WORKSHOP

Moving & Identity: Somatic Explorations of Multiculturalism in Relationship
with Marcia Bonato Warren, MA, MA, LPC, RSME/T 

Thursday, June 25, 2026 • 12-3pm Eastern U.S. time
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The registration deadline is Friday, June 19, 2026. 

Live participation is strongly encouraged. However, if you are unable to attend the workshop, the recording will be available to all who have registered for the course. 

In today’s increasingly disconnected world, we are faced with trying to find (and feel) a sense of relationship amongst experiences that divide us from ourselves, others and the world around us. Those who hold multicultural identities know the tension between this fragmentation and connection well. As bridges between their own cultural identities, multicultural individuals have learned to integrate complex differences into relationships, which is needed in today’s world more than ever. For this reason, it is essential for somatic practitioners to truly embody multicultural awareness in our healing relationships, for if we cannot accept our own diversity, how can we do so for others? This workshop will support participants to bridge their own internal divides by using somatic awareness tools to understand the felt-sense of cultural embodiment and explore moving between cultural identities with Embodied Code-Switching®. 

Participants will: 

1: Begin to define the somatic experience of identity, and recognize the facets of culture that inform, create and define our sense of self, other, and community.  

2: Incorporate somatic practices to explore three levels of awareness that provide the foundation for cultural embodiment (social awareness, emotional awareness and environmental awareness) and the ways each informs the cultural identities they hold.  

3: Explore the movement of, and between, our cultural identities with Embodied Code-Switching®, a somatic and movement practice which facilitates a conscious relationship with our cultural identities by expanding personal choices and increasing fluidity between cultural contexts. 

Marcia Bonato Warren, MA, MA, LPC (she/her) is a trauma-informed Somatic Counselor/Body Psychotherapist, Interculturalist and Author with over 30 years of cross-cultural experience in the fields of somatic counseling and education, international educational exchange and Native American policy and advocacy. Over the past decade, Marcia has developed her own therapy practice called Embodied Code-Switching®, which focuses on developing the innate wisdom and unique expression of multicultural identities through somatic awareness and movement. Currently, she works with individuals and groups in the areas of cultural awareness, social justice, and intercultural communication through a trauma-informed lens, and is passionate about developing the potential in human beings to embrace diversity through cultural embodiment and the sharing of stories and creativity. Her first book, Movement and Identity: Multiculturalism, Somatic Awareness, and Embodied Code-Switching®, was published by Singing Dragon Books on March 21, 2005. Marcia is proud of her heritage and the gifts of her ancestors and identifies as an enrolled member of the Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico and as Brazilian-Italian. 

Course Information

Cancellation Policy:
If a participant cancels their registration to any paid offering in the Professional Development Center, they will receive the following refund:
Full refund minus the PayPal fees, more than 4 weeks before the event begins
75% refund from 1-4 weeks before the event begins
50% refund from 1-6 days before the event begins
No refund on the day that the event begins or while it is in progress ISMETA reserves the right to cancel any offering in the Professional Development Center before the course begins due to unforeseen circumstances. In this case, a full refund will be given.