The Spacial Dynamics Level I Program trains students in the discipline of Spacial Dynamics®. For nearly 40 years this training has benefited adults in their personal and professional lives across a multitude of careers: business executives, teachers, therapists, artists, athletes, community leaders, consultants, parents, and grandparents.

Among the requirements that are essential for anyone wishing to enroll in the program are:

• A desire to move, and to move on. To take the next step.

• The desire and ability to implement and follow through on an individual study program, which will include practicing and developing skills, carrying out creative projects, reading, and inner researching

• An interest and openness to actively explore, in thought and movement, ideals of the multi-dimensional human being.

It is not necessary to be a strong athlete to join the program. Former and present trainees vary widely in their experience, abilities, and ages ranging from 20 to 80. They are united in their desire to pursue a study of spatially oriented movement. Each person is encouraged to enter into each activity to the extent that they wish to be challenged.

The Goals of the Level I Program

The goals of the training program are to develop:

• The quality of each participant's own movement;

• A sense for movement, and its effect on oneself and others;

• An understanding of the anatomy of movement;

• An understanding of the role of movement in the spatial development that takes place from child to adult;

• The ability to teach and apply Spacial Dynamics principles in any given activity;

• The capacity to recognize, understand, and work remedially with problems that stem from incomplete or interrupted physical-spatial coordination;

• An enhanced power of presence in social situations, and for presenting, speaking, and working in leadership or public roles;

• The ability to teach and apply Spacial Dynamics principles in any given activity, from individual exercises to team building for group dynamics.

Completion of a Level I Training Program does not qualify students to train others as teachers or therapists. Further training is necessary to become a certified Movement Therapist, or a Spacial Dynamics Trainer®.

Curriculum

The course includes Spacial Dynamics® exercises, Bothmer Gymnastics®, sports, indoor and outdoor games, track and field, activities for the classroom, dances, tumbling and acrobatics, stave exercises, fencing, circus arts, and juggling. Also included are posture exercises, movement observation and analysis, teaching methods, therapeutic techniques, group dynamics, spacial ergonomics, and remedial applications.

The course will draw upon the ideas and practical applications of such thinkers as M.C. Escher, Edward T. Hall, Viktor Schauberger, Theodor Schwenk, George Adams, Ita Wegman, and Rudolf Steiner.

Exercises and Techniques Used During Training

The exercises used to help learn and integrate the human being's relationship to dynamic space are as varied as the interests of the people themselves.

Movement from the following various disciplines are studied in order to experience, understand and in turn to apply their underlying dynamics:

posture exercises

games and sports

tumbling and acrobatics

activities for the classroom

circus arts and juggling

Schedule

1. The Level I Course

This is an innovative program distilled and designed to complete the requirements for a Level I diploma in Spacial Dynamics within a 3-year period, instead of the previous 5-year model. The course will take place in Saratoga County, Mechanicville, NY, and is taught and directed by Jaimen McMillan, with the support of Katie Moran, and a talented group of multi-disciplinary instructors.

This training program centers around moving together in real life, in real time, in real inter-personal interaction. To be eligible to receive certification as a Spacial Dynamics practioner, it is vital that a student take all 12 sessions offered, nine of which must be with in-person attendance. In addition, there will be monthly ZOOM sessions in the periods when there are no on-site sessions. This year-round model allows for regular practice, correction, and introduction to new material on a regular basis, which students can access and study at their own pace.

The sessions will be videoed and available online for one month, to refresh one’s memory and deepen understanding and experience of the material. The recordings will also make it possible for those who were unable to attend a session, or a portion of a session, to view and re-view material that the student may have missed.

In the exceptional case where attendance requirements cannot be met, alternate arrangements can be explored to complete the course requirements towards certification.

Tuition/Terms

Tuition is $3,350 per year, with a commitment to one year at a time.

The school year runs from the first of June to the end of May each year. Tuition is due June first, of each year. Installment payment plans are available. We accept payment via check and credit card. There is a nonrefundable $200 application fee.

 Each student is responsible for their food and lodging. A medical statement and a release form must be completed by each applicant before the first session. The course fee is calculated per school year, rather than per session, and no refunds can be given for sessions that are not attended.

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