Move forward with Movement Intelligence in the UK!
Your learning continuum…
Attending a class with one of our qualified teachers may inspire you to start your own regular practice at home. With regular practice of the Bones for Life processes you will begin to experience higher levels of energy, and a greater ability to relax and cope with stress.
A typical class consists of simple but effective movement processes which:
- Awaken and enliven the body
- Develop postural integrity, flexibility and stability
- Stimulate bone health
- Improve core ability
- Improve balance
- Reduce tension and stiffness.
Bones for Life makes use of external surfaces such as the floor, walls and chairs, 1lb ankle/wrist weights, and a multi-purpose cloth wrap which provides a stabilising exoskeleton to enhance all functional movement, and works as a crown to enhance weight-bearing posture.
Modules
In Silvia’s short modules we learn more about MI themes and strategies and how to practise and incorporate them into everyday movements.
Upcoming module of 3 sessions in Walk for Life
Walking with poles can help secure equilibrium and revive the arms’ primal function to serve as quadruped forelegs. Transmitting forces from the stepping foot and from the arm by thrusting the pole into the ground activates the shoulder blades and the vertebrae between them, restoring a forgotten liveliness in the often stiff area of the upper back. Walk for Life can help activate bone strength, enabling the upper skeleton to receive impact and loading.
Three sessions of one hour each, on Zoom. Thursdays from 9-10am on February 6th, 13th and, to be confirmed, either 20th or 27th, 2025. Cost for three sessions: £36.
Upcoming Chairs module of 3 sessions
The Movement Intelligence Chairs programme offers short processes designed to enrich options for dynamic sitting, emphasising the transmission of force through a well-aligned skeleton, as essential for bone strength. It has similarities with and also complements the lessons taught in Bones for Life. This programme can serve people who spend long hours sitting, and can help those who find it difficult to stand for any length of time, or to go down to and get up from the floor. It can also be enjoyed by anyone who applies Movement Intelligence in their lives.
Three sessions of one hour each, on Zoom. Thursdays from 9-10am on March 6th, 13th and 20th, 2025. Cost for three sessions: £36.
Two upcoming modules of 8 sessions in Bones for Life
In Bones for Life we explore posture and alignment in a variety of configurations so that in our daily movements we can optimise the transmission of forces between gravity and the ground, through the bones. The numerous processes offered, all within small and therefore safe exertions of effort, can generate fluidity of movement, coordination, flexibility, strength and a state of “biological optimism”.
Module 1: Five sessions of one hour each, on Zoom. Thursdays from 9-10am on May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th, 2025.
Module 2: Three sessions of one hour each, on Zoom. Thursdays from 9-10am on June 12th, 26th and July 3rd, 2025.
Cost for Module 1: £60; Cost for Module 2: £36.
For bookings contact Silvia at movement@sgray.today
SPRING RETREAT with Marye Wyvill and Rajesh David!
Conscious Body Open Heart
From 4th-6th April, 2025 at Shepherds Dene Retreat House, Riding Mill, Northumberland.
Become conscious of your mental and movement habits that block transformation, working with the Movement Intelligence practices of Bones for Life, Walk for Life and Mindful Eating, the yogic concepts of Anahata Chakra, Bhakti, and the Koshas, and Centering Prayer meditation.
For more information about our teaching sessions, see: Conscious Body Open Heart – Rajesh David
Our retreat will begin on Friday at 7.30pm (please arrive in time for supper at 6pm) and end with lunch at 1pm on Sunday.
Bookings: maryewyvill@hotmail.com
Cost: £475 for tuition, meals and single room.
Shepherds Dene is a tranquil, Edwardian country house in the Arts & Crafts style, whose extensive grounds include a Woodland Walk and a labyrinth.
Bones for Life Teacher Training Courses
Marye’s current Bones for Life teacher training course runs from January 2025 to October 2026. This will be taught online, with two residential weekends.
For information about future TTCs, including a prospectus, contact Marye: maryewyvill@hotmail.com
Whether you want to become a Bones for Life teacher, incorporate MI principles into your own professional practice, or for your own personal development, you will find Bones for Life an empowering, energising and balancing approach to vitality, health and well-being.