Pelvis: An Experiential Anatomy Workshop - Full 3 Days
Date: May 2-4, 2014 (Fri.- Sun. 9am-5pm)
CE Hours: 21
Cost: $375.00
Instructors: Shari Azar, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, LMBT, Movement Artist & Somatic Educator; Dayna Brayshaw, Somatic Educator; Idelle Packer, AmSAT-certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, LPT.
Course Unit I: BONE: Principles of Movement and Touch with the Pelvic skeleton (Friday). In this workshop lab work will focus on specific aspects of movement, breath, and hands on work in relation to the skeletal aspects of the pelvis. Utilizing principles from the Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering, Somatic Experiencing, and experiential anatomy we will discover the joy, strength, and stability of our pelvic skeleton. As we learn how to move and touch with increased awareness and skill, we will experience the juicy alignment/relationship of pelvis to the whole supportive structure of our bones, increasing the power and effectiveness of the therapeutic touch and our stamina for the skilled work of the massage therapist.
Course Unit II: MUSCLE: Principles of Movement and Touch with the Pelvic Muscles (Saturday). In this workshop we will explore selected key muscles in the pelvic region: psoas, illiacus, quadradus lumborum, pelvic floor muscles, and their relationship to the breathing mechanism. Utilizing principles from the Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering, Somatic Experiencing, and experiential anatomy, lab work will focus on ways to unwind and release for supple flexibility and ease, and how to connect and strengthen for dynamic movement and power.
Course Unit III: ORGANS: Principles of Movement and Touch with the Pelvic Organs (Sunday). In this workshop we will explore the movement and expression of the pelvic organs through breath work, movement, and hands on work. With principles from the Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering, Somatic Experiencing, and experiential anatomy, lab work will focus on how we can gently and effectively connect to another’s organs through touch and sound, how to initiate movement through the power and emotion of the organs, and how to mobilize and release the organs to achieve greater fluidity and freedom.
About the instructors:
Shari Azar is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Movement Artist and Somatic Educator. She is the founder/director of SOMA (Studio Of the Moving Arts), dedicated to facilitating the journey toward health, wholeness and the recovery of the instinctual, creative and authentically empowered self. Shari’s integrative work draws upon her background as a professional contemporary improvisational dancer and choreographer, as well as her extensive studies in Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Attachment Re-patterning, Therapeutic Bodywork, Contact Improvisation, Yoga and Authentic Movement. She offers personal sessions, classes and workshops to bring the relevance and importance of movement, art and the somatic experience back to how we heal, connect, create and thrive in our lives. www.studioofthemovingarts.com
Dayna Brayshaw is a Somatic Educator who has studied and taught throughout Europe, the US and Israel. Her background includes extensive work with Body-Mind Centering, Contact Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Process Work Psychology, Gaga, and Creative Writing. She is the director of the True Human Project, a performance project which seeks to unite people of all ages and artistic abilities in order to tell true stