- Values, Principles and Methods of Practice

Module 1 with Mary Abrams

Every somatic movement practice encompasses principles and values that guide the methods it embraces. Principles serve as the fundamental truths and foundation for the practice, while values are what is important within the art of the practice.

In this module of the training we focus our learning on deepening our understanding through practices of breath, sound, movement, touch, and witnessing along with non-verbal creative expression and verbal dialogue; as they express principles on which Continuum is founded:

Learning through self-inquiry,
Attuning to the silent level (non-words) movements of our being,
The human body is a fluid organism in resonance with all life on this planet and with the movements of the cosmos; and
Movement is what we are.

We will also offer our enduring interested and open attention to the values of:

Awakening sensation awareness,
Exploring micro and macro movement expression, developing sequences and layering in service of deepening inquiry,
Developing more language at the descriptive level of our experience,
Slowing down, pausing, and suspending habitual movement, thought, and feeling patterns; and
Opening to the emerging unexpected and discovery of new meaning.

Ausführliche Seminarinformationen

What is Continuum?

Continuum is a somatic approach through which we can inquire and learn to tune into our bodies as living events, as an ongoing orchestration of communication and resonance, as creative intelligence operating in every cell.

We can experience that we are movement and that the movement we are can inform the movement we do. We can also experience direct sensory contact with an all-pervasive regulatory dynamic.

Which background does Continuum have?

Emilie Conrad originated Continuum in the 1960’s and developed it until her passing in 2014.

This program - taught by an international team of 8 experienced teachers - integrates various decades of Continuum material.

All teachers were trained and authorized directly by Emilie Conrad during different periods of its development. They all carry aspects of the history of the work. By exploring this history, core principles of Continuum can be integrated and new impulses for its ongoing development can organically arise.

How is the Continuum Continuing Education structured?

This program - taught by 8 teachers - integrates various decades of Continuum material. All teachers studied with Emilie Conrad who originated Continuum in the 1960’s and developed it until her death in 2014.

Emilie Conrad taught in a constant state of inquiry. While each step embedded and enfolded the previous one, it also meant students entering the work in the 80’s were exposed to different material than students entering it in the 2000’s. This program attempts to bring together various Continuum „periods“ by bringing together teachers who were introduced to the work at different times.

The very nature of Continuum is to witness ourselves as a living process, open to the ongoing evolution of teachings and applications. Even though we follow basic core principles, Continuum remains an ongoing, unfolding inquiry into the mystery of conscious human life. Through the variety of teachers in this program, we hope to encourage students to trust their own inquiry, somatic movement research and to develop their own style.

Curriculum of Continuum, a continuing education

It is possible to participate in this workshop only and it is also possible to start the complete training at any time, as all modules are repeated cyclically. The official start of the new cycle is Feb 5th, 2026. We offer the whole training at a reduced rate.

