Evolving Research in Neuroplasticity and Interoception
Imagery, Touch and Interoception: A Science Based Approach
2 VIDEO SERIES
VIDEO ONE
Cultivating Neuroplasticity through Interoception in Somatic Movement Practices:
Evolving Research Methods
Dr. Martha Eddy
PhD, MSMT
Dr. Eddy is a Registered Master Somatic Movement Therapist, Teacher of Body-Mind Centering, and Certified Movement Analyst with a doctorate in Movement Science, who has served on the faculty at Empire State Graduate Center, State University of New York, Columbia University, and Princeton University. She is the founder of the non-profit organization Moving for Life as well as the somatic movement therapy training, Dynamic Embodiment. Past president of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association, she is also the author of Mindful Movement: The Evolution of Somatic Arts and Conscious Action.
Bonnie Gintis, DO
MSME/T
Bonnie Gintis, DO, is an osteopathic physician, Continuum teacher, mindfulness meditation instructor, and Registered Somatic Movement Educator through ISMETA. She has synthesized her approach to facilitating healing processes through more than 20 years of study and teaching Continuum, 30+ years of osteopathic practice, and 45+ years of meditation. Author of Engaging the Movement of Life: Exploring Health and Embodiment Through Osteopathy and Continuum, Bonnie is a graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and has taught Continuum, mindfulness meditation, osteopathic principles and practice, manipulative medicine, as well as continuing medical education curricula worldwide.
Dr. Martha Herbert
PhD
Dr. Martha Herbert is a pediatric neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. She earned her first doctoral degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the History of Consciousness and then obtained a medical degree at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Herbert directs a number of projects aimed at expanding how we think about autism, the brain, chronic illness, biology, and the planetary crisis we are in. Her website, marthaherbert.com, details these “Higher Synthesis” projects.
Peter Payne
RSME
Peter Payne is a researcher at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and a Registered Somatic Movement Educator. He is a teacher and practitioner of meditation, Qigong, and Tai Chi, and a certified practitioner of Somatic Experiencing trauma therapy and the Alexander Technique of postural re-education. He has a life-long interest in clarifying the links between neuroscience and somatic practice. A primary author on 6 peer-reviewed papers on the subject, he has proposed neurological models to account for the effects of Qigong, Somatic Experiencing, and the Somatic disciplines generally. He is currently developing videoand virtual reality-based methods for teaching Somatic Movement. He has taught Master’s level courses in anatomy, somatics, and neuropsychology at several colleges, and holds a B.A. in Social Relations from Harvard University.
Dr. Mardi Crane-Godreau
PhD
Dr. Mardi Crane-Godreau is a dynamic thought leader who has gathered like-minded scholars into collaborations ranging from earlier research in immunology to current collaborations on somatic practices that challenge Cartesian paradigms. She leads a guest editorial team at Frontiers in Neuroscience for the research topic ‘Somatic and Bodymind Approaches to Resilience.’ Since 2013, she and Peter Payne have pursued clinical research as well as addressing theoretical issues involved in the scientific investigation of somatic practices. She is especially interested in finding ways to teach somatic movement via digital media. One current project involves the development (in conjunction with Dartmouth’s DALI Lab) of an app to improve somatic awareness and self-regulation in children with autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Crane-Godreau received her PhD from Dartmouth College where she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell
MA, EdM, MSME/T, REAT, ISMETA Executive Director
Elisabeth is an expressive arts therapist who cherishes the Body as an on-going, creative process. As a member of Tamalpa Institute’s faculty and the Continuum Teachers Association, she facilitates embodied awareness practices for groups and individuals across the lifespan. After serving on the Board of Directors of ISMETA for 9 years, she volunteered as Co-Chair of its Research and Publications Committee and Co-Chair of the Equity, Justice and Accessibility Committee. She authored an academic article on the educational implications of the philosophical concept of embodied cognition and presents internationally on the impact of movement on human development.
VIDEO TWO
Evolving Research in Neuroplasticity and Interoception: A Science-Based Approach
Dr. Amit Abraham
PhD, MAPhty Musculoskeletal, B.P.T
Dr Abraham is a musculoskeletal physical therapist specializing in mental imagery training for dancers, athletes, and people with Parkinson disease. Dr. Abraham holds a Bachelor in Physical Therapy from Tel-Aviv University, a Masterʼs Degree in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy from The University of Queensland, and a Ph.D. in Physical Therapy from the University of Haifa. He completed post-doctoral training at Emory University School of Medicine and served as an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, The University of Georgia. Currently, Dr. Abraham is a faculty member and director of the Mental Imagery and Human Performance Lab in the Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University (Israel).
Dr. Martha Eddy
PhD, MSME/T
Dr. Eddy is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, Teacher of Body-Mind Centering, and Certified Movement Analyst with a doctorate in Movement Science, who has served on the faculty at Empire State Graduate Center, State University of New York, Columbia University, and Princeton University. She is the founder of the non-profit organization Moving for Life as well as the somatic movement therapy training, Dynamic Embodiment. Past president of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association, she is also the author of Mindful Movement: The Evolution of Somatic Arts and Conscious Action.
Elinor Silverstein
RSME/T
Elinor Silverstein has been teaching the Feldenkrais Method and Tellington Touch for almost 40 years. She has studied and worked side by side with her dear mentor and friend, Ruthy Alon, the Founder of the Movement Intelligence and Solutions Training Program and the inspiration for the Foundation For Movement Intelligence.
Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell
MA, EdM, MSME/T, REAT, ISMETA Executive Director
Elisabeth is an expressive arts therapist who cherishes the Body as an on-going, creative process. As a member of Tamalpa Institute’s faculty and the Continuum Teachers Association, she facilitates embodied awareness practices for groups and individuals across the lifespan. After serving on the Board of Directors of ISMETA for 9 years, she volunteered as Co-Chair of its Research and Publications Committee and Co-Chair of the Equity, Justice and Accessibility Committee. She authored an academic article on the educational implications of the philosophical concept of embodied cognition and presents internationally on the impact of movement on human development.
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