CMER – Center for Movement Education and Research

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Center for Movement
Education and Research

CMER is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating all people on the role of movement in human development, education, health and creativity. Our programs teach the value of movement in relationship to mind-body integration and education in practical application and service. We offer adult and children’s courses that have movement as a resource for integrated and embodied learning; structured for well-being and personal development.

New Series Starts in January 2025

Movement For Equanimity

Movement for Equanimity (MFE) is an online 1 hour fascia-movement class created by Judy Gantz based on her Swiss training with Karin Gurtner’s Slings program. This class is mindful and invites the practice of presence while doing simple moves that outwardly look like Yoga and dance warm ups. Learning to focus intension combined with doing carefully crafted choreography will cultivate fascia health. Fascia is intertwined with our nervous system and trauma “coping” patterns. This class is designed to integrate a sense of well-being, build inner stability, better posture, and more fluidity in movement. Join us live or from recordings.

Interview

The Fascia Vision Connection:

An interview with Nathan Oxenfeld on the Naked Eye podcast

Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Judy Gantz, a former UCLA dance professor who holds a Diploma at an advanced level from Karin Gurtner’s Slings Myofascial training program. Judy discusses her work with fascia movement and skillfully blends anatomy and physiology with myofascial Slings Art of Motion principles. The fascia plays an important role in the function of the eyes, so the topic of vision gets interwoven throughout.

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Eyebody Workshop in Northern California Coming to Sebastopol in September 2023

The Art of Integrating Eye, Brain and Body

The Grunwald Eyebody Method® is a principles-based learning method designed to improve the function of eyes, brain and body – and teaches to let go of glasses forever. Simultaneously and naturally. People of all ages and walks of life have been using the method successfully. It is especially effective in improving on and preventing myopia (shortsight), presbyopia (middle-age sight), hypermetropia (longsight), cross eyes or squints, astigmatism, glaucoma, cataracts and other visual dysfunctions, together with corresponding body postures and brain functions.

Coming in 2023

Introduction to the MAP Journey

Introduction to The MAP Journey weaves Mental, Affective and Physical learning to strengthen witnessing skills and build a common language to navigate the difficulties stirred up in relationships. Mapping guides us through the matrix of human needs and emotions, creating a journey of self-discovery that can turn conflict into a source of consciousness instead of despair.

In this 4 day online course (taught via Zoom), we will learn how to identify these defensive habits, deactivate them and shift these impulses in a positive way providing for more compassionate, loving and meaningful relationships. The journey ultimately begins with the SELF.

Direct Benefits

Physical health

Physical Health

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Life Balance

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Mental Well-Being

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What past students say

Testimonials

"Judy is a shining light in the budding field of embodied somatic movement practitioners. She is a brilliant teacher in terms of clarity of direction and demonstration, flow of movement sequences, compassion and generosity. Personally, her MFE program has helped me to ease back tightness and pain, feel more trusting of my body as it increases in age, and tap into emotions carried within. I recommend her workshops for anyone looking to rebalance and rekindle a more loving relationship with their body, mind and spirit."

"Judy’s class is a beautiful complement to being a woman moving through space. As a mature woman, who has born a child, I can finally feel my pelvic floor again! I highly recommend joining this class and allowing Judy to guide you through finding your strength and flexibility as a woman."

"Judy Gantz is a master teacher. Her MFE class has transformed my perception of the felt sense through a framework that empowers me to self-modulate and regulate with tenderness and subtle mindful awareness. Her work is profound."

"The Movement For Equanimity course has ushered in a new experience of body-mind awareness in sensing and moving. It has kindled a more subtle, yet profound, sense of physicality and inspired me to explore my movement life well outside the Zoom room. The ways in which it incorporates principles of the Laban/Bartenieff System has re-animated my understanding and practice."

"Judy's MFE classes are a refreshing deeply embodied practice time which balanced the written and webinar fascia learning I am engaging with. What a treat! Judy is a wise and masterful movement guide: her cuing is brilliant (precise and easy to follow); her voice and presence embody the equanimity she is offering. The movement sequences are also adaptable to specific situations and ages. When I attended while recovering from some injuries, it was easy to modify the sequences for my needs and healing."

"Judy is a deeply knowledgeable, kind and caring teacher. She arrives well prepared, and is vastly experienced in understanding how to develop movement classes for students at different levels. Her work with the fascia builds upon her immense knowledge of anatomy and movement analysis, and she understands and believes in what she teaches from the inside out. I have also developed a greater awareness of how I can more easily let go of tension patterns that built up over years and feel a greater sense of freedom and awareness."

"Judy Gantz leads with clarity and calmness. In each session I find subtle places where my movement has been limited and with curiosity I am discovering more balance and ease. Thank you!"

Center for Movement
Education and Research

New Series Starts in January 2025

Movement For Equanimity

Interview

The Fascia Vision Connection:

An interview with Nathan Oxenfeld on the Naked Eye podcast

Eyebody Workshop in Northern California Coming to Sebastopol in September 2023

The Art of Integrating Eye, Brain and Body

Coming in 2023

Introduction to the MAP Journey