fluids of the body: cellular, interstitial and transitional fluids, blood, lymph, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, fascia and fat.
We will learn to:

distinguish the qualities of specific fluids through movement and touch;
initiate movement from each of the fluids;
identify individual psychophysical characteristics of each of the fluids and their various combinations;
gain awareness of your own fluid affinities and recognize their embodiment and expression in others.

Information and Registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it – +39 3394981834

Registration Form 2025-26

Course Calendar 2025-2026

SME Program – Description

The Endocrine System
2025-08-27 08:30 - 2025-08-31 13:30
€620 (early bird 1), €675 (early bird 2), €725 (full)
5 days / 35 hours
Faculty: Gloria Desideri, Nisha Kewalramani, Maria Martinez
The endocrine glands are the major chemical governing system of the body and are closely aligned with the nervous system. Their secretions pass directly into the blood stream and their balance or imbalance influences all of the cells in the body. The glands are the keystone between the organs and the nervous system and between the nervous system and the fluids. They create crystalline psychophysical states through which we are able to experience and understand the universal aspect of self. This is the system of internal stillness, surges or explosions of chaos/balance and the crystallization of energy into archetypal experiences. The endocrine glands underlie intuition and the perceiving and understanding of the Universal Mind.
In this course we focus on:

initiating breath, voice and movement from each of the following glands and bodies: coccygeal body, gonads, adrenals, pancreas, thoraco body, hearth body, thymus, thyroid, parathyroids, carotid bodies, pituitary, mammillary bodies and pineal;
distinguishing their reflex points;
aligning their energy centers along the spine;
establishing their relationships to bones and joints;
analyzing the glandular support of the spine and head.

Information and registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it – +39 3394981834
Registration Form 2025-2026
Course Calendar 2025-2026
SME Program Description

The Organ System
2025-07-06 08:30 - 2025-07-13 13:30
€890 (early bird 1), €945 (early bird 2), €995 (full fee)
7 days / 49 class hours
day off July 9th
Faculty: Gloria Desideri, Marcella Fanzaga, Tamara Milla Vigo
Our organs are vital and alive. They provide us with our sense of self, full-bodiedness, and organic authenticity. Organs are the contents within the skeletal-flesh container and carry on the functions of our internal survival — breathing, nourishment and elimination. Organs are the primary habitats or natural environments of our emotions, aspirations, and the memories of our inner reactions to our personal and social histories. They support our postural tone and our feelings, and give volume to our movement.
This course includes:

Initiating breath, voice, movement and touch from the organs.
Analyzing imbalances in individual organs and the organ system as a whole.
Techniques to facilitate access to and balance in the organs.

Information and registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it +39 3394981834
Registration Form 2025-2026

Course Calendar 2024-2026

SME Program – Description

The Skeletal System
2025-04-24 08:30 - 2025-05-04 13:30
€1125 (early bird 1), €1205 (early bird 2), €1265 (full)
9 days / 63 hours
days off April 27, May 1
Faculty: Gloria Desideri (Program Director), Marcella Fanzaga (IT), Christian Meier (DE)
Consecutive Translation: Anna Keller (CH)
This system provides us with our basic supporting structure. It is composed of the bones and the joints. The bones lever us through space and support our weight in relationship to gravity and the shape of our movements through space. The spaces within the joints gives us the possibility of movement and provide the axes around which the movement occurs.
The skeletal system gives our body the basic form through which we can locomote through space, act on the environment and sculp and create the energy forms in space that we call movement. Through embodying the skeletal system, the mind becomes structurally organized, providing supporting ground for our thoughts, the leverage for our ideas, and the fulcrum and the spaces between our ideas for the articulation and understanding of their relationships. It provides the foundation for the psychophysical qualities of clarity, effortlessness and form.
In this course we will learn:

skeletal principles that enhance effortless movement
the relationships between bones and joints and how they integrate through the whole body;
ways of evaluating and repatterning imbalances in skeletal alignment and movement;
techniques for facilitating the repatterining of the internal structure of the bone.

Information and Registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it – +39 3394981834
Registration Form 2025-26
Course Calendar 2024-2026
SME Program – Description

Professional Issues 2
2023-04-29 08:30 - 2023-05-01 14:00
3 days / 21 class hours
This course is a continuation of Professional Issues 1. Explore how to develop as a Body-Mind Centering® practitioner/Somatic Movement Therapist from an authentic place, blending presence, resonance, intuition, knowledge and experience. Competency as a professional is also addressed.
This course includes:

The client/practitioner relationship.
Developing note taking skills to track your clients progress.
Looking at ongoing professional development, research and the larger context of the somatic field.

BMC® Teachers: Gloria Desideri, Jeanette Engler, Thomas Greil
Information and registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it
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Psychophysical Integration-1
2023-04-21 08:30 - 2023-04-27 13:30
6 days / 42 class hours (day off, April 24)
To find psychophysical homeostasis we need to maintain our ability to respond to present circumstances in ways that support maintenance and/or return to health and balance. In Body-Mind Centering® we can access ways to transform our habitual psychophysical habits to more fully embody our potential and range of possibilities. This requires continually making conscious decisions to play an active role in the direction of transformation through increased presence, mindfulness and relationship with self, others and community.
This course includes:

Exploring in more depth the psychophysical aspects of each of the body systems and developmental movement.
Using the senses and perception material to identify aspects of psychophysical expression.
Interconnecting psychophysical patterns in the expression of the whole person.
Recognizing and supporting the repatterning of nervous system reversals through the different tissues of the body.

BMC® Teachers: Gloria Desideri, Jeanette Engler, Thomas Greil
Information and registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it
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Subcellular System and Immune System
2022-10-31 08:30 - 2022-11-06 17:00
Subcellular System
3 days / 21 class hours
Expanding our research of cellular awareness, we explore cell membranes and subcellular structures, such as mitochondria and nuclei. Through this experience we broaden our awareness of how these micro structures relate to the body systems at a macro level.
Immune System
3 days /21 class hours
The immune system plays an essential role in maintaining heath and well-being. The mind has a powerful effect on the immune system and psychophysical states can directly affect the funcioning of this system. We focus on homeostasis and returning to balance; adapting to an ever-changing environment, and becoming aware of how we cope in a world of stress.

Teachers for this two course module are: Gloria Desideri, Walburga Glatz, Thomas Greil
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Breathing and Vocalization
2022-09-19 08:30 - 2022-09-25 13:30
6 days / 42 hours (1 day off)
We manifest our state of being through our breath. Through the expressive qualities of our voice, we communicate to the outer world who we are. Our voice reflects the functioning of all of our body systems and the process of our developmental integration. Bringing kinesthetic and auditory consciousness to our vocal structures opens pathways of expression between our unconscious and our conscious mind and between ourselves and others. Breathing and vocalization are a continuum of the same process. The breath powers the voice and the voice strengthens and reflects how we breathe. Both reflect our state of being and health.
This course includes:

The anatomy and physiology of the breathing and vocalization structures: the 5 diaphragms, pharynx, larynx, body cavities, lips and tongue. (Note: The lungs are covered in the Organ System course.)
The role of the pharynx and other cavities of the body in the production of resonation and vowel sounds.
Distinguishing the structures of the larynx and their roles in sound production (pitch and intensity).
Gaining awareness of your own breathing and vocal patterns and facilitating repatterning in others.
Exploring the psychophysical aspects of breathing and vocalization.

This is course is part of the BMC® Practitioner Program. In order to attend it is necessary to have the Somatic Movement Education certification.
With Gloria Desideri e Piera Teatini
Information and registration: staff_leben@lebensnetz.it
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