HOT TOPICS IN CIRM WEBINAR
17 MAY // 12:30 PM ET
Movement for the Whole-Person: Rehabilitation and Research using the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System to Integrate Function and Expression
Presenter:
Rachelle Tsachor, CMA, RSMT, ATI (she/her)
Associate Professor of Movement
The University of Illinois at Chicago
This workshop will overview major categories of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System (LBMS) as such a comprehensive movement language; give participants an experiential taste of LBMS basics; show how LBMS can enhance rehab professionals toolkit for supporting patients wholeness and healing; and share our recent research on motion and emotion connections.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate LBMS as an interdisciplinary Mind/Body system used in both physical rehabilitation and for psycho-social support.
- Identify select LBMS components or themes that can be useful to consider when working with movement for whole person integration within your rehabilitation practice.
- Summarize how LBMS can be used as a research tool for insight into Whole Person connections between Motion and Emotion through research examples. (Function/Expression)
About Rachelle Tsachor
Rachelle Tsachor, Associate Professor of Movement at UIC. Certified in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies (LBMS), Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM.org), and Alexander Technique, she analyzes patterns in moving bodies in diverse projects, researching movement’s interactions on our emotions, health, and learning. Her clinical insights as a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (Master-RSMT) are published in Laban/Bartenieff-based Somatic Movement Therapy… methodology and case studies and in “Integrative Rehabilitation Practice: Foundations of Whole-Person Care for Health Professionals.” With LBMS (formerly LMA) as a tool to research connections between Motion and Emotion, Tsachor and Tal Shafir together published “Emotion regulation through movement” and “How shall I count the ways? A method for quantifying the qualitative aspects of unscripted movement with LMA” (Frontiers in Psychology), and “A somatic movement approach to fostering emotional resiliency” (Frontiers in Neuroscience). Their research applies to fields such as robotics and intelligent interaction, and has led to several projects funded by the NSF.
