Monthly Members’ Webinar – Planes of Folding: The Embryo Mushroom
Date: Thursday 21st November 2024Times: 19:00 – 20:00 Check your timezone here.Presenter: Dr Karen KirknessTitle: Planes of Folding: The Embryo Mushroom Description: Join Dr Karen Kirkness for a light-hearted romp through the main stages of embryonic folding to see how the embryo ‘mushrooms’ its way into form. Bring some paper and pens to fold along with Karen to make the…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Feeling Biotensegrity: experiencing the science within us.
Date: Thursday 24th October 2024Times: 19:00 – 20:00 Check your timezone here.Presenter: Susan Lowell de SolorzanoTitle: Feeling Biotensegrity: experiencing the science within us. Description: The study of biotensegrity can be enticing but daunting, as learning so many new terms and concepts can sometimes feel overwhelming. Fortunately, as biotensegral beings, we can begin to access theory through movement, and sense many…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Scar Tissue and Somatotopic Maps: Exploring the Impact on Pain and Motor Systems
Date: Thursday 22nd August 2024Times: 19:00 – 20:00 Check your timezone here.Presenter: Dr Marc EllisTitle: Scar Tissue and Somatotopic Maps: Exploring the Impact on Pain and Motor Systems Description: Embark on a captivating journey with us as we delve into the intriguing fusion of scar tissue, somatotopic maps, and their profound effects on pain perception and motor function. Whether from…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Polyvagal Theory, Touch and Manual Therapy
Date: Thursday 18th July 2024Presenter: Steve GoldsteinTitle: Polyvagal Theory, Touch and Manual Therapy Description:A mix of theory and experiential which will enable attendees to understand the :Polyvagal Organising PrinciplesHierarchyNeuroceptionCo-RegulationPharyngeal Branch Ventral Function Test for UvulaThe Basic Exercise: to co-regulate ventral vagal tone.Cranial base with eye gaze held 30-60 secondsSalamander Exercise: head in cervical lateral flexion with eye gaze…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Breathing to promote pelvic floor function
Date: Thursday 20th June 2024Times: 19:00 – 20:00 Check your timezone here.Presenter: Claire SparrowTitle: Breathing to promote pelvic floor function Description: “The biotensegrity concept inherently recognises that stability and ease of movement are not due to the strength of individual components but because of the way the system is configured.” Graham Scarr In the Whole Body Pelvic Health Method we first…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Less is more: the art of listening touch
Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024Times: 18.30 – 19.30 Check your timezone here. Presenter: Rachel Fairweather and Meghan MariTitle: Less is more: the art of listening touch Description: “Good bodywork is 90 percent perception and only 10 percent technique.” (Christophe Sommer- Rolfer). Join Rachel and Meg, Directors of the Jing Institute of Massage for a joyful exploration of the…