Hands-on workshop for Massage and Bodywork Practitioners

14 NCBTMB approved CE Credits

If you have ever been curious to know more about Structural Integration, this 2-day workshop is the perfect opportunity to dip your toes in the water and come away with valuable tools you can use right away. 
 

You will learn

• What Structural Integration is and how it is similar yet very different from massage

• What fascia is and the integral role it plays in the architecture of the body structure

• How to contact and manipulate fascia to create balance and integration

• How to see the body as a whole, create treatment goals, and decide where to work 

• What is involved in training to become a Structural Integration practitioner

Course outline

Day 1

• What is Structural Integration, where did it come from, and what does it do?

• What is fascia, where is it, and why is it so important? 

• The role of seeing in the process of body reading

• The role of palpation in assessment and treatment

• How to contact and manipulate fascia

• Perceiving fascia’s role in relation to other tissues, i.e., skin, muscle, nerve and bone

Day 2

• How to recognize Structural Integration with our eyes and hands

• The role of movement analysis in determining where to work

• How to contact and manipulate fascia to address strain and misalignment

• Using visual and palpatory body reading to create regional treatment goals

• Evaluating effectiveness

Cost: $495

This course presents Structural Integration concepts and techniques. The course is not a Rolfing® Structural Integration course, is not affiliated with the Dr Ida Rolf Institute (DIRI), and does not qualify attendees to claim they are a Certified Rolfer®, are certified by DIRI, or are doing Rolfing® Structural Integration.