SPECIAL EVENTS
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
ISMETA OPEN HOUSES
Join us for live, interactive sessions to "tour" ISMETA's various resources for individual and organizational members. You will learn which membership track best serves your needs, and various ways in which you can participate in our professional community. These events are designed specifically for students and practitioners of Somatic Movement who are looking to become members of ISMETA. They are hosted by ISMETA’s Board of Directors and offered twice on the same day to cater to the many regions of practitioners globally. Welcome to the professional home for Somatic Movement Educators and Therapists! Watch the introductory video and register below for our next sessions.
Wednesday, October 15th at 12pm ET
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Wednesday, October 15th at 7pm ET
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PAST SPECIAL EVENTS
Neuroqueering Somatics: A conversation at the intersection of neurodivergence and somatic practice
Thursday, June 26th, 12-1:30pm Eastern U.S. time
with Dr. Nick Walker and Katy Higgins Lee
Join us for a conversation as Katy Higgins Lee interviews Dr. Nick Walker, a leading thinker on the neurodiversity paradigm, to discuss the creative possibilities that emerge when we practice neuroqueering somatics. The concept of neuroqueering was coined by Dr. Walker and refers to a practice of intentionally subverting normativity and embracing neurocognitive diversity.
90-minute conversation and Q&A
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EARTH MATTERS: ECOSOMATICS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE with Jamie McHugh, MSMT
Conversations to inspire embodied action in the face of planetary dysregulation
Sponsored by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA)
It goes without saying: Earth matters! Without a viable planet, there is no living soma. This fundamental truth in the face of Earth disruptions is the ground for our conversations. These interactive roundtables are designed to connect the ISMETA community with artists, activists, scientists, agriculturalists, philosophers, and many others dedicated to the preservation of life on Earth.
FINAL EPISODE!
Thursday, August 21 – 10am PDT/1pm EDT/ 7pm CEST
Guest: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, OT, MSMT, MSME Movement Artist, researcher, educator and therapist & the developer of Body-Mind Centering® (BMC®)
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VIEW ALL THE EARTH MATTERS EPISODES BELOW!
Review, Recycle and Renew Community Meeting
October 24, 2024 10-11am PT/ 1-2pm ET/ 7-8pm CET
Contact Jamie McHugh with any questions.
HONORING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY: A SOMATIC MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Monday, October 14th, 2024 • 12-1pm Eastern time
ISMETA Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist Dr. Amber E. Gray facilitates a moving meditation to acknowledge and honor Indigenous Peoples Day. In this hour-long session Amber offers a gently guided heartful moving practice to connect us to the earth as place and as human story. Dress comfortably for movement, and please join from an environment where you can sense your connection to the earth. If you are indoors, you’re welcome to have a piece of music you love moving to cued up to play during the movement portion. Donations to one of the following organizations are welcome and very encouraged:
Tewa Women United
4KINSHIP Indigenous Futures
Both organizations do incredible, ethical, life-changing work with Indigenous communities, and Amber knows their work firsthand. She serves on the board of Tewa Women United and is a friend of Amy Denet Deal, the designer and inspirer who created the 4Kinship brand and who tirelessly commits all her creativity and work to the Indigenous Futures fund.
BOOK LAUNCHES
INTELIGENCIA CORPORAL/BODY INTELLIGENCE
with author and ISMETA Board Member Bibiana Badenes
(bilingual-Spanish/English)
GEOGRAPHIES OF US: Ecosomatic Essays and Practice Pages
with Editors Sondra Fraleigh and Shannon Rose Riley
EMBODIED ACTIVISM with Rae Johnson
Available in the ISMETA ONLINE BOOKSTORE! (Log in and go to the Bookstore)
VIEW ALL THE ISMETA BOOK LAUNCH SPECIAL EVENTS BELOW!