Welcome to the professional and artistic practices of Cate McNider. You may peruse the offerings of Bodywork, Body-Mind Centering(R),Yoga, Somatic Education, Pilates, Poetry and Dance Performances.

"When there is softness in the body and lightness in the mind, the asana is correct." BKS Iyengar, Light on Life

'The Listening Body' is the culmination of my life's experiences, the encapsulation of what I do and how I work. Exploring my scoliosis since I was 14, taught me to listen to my body, what it needed and how it wanted to heal.
Dance, movement, yoga and bodywork has made a huge impact on re-patterning and discovering easeful movement without pain and transforming my life.
I have worked with others since 1990 helping them to listen to the patterns, messages and wisdom of their body.

When there is external movement,

there is always internal reaction;

when there is reaction, there is sensing;

with sensing there is knowledge.



- Chen Kaiguo & Sheng Shanchao

Body-Mind Centering

Embodying ' spinal push from the head'

THAT which is not spoken in speech but that whereby all speech is spoken. THAT which does not think in the mind but that whereby the mind proceeds to think. THAT which does not perceive with the eye but that whereby the eye receives its sight. THAT which does not hear with the ear but that whereby the ear hears. THAT which does not breathe the breath of life but that whereby life itself is kept up.


- Kenopanishad