Did you miss our live 3-day Event?
Don’t worry! Due to a number of requests, we have decided to re-open registration to access recordings of all event sessions, recorded interviews, and access to a private event space on our new online platform where you can connect to other attendees.
All registrations will receive access this material through May 2025!
BMCA
The Body-Mind Centering® Association (BMCA) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the practice, education, and development of Body-Mind Centering®, a somatic movement education and therapy approach developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.
Our History
BMCA began in 1985 from an initiative by Ellen Barlow and Sara Vogeler. It has grown into a professional organization providing standards and support for professional members as well as being a conduit for communication and dialogue for the community of people interested in Body-Mind Centering®.
BMCA:
provides support and services to its members,
promotes professional development and somatic conferences worldwide,
publishes the annual journal Currents, and a quarterly newsletter ConCurrents.
provides fiscal agency for somatic research grants for members, and
is the conduit for communciation and dialogue about Body-Mind Centering®.
BMCA Offerings
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BMCA is run by volunteer members on the Board of Directors, committees and small workgroups. We also have two support staff members.
More information coming soon, but you can see current positions held here.
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Learn about member options and benefits for those interested in BMC®, active students and graduates of SBMC programs.
Those who are certified in BMC® can choose to become Professional Members, which allows them to use the BMC® registered trademark to describe their offerings.
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Learn about our newest member benefit, an online member-only platform where you can meet, share and explore BMC®-related topics.
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The first online international BMCA gathering was hosted on our new member platform in November 2024!
Celebrating BMC®: 50 years of Somatic Movement Education
Although the live event has concluded, you may register to access all recordings from the 3-day event.
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Lisa Ladurantaye, Membership Relations
lisa@bmcassociation.orgJanna Meiring, Development and Communications Coordinator
janna@bmcassociation.orgBMCA Board of Directors
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We are a U.S.-based not-for-profit, tax-exempt professional organization.
Donations are welcome and deductible to the extent allowable by law.
BMCA values
The following values, grounded in principles of Body-Mind Centering®, help guide all aspects of our organization:
Responsiveness with the current world, acknowledging our history;
Consensus building and collective decision-making;
Staying in relationship - meeting each person where they are and remembering each others’ aliveness and humanity;
Collaboration and competence - sharing work and resources;
Sustainability and self-care;
Participation in the circle/community - remembering the concentric and converging circles, past and present, local and global, that support us and which we support in return;
Supporting each others’ visibility, voice, and right to belong;
Self-awareness, ability and willingness to reflect, to give and receive feedback - utilizing the perceptual-response cycle;
Clear and responsive boundaries;
Transparency and accountability;
Service to and stewardship of the whole.
New Website in Progress!
We are gradually rebuilding our website content after shutting down our old website in July 2024 after a security breach.
We ask for your patience while we rebuild our website and prepare our new membership and online event platform
Moved to Support?
We are a U.S.-based not-for-profit, tax-exempt professional organization.
Donations are welcome and deductible to the extent allowable by law