VMI Somatic Practice
Certification Program

Module 1

Module I - the foundation program consists of 175 hours where participants gain an active, experiential knowledge of the somatic principles and techniques involved in the practice of Vocal Dance and VMI & Bodywork Practice. After the completion of this first module participants continue to work more deeply on their integration, and learn in more refined detail the principles and practices of Vocal Dance and VMI & Bodywork Practice.

One of the following modules is presented each year and can be taken in any order towards completion of the entire curriculum.

Module 2

• Fluids and Glandular Systems
• Hands-on Physical Repatterning Practice
• Vocal Dance and Improvisation

Total: 125 hours - Four long week ends from Friday to Tuesday between October and May for a total of 20 days.

Module 3

• The Neurological Reflexes & Movement Sequencing & Repatterning
• The Nervous System
• The Craniosacral System
• Combining Body Systems with Postural Integration & Vocal Alignment
• Vocal Dance & Improvisation

Total: 125 hours - Four long week ends from Friday to Tuesday between October and May for a total of 20 days.

Module 4

• Advanced Anatomy of the Voice & Vocal Alignment
• Understanding of the Eye and Ear in Perception
• Skeletal-Muscular System
• Vocal Dance & Improvisation

Total: 120 hours - Four long week ends for Friday to Tuesday between October and May for a total of 20 days.

Module 5

• Counseling approaches & techniques applied to Bodywork Practices & Somatic Movement Education

Total: 42 hours - one long week end from Friday to Sunday for a total of 3 days.

Module 6

• Combining Body Systems with Postural Integration & Vocal Alignment
• Hands-on & Physical Repatterning Practice
• Final Creative Project

Total: 75 hours - Residential program in the summer period for 2 weeks with a free week end in the middle for a total of 10 days.

A Individual Sessions – 10 Hours

Each participant must complete at least 5 individual sessions with Patricia over the course of the training.

B Case Studies

When participating in Module 2, 3 & 4 each student is required to work with 3 people for a total of 5 one hour individual sessions and write a brief evaluation of each session with a final written assessment of the entire process. Participants design a standard evaluation form to be used for documenting the sessions.

C Professional Profile and Aims

Defining the aims of their professional application of the training by writing a description of the ways they plan to implement the training in their professional life.

D Creative Project

Each person evaluates and presents a fully developed creative work concerning their experiences generated by the VMI training program.

Total Certification Program Hours: 672 hours

Schedule 2019–2020

Offered to people who have completed at least
the first year of the training program.

Module 2