Beverly Stokes BMC, CMA, MPA Founder/Director, The Center for Experiential Learning

Beverly Stokes is Founder/Director of CEL Center for Experiential Learning established in 1985. The Center for Experiential Learning is dedicated to developing body-mind movement programs and communication training and is certified by (HRDC) as an educational institution.

Beverly is the author of the book, AMAZING BABIES®: Essential Movement for Your Baby in the First Year based on her documented video research of babies produced in AMAZING BABIES: Moving in the First Year. The second video in this Movement Series is AMAZING TODDLERS: Moving Communication Learning – Age 1. Both videos have been translated into Hebrew and can be viewed on HOP! Parents Channel, a Parenting Program in Israel.

Beverly’s book and videos are used worldwide in University graduate and undergraduate programs and in a variety of settings: early childhood education trainings, psychology and somatic education programs, massage therapy, kinesiology, optometry, infant intervention and parenting programs.

On Faculty, Beverly originated and directed the Body Movement Program at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. For twelve years, she co-led adult workshops with Marion Woodman, Jungian Analyst and noted author on the interplay between perception, consciousness and movement. A Registered Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA) Beverly's extensive professional background includes the fields of movement, bodywork, breathing coordination, and communication.

Certified as a teacher and practitioner of Body-Mind Centering® and Registered Somatic Movement Educator (ISMETA) Beverly leads experiential workshops on Developmental Movement in Canada and the US.

A Certified Laban Movement Analyst (CMA) and Movement Pattern Analyst (MPA) Beverly is core faculty for the Laban/Bartenieff and Somatic Studies (LSSC) Canada, Ryerson University 2007-8.