Dear BMC® Friends,
Thank you for your interest in joining the study group for Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s 2025 Fall Series, Cultivating Breath – Illuminating Mind. I am delighted to facilitate this space for collective study and exploration on Wednesdays and/or Saturdays.
My name is Ivan Vuković. I am a certified Body-Mind Centering® Somatic Movement Educator, Yoga of Heart teacher, therapist, author, and musician from Zagreb, Croatia. BMC® has been my passion and primary focus for over a decade. I had the honor of meeting Bonnie and studying with her in person at workshops in Gothenburg (2016), Berlin (2016), and New York (2018), in addition to participating in all of her online series. I completed my SME program with Moveus in Germany in 2022 and am currently enrolled in their Practitioner Program.
STUDY GROUP STRUCTURE
“We are the material. This is about embodying our body with consciousness, and embodying our consciousness through the body, with each other.” – Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
There are many ways to approach BMC® material. A key part of the study is finding your own individual pathway – navigating the information without getting lost, and ultimately embodying it through your unique lived experience. This personal embodiment is what truly matters.
Each session will be 90 minutes long (Wednesdays/Saturdays, 18:00 – 19:30 CET). We will explore the material from Bonnie’s most recent class. Please come prepared with your questions and experiences to share.
A typical session will loosely follow this structure:
- Welcome & Check-in: We will begin by forming a circle to greet one another. We will have ample space to share and bring our questions into the circle.
- Introduction & Material: I will introduce the topic, often supported by relevant images and materials.
- Somatization & Exploration: The heart of the session will be a 30-40 minute guided somatic exploration of the topic. The intention is to fully and experientially immerse ourselves in the material, prioritizing direct experience over words, and allowing time to feel these structures and concepts in our own bodies.
- Integration & Sharing: We will conclude by sharing our experiences and insights. The questions that emerge will help shape our following sessions.
After each class, I will send a follow-up email with revision notes, study documents, and links. Each session will also be recorded and uploaded to a private YouTube channel, and the link will be shared with you for review.
“I lived a long life of practice. Long for an individual life, short for history. And I want to share with you, not give it to you. And then you grow the seeds yourself. And we create a forest.” – Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
STUDY GROUP DATES & TIMES
- Wednesdays: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; November 5, 12, 19, 26; December 3, 10
- Saturdays: October 4, 18; November 1, 15, 29
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (CET) / 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (EDT)
More information about the series:
https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/pages/2025-fall-series-resources
ZOOM LINK
This link will be used for all study group sessions:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89938651938?pwd=mtEhmXKWmPqolvC04H3aaKENG5mRA9.1
SUPPORT/EXCHANGE
This study group operates on a donation-based model.
“Explore inside. Get a glimpse. What is your experience? Open to something that you didn’t know. Take a few minutes to let it go. Trust that out of nothing there can be something.” – Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
I am very much looking forward to meeting and exploring with you all.
See you soon,
Ivan Vuković