- Body and Environment

Module 1 with Katja Münker | in and around Berlin

This module teaches the basics of somatic pedagogy and its application in environmental contexts:

Experiences in the application of somatic approaches will be gathered in different urban & natural landscapes and compared in their effects. Based on Feldenkrais Method and experiential anatomy, understanding of states of presence, of movement and environmental awareness will be taught. Improvisation & meditation exercises are used to train the ability to be in place. These basics form the basis for the development of an actual and regenerative body-environment presence.

Further information about the complete training you can see in the detailled information. Please do not hesitate contacting Katja Muenker directly if you have questions.

Ausführliche Seminarinformationen

Aim of the training

The aim of the training is to understand and accompany body-perception processes, to use this knowledge for the care of our self-world-relationship and the shaping of our living-environments. Environmental Somatics are oriented towards an experienced sensory availability and bodily presence. Thus, the practice strengthens the ability to adapt and attune to situations and to act in relation. The aim is to make the practice part of our responsibility for the common good!

Additionally to the regular modules the training includes:

3 individual coaching sessions of 60 minutes each outside the modules
3 group coaching sessions outside the modules
Individual project support and peer evaluation
Feedback on own text production
2 supervised trail-presentations
Organisational and content-related support for the final presentation and its evaluation
Additional teaching material

Applied methods in the training

Feldenkrais Methode
erfahrbare Anatomie & Physiologie
Improvisation
Meditationspraktiken
Outdooraktivitäten

Including

Body philosophy
Cognitive Sciences
Natural sciences
artistic-somatic research
fields of application

For whom is the training recommended?

The training is suitable as a complement to or a new orientation for a wide range of professional fields: for example, architects can incorporate the intensification of spatial perception into their planning designs, urban planners can take sensory aspects into account when designing social spaces, or teachers can learn mediation strategies in order to design experientially immediate spaces for their teaching in a world that is becoming more and more virtual.

The training is aimed at all those who want to use somatic strategies constructively, visionarily and respectfully to shape our living environments and our life together.

It enables the individual embedding of contents and practices in different fields of action and leads to certification by the Somatic Academy Berlin with a final public presentation. Participants learn to apply body awareness in their private, professional, social or political work.

Curriculum of the complete Environmental Somatics Training

This training includes 5 modules and 250 hours.

The modules 1-4 can be booked seperately as workshops as well. The training will be in english (with german partial translation) or german, it depends to the group.

Module 1	May 26 - May 30, 2025 \| Body & Environment \| in & around Berlin Basics of somatic pedagogy and its application in environmental contexts Experiences in the application of somatic approaches will be gathered in different urban & natural landscapes and compared in their effects Based on Feldenkrais Method and experiential anatomy, understanding of states of presence, of movement and environmental awareness Improvisation & meditation exercises are used to train the ability to be in place
Module 2	Sep 27 - Oct 04, 2025 \| Orientation & Ways \| In the Alps Development of movement, orientation and navigation in mountainous terrain Based on Feldenkrais Method & experiential anatomy, teaches human orientation skills using the nervous system and senses Exploration of both the inner body and landscape pathways to allow a location-based, improvisational action and a satisfying connection with the environment
Module 3	Mar 28 - Mar 29, 2026 \| Research & Documentation \| Berlin Somatic Academy Strategies and forms of reflection from artistic research are applied to somatic processes Basics of Artistic/Somatic Research Critical reflection of one's own somatic and creative process Development of one's own documentation practice appropriate to the object of research
Module 4	May 23 - May 20, 2026 \| Dimensions & Connectedness \| At the Baltic sea Expands and deepens orientation skills by exploring the experiential dimensions of height, depth, expanse, closeness, and distance Philosophical and neuroscientific foundations are used to provide a deeper understanding of relatedness and empathy The somatic emphasis is on the perception of space and environment, the breath, and the ability of resonance
Module 5	Sep 29 - Oct 04, 2026 \| Design of environmental references \| In & around Berlin Strategies for designing lively, inspiring and responsible body/perception expereiences Developing topic- and site-specific, somatic outdoor projects For dealing with groups, body/perception-based skills in leadership/leading and going along/following are trained

Team

Pedagogical direction:

Katja Münker (Feldenkrais Method / Somatics / Dance/Choreography / Artistic Research / Walking Art / Mountain Guiding)

Guest teachers:

Andrea Keiz (video documentation / video art)
Susanne Martin (PhD, Dance / Performance / Research)
Undine Eberlein (PhD, Body Philosophy / Somatic Research)

Video-Impressions from the Module Body & Environment 2021

Seminarleiter*innen

Katja Münker

www.movement-muenker.de/

Continuing education lecturer and director of Environmental Somatics and EMERGE/ Somatic in Dance at the Somatische Akademie Berlin. Member of the German Feldenkrais Association & ISMETA-registered RSME/RSMT/RSDE.

Trained as a physical therapist, Feldenkrais teacher, and mountain hiking guide, as well as in contemporary dance, (contact) improvisation, instant composition.

Conscious and embodied learning, the potential between individual freedom and collective inclusion in the environment, as well as joy, ease, and consciousness in the movement are the focus of her teaching. Her research-oriented practice is informed by deep-sensing investigation and reflecting evaluation. Beyond teaching her work includes performance projects, conference papers, and publications focusing on somatics and choreography, as well as on walking. Regular teaching at universities including FU Berlin, UdK Berlin, and HZT Berlin. Artistic research collaboration with AREAL_artistic research lab Berlin.

Anmeldeinformationen

Zeiten

10am-5:30pm

Preise

Full Price: 590.00 EUR

Zahlung Banküberweisung, PayPal

Hinweise

This Event is part of the continuing education Environmental Somatics Training. It will be outdoor and is seperatly bookable as well.

ENVIRONMENTAL SOMATICS - Body & Environment
DE or EN | 5-day workshop with Katja Münker | in & around Berlin
May 26 - 30, 2025