Body Mapping

A Body Map is your personal understanding of your body and anatomy and how it moves. Everyone has a Body Map!

Movement can be inefficient or limited due to pain or injury, lack of knowledge regarding anatomy or biomechanics, or bad habits that developed over time.

Defining your Body Map can improve the quality of your movements and, as a result, enhance the quality of your sound and overall sense of ease while playing.

Body Mapping is a somatic method that helps us replace our faulty Body Maps with anatomically correct maps to allow for more effortless and expressive movement.

Dr. Hollie Dzierzanowski is a Licensed Body Mapping Educator and a Training Mentor for the Association of Body Mapping Education.

Hollie is available to teach the six- hour Body Mapping course “What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body.”

“What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body”

  1. Introduction to Body Mapping

  2. The Six Places of Balance

  3. The Arms in Movement

  4. Breathing

  5. The Legs in Movement

  6. Body Mapping Masterclass

  • Learn to play with efficient and dynamic movement using the principles of Body Mapping!

  • Increase awareness of your movement habits

  • Learn how common mismappings can inhibit expressive movement and technical facility

FAQs About the WEM Course

  • Yes! When you book a full WEM course with me, I will provide you a letter documenting my presentation and the topics we covered during the WEM course for your next NASM accreditation documentation.

  • Yes! If you are studying to receive your Body Mapping license and view my WEM course, you can count this as one of the two required WEM course viewings.

  • Absolutely NOT! If you have never had discomfort or playing-related pain, you can still benefit from Body Mapping. By understanding your anatomy, you can change the quality of your movements, hence affecting the quality of your sound!

  • As a Training Mentor for the Association for Body Mapping Education, I am able to train Affiliates up to the point of their Licensure Trainee application, and/or Licensure Trainees up to the point of developing their trial course. I also help facilitate communication between the Licensure Trainees and Sponsoring Teachers!