This 3-day
or 4-day (depending on location) course
for healing and bodywork professionals seeks to impart the skills
necessary to begin to work with "primary respiration," a
therapeutic tidal-like movement in the fluids of the body named
by Dr. Sutherland, the founder of Cranial Osteopathy. Working
with it requires a still heart and deep perception and listening
skills. We will learn practices that will permit us to establish "presence" and "grounding" and
to sense subtle movement in the fluids of the body. We will also
cover: appropriate therapist/client boundaries; the theory
underlying the Biodynamic Craniosacral approach (the view of
the body as a fluid structure of living water, and how it communicates
its stresses, patterns of resistance and past traumas); the four
stages of dynamic morphology based on the development of the
human embryo; palpation of the "long tide" (primary
respiration) by contact with the shoulder, pelvis, feet, sacrum
and spine; and how to decompress the structures around the heart
and how this manual work relates to the psychospiritual dimensions
of the human heart. The focus of this class will be on the
development of the heart and the therapeutic implications of
the biodynamic approach to craniosacral therapy.
Educational Objectives :
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Differentiate the biomechanical and biodynamic
models of craniosacral therapy: The history of Craniosacral
Therapy.
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Explore biodynamic theory: The soma, the fluid
body of potency, the tidal body of Primary Respiration and
the state of Dynamic Stillness.
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Learn the four stages of the Dynamic Morphology
of the human embryo.
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Palpation with the shoulder and pelvic girdles,
feet, sacrum and spine.
Course Locations: New York NY,
Rapid City SD, Tucson AZ, Jupiter FL, and Olympia
WA
New York, NY (3-day)
Taught by Michael Shea
Tuition: $360 Members/$390 Non-members
Registration & Refund Policy: Contact OpenCenter.org
Rapid City, SD (4-day)
Taught by Michael Shea
Tuition - $450 for the course
Registration & Refund Policy: Contact valerie@michaelsheateaching.com
Jupiter, FL (4-day)
Taught by Valerie Gora or Michael Shea
Tuition - $525 for the course
Registration & Refund Policy: Contact valerie@michaelsheateaching.com
Olympia,
WA (4-day)
Taught by Valerie Gora
Tuition - $525 for the course
Registration & Refund Policy: Contact valerie@michaelsheateaching.com
Tucson, AZ (4-day)
Taught by Michael Shea
Tuition - $550 for the
course
Registration & Refund Policy: Contact valerie@michaelsheateaching.com
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