Introducing the CMI Pathways — March 2026 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Have you heard of Core Movement Integration and wondered what it’s all about?
Here’s your chance to learn more about CMI and experience movement differently:
with less effort and More Ease
with less pain and More Comfort
with less slumping and Better Posture and Balance
… all leading to Better Breathing, Better Daily Functional Activities, and Enhanced Leisure and Athletic Performance
This March you can sample all the benefits of CMI at our 2.5 hour class, Introducing the CMI Pathways sponsored by IncredibleMoves, in Amsterdam, Netherlands; taught by lead Core Movement Integration Training Institutue Instructor, Kimi Hasegawa, PT, MS.
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Description of Introducing the CMI Pathways
In this class you’ll learn the fundamentals
- CMI Path 1 (Front Lengthening) & Path 2 (Back Lengthening)
- Practice each Pathway in standing, sitting and supine (lying on the back) positions
- Learn how to touch your body in ways that connect your anatomical parts into a coherent whole body movement
Apply these Pathways to simple functional activities –
For example:
- Getting up from a chair
- Improving posture by opening the front chest
- Reaching up with both arms
- How to sit at a desk or computer
There will be ample time for asking questions and sharing your experience.
You’ll receive a video of the class so that you can continue to practice on your own.
October 2025 Celebration Video
If you were unable to join us for our 2025 October Celebration on the benefits of Core Movement Integration for musicians, check out the session video on our YouTube page. More information about the session is below.
Musicians often try to create support and control by stiffening or breaking up their natural movement—but this can actually get in the way of fluid, connected playing. When someone picks up a violin, flute, or clarinet, the instrument becomes part of their body’s structure in motion, not something separate.
In this workshop, Doug will share how CMI practitioners can use their skills and insights to better support musicians. Together, we’ll look at how the six pathways can help create a more supported connection—through the ground and the chair—and how we can gently move through areas of restriction while including the instrument as part of that movement.
Doug Johnson is professor of piano at Berklee College of Music with an active performing career. He is a certified Core Movement Integration practitioner. He is also a body mapping instructor and serves on the board of directors of the Stephen M Levin Biotensegrity Archive. A major focus for Doug is working with musicians to help them move more efficiently and effectively, both to eliminate pain and to help them connect more directly to their instrument and the music.
In 2012, WBUR interviewed Doug about his experience with a condition that changed the path of his musical career. That experience led him to educate young musicians about healthy playing habits. You can listen to that interview here.
