A gathering of a community of meditators focused on integrating deep experiential knowledge of the somatic body into mindfulness/awareness practice. These one hour sessions will include Erika’s guided somatic instructions based on her book “Sitting: The Physical Art of Meditation,” as well as the opportunity to practice together the heart of meditation as embodied presence.

You can pay for the series or drop in by session. The sessions will be recorded and the recordings will be available for the week so that you can use them to deepen your practice and touch back into the material. As an experienced Meditation Instructor, I am also happy to engage with you privately through email or zoom, if questions arise or individual guidance related to basic meditation practice is requested.
Cost: $120 for the 10 sessions or $15 for drop-ins.

Familiarity with Erika’s book is highly recommended since much of the material will be drawn from the book’s information and exercises. Meditation: The Physical Art of Sitting can be purchased online from Amazon. A recording of an in-depth 7-week course based on the book taught by Erika in the Fall of 2020 is also available for purchase

2024 Calendar
October 21-25  Concordia Residency at Le Parc Space, Montreal with Gabi Petrov, Carinna Rose, Wendell Beavers and Erika Berland
October 26-27  Somatic Performer workshop, Montreal with Wendell Beavers
July 15-24   Somatic Performer Intensive.- N. Adams, MA With Wendell Beavers; Differentiating Systems: Experiential Anatomy Theory and Practice: Movement Research and Psychophysical Discovery
June 7-9 2024  Somatic Performer Intensive With Wendell Beavers-NYC Developmental Movement and Experiential Anatomy: Review and Immersive Practice
May 4-5 Shambhala Online: Meditation Instructors Course: Mindfulness and Embodiment 
March 16-May 25  Shambhala Online: Mindfulness and Embodiment Course with Janet Solynjes, Margot Iseman, Eve Rosenthal
February 20-April 9  Naropa University Extended Campus: WELCOME; a Mindful Compassion Course with Jordan Quaglia and Carla Burns

2023 Calendar
November 4, Somatic Performer Workshop with Wendell Beavers- Montreal, CA Movement Research: A Developmental Approach
September 8-17  Somatic Performer Intensive  With Wendell Beavers– Athens, Greece Building Improvisational skills for Theater/Dance based on Experiential Anatomy~ Viewpoints~Mindfulness/Awareness Practice
July 31-August 5  Somatic Performer Intensive with Wendell Beavers- N. Adams,
MA The Organs and the Glands in Psychophysical Expression
July 22  Living a Mindful Joyful Life: The Elemental Body Shambhala Online
July 2-8 Somatic Performer Intensive with Wendell Beavers- N. Adams, MA– The Inner Viewpoints
June 23- 36 th Annual BMCA Conference- The Elemental Body-Online Workshop
February 13-April 17  Somatic Meditation: An Online 10 Week Forum based on Erika’s book, Sitting: the Physical Art of Meditation
February 22- April 12 Naropa University Extended Campus: WELCOME; a Mindful Compassion Course with Charlotte Rotterdam and Carla Burns

2022 Calendar
November 12- Shambhala Online/Touching the Earth Collective- The Elemental Body
October 5-December 7- Online- Somatic Meditation 10 Week Series
October 1-June 18- Online-Monthly Experiential Anatomy Series
October 19-December 7- Naropa University Extended Campus: WELCOME; a Mindful Compassion Course with Charlotte Rotterdam, Carla Burns and Jordan Quaglia
June 4-10 Somatic Performer Intensive- N. Adams, MA– Cultivating Potentiality: the Pre-Vertebrate Patterns of Developmental Movement
June 25 BMCA Annual Conference Presentation– The Elemental Body
July 22 Shambhala Online- Living a Mindful, Joyful Life: The Elemental Body
February 22- Boulder Shambhala Center-The Fluid Body

2021 Calendar
February- 3 RRR’s (Reflexes, Righting Reactions and Equilibrium Responses that underlie all complex movement and the Developmental Patterns) Online Weekend Workshop

2020 Calendar
December- MICHA and STA Online Workshops
October-November  Naropa University- Online Mindfulness Compassion Training Online Course
October- “Spinning a Web”- Online Body Mind Centering conference presentation- “Body-Mind Centering and Compassion Practices.”
October- “The Posture of Meditation”– Presentation to Naropa’s Online Meditation Instructor Training.
October- “The Physical Art of Meditation”– An Online 7 week course.
September-December- NU Undergrad Course- Experiential Anatomy: A Somatic
Approach
July- Online Somatic Performer Workshop –Rose Bruford College, London
June- Meditation Practicum Re-boot for MFA–  Online sessions
March- Extended Body/Extended Voice: Body-Mind Centering® and Roy Hart Voice
work with Erika Berland and Ethelyn Friend
January- April, Concordia University Residency, Montreal- Special Topics in Performance Creation: Somatic Performance Training