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Learn the essentials of balance, walking and bone/joint health
BONES FOR LIFE® FUNDAMENTALS
Movement processes for lifelong vitality
New 8-Week Live Online Course
First class FREE to all
8-week On-demand Course
“My walking has become more smooth, less painful, and I can walk further and more often after Bones for Life. I love having a toolkit full of strategies to use when I encounter challenges and am rewarded with a more efficient gait and less pain each time. I find my thinking has greater clarity for all things – not just walking. “
Susan Barnett
Do any of these sound familiar?
- You have musculoskeletal pain: back, neck, knee, hip
- You’ve tried strength training, medications and supplements and haven’t gotten the results you want
- You’ve injured yourself in traditional exercise programs
- You’re unable to walk with ease or get up and down from the floor
- You’re very active but discouraged due to pain
- You have low activity level and need movements you can do safely
- You suffer from poor posture, scoliosis, osteoporosis, injury or falls
You want to wake up and feel ready for the day. You need a body you can count on to work, play, live. A body that stands tall, walks with confidence, and moves with ease.
Instead, you struggle with chronic muscle tightness, your head is being pulled forward and down, you try to have good posture, you stretch, and maybe even strength train. But something is missing.
Research shows...
Bones for Life can make a powerful difference for someone who is training for a 50-mile walk, someone with post-polio who is having trouble climbing steps and all the people in between.
How Does it Work?
In Bones for Life, we tap into our body’s vibrant capacity for intelligent movement. This involves a combination of:
Functional movement processes (not mindless, repetitive exercise) that your brain is hungry for
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Feeling how your body parts are working with each other and knowing your place in space (proprioceptive and kinesthetic intelligence)
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Emphasizing the vital relationship between mobility and stability
Is Exercise Bad?
Of course not. But it is the wrong focus in many cases. Traditional rehab and exercise approaches tend to focus on strengthening or flexibility of the muscles.
To get the most from our bodies in action, we need an accurate body image. This includes sensing the bones and joints – not just muscles and how they relate to each other.
Proprioception and kinesthesia is the body's ability to do just that - to sense location, movements and actions. It allows us to walk without looking at our feet and touch our nose with our eyes closed. Bones for Life feeds this amazing intelligence.
In this course, you will realize you have a choice in the way you move. You will learn to choose movement that improves how you function and increases your energy level.
You will realize just how connected the parts of the body are and how much ease develops when each part learns to work in harmony with the others. You will create lasting change in how you stand, walk, and move.
BONES FOR LIFE
Fundamental processes for lifelong vitality
8-week On-demand Course
with expert teachers, Cynthia Allen and Brian Shircliff
75-minute Sessions
WATCH ANY TIME AND GO AT YOUR OWN PACE
This course features movement lessons, as well as instructional explanations of anatomy and how it pertains to the lessons. Each session will build upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a solid understanding of the basic Bones for Life processes (exercises).
In this 8-week online course, you will:
- Learn Bones for Life somatic movement that establishes alignment, produces stability and creates safety.
- Gain better understanding of your anatomy and the details of movement
- Experience gentle exercises done either lying down (mat or firm bed), sitting or standing
- Become more aware of how you feel and learn to listen to sensations
- Establish better posture, more confident balance, and easier walking
- Get access to the rich, power-packed question and answer sessions from when the series was taught live.
- Enjoy Lifetime Access to all class sessions.
Bones for Life®
Watch on your own schedule
Week 1:
Posture and Bone Stimulation Made Easy
Week 2:
Mobility in the Spine for better walking
Week 3:
Stability in the Spine for weight-bearing posture
Week 4:
Discover a Spring in the Knees and Your Step
Week 5:
Freeing the Ribcage for Lightness
Week 6:
Mobilizing Reluctant Areas of the Torso
Week 7:
Walking and Turning Around a Smaller Radius
Week 8:
How Weight on the Head Can Lead to Balanced Walking
This is such an amazing insight into Ruthy Alon's creation. I am doing this course for myself, but am now hooked and am hoping further courses/training will be available.
Sarah
Bones for Life Fundamentals Participant
I have done a few classes in Bones for Life before, a decade or so ago when I was fit and able, but there's nothing like a fresh view. I got up to Axis, but also used the initial stages of 'the wrap' that I am keen to get back to.
Chris
Bones for Life Fundamentals Participant
I had a severe injury that wasn’t healing. When I started bouncing on heels, (a BFL exercise) I learned just a little tap was extremely helpful! I could do that while brushing my teeth or drying myself off in the shower. It made such a difference doing bouncing on heels in the morning and in the evening. If it sounds like I’m a believer, it’s because I am a believer.
