Craniosacral Therapy Education Trust

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner Training

THE SPIRAL OF LIFE

- THE HEART-BRAIN CONNECTION BEFORE AND AFTER BIRTH

* OCTOBER 15TH - 18TH 2009 *

WITH DR MICHAEL SHEA B.A., M.A., Ph.D, B.C.S.T.

Advanced craniosacral workshop with leading teacher and author of 'Somatic Psychology' and 'Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Vols. 1 & 2'

This seminar will detail the basic shape of Primary Respiration in the fluid body as a spiral, and an introduction to the development of the embryo as a spiral structure will be presented. This includes palpation skills to contact the spiral current in the fluid body, which forms the heart.

This advanced training will focus on new research in the embryonic development of the heart and its implications for biodynamic practice. The relationship of the developing heart to the developing brain and notocord in relation to the face and the neck will be a specific focus.

The heart arises by the top portion of the gut tube between the face and brain. Through the development of the face the heart grows within the embryo. This links the heart, notochord, brain and face together as one unit of function. Specific skills for decompressing the fluid body will be taught in order to balance the fluid fields of the face, notochord, brain and neck. Practitioners will be offered an advanced understanding the effects of prenatal stress on the developing fetus and how to work with infants, children and adults from a biodynamic perspective.

Educational Objectives:

to understand and learn how to work with newly discovered metabolic heart fields of the embryo.
to perform the skills of balancing the face, notochord, neck, heart and brain as an expression of their embryological development with Primary Respiration.
to analyse the relationship of embryonic heart development to infant heart-brain development.
to deepen an understanding of biodynamics being a heart-centred practice.

Course Tutor:

Michael Shea has thirty years' experience in the fields of Craniosacral Therapy, Gestalt, Rolfing and several other mind-body modalities. He is one of the pre-eminent educators and authors in the fields of somatic psychology and craniosacral work. He is founder of the International School for Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, a founding member of the International Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings and on the faculty of the pre- and perinatal psychology doctoral programme at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He is the author of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Vols. 1 and 2 and Somatic Psychology.

Venue:

The Skylight Centre, 9-15 Elthorne Road, London N19 4AJ
Nearest stations: Archway (on the Northern Line) or Upper Holloway (main line).

Times:

From 10am - 6pm each day, finishing at 5pm on the last day.

Cost:

£345 if deposit received before August 20th 2009, or £365 if received after this date. Bookings can be confirmed by sending a non-refundable deposit of £135. The remainder of the course fee is due two weeks prior to the start of the course (ie. by Wednesday 30th September). All cheques are payable to CTET.