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[PGC] London, UK : The Six Forms of Touch
Dates: January 26-27th, 2019
A rare London opportunity to study with one of the pioneers of energetic bodywork in the West and the originator of Movement Shiatsu. The workshop is open to everyone and is a taster for the 2019 SEED Postgraduate Programme, which consists of three modules (and an optional Inner Qigong Retreat) during 2019.
Also, if you are interested in a full training in Movement Shiatsu you can use this course as a gateway into the Kikai Shiatsu School’s Movement Shiatsu Certificate programme.
- Using movement, bodywork and voicework as modes of self discovery
- Learning Inner Qigong to feel how mind and body work together.
- Showing how to make bodywork sessions interactive, helping the receiver to explore and experiment with their energetic patterns through guided movement.
- Learning to sense subtle aspects of the body such as the fascia and internal organs and to find how they can change the body’s postural and movement habits.
For more details and to book on the course go to the application form
See the full SEED programme in the UK here
[PGC] Hamburg, Germany: Aligning Body and Mind
Dates: 8-10 February 2019
We will show how to use Movement, Bodywork and Voicework to get in touch with our primal spontaneous energy and our deep intention (the Will) and then how to work with aligning the skeleton and releasing muscular patterns which inhibit the Will to help energy to flow clearly through the body. This theme addresses a central human dilemma: How can we value our individuality at the same time as living harmoniously with other people? We often suppress our spontaneous self because of a fear of other people’s disapproval. Sometimes this is appropriate but more often it inhibits our creativity and authenticity.
One can see each individual as a community; a community of sub-personalities, organs, muscles and bones which are held together in a unified sense of self by the fascia and nervous systems. Society’s expectations can silence most of this community. The workshop will explore how to wake up and listen to these forgotten parts of the self and along the way demonstrates a way of living with others creatively, valuing each others’ differences and respectfully resolving conflict.
Munich, Germany Tensegrity, Fascia and Developmental meridians
Dates: 22-24 February 2019
A workshop of Movement, Bodywork and Experiential Anatomy to explore how the fascia and connective tissues give a sense of integrity both physically and emotionally. more…
These tissues connect everything together and give a sense of elasticity and wholeness to the body. We will show how to contact the fascia through specific qualities of touch, how to feel and develop the elasticity of the fascia in oneself and how to use that sensation to find a sense of physical coordination and ease in movement.Bill Palmer’s research with infant development has shown that the classical meridians show the way in which babies learn to move by connecting different body parts. As adults we find other ways of moving, particularly using spirals and movements that cross the midline. These pathways of connection are embodied in the muscles and fascia, forming ‘personal meridians’ different to the innate ones. The workshop will show how to work with these myo-fascial meridians and help clients to be aware of their unique way of moving and being.
[PGC] Frome, UK: Somatic Exploration 1: Aligning Body and Mind
March 22-24
Finding the Source of Life Energy
We will show how to use Movement, Bodywork and Voicework to get in touch with our primal spontaneous energy and our deep intention (the Will) and then how to work with aligning the skeleton and releasing muscular patterns which inhibit the Will to help energy to flow clearly through the body. This theme addresses a central human dilemma: How can we value our individuality at the same time as living harmoniously with other people? We often suppress our spontaneous self because of a fear of other people’s disapproval. Sometimes this is appropriate but more often it inhibits our creativity and authenticity.
One can see each individual as a community; a community of sub-personalities, organs, muscles and bones which are held together into a unified sense of self by the fascia and nervous systems.
Society’s expectations can silence most of this community. The workshop will explore, through bodywork, movement and voicework, how to wake up and listen to these forgotten parts of the self and along the way demonstrates a way of living with others creatively, valuing each others’ differences and respectfully resolving conflict.
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[PGC] London, UK : The Six Forms of Touch
Dates: April 13-14th, 2019
A rare London opportunity to study with one of the pioneers of energetic bodywork in the West and the originator of Movement Shiatsu. The workshop is open to everyone
- Using movement, bodywork and voicework as modes of self discovery
- Learning Inner Qigong to feel how mind and body work together.
- Showing how to make bodywork sessions interactive, helping the receiver to explore and experiment with their energetic patterns through guided movement.
- Learning to sense subtle aspects of the body such as the fascia and internal organs and to find how they can change the body’s postural and movement habits.
For more details and to book on the course go to the application form
See the full SEED programme in the UK here
Zurich, Switzerland: The Six Forms of Touch
Dates: May 9-11 , 2019
a high-level course for both students and practitioners of physical and energetic therapies.
One of the fundamental ideas of the course is that the WAY in which you contact a person has more effect than the choice of meridians or physical structures to work with. This course will show how the holistic energies described by Oriental Medicine are affected by the way in which you communicate, the quality of touch you use and the exercises and ‘homework’ that you give the client. The Six Forms of Touch is a widely-used system of touch training developed by Bill Palmer which explores six different dimensions of therapeutic contact.
Each form of contact stimulates one of the major energy functions and also brings awareness to one of the physical body systems. This means that you can be working locally on a particular part of the body and, at the same time, be helping to strengthen the holistic functions. The result is that the bodywork becomes more intuitive and less mechanical. In addition, the forms of touch help the client to become aware of their own body in such a way that they can carry the explorations of the session into their everyday life.