Nikki Owens
Bones for Life is giving my nervous system a break. And in that enormously vast space I see infinite possibilities that no other modality has ever given me. I almost didn’t sign up for the course, seeing no value in those tiny movements. I was mistaken. I am reaping exponential growth in all areas of my life because it does spill over into everything I am doing.
Christine Loomis
Try the first class for FREE via REPLAY
Attend Live:
July 16, 2025 from 12:00PM - 1:15PM Eastern/New York
Can't attend live? FREE Limited time replay available
The replay of the first class is no longer available.
You’ll have the option of signing up for the rest of the course
(with Lifetime Access to the replays of ALL sessions)
following the first class.
OR
register for the whole course NOW!
SAVE $50 by registering now.
Here’s what You Will Receive
when you register for the Whole Course:
Eight 75-minute class sessions with instructors Cynthia Allen and Brian Shircliff
Experience a unique opportunity to learn from Bones for Life Trainers Cynthia Allen and Brian Shircliff. They will guide you through somatic movement processes, explain fundamental anatomy for greater understanding, and allow plenty of time for discussion.
Lifetime Access to Audio and Video Recordings of Class Sessions
The video recordings will be available for you to access from our online platform anytime. With lifetime access, you can return to them when your schedule permits. The Audio recordings are downloadable to your own device.
BONES FOR LIFE®
Fundamental processes for lifelong vitality
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$247$197 USD when you register before July 22nd
- Entire Series - 8 classes in all
- Watch at your convenience
- Lifetime Access - revisit as you need
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Cynthia Allen
Senior Bones for Life® Trainer &
Movement Intelligence Trainer
Cynthia is one of the most experienced Bones for Life trainers in North America. She has been working in holistic practices, health care management and organizational consulting for over 35 years. She is a Certified Feldenkrais® practitioner, Senior Trainer in Movement Intelligence and Certified Bones for Life® Teacher/Trainer. Cynthia is also co-creator of Integral Human Gait theory. In addition to teaching ongoing classes and seeing clients individually, Cynthia trains and certifies Bones for Life teachers around the world. She has a keen interest in reducing chronic pain and increasing pleasure through awareness and movement.
Brian Shircliff
Bones for Life® Trainer
Brian pioneered teaching a meditation elective and bringing meditation to the two sports he coached while a teacher at St. Xavier High School (1997-2003). With many friends, Brian founded VITALITY Cincinnati in 2010 to share holistic self-care education. In addition to being a Bones for Life® Teacher/Trainer, he has been a tai chi practitioner/teacher since 1997, yoga teacher (registered through Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT500), Healing Touch Certified Practitioner, and more recently he completed his training to become a Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner and became an NLP Practitioner.
Discover the power of each part of yourself knowing its role and working together harmoniously.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
I had a severe injury that wasn’t healing. When I started bouncing on heels, (a BFL exercise) I learned just a little tap was extremely helpful! I could do that while brushing my teeth or drying myself off in the shower. It made such a difference doing bouncing on heels in the morning and in the evening. If it sounds like I’m a believer, it’s because I am a believer.
Nikki Owens
"Cynthia is a consummate professional with a sense of humor. She has a thought-provoking answer to every question, and brings a real diversity of elements to the learning process. Her students are free to contribute ideas, questions and perspectives, creating a lively and rich environment where laughter, play, discussion and movement coexist."
Meriah Kruse
Bones for Life is giving my nervous system a break. And in that enormously vast space I see infinite possibilities that no other modality has ever given me. I almost didn’t sign up for the course, seeing no value in those tiny movements. I was mistaken. I am reaping exponential growth in all areas of my life because it does spill over into everything I am doing.
Christine Loomis
"I really enjoyed the "realness" of Zoom. Brian’s personal teaching and
leading abilities and of course, all the wonderful classmates who morphed into valued
friendships. It was indeed a joy being part of The Future Life Now family and the community
at large."
Nancy Burke
Frequently Asked Questions
Bones for Life Immersions are complete explorations of the full body of work — systematically addressing every joint in the body and gradually adding extra challenge to continue to further improve posture, balance, bone and joint health.
This Fundamentals course is an excellent primer to the work and for many will give them enough material to explore for years to come. It is 10 hours of materials and the sessions are 75 minutes long. But of course, you can stop and start anytime making it easy for your to explore what you have time for or feels right for you today.
You will have lifetime access to all the replay videos. Just log into our portal anytime you like to find them.
Yes! The Live Course and the replay videos can be accessed through any of those platforms.
The audio is downloadable. In an effort to protect privacy, the videos are not downloadable.
We accept all major credit cards and PayPal. Payment Plans may be available through Klarna, Afterpay, and Paypal.
You have 30-days from the time of purchase to request a refund. You ask. We refund.
We want to facilitate growth and know cost can sometimes be an issue. We are pleased to offer a limited number of partial scholarships based on need. Please read our scholarship policy and apply here.