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| Start Date: |
9 Mar 11 |
| End Date: |
11 Mar 11 |
| Presenter: |
Thomas Myers |
| Presenter Info: |
Thomas Myers studied directly with Drs. Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller. He has also studied less extensively with movement teachers Judith Aston, Emilie Conrad, and in the martial arts. His work is influenced by cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement studies he made with European schools of osteopathy.
An inveterate traveler, Tom has practiced integrative manual therapy for over 30 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings, including 10 years in London, and traveling practices in Hamburg, Rome, Nairobi, and Sydney, as well as a dozen locales in the US. He is a member of the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI).
Author of Anatomy Trains (Elsevier 2001) and a set of supporting videos, Tom has also penned over 60 articles for trade magazines and journals on anatomy, soft tissue manipulation, and the social scourge of somatic alienation and loss of reliance on kinesthetic intelligence.
A certified Touch-in-Parenting instructor, Tom retains a strong interest in peri-natal issues relating to movement.
Living on the coast of Maine, Tom directs Kinesis, which conducts professional certification and continuing education courses worldwide. |
| Venue: |
to be advised |
| Location / City: |
Melbourne |
| Details: |
One short course. . . long-lasting results for you!
Set your anatomy knowledge free! Thomas Myers? Anatomy Trains? weekend intensives are holistic, fun and very useful. Completely transform your view of myofascial anatomy and expand your ability to assess your clients? posture and movement.
Anatomy Trains is a revolutionary map for analyzing soft-tissue patterns, and developing strategies for unwinding these patterns via various forms of manual and movement intervention.
The Anatomy Trains concept moves beyond mechanical ?cause and affect? actions of muscles to the integrative relational connections of real-life functional movement.
Anatomy Trains offers skills that movement therapists, regardless of their modality, can use to see their clients more clearly and work more effectively.
Workshop Format:
The workshop is split into roughly equal time on 1) lecture/presentation of the concepts and the lines, 2) BodyReading? and postural / movement analysis, and 3) stretching, ?awakening?, and touch-cueing techniques from our (and your) movement education library.
This course helps you:
- BodyRead your client?s postural and movement patterns with greater accuracy and integration
- Gain access to effective treatment strategies for resolving postural distortions, which may occur some distance from the obvious site of pain or limitation
- Enable you to make distinct changes in your clients? movement pattern
Course Objectives:
- Understand basic properties and connected nature of fascia, and tensegrity applied to fascia and human movement.
- A succinct and relevant introduction to geometry/character of the connective tissue, and the topology of fascial planes
- Be able to identify and trace the 6 major and 6 supplemental fascial meridians along which movement, tension, and postural distortion travel
- Be able to BodyRead? postural patterns based on analysis of Anatomy Trains lines
- Apply knowledge to construct alternative movement strategies to help unwind and resolve the patterns observed.
Learning Environment:
- Illustrated lecture
- Open inquiry atmosphere; questions encouraged; high degree of vitality and humor
- Participants will exchange palpation and practice BodyReading (visual assessment) on one another under supervised analysis of instructor and assistants.
Recommended Reading:
- Anatomy Trains by Thomas W. Myers
- Body3: A Therapist?s Anatomy Reader by Thomas W. Myers
- Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel
Anatomy Trains can be found at many bookstores, as well as, Amazon and similar such sites. Both are available at www.AnatomyTrains.com/store
Other supporting books and DVD?s are typically available for purchase at the workshops.
Please Note:
Anatomy Trains workshops are frequently modified for particular audiences, such as yoga or Pilates, and these variations would emphasize the movement implications of these continuities over manual technique or other approaches. Please be certain that you are enrolled in the proper format of Anatomy Trains to fit your needs.
Anatomy Trains Website |
| Cost: |
$797 AUD |
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