Welcome to tessura

 Tessura vzw is a nonprofit
association based 
in the Benelux (Belgium)
dedicated to support 
awareness around dance 
and movement 
practices in general and the 
work of 
Body-Mind Centering® in particular. 



Branching into the fields of 
dance and movement education, 
research, and therapy, 
as well as the realm of artistic 
research and creation, 
Tessura envisions, 
like tiles of a mosaic, 
to create space 
for an overarching as well 
as peculiar 
image to emerge. 
An image, rooted in the experience 
of the moving body.

We offer
 a BMC® certification program 
(Somatic Movement Education) 
licensed 
by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, 
developper of the 
Body-Mind Centering® approach,
running in Brussels. 

In order to certify as 
Somatic Movement Educator, 
all courses of this 
500+ hour program are 
required as well as related homework.

The educational program
consist of the
following courses:

Senses and perception
(July 2-5 2025)
Skeletal System
(July 7-17 2025)
Basic Neurocellular Patterns
 (July 20-27)
Organ System
(July 30-August 6 2025)
Primitive Reflexes, Righting Reactions,
 Equilibrium Responses
(October 25-31 2025)
Ontogenetic Development
(November 2-7 2025)
Endocrine System
(April 4-8 2026)
Nervous System
(April 11-18 2026)
Ligamentous & Fascial System
(July 1-8 2026)
Fluid System
(July 10-16 2026)
Muscular System
(July 19-29 2026)
Somatic Movement Education 
Competency
(July 31 2026)
Professional issues 1
(August 1-2 2026)

 
Upcoming online introduction meetings 
to the 
School for Body-Mind Centering® 
training program in Benelux:
 
Thursday April 3, 18h-19h30 (CEST)
Thursday May 8, 10h-11h30 (CEST)

Free registration to these online 
intro meetings:
 info@tessura.org


Teaching staff
2025-2026
Brussels-based
Somatic Movement Education program

Carla Bottiglieri (I)
Christian Meier (G)
Diego Pizarro (BR)
Emanuela Passerini (I)
Eva Maes (B)
Ferenc Kálmán (H)
Jens Johanssen (G)
Kate Tarlow Morgan (USA)
Otto Ramstad (NO)
Tal Halevi (USA)
Tamara Milla Vigo (F)
Thomas Greil (I)
Wilma Vesseur (CH/NL)

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info@tessura.org

As you can see, this website is 
still 
under construction. 
Don't hesitate, visit it again soon
for more details and 
enhanced accessibility!

Tessura vzw 
Edelgesteentenstraat 66
2600 Berchem
CBE number:1008856913
RPR:Antwerpen-Afdeling Antwerpen

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Body-Mind Centering®, BMC®, and

are registered service marks of 

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen 

and used with permission.

Tessura vzw is member of EPALE-network.