Professional Trainings

The Global Somatics™ Teacher Mentorship

• Intern with Suzanne River in the art of teaching Global Somatics™ Courses!

Certified Practitioners of Global Somatics™ or BMC™ (Somatic Movement Educators and Practitioners) can mentor with Suzanne River in the art of teaching Global Somatics™. The Global Somatics Teacher Mentorship trains participants in the art and science of teaching the Global Somatics™ curriculum developed by Suzanne River. Certified Teachers of Global Somatics™ are eligible to be hired to teach in the Global Somatics Certification Program.

Eligibility for mentorship:

• Certified Practitioner of Global Somatics™ and /or Certified Practitioner of BMC or SME
• Certified BMC Practitioenrs and SME are required to take the Global Soamtics courses in Vibrational Aspects
• Minimum of 4 years of teaching groups
• Ability to follow all GRDGS policies
• Understanding of the cost and joys that come from the service of teaching
• Passion for ongoing study of Global Somatics™ and commitment to personal growth and transformation
• Understanding that “Teaching is sharing your study with others and encouraging the teacher within each student”
• Honest and real relationship with Suzanne River and affinity for Suzanne’s pedagogy of Global Somatics™
• Personal range in all aspects of self – physical, energetic, emotional, mental, soul, spirit and creatrix
• Ability to prepare, plan and improvise with a class.
• Ability to communicate with diverse people and to love and appreciate unique human beings in the process of changing
• Demonstration of ability to ask for guidance and to give and receive evaluative feedback.

Objectives of Mentorship:

The Global Somatics Teacher Mentorship is, by virtue of its nature, an open ended system that evolves and involves through participation in and reflection upon the learning laboratories. Your questions, perceptions and personal repatterning will be honored as you commit to fulfilling your desire and, perhaps your soul purpose, of teaching Global Somatics™. A mentor is someone looked upon for wise advice and guidance. During the Global Somatics Teacher Mentorship, you will work in close association with Suzanne River to

• develop your skills and capacity to transmit the energies of embodiment to others through guiding movement, touch, sound, vibration and breath explorations.
• deepen your conscious embodiment of the material
• learn four basic principles for teaching a Global Somatics™ class.
• practice teaching specific hands-on protocols, guiding movement explorations, leading somatizations, offering anatomical and theory information and facilitating group process.
• track individual students
• witness, meet and modulate the tone of a group.
• implement set lesson plans in a way that fits your personality, teaching style and the group.
• implement the policies of GRDGS.

Mentorship structure and components:

1. Active Assisting: You choose to assist in 10 courses of the Global Somatics curriculum, paying the course tuition. You may assist in more than ten once you have completed your ten without paying further. You follow guidelines for assisting (prep for class, personal embodied presence, support for the teacher, holding the group field, assistance to students, process and journaling). You meet with Suzanne in person or over the phone to process each class (30-60 minutes). You will be eligible to teach each class you have successfully assisted.
2. Seminars: Once every three weeks you meet with Suzanne for a two hour seminar on the material and teaching issues. The fee is included in your Assisting Fee. If these are additional seminars, you pay the rate for semi- private work
3. Practice teaching: When I feel you are ready or when you feel you are, you teach a 30-60 minute portion of class. When I feel you are ready, I will ask you to teach or co-teach a whole class. When you have demonstrated the capacity to do this, you will be hired to teach in the courses at $25 per hour for a few classes. After I see your work as consistent, I will hire you to teach in the program at full teacher rate and certify you as a Teacher of Global Somatics™.
4. Other: I may also offer teacher intensives or attend your classes outside GRDGS. You may have other needs/ideas that cannot be foreseen at this time.

Mentorship Process and Fees:

The mentorship process is paced by your desire and ability to assist in any given class being offered. You apply by completing the application form and are interviewed. If you are accepted, you pay the tuition as it stands in the current Curriculum Guide for each course you decide to assist. Once you have committed to assist a course and the course has begun, there is no refund of your tuition.

The Serious Student Contract

• The “Serious Student Contract”
  

Ideal for those applying for Continuing Education Credit or considering the Practitioner Training!
The Serious Student Contract (SSC) provides an opportunity to take courses at your own pace, for personal embodiment and for professional recognition. SSC is designed for Continuing Education Credit or future enrollment in the Global Somatics Practitioner Training. Potential candidates for the Global Somatics Practitioner Training gain a realistic experience of the work, teaching and curriculum.

To qualify as a “Serious Student”, applicants must follow all Global Somatics™ course procedures; including successful registration, pre-requisite requirements, tuition plus a $130 Serious Student fee per course. “Serious Students” commit to regular attendance, class homework, and a final review meeting with Suzanne River. A file is kept on attendance and performance and the student receives a certificate of course completion. “Serious Students” can apply completed course work towards the Global Somatic Practitioner Training or future GRDGS courses in the following ways:

• Retake a previously completed course at a 50% off list price. Trainees complete all required certification homework.
• Retake specific classes of a previously completed course to deepen embodiment and facilitation of specific material at a 50% off list price of a class.
• Test out of a previously completed course by completing the Course Self Evaluation, required Certification Homework, and Competency Demonstration. No course tuition required.