Module 6	Feb 06-09, 2025 \| The art of attention with Tone Gilje Concentration on the the revitalization and activation of our concious awareness As we slow down, we will begin to recognize the familiar patterns, cultural imprints, and limitations that guide our daily activities in life Being aware of these patterns allows us to focus our attention to gentle movements, forms and currents that may still lie in the unknown territory of our organism, waiting to be experienced, felt or expressed in new ways
Module 7	May 01-04, 2025 \| Versatility, bringing inner practice to outer expression with Jane Okondo Allowing us to expand the individual practice with Continuum within the environment It includes, among other things, a deepening of self-inquiring learning, the expansion of the capacity of dynamic stillness and the resolution of known structures into a flowing model of coherence
Module 8	Oct 21-26, 2025 \| Ouroborus, moving medicine from the dark with Kai Ehrhardt Dedication to the themes of life cycles, death and initiation This retreat is based on a Continuum sequence, where each element has a different function and effect on the overall system But all of them practice permeability, presence and the ability to surrender from a place of receptivity The last 42 hours were not be interrupted by our speech to allow everyone to engage with their own rhythms and themes
Module 1	Feb 05-08, 2026 \| Values, Principles and Methods of Continuum with Mary Abrams Focuses on the principles and values of Continuum and aims to provide a solid experience with the fundamentals of Continuum Focusing our learning on deepening our understanding through practices of breath, sound, movement, touch and testimony along with non-verbal creative expression and verbal dialogue
Module 2	May 07-10, 2026 \| Self tending and self care with Rosemarie Kussinger-Steffes Focuses on enriching and nourishing our organism, to identify patterns that actually work against our system and getting an opportunity to dissolve The revitalizing movements of Continuum change and inform the structure of our organism Through de-acceleration we stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system, inviting serenity and calmness
Module 3	Sep 03-06, 2026 \| The resonante field of the heart with Divo G. Müller Exploration of the resonant field and frequencies of the heart, based upon our embryological heritage, reaching into the transpersonal resonance with the planetary heart field We come together to build somatic fluidity, emotional resilience and inner soul resources which enable us meeting the unknown In the somatic depth, our essential heart gifts and wounds become accessible and available for healing, transformation and envisioning Unfolding a resonant heart field that invites beyond body, time and space to dwell in the intimacy and connectedness of all beings
Module 4	tba 2027 \| Embodiment and the creative process with Robin Becker Empowering us to challenge any self-limiting beliefs that we may have about ourselves, our body-minds, or our personal/professional practices that holds us back from embodying the truths of our deeper river selves We will explore how the principles of Continuum can give us a foundation from which true freedom of expression and exploration can spring forth
Module 5	tba 2027 \| Embodied Flow System with Megan Bathory-Peeler Inviting us to understand the body as a creative process As we approach the body with interest and openness to discovery, we will explore how our biology's primary motives and processes of movement can serve as a metaphor for our creative endeavors Continuum provides a methodology for learning to be receptive to new and unfamiliar patterns moving through us

For whom is the Continuum training?

This program is for people with different somatic experiences, somatic professionals, therapists, teachers, creatives, leaders, innovators - anyone who has a body - anyone who wants to connect more deeply to what it means to be human.

Many participants take part because of their personal experience and can deepen their practice through the contact with 8 Continuum experts. Some single modules assume previous experience with Continuum.

Which skills can Continuum support and empower?

to be empathic and relational
to be clear and decisive
to orient and adapt
to be vital and persevering
to self-regulate and harmonize
to be autonomous and team-minded
to act from the awareness of dynamic context
to process and reflect
to be resilient

Which benefits does the Continuum Training provide?

If you like to become a Continuum teacher, the Continuum Training is necessary, but by itself not sufficient. The process is leaded by the Continuum Teacher Association (CTA). A diverse practice of individual experiences and a qualified mentorship are essential.

With 8 Continuum experts, all of them learned directly from Emilie Conrad and are members in the CTA, the Somatic Academy Berlin offers a high-quality program to integrate Continuum into the context of diverse somatic methods and approaches. Therefore, each individual module also represents a personal gain for individual development and can be booked separately. Taking part of all 8 modules is required for the certification from the SAB.

Kai Ehrhardt, curator of this Continuum training at the Somatic Academy Berlin, is a member of the Continuum Teachers Association (CTA) www.continuumteachers.com and will be the right contact to answer further questions.

Seminarleiter*innen

Mary Abrams

Mary Abrams, MA, RSME, founder/director of Moving Body Resources in New York City since 1999, leads classes, workshops, and private sessions with people ranging in age from 23 to 99 years old. She loves movement in every dimension, has been immersed in Continuum for 25 years learning with Emilie Conrad, Susan Harper, & Gary David; holds a masters degree in Consciousness Studies; and teaches on the MA Dance & Somatic Wellbeing course at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is eternally grateful to every person who has given her the honor to move and learn with them.

Kosten

Anmeldeinformationen

Zeiten

10:00-17:30

Veranstaltungsort
Berlin

Somatische Akademie Berlin
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 30
10999 Berlin | side building
1st backyard
4th floor

Preise

Full Price: 590.00 EUR

Zahlung Banküberweisung, PayPal

Hinweise

This module is part of the continuing education Continuum. It is seperatly bookable as well:

Values, Principles and Methods of practice

4-day workshop Continuum with Mary Abrams
May 5, 2026 – May 8, 2026