C.A.R.E - Somatic movement for children and caregivers

C.A.R.E. is a comprehensive program that blends somatic movement practices with neuroscience and educational insights to foster holistic human development. By observing and understanding how we naturally develop through movement and non-verbal interaction, C.A.R.E. empowers participants to integrate these foundational principles into their personal and professional practices. Whether you're an educator, therapist, or someone interested in self-development, our approach provides practical, embodied tools to support growth, learning, and emotional resilience.

How can we accompany babies, children and adolescents individually and competently in the development process according to their needs?

This is the goal of C.A.R.E >> more info

C.A.R.E - Discover the Connection Between Body, Mind and Emotions

Jan 31, 2025 - Apr 03, 2026 | 6 Modules


          

We warmly invite you to join a unique training program that combines theoretical insights with physical practice. The C.A.R.E. program integrates principles from Body-Mind Centering®, Feldenkrais, and Neurophysiological Psychology to explore, embody, and teach the connection between our physiological development and emotions. This understanding can enrich your life and enhance your work with others.

Key Pedagogical Elements of the Program:

  • Developmental Foundations: C.A.R.E. begins by observing how human beings develop from the earliest stages (prenatal, infancy, early childhood) and how movement and attachment influence learning. The neurobiological foundations of learning, such as nervous system function and the development of trauma, form the pedagogical cornerstones of the course.
  • Learning through Experience: Participants learn through embodied experience. Movement-based activities foster a deep understanding of developmental processes, with theoretical information supporting personal reflection and learning.
  • Learning as a Lifelong Process: C.A.R.E. is for those who want to deepen their understanding of learning as an ongoing developmental process—whether working with children, adults, or focusing on their own personal growth.

Who is this program for?

  • Teachers, social workers, youth professionals, seeking new ways to help children and adolescents grow through body awareness and embodied learning.
  • Parents who wish to better understand how movement and mindfulness can enhance their children’s emotional and physical well-being.
  • For those seeking to develop emotional and physical support and well-being and to assist others in doing the same.
  • Whether you are experienced in these areas or new to them, this program will offer you valuable tools to develop your understanding and practice while helping others find greater balance and resilience.
Why attend?
  • Understand the deep connection between our physiological and emotional systems.
  • Learn techniques to support your own emotional, mental, and physical well-being.
  • Gain insights into how to help others—especially children and young people—develop body awareness and emotional regulation.

Curriculum

The C.A.R.E training consists of 6 modules and each module can be booked individually. You can join the ongoing modular training at any time.
Some of the modules are recognized as educational leave in Berlin.

Module 1

tba | Embryological basis of our life

  • Developments of organs and musculoskeletal system
  • Developments of nervous system and senses
  • Developments of relations to the gravity
  • Development of attachement and bonding

Module 2

Jan 31 - Feb 05, 2025 | Development of child´s movement

  • Physical experience of individual movement sequences
  • Primitive reflexes, hold and posiiton reflexes
  • Developments of movement in the first year
  • Developments of brain, eyes, organ of balance

Module 3

Apr 12-16, 2025 | Moving, playing, interacting with kids (0-3 years | 3-7 years)

  • Contact Improvisation for tall and small, creativity and dancing
  • Body awareness and feelings, mindfulness
  • Bonding and attachment theory
  • Developments of child´s movement and reflex integration

Module 4

Oct 27-31, 2025 | Movement and learning

  • Understanding of the inseparable connection between movement and learning
  • Physical experiencing of the nervous system together with a theoretical understanding
  • Developments of the brain, nervous system, learning and movement development, movement observation/movement analysis, context/practical application/practical fields, case studies, recognizing compensations

Module 5

Jan 31 - Feb 04, 2026 | Moving, playing, interacting with kids (8-12 years | 13-16 years)     

  • Practical experiences for games, support and frustration
  • Contact improvisation, dancing, playing and creativity
  • Body awareness, perception, mindfulness
  • Touch and sexuality                

Module 6

Mar 30 - Apr 03, 2026 | Somatic working experience with kids and teenagers

  • Movement application, games
  • Support were needed
  • Touch and sexuality
  • Case studies
  • Graduation and teaching presentation

 

Free Workshop and Q&A

Dec 01, 2024 | Sunday | 04:00 - 05:30pm | DE+EN | free of cost

Let us spend the first Advent together with movement, touch, play and dance. We invite you to come to the Somatic Academy on December 1st. The C.A.R.E. team will guide you and together we will transform the Academy for an hour into a mindful and playful space that nourishes and connects us.

After practicing, the space will be open for questions about the professional training C.A.R.E. Please don´t hesitate in contacting the team of C.A.R.E directly via e-Mail.

We kindly ask for pre-registration via website. >> more info

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