Erika Berland, a Certified Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering (R), holds Massage Therapy licenses in New York State and Colorado and is a nationally Registered Movement Therapist. She also holds a B.P.S. in Dance and Movement Studies from Empire State College. Erika has an extensive background as a dance teacher and performer and has taught workshops in experiential anatomy and dance applications of Body-Mind Centering in numerous studios and schools throughout the US and Europe. For the past seven years she has been instrumental in creating a somatic based curriculum for the MFA Contemporary Performance Theater program at Naropa University and she is adjunct faculty in the MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance program. She also maintains a private practice in NYC and Boulder, CO specializing in both massage therapy and movement re-education.
From 1978-83 she was on the dance faculty of Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Returning to NYC in 1983 she helped design the Movement Program at Sports Training Institute and was the Director of Movement Analysis at Plus One Fitness Clinics. Based on her work at the clinic she co-directed and produced “Freedom of Movement” an innovative somatically based exercise video. Erika is also a Certified Meditation Instructor and has been a student and teacher of Shambhala Buddhism for over 25 years.
