Active Breath Somatic Practice Livestream Program

“Your voice is a living resonance moving actively through your entire body”

Active Breath Somatic Practice

 A live-stream, dynamic, and interactive training program

  with Patricia Bardi

Founder of Voice Movement Integration (VMI), a Somatic Practice Certification Program accredited by ISMETA, based on 40 years of research and development, interfacing creative practice, and integrative somatic movement and bodywork.

“Patricia Bardi was a major person in the early development of BMC from 1973 – 1986. She took the seeds and grew her own forest”                                                                                                Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen – founder of Body-Mind Centering

Module 1

Skeletal System, Joint Articulation, and Fascia Fluidity

04, 11, 18, 25 March & 01 April ’24

The Skeletal System – establishes the weight-bearing 3-dimensional support in our functional movement. The bones give the body its shape and form and guide the muscular action for moving efficiently in space. The bone marrow’s inner layer produces red and white blood cells strengthening the immune system.

Finely tuned voluntary control of the structural joints is achieved through well-balanced circuits of communication between the brain, sensory and motor nerves, and the proprioceptive sense receptors.

Cultivating a sense of fluidity and spaciousness of the fascia and joint structures gives the entire body a feeling of effortlessness while sustaining stability and precision in our movement.

Using breath, voice, and movement to modulate and vary states of support and activity in the skeletal structure. Creating a dynamic interactive flow between the forces of gravity and space inside the body influences our expressive vitality, breath, sound, and movement flow.

OVERALL PROGRAM: TEN MODULES OF FIVE WEEKLY 2 HOURS CLASSES

EACH MODULE FOCUSES ON A DIFFERENT BODY SYSTEM. 

PLUS ADDITIONAL ONE SMALL GROUP TUTORIAL TO DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING.

MODULE 1: BEGINS MONDAY 22 APRIL TILL 27 MAY ’24 AT 10 AM CET

SUBSCRIBERS UNABLE TO ATTEND LIVE CLASS CAN ACCESS THE UPLOADED VERSION

Active Breath is an innovative somatic practice focused on integrating our awareness of the intrinsic connection between body, mind, and emotions through our physical/sensory experience of breath, voice, and movement.

It is a practical approach for cultivating and deepening your embodiment skills, building resilience, and developing conscious attention in your daily lived experience.

Active Breath Somatic Practice is a tool for opening your potential and develops and shapes your embodiment skills to have a clearer sense of self and to make a positive contribution in your world.

Active Breath is a series of guided movement sequences using whole-body breathing & sound directly with physical awareness & movement. The practice builds progressively from refined, slow; attentive movement patterns aligned with breath, spine & eye movements and evolves sequentially into more whole-body breath and rhythm moving actively in space.

Benefits of Active Breath Somatic Practice 

Active Breath is an in-depth somatic practice that provides more insight and refined skills to:

• perceive your physical awareness and body presence in more detail.
• influence and positively affect your postural tone, balance, and coordination.
• develop your whole-body breathing with more ease.
• embody the physical support for the resonance of your voice.
• align your feeling for rhythm and flow by actively engaging sound in your movement.
• bring a richer, more attentive dialogue into your understanding and sense of self.

Each weekly class includes the experiential integrative practice of breath, voice, and movement, together with an exploration of the relevant anatomy and physiology, and involves group discussion.

Active Breath Program Overview

Each individual module of the Active Breath program consists of five live-stream consecutive weekly classes of two hours plus a bonus of one tutorial for a small group. Each module of the Active Breath Program focuses on a different, specific body system together with aspects of integration, perception, and expression.

Each weekly class includes the experiential, integrative practice of breath, voice, and movement, together with an exploration of the relevant anatomy and physiology, and involves group discussion.

Each module can be taken independently.

The training program is of particular relevance to somatic practitioners, educators, movement therapists, holistic health and wellness coaches, yoga teachers, dance artists, voice practitioners, interdisciplinary performers, public speakers and is open to all levels of experience. 

The Active Breath Program consists of 10 modules.

Each module consists of 5 consecutive weekly classes and a group tutorial:

• Module 1: The Skeletal System, Joint Articulation with Fascial Fluidity
• Module 2: Organ System and the 7 Domes
• Module 3: Fluid Rhythm and Flow
• Module 4: Somatic Central and Peripheral Nervous System
• Module 5: Autonomic Nervous System and Vagus Nerve
• Module 6: Energetic Endocrine System and Chakras
• Module 7: Understanding of the Eye and Ear in Perception
• Module 8: Embodying the Voice through Movement Flow
• Module 9: Lymphatic System and Boosting the Immune System
• Module 10: Muscular System Integration with the Internal Body Systems

Overview of each individual module:

• The 5 consecutive weekly classes are live-streamed via Zoom.
• Each module focuses on a specific body system.
• Each module of 5 weekly classes can be taken independently.
• You will be invited to sign up for one scheduled tutorial within each module, for group discussion, guidance, and supervision.
• Patricia will try and accommodate different time zones when scheduling.
• The live-stream class will be posted afterward on Patricia’s YouTube channel.
• Participants in the VMI Certification Program receive educational credit.

The Tutorial Provides the Opportunity to:

• Cultivate your skills by receiving more attention in a small group setting.
• Ask direct questions concerning your personal and professional practice.
• Share and exchange new insights with colleagues from different backgrounds.
• Focus on the details you are investigating and researching in your practice.

Fee: One Module of 5 weekly classes is: Total €135. euros with 15% discount on your first module is €115. Euros.

 Package includes: 

• 5 weekly classes of 2 hours
• One bonus small group tutorial
• 15% discount on the first module you subscribe to for €115. euros. 

Registration:

Please contact Patricia at info@patriciabardi.com to receive further information about registering and paying for a module and be forwarded the online link to participate in the classes.

The Active Breath Practice is one of the aspects of the VMI Somatic Practice Certification Program that is accredited by ISMETA. The VMI Certification Program is being restructured and will combine in-person and online coursework.

What People Are Saying:

“It was amazing, I feel now a lot of flow in my spine, joints, organs, and presence in full blood circulation! Life in the Breath!! Thanks!

Federica Antonelli – dance artist

“The Active Breath significantly improved my well-being, boosted my good mood and kept me awake and productive longer during the day. Really great! The blood circulation in the hands and feet was significantly improved after the sessions and for days afterward.”

Jana Stefanek – educator, pastor

“The active breath brings me more clarity of mind.  It shows me that for real transformation I can trust my body intelligence. I experience that the feeling and embodied state bring me more details and holistic information, it puts things together!”

Lien Bossuyt ~ neurodiverse educator for children

“I definitely notice a consistent buoyancy and vitality that comes from doing a session with you.  My voice feels effortless and the breath feels like it is organically integrated throughout my body, as opposed to the mechanical approach that often comes with formal vocal training.”

Julia Jamison ~ theater and voice professor

“I experience how the Active Breath connection with my voice and the knowledge of the function of the body systems influences my awareness and feeling of well-being. It becomes a process,  an alive, defined experience – this lets me feel more present, more resting, more “rich”.”

Amanda XueHai – Pilates & Yoga Teacher