Date: August 3 Time: 7-9PM Location: The NEW Karen Lord Pilates Movement Studio 324 Sunset Ave, Suite C  Venice CA Price: $40 per person  We explore the patterns of our own earliest movement, and uncover innate impulses that allow coordination to develop from its source. We feel this as our movement freeing up, finding grace, and energizing. Our spontaneous activity becomes aligned with our intent through the most efficient pathways available. Many things we like to achieve through movement become newly accessible. We heal and learn in the way we grew: through movement. In class we will guide you to find support within your living anatomy, while you embody new possibilities from a fuller palette of human developmental potential. We will explore movement experiences together, find balance within ourselves, and move out into the world to share our unique gifts-with all systems revived. After this introductory developmental class (#1) we will continue each month, approaching these developmental patterns from the movement qualities that arise out of different body systems. There are 8 classes in the cycle, and they can be taken in any sequence. Skeletal System ~ relates to clarity, effortlessness and form Muscle System ~ provides vitality, dynamics of resistance and a tensile three-dimensional grid for the balanced support and movement of the Skeletal System  Organ System ~ underlies feelings, expression and sense of volume Endocrine System ~ relates to intuition, energy flow and internal chaos/balance Fluid System ~ mediates the dynamics of flow between rest and activity Nervous System ~ governs alertness, thought, precision and perception. Investigating Perception ~ negotiating how we sense and know Please come dressed in comfortable clothing that you can move well in.  More About BMC® Through touch, movement and mindful dialogue, Body-Mind Centering® offers options in how you can feel, move, and relate to others with the support of your embodiment. It helps you change and focus on what matters. While most movement and bodywork focuses on the alignment of bones and the activity of muscles, BMC® can encourage you to release, energize and integrate all of your anatomical systems. Imagine your abdominal organs nourished, your nerves calm and eager to learn new things, your muscles responsive, ligaments supple, and your movement coordinating, flowing and easy. Find and bring forward hidden strengths that balance your body, so overworking parts can rest and relax with alertness, ready for action. Understand how your mind moves through your body and your body through your mind. Through BMC® we can increase our comfort with who we are, exquisitely, and find our own way with ease. PRIVATE SESSIONS   with Doug

Doug also offers Private Sessions in LA, in your home or in studio   Transformational bodywork on a table re-patterning through walking, crawling, yoga and other movement activities aquatherapy-therapeutic sessions in a warm water pool and lessons in playing and speaking rhythm For more information on Doug MacKenzie see www.brilliantbody.net Please inquire.