Erik Bendix trained as a BMC® practitioner from 1996 to 2000 in Berkeley, California. He is one of few BMC practitioners to also hold AmSAT certification as an Alexander Technique teacher, and has training from both disciplines in developmental movement. He trained with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, the originator of BMC, as well as with Joan and Alex Muray, the pioneers of the Dart Procedures©. He is past president and founder of the Institute for Body-Mind Centering, and has taught workshops on the the phylogeny of movement in Switzerland and New England. He is a well-known folk dance teacher, an innovative ski teacher, a poet, a translator, and a devoted father of two adult sons. He lives with his wife in a log house he designed near Asheville, North Carolina.

"Erik's hands are responsive, subtle, and his patience comes from deep knowledge and experience."

 ~Fanchon Shur, choreographer~