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 | Bachelors of Arts, Dance, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (B.F.A.) | |
| Numerous Trainings with Dance Artists in Contact Improvisation & Post Modern Dance | |
| Certified Life & Career Coach;Life Purpose Institute (C.C.) | |
| Authorized Continuum Movement Teacher; Emilie Conrad Founder | |
| Graduate of 4 year Body-Mind Centering Program, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Founder | |
| Certified Tai Chi & Chi Gung Instructor, Essence of Evolution & Energy Arts | |
| Registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist (R.S.M.E.) | |
| Certified Massage Therapist, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (C.M.T.) | |
| Certified Fitness Coach, World Instructors Training Schools | |
| Visceral Manipulation Therapy, Upledger Institute | |
| Cranial Sacral Therapy & Teaching Assistant, Upledger Institute | |
| Level I Reiki Practioner, Herrera Reiki Center of Mexico, Monterrey, Mexico | |
| Animal Communicator, Carol Gurney HeartTalk Program, Agoura, CA | |
| Ordained Healing Minister, Universal Life Church, Modesto, CA | |
| Board Member, International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Assoc. (ISMETA) | |
| Founder & Director, Intention Dance Theatre, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Founder & Director, Somatic Movement Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA (SOMA Fest) | |
| Founder & Director, Mobility Junction Dance Company, NYC | |
| Member, International Association of Healthcare Practitioners, (IAHP) | |
| Member, Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) | |
| Member, Body-Mind Centering Association (BMCA) | |
Professional Affiliations
Certifications & Trainings
EMBODIED LIFE
Internationally recognized authority on body-mind intelligence, Teri Carter, founded the Embodied
Life System for optimal health, fitness and life performance.
She is the author of the forthcoming book Pleasure Factor: 7 Body-Mind Strategies for Optimum
Health and Performance.
Based in Los Angeles, Embodied Life serves leaders and visionaries across the U.S. and abroad
offering individual coaching and group workshops. She's helped hundreds of clients - including
athletes, dancers, musicians, actors, business and professional leaders, and everyday people
improve their health and wellness, and move into elevated performance.
Teri's system is informed by more than 30 years of dance and mindful body practices. , She has
explored many facets of the healing and movement arts, and has a BFA and Masters in Dance. She is
certified as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator, Continuum Movement™ Teacher, Tai Chi and
Chi Gung Instructor, Personal Fitness Trainer, Life Performance Coach, she completed the 4 year Body-
Mind Centering® practitioner training, and she's taught Contact Improvisation for 25 years.
Teri’s EMBODIED LIFE METHOD blends Life Performance Coaching with holistic fitness and
body therapies of Cranial Sacral, Myofascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, Reiki and Somatic
Therapy. Teri is a Cranial Sacral Teaching Assistant for the Upledger Institute. She is the founder and
director of Intention Dance Theatre and the SOMA Fest (Somatic Movement Arts Festival), as well as
co-director of L.A.'s Improv Dance Festival with Making Faces Productions. She is a board member of
ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association) and an editorial board
member for the Journal for Dance and Somatic Practices.
Life System for optimal health, fitness and life performance.
She is the author of the forthcoming book Pleasure Factor: 7 Body-Mind Strategies for Optimum
Health and Performance.
Based in Los Angeles, Embodied Life serves leaders and visionaries across the U.S. and abroad
offering individual coaching and group workshops. She's helped hundreds of clients - including
athletes, dancers, musicians, actors, business and professional leaders, and everyday people
improve their health and wellness, and move into elevated performance.
Teri's system is informed by more than 30 years of dance and mindful body practices. , She has
explored many facets of the healing and movement arts, and has a BFA and Masters in Dance. She is
certified as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator, Continuum Movement™ Teacher, Tai Chi and
Chi Gung Instructor, Personal Fitness Trainer, Life Performance Coach, she completed the 4 year Body-
Mind Centering® practitioner training, and she's taught Contact Improvisation for 25 years.
Teri’s EMBODIED LIFE METHOD blends Life Performance Coaching with holistic fitness and
body therapies of Cranial Sacral, Myofascial Release, Visceral Manipulation, Reiki and Somatic
Therapy. Teri is a Cranial Sacral Teaching Assistant for the Upledger Institute. She is the founder and
director of Intention Dance Theatre and the SOMA Fest (Somatic Movement Arts Festival), as well as
co-director of L.A.'s Improv Dance Festival with Making Faces Productions. She is a board member of
ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association) and an editorial board
member for the Journal for Dance and Somatic Practices.