It is suitable for people learning or practising Shiatsu, Massage, Cranio-sacral, Acupuncture, Kinesiology and other forms of body-energy therapy.
To book contact Phoenix Schule für Komplimentar Therapie
Wageningen, Holland: The Six Forms of Touch
Dates: May 25-26, 2019
a high-level course in therapeutic energetics.
The Six Forms of Touch is a system of training developed by Bill Palmer that explores six different dimensions of therapeutic contact. Its basic principle is that WAY in which you contact a person has more effect than any specific techniques or meridians that you work with. This course will show how the holistic energy functions are affected by the way in which you communicate and the quality of touch you use.
Each form of contact stimulates one of the major energy functions and also brings awareness to one of the physical body systems. This means that you can be working on a local issue and also strengthening a long-term holistic energy at the same time. The result is that the bodywork becomes more intuitive and less mechanical. In addition, the forms of touch help the client to become aware of their own body in such a way that they can carry the explorations of the therapy into their everyday life.
It is accessible to all therapists who use touch, whether they are Shiatsu based or not. If you are a practitioner of another form of body therapy, it shows how to work with Shiatsu’s energy functions while still working with your familiar form.
To book go to Hands on Touch Shiatsu Institute
Wageningen, Holland: The Phases of Therapeutic Change
Dates: June 14-16, 2019
An advanced course on working with chronic conditions.
Chronic issues are conditions that have developed and embedded themselves over a long time. They have become part of the person’s sense of themselves. So inevitably they take time to change and the therapy moves through several different stages. This workshop describes the phases of a long-term therapeutic relationship and shows how to facilitate the process and deal with the difficulties at each stage.
We will show:
- how the evolution of the therapy tends to follow a similar pattern to the stages of child development.
- how the energetic function of each of the SIx Divisions supports the long-term trajectory of the therapy.
- how to use the Six Forms of Touch to emphasise and activate the appropriate energies at each stage of the therapy.
This workshop is appropriate for people who have attended one or more courses with Bill & Teresa and will give you insights into how to work with the process of change over an extended period.
To book go to Hands on Touch Shiatsu Institute
[PGC] Barcelona, Spain: Aligning Body and Mind, Self and Society
June 21-23 ,2019
We will show how to use Movement, Bodywork and Voicework to get in touch with our primal spontaneous energy and our deep intention (the Will) and then how to work with aligning the skeleton and releasing muscular patterns which inhibit the Will to help energy to flow clearly through the body. This theme addresses a central human dilemma: How can we value our individuality at the same time as living harmoniously with other people? We often suppress our spontaneous self because of a fear of other people’s disapproval. Sometimes this is appropriate but more often it inhibits our creativity and authenticity.
One can see each individual as a community; a community of sub-personalities, organs, muscles and bones which are held together into a unified sense of self by the fascia and nervous systems.
Society’s expectations can silence most of this community. The workshop will explore, through bodywork, movement and voicework, how to wake up and listen to these forgotten parts of the self and along the way demonstrates a way of living with others creatively, valuing each others’ differences and respectfully resolving conflict.
To book contact: Escola de Shiatsu i Moviment
[PGC] Frome, UK: Inner Qigong
July 19-21, 2019
This is a Qigong Course where we will be practicing all three series of Inner Qigong and showing the developmental yoga that goes with each series.
Inner Qigong is a system of self exploration, each series focusing on one of three fundamental energy systems in the body-mind.
Series One focuses on Organ Tone, Expansion, Expression, Openness, Clear Boundaries and Interchange between Self and Other. All these functions are related and are developed in children through archetypal movements which follow the meridians of the Yang Ming and Tai Yin.
Series Two focuses on Alignment of the Skeleton, Alignment of Body and Mind, Understanding of the difference between Inner Motivation and Outer Conditioning, finding Clarity. All these functions are related and are developed in children through archetypal movements following the meridians of the Shao Yin and the Tai Yang.
Series Three focuses on Muscles and Fascia, Connecting all parts of the body, Finding the Centre, Using Spiral movements to help all parts of the body to collaborate. All these functions are related and are developed in children through archetypal movements following the meridians of the Jue Yin and Shao Yang
Kiental, Switzerland: Physical Democracy
Dates: September 7-10, 2019
The inspiration for the workshop comes from a particular form of democracy successfully tried by several communities worldwide in the last 50 years. The basis of this form of living together is simple but astoundingly powerful. It allows a community to act efficiently and make decisions easily without forming discontented subgroups and unsatisfied minorities. We will show how to apply this method to the way you treat your own body and how doing this transforms the way you behave in the communities you live within.
To book contact Kientalerhof, Kiental, Switzerland
[PGC] Frome, UK: Tensegrity, Fascia and Developmental Meridians.
September 20-22
Becoming a Body-Mind Explorer
A workshop of Movement, Bodywork and Experiential Anatomy to explore how the fascia and connective tissues give a sense of integrity both physically and emotionally. more…
These tissues connect everything together and give a sense of elasticity and wholeness to the body. We will show how to contact the fascia through specific qualities of touch, how to feel and develop the elasticity of the fascia in oneself and how to use that sensation to find a sense of physical coordination and ease in movement.Bill Palmer’s research with infant development has shown that the classical meridians show the way in which babies learn to move by connecting different body parts. As adults we find other ways of moving, particularly using spirals and movements that cross the midline. These pathways of connection are embodied in the muscles and fascia, forming ‘personal meridians’ different to the innate ones. The workshop will show how to work with these myo-fascial meridians and help clients to be aware of their unique way of moving and being.
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[PGC] Hamburg, Germany: Words and Hands (“The Six Forms of Touch”)
Dates: 4-6 October
This workshop will show how to use a Shiatsu session to help a client in their personal development and to deal with chronic issues.
Because a chronic condition becomes part of a person’s self-image they often have an unconscious resistance to change. The Six Forms of Touch are methods of helping a client to explore their own patterns and to become more active in the therapy. Each one helps a person to sense the energy of one of the Six Divisions in themselves and to work with their patterns in ways that encourage natural change.
In this workshop we will focus on two forms of touch, activating a family of four meridians that make Shiatsu more interactive. The work transforms the client from a passive recipient of the therapy into an active self-explorer.
We will show:
- How to use words and open questions to stimulate a client’s awareness
- How to teach a client to sense their own needs within the therapy.
- How to be aware of unconscious agreements you make with a client
- How to clarify personal boundaries and work with conscious consent
- How to work with resistance to change
- How to integrate talking into the bodywork to empower the client
The session becomes a process of self-exploration as well as a treatment and the client is given practical tools for continuing the work on themselves into their everyday lives
Zurich, Switzerland: The Phases of Therapeutic Change
Dates: November 8-10, 2019
An advanced course on working with chronic conditions.
Chronic issues are conditions that have developed and embedded themselves over a long time. They have become part of the person’s sense of themselves. So inevitably they take time to change and the therapy moves through several different stages. This workshop describes the phases of a long-term therapeutic relationship and shows how to facilitate the process and deal with the difficulties at each stage.
We will show:
- how the evolution of the therapy tends to follow a similar pattern to the stages of child development.
- how the energetic function of each of the SIx Divisions supports the long-term trajectory of the therapy.
- how to use the Six Forms of Touch to emphasise and activate the appropriate energies at each stage of the therapy.
This workshop will give you insights into how to work with the process of change over an extended period.
To book contact Phoenix Schule für Komplimentar Therapie
Bonn, Germany : Working with Trauma and Chronic Conditions through Fascia and Internal Organs
Dates: November 15(evening)-17th, 2019
The first response to trauma is often protective. A part of the body is immobilised and buried to avoid emotional or physical pain. However, this means that the movements and posture are always distorted to avoid moving the buried area.
Emotional and developmental issues are often ‘stored’ in the body and can be liberated and processed through the body directly without having to re-experience the original pain. Many physical issues are the result of compensation for the immobilised area and the release of the trauma can frequently resolve chronic physical conditions too. The course will show:
- how to work with the Fascia to gently and safely help the hidden area to re-connect
- how bring the inner organs in that area into awareness and how to help them to initiate movement. and express themselves ‘in the first person’
- We will show how to help a client process trauma through movement without getting caught up in the historical story
- How to use the Six Forms of Touch to help the client’s body-mind re-integration.
To book contact Shiatsu-Institut Bonn
Paris, France : Movement Shiatsu & Developmental Meridians
Dates: November 22-23, 2019
The workshop will be highly experiential and a journey of self-discovery as well as giving a fresh approach to working with clients. We will show how to help clients to directly experience the meridians though movement explorations. This gives the client a way to practice and embody the energetic changes from the Shiatsu session and also helps them to take responsibility for their health. The work is based on Bill Palmer’s research into child development which showed that the meridians are the pathways along which babies learn to connect their body together through movement.
This approach makes the Shiatsu session more interactive, spontaneous and experimental and opens up the client’s awareness of themselves so that they can move away from being a victim of their condition needing rescue into an explorer wanting guidance.
To book contact Bernard Bouheret
[PGC] Frome, UK: Honouring Self and Other (‘Words and Hands’)
December 13-15
Working with the Internal Organs and Expansive Energy
Standing up for oneself, being strong and honest is only sustainable if the deep parts of the body are full and buoyant. Then one can rest without collapse. Physically, this internal buoyancy comes from energizing the internal organs and opening the body to breath and blood. Psychologically it comes from healing shame.
The workshop will focus on breathing, on becoming aware of the internal organs and learning to feel their expansion and movement. This physical expansion often brings up emotional issues and we will explore how to relate to feelings in such a way that they energize you rather than triggering stories in which you are a victim.
The other focus of this weekend is how our personal space is created from the filling of internal space. Expansiveness in the body spreads to a filling of our personal space and this provides a sort of protection which is not a barrier to relationship. Instead of keeping others at a distance, or being invaded by other people, one creates an energy which expands out to others and which others naturally respect
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