Living an Embodied Life Offerings
Workshops
There are numerous workshops that are available for participants to dig into an experiential learning environment with others.
Courses
The are several 1 day courses, that include extensive, full colour manuals to support your learning and as an ongoing resources.
Private Sessions
In person/online private sessions can be arranged. These Brain Gym Balances will include a unique, expanded learning menu.
2 Ways to Work with Mariah-Jane
In Person
Mariah-Jane can be brought in specially to do a workshop series for interested parties. Alternatively, Mariah-Jane's numerous yearly travel tours can be arranged to have a visit to your location.
Online
If it is not feasible to have Mariah-Jane visit for an in person workshop series or to share a course, there are wonderful options of a variety of courses available to participate.
Curated Visits
Working with Mariah-Jane in person will be organized by her to achieve the best possible results for all participants.
Creating the best combination of workshops and courses, along with scheduling privates can be done anywhere from 1-2 days up to a week if there is sufficient interest to warrant a long visit.
Simply reach out to show interest and let the planning begin!
The Creator of Living an Embodied Life
Mariah-Jane Thies
Mariah-Jane has been a dance and movement educator for almost 40 years. For the last 25 years she has been focused on deepening her and her student's somatic practice.
Her training is wide and varied and her greatest skill is bringing the many threads together to create her own unique methodology and personal practice.
She has studied extensively the Developmental Movement Patterns/Patterns of Total Body Organization with the top teachers. Mariah-Jane is a certified Evans (Bill Evans) Laban based modern teacher studying the patterns intensively.
She has had the pleasure of also studying with author of Making Connections, Peggy Hackney, and Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen of Body-Mind Centering, along with Brain Dance creator, Anne Green Gilbert. And in the Brain Gym world she studied Movement Exploration with Carol Ann Erikson.
Mariah-Jane's Brain Gym studies had her seek out and study with the top educators including, Paul Dennison, Carol Ann Erickson, Claire Hocking, Dr. Carla Hannaford, Lisa Marcovici, Rose Harrow, Denise Hornbeak & Colleen Gardner as well as numerous others via the conferences and summer institutes. She is also a Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training Instructor. She is also a Reiki Level 2 and reader of cards with additional training in use of Emotion Code, EFT and Flower Essences.
Courses Offered
Brain Dance for Brain Gym
Written and launched in 2020 in Melbourne, Australia, this 1day course will give you the tools to support the top of the pyramid cross lateral pattern. This is a great extension to both PACE and the Learning Menu as well as a scaffold for a wonderful celebration dance.
Brain Dance 1 Day Course
- Includes 36 Page Full Colour Manual
- Recording of the Live Course as an ongoing resource
Embracing Movement Diversity
Mariah-Jane wrote and launched this unique course, after the 2018 International Conference in Germany. You will never be able to look at the Brain Gym 26 in a neutral way again, once you understand that HOW you do the movements deepens the experience in a profound manner.
Embracing Movement Diversity 1 Day Course
- Includes 42 Page Full Colour Manual
- Recording of the Live Course as an ongoing resource
Workshops Offered
Release, Relax and Re-Set your Neck and Shoulders
Drawing upon decades of supporting dancers to have full and easeful function in the upper body, Mariah-Jane brings together numerous threads that can be utilized immediately and support the nervous system to tap into relaxation.
Get Happy Feet
By discovering methods for mobilizing the feet, you will also be discovering methods for bringing freedom to the entire body. Generally, our feet are under mobilized causing a whole host of problems, including balance issues, and a lack of stability affecting both the mind and body.
The Embodied State
By taking this workshop first, you are setting the stage for deeper body knowledge in everything you do afterwards.
Contact for Mariah-Jane: [email protected]
