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.
INFO:
info@tessura.org
We offer
a BMC® certification programs
(Somatic Movement Education/SME,
Practitioner,
Infant Developmental Movement
Education/IDME)
licensed
by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen,
developper of the
Body-Mind Centering® approach,
running in Belgium &
the Netherlands
In order to certify in one
of these programs,
all courses of
the specific program
are requied as well as
related homework.
You are welcome to initiate
your studies at the
current 25-26 SME program,
and continue in
the future trajectories.
Intro-workshops to the
SME & IDME cycles can be followed:
Thur June 25 2026, Den Haag
Sat & Sun Nov 7,8 2026, Antwerp
SOMATIC MOVEMENT EDUCATION
The 2025-2026 SME-program
is running
in Brussels.
Following courses can
still be joined:
Ligamentous & Fascial System
(July 1-8 2026, Brussels)
Fluid System
(July 10-16 2026, Brussels)
Muscular System
(July 19-29 2026, Brussels)
Somatic Movement Education
Competency
(July 31 2026, Brussels)
Professional issues 1
(August 1-2 2026, Brussels)
The new 2026-2028 SME-program
will be organised
in Brussels
(some courses are also
offered in
Den Haag and Antwerp).
Courses with * are also part
of the IDME program.
These courses are offerd twice,
but you only need to follow
these courses one time.
The SME program consists
of the
following courses:
Basic Neurocellular Patterns*
(Oct 5-12 2026, Den Haag)
Senses and Perception 1*
(Oct 25-28 2026, Brussels)
Primitive Reflexes, Righting
Reactions, Equilibrium Responses*
(Oct 30-Nov 5 2026, Brussels)
Ontogenetic Development*
(Dec 19-23 2026, Antwerp)
Basic Neurocellular Patterns*
(Feb 7-14 2027, Brussels)
Ontogenetic Development*
(Feb 16-21 2027, Brussels)
Senses and Perception 1*
(March 11-14 2027, Den Haag)
Primitive Reflexes, Righting
Reactions, Equilibrium Responses*
(March 29-April 4 2027, Antwerp)
Skeletal System
(July 2-12 2027, Brussels)
Organ System
(July 14-21 2027, Brussels)
Endocrine System
(July 24-28 2027, Brussels)
Nervous System
(July 30-August 6 2027, Brussels)
Fluid System
(Oct 31-Nov 6 2027, Brussels)
Ligamentous and Fascial System
(Nov 8-15 2027, Brussels)
Muscular System
(May 21-31 2028, Brussels)
SME Competency &
Professional Development 1
(June 2-4 2028, Brussels)
INFANT DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT
EDUCATION
Consist of four courses
which also form part
of the SME program
(dates: see courses marked
with * in SME calendar above):
* Basic Neurocellular Patterns
*Ontogenetic Development
* Primitive Reflexes,Righting
Reactions,and Equilibrium Responses
* Senses and Perception 1
(dates: see courses marked
with * in SME calendar above)
as well as following
IDME application courses:
IDME 1A
(May 28-June 2, 2027, Brussels)
IDME 1B
(Nov 18-23, 2027, Brussels)
IDME 2
(Feb 21-March 3, 2028, Brussels)
PRACTITIONER PROGRAM
Prerequisites: completion of
SME- program
Courses with * are offerd twice,
but you only need to follow
these courses one time.
Breathing and Vocalization
(April 11-17, 2027, Brussels)*
Embryological Development
(May 23-26, 2027, Brussels)*
Immune System
(Nov 26-28, 2027, Brussels)*
Senses and Perception 2
(June 30-July 6, 2028, Brussels)
Integration of the Body Systems
and Developmental Movement 1
(July 8-15, 2028, Brussels)
Embryological Development*
(July 18-21, 2028, Brussels)
Breathing and Vocalization*
(July 23-29, 2028, Brussels)
Immune System*
(July 31-August 2, 2028, Brussels)
Subcellular System
(Oct 29-31, 2028, Brussels)
Psychophysical Integration 1
(Nov 2-8, 2028, Brussels)
Professional Development 2
(Nov 10-12, 2028, Brussels)
Integration of the Body Systems
and Developmental Movement 2
(April 1-6, 2029, Brussels)
Client Assesment and
Therapeutic Approaches 1
(April 8-15, 2029, Brussels)
New Frontiers
(June 29- July 1, 2029, Brussels)
Teaching Skills
(July 3-9, 2029, Brussels)
Student Presentations
(July 11-13, 2029, Brussels)
Client Assesment and
Therapeutic Approaches 2
(July 15-18, 2029, Brussels)
Psychophysical Integration 2
(July 20-23, 2029, Brussels)
Practitioner Competency and
Professional Development 3
(July 25-28, 2029, Brussels)
INFO & REGISTRATION:
info@tessura.org
Teaching staff
Tessura
Carla Bottiglieri (I)
Christian Meier (G)
Diego Pizarro (BR)
Emanuela Passerini (I)
Eva Maes (B)
Ferenc Kálmán (H)
Federica Antonelli (I)
Jens Johanssen (G)
Olive Bieringa (NO)
Otto Ramstad (NO)
Sara Jaleco (F)
Tal Halevi (USA)
Tamara Milla Vigo (F)
Thomas Greil (I)
Wilma Vesseur (CH/NL)
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Tessura vzw
Edelgesteentenstraat 66
2600 Berchem
CBE number:1008856913
RPR:Antwerpen-Afdeling Antwerpen
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