Reports of join an international conference from Dr. Yosuke HAYASHI

The 30th BAMIS seminar will be hold

BAMIS special running seminar was held

BAMIS special running seminar will be held

Activity Report: Supporting revival from 311 earthquake

The Homepage of the 1st BAMIS International Forum of Budo session was carried in "BUDO WORLD"

http://www.budo-world.org/english/reserch/kanojigoro/index_01.html

BAMIS International Symposium on "Body Work and Body-Mind integration" was held

BAMIS (Body and Mind Integrated Sciences) International Symposium was held at the University Hall on May 13. It was held as part of a national project of BAMIS to develop "Tough Body and Mind"‚ supported by the Ministry of Education‚ Culture‚ Sports‚ Science and Technology (MEXT). It was organized by the Doctoral Program in Sports Medicine‚ Doctoral Program in Coaching Science‚ and other programs of the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences.

With the theme of "Body Work and Body-Mind Integration"‚ symposiasts practiced a variety of body exercise‚ and discussed how the exercise affects body-mind functions and releasing the tension from people's body and mind.

A total of 137 people including 24 staff‚ 2 speakers from America‚ and 5 foreigners living in Malaysia‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ America‚ and Japan participated in the symposium. People in Japan also took part in the event from all over the country. In addition to the university staff and the graduate school students‚ the event was attended by a variety of people such as fitness instructors‚ dancers‚ counselors‚ staff of a non-profit organization‚ and monks.

Followings are the speakers and their speech titles.

- Ms. Bonnie Bainbridge COHEN (founder of Body-Mind centering (R))
"Body-Mind Integration and BMC (R): What is 'Embodiment'?"

- Mr. Mark TAYLOR (president of the Center for Body Mind Movement)
"Body Work: Its Technique and Practice"

- Mr. Haruhiko Murakami (associate professor of the Faculty of Health and Well-being‚ Kansai University)
"Theory and Practice of Somatics: The possibility of first-person science"

- Ms. Nanako Harada (professor of the Faculty of Human Development and Education‚ Kyoto Women’s University)
"Body Techniques and Body-Mind Integration"

Chairpersons:
Professor Satoshi Shimizu (Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences)
Professor Takuro Endo (Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences)

http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/topics/20120518112311.html

BAMIS International Symposium Body Work and Body-Mind Integration was held

BAMIS International Symposium
Body Work and Body-Mind Integration

○Date:May 13 (Sun.) 14:00～17:00, 2012

○Place:Special Conference Room in University Hall, University of Tsukuba

○Symposium:
・Bonnie Bainbridge COHEN
:Body-Mind Integration and BMC®: What is “Embodiment”?
The process of Embodiment: Visualization, Somatization and Embodiment” with sensing and comprehension from the body

・Mark TAYLOR
:Body Work: Its Technique and Practice
Practicing Somatic Education and Body-Mind Transformation: Individual Stories

・MURAKAWA Haruhiko
:Theory and Practice of Somatics: The possibility of first-person science
Theoretical Meaning of Practicing Body Work from the Perspective of First-Person Science

・HARADA Nanako
:Body Techniques and Body-Mind Integration
Body-Mind Transformation: its Dynamism and Features through Practicing Body Work

Facilitator: SHIMIZU Satoshi & ENDO Takuro
(Professor, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

BAMIS International Symposium on Body Work and Mind integration will be held at 2012/05/13

Date: 2012/05/13 14:00~17:00

Place: Special Meeting Room in the center of the University of Tsukuba

BAMIS International Symposium Body Work and Body-Mind Integration

BAMIS International Symposium

Body Work and Body-Mind Integration

Organized by:
・The promotion office of Body And Mind Integrated Science (BAMIS); The MEXT Budget “Innovative Sports Science Revitalizing Body and Mind”
・Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba
・Society of Body Culture Studies (B.C.S.)

Co-organized by:
・Ibaraki Chapter of Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sports Science
・Society of Body Awareness Education

○Date:May 13 (Sun.) 14:00～17:00, 2012

○Place:Special Conference Room in University Hall, University of Tsukuba

○Purpose:
Since the 1970’s, in Western Society, body work has developed as a clinical practice of Somatics (the field which studies body and mind from within). In this symposium, we invite Ms. Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, the founder of Body-Mind Centering® (BMC®), one of the significant forms of body work (including Feldenkrais, and the Alexander Technique), and Mr. Mark Taylor, as a Senior Somatic Educator, to discuss the perspectives of body-mind integration.

○Symposium:
・Bonnie Bainbridge COHEN
:Body-Mind Integration and BMC®: What is “Embodiment”?
The process of Embodiment: Visualization, Somatization and Embodiment” with sensing and comprehension from the body

・Mark TAYLOR
:Body Work: Its Technique and Practice
Practicing Somatic Education and Body-Mind Transformation: Individual Stories

・MURAKAWA Haruhiko
:Theory and Practice of Somatics: The possibility of first-person science
Theoretical Meaning of Practicing Body Work from the Perspective of First-Person Science

・HARADA Nanako
:Body Techniques and Body-Mind Integration
Body-Mind Transformation: its Dynamism and Features through Practicing Body Work

Facilitator: SHIMIZU Satoshi & ENDO Takuro
(Professor, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

○Introductions:
・Bonnie Bainbridge COHEN:BMC® developer. For over fifty-years, she has developed an embodied and integrated approach to movement, touch and repatterning, based on experiential anatomy, developmental principles, perceptions and psychophysical processes. She is the author of the book, Sensing, Feeling, and Action: The Experiential Anatomy of Body-Mind Centering®, Contact Editions, 2008.

・Mark TAYLOR:The Center for BodyMindMovement, director. He directs the certification programs in somatic movement education, programs that facilitate physical, mental and spiritual transformation. As a dancer and choreographer, he directs and has taught performing arts all over the world.

・MURAKAWA Haruhiko:Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Well-being, Kansai University. He is a board member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology.

・HARADA Nanako:Professor, Faculty of Human Development and Education, Kyoto Women’s University.