Body-Mind Centering®
Somatic Movement Educator (SME) Program
REGISTRATION PROCESS & FULL PROGrAM PAYMENT SCHEDULE
SME Program or individual courses: A $250 deposit is required to hold your spot. Final balances for the courses are due 2 months before the course begins unless you make payment arrangements with Mary Lou (Program Director.)
Residential options are available for June Courses only.
Note: This schedule of Fees Does Not Include Residence Fees. For information go to Accommodations.
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To Register fill out the application/registration and send to Mary Lou at movingwithin@gmail.com.
She will notify you if space is available for the course you are interested in.
TUITION
We’ve set up three options for tuition payment for the courses. Please evaluate which option matches your situation and values.
Click the + icon to view descriptions and details for each option in the dropdown menu below.
FULL PRICE: The prices for SME courses are based on costs of $150 for a 7-hour day. Paying full price for the course supports this program and the School for Body-Mind Centering® in making these courses available.
BENEFACTOR: Paying 10% more ($165 a day) helps supporting others who cannot afford to attend.
NEEDS-BASED DISCOUNT: Paying 10% less ($135 a day). To receive this discount, we request a one-page letter describing your situation. (Availability of this price depends on enrollment.)
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Participate by paying Full Price for the course, $150 a day if you:
sometimes feel stress about basic needs like food, housing, and transportation at times, but can meet those needs
are employed
have access to healthcare and savings
have access to adequate housing
have some expendable income for eating out, coffee to go, movies, books, and now technology
can take a vacation every year without significant financial burden
want to support SBMC and this program by covering the costs of the course
have some family support or have benefitted from family support throughout life
are somewhere in the middle of the social matrix - for example, maybe white and trans, or a middle class able-bodied person of color.
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Participate by choosing the Benefactor option and paying $165 a day if you:
have a well-paying job, or don't need to work to meet basic needs
have reliable healthcare and financial savings
have reliable transportation, secure housing and no food scarcity
can pay mortgage, or rent, and car payments without undue stress
have expendable income such things as massage, salon haircuts, eating out, coffee to go, new clothes, movies, books and new technology
have time and resources for vacations
want to assure these experiences are available to many people, and can pay a little more
have family wealth and have benefited from family support throughout life
benefit from institutional support and social privilege because of aspects of identity (white, male, cis, straight, able-bodied, neuro-normative, US-born)
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Participate by requesting a Needs Based Discount to pay $135 a day if you:
Participate by requesting a Needs Based Discount to pay $135 a day if you:
have debt that sometimes prevents meeting basic needs
have unstable housing
unemployed or underemployed
have no access to savings
cannot afford eating out, coffee to go, movies, books, and new technology
cannot afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off
value studying Body-Mind Centering® but it feels out of financial reach
support family members or other dependents
do not benefit from institutional support and social privilege
* This way of evaluating privilege was inspired by Chiara at chiaraacu.com
and Body-Mind Centering® are registered service marks and BMC® is a service mark of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, used with permission.
