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Craniosacral Biodynamics Foundation Course

700 hour course Ten five-day seminars Module One January 11-15, 2006 January 25-29, 2006 Ontario, Canada (site TBA) Pittsburgh, PA area $695 CND $695 March 31-April 2, 2006 Oahu, Hawaii (site TBA) $625 (accommodations and meal not included) Prerequisite: Phone interview with Elizabeth Hammond, M.Ed., RCST

Seminar goals:

To offer a foundation to the Craniosacral Biodynamic system of practice. To emphasize mindfulness, creating a safe environment by slowing down and reducing hyperarousal in the autonomic nervous system (ANS), and the embryological arising and formational patterns of the visceral To offer wide-ranging teaching approaches to meet the students diverse learning styles. The course is conducted through lectures, multimedia, demonstrations, discussions, experiential exercises, and practical sessions. To provide a environment to allow the student to learn this work through personal experiencing. Learning from the inside out. Learning from the client perspective.

Ten Module Theory Syllabus

Preparing the Ground Presence and Palpatory Awareness Module II. Life and Motion Tissues, fluids, and potency Module III. Entering the Heart of Healing Facilitating states of balance Module IV. Conversation Skills Engaging the story of the body Module V. The Whole in the Part The spheno-basilar junctions and beyond Module VI. Support and Balance Spinal dynamics and the primal midline Module VII. The Seat of the Soul Fluid potency and the central nervous system Module VIII. Return to Wholeness Whole body dynamics and the inherent treatment plan Module IX. Reflections of the Self Dynamics of the temporo-mandibular joint and facial complex Module X. Out into the World Pregnancy, birth and completion