a Body-Mind Centering® workshop series
7 sessions, every other Monday
February 2 through to April 27, 2026
3-4:30pm UTC
online
The study, practice, and teaching of Body-Mind Centering® often involves a group setting, and includes invitations to explore material in partnerships and small groups using movement, touch, and other relational modalities.
In this pilot workshop series with Karin Spitfire, we will draw on BMC® principles and concepts to explore questions about relational boundaries that can arise in the studio, classroom, treatment room, and all aspects of life.
This series is eligible for Continuing Education credit for BMCA Professional members. The number of participants will be limited for the pilot round.
Themes for each session (subject to change)
group consent
boundaries: physical and emotional
boundaries in hands-on practice
power: transference, dynamics, roles
trust and safety, revisit group consent and emotional boundaries
sex and sexual boundaries
processing and feedback
Dates
Mondays 3-4:30pm UTC (check your local time)
February 2, February 16, March 2, March 16, March 30, April 13, April 27
Note the timing of your local standard/daylight time zone change if it applies!
Requirements
This workshop involves explorations and hands-on work with partners in the same physical space.
You must have a partner who is able to commit to the full 7 weeks with you.
For this pilot series, we require that at least one of the partners be a BMCA Professional member. The other partner should have at least basic familiarity with BMC®.
This series will be taught in English. While we cannot provide simultaneous translation, we welcome non-English speakers if they join with an English-speaking partner who can translate within the partnership.
Pricing information
We are offering self-selecting sliding scale pricing for this workshop series.
Fees are per person; each of the partners must register and pay separately.
low: $100 (about $14/session)
medium: $200 (about $29/session)
high: $350 ($50/session)
Note that income will be shared between BMCA and Karin Spitfire.
Next steps
Please complete our form to express your interest in participating in the pilot series. We will be in touch with you, and registration will officially open soon. Questions? Email us.
About Karin Spitfire
Karin Spitfire is a poet, artist, and feminist activist. Spitfire created and performed nationally a piece titled “Incest: It’s All Relative,” from 1982-1990. Utilizing what she learned from her own process, dance, and theater training, she began doing workshops for trauma survivors. In 1987, she began her BMC training, and learned to identify and begin to release trauma in all the tissues of her bodies, as well as recognizing embodiment and expression as fundamental sources of power. She has worked with hundreds of individuals and groups over the years.
Karin Spitfire is a poet, artist, and feminist activist. Spitfire created and performed nationally a piece titled “Incest: It’s All Relative,” from 1982-1990. Utilizing what she learned from her own process, dance, and theater training, she began doing workshops for trauma survivors. In 1987, she began her BMC training, and learned to identify and begin to release trauma in all the tissues of her bodies, as well as recognizing embodiment and expression as fundamental sources of power. She has worked with hundreds of individuals and groups over the years.
Karin taught at the first SBMC-approved satellite program in Amsterdam with Jacques Van Eijden from ‘96-’99 and at SBMC in Amherst from ‘02-’08. She was one of the first to teach psycho-physical integration and she taught counseling skills courses that fulfilled the SBMC requirement for practitioner certification.
Spitfire has a BA and MA in Women’s Studies, is a certified practitioner and teacher of BMC®, registered counselor, and OT. Spitfire is the author of two poetry books Standing with Trees(2006) and The Body in Late Stage Capitalism (2021).
karinspitfire.com