The Center for Movement Education and Research (CMER) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the use of movement and dance as a creative and integrated source for improving educational, medical, social and cultural domains.

Our curriculums are founded on the premise that movement has the power to facilitate education and healing, to foster learning, creativity, and health. We believe that people of all ages benefit from moving with mind-body awareness and creative choice. CMER provides several avenues for participation and learning:

• Children’s Creative Movement Classes

• Dance/Movement Therapy Training Courses
Workshop & Seminars

• Kinesthetic Education
Embodied Leadership Training

• Continuing Education (CE) seminars for
dance therapists, psychologists and licensed
therapists in MFT or social work.

• Research

New Dance Therapy 50-Hour Intensive at JFK University beginning in February 2012

CMER is offering a new format for Alternate Route dance/movement Therapy training in conjunction with JFK University Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology – Specialization in Expressive Arts. The MA degree integrates the creative process into the academic learning and applied practice of counseling psychology.

The first DMT course, Introduction To Dance/Movement Therapy: Level 1 will be held at the John F. Kennedy University campus in San Jose, CA beginning this February, and taught by CMER's own Bonnie Bernstein. For more information on this exciting new program, click here!

Embodied Leadership Training for Women
3-Day Intensive Workshop Announced

On May 4th, 5th and 6th, CMER will sponsor a special 3 day intensive workshop at the Ratna Ling Retreat Center. This seminar is aimed toward women in leadership roles and will present training designed to regenerate, refocus and refine their leadership capacity. The setting for this event is a beautiful retreat located in the redwood forests of Northern California.

Peggy Hackney and Judy Gantz of CMER will lead this training, which will also focus on concepts such as somatic mindfulness, Laban Movement Analysis and the listening and speaking practice known as Council.

Enrollment is limited, and there is a special discount offered for early registration. To find out more about this new workshop, click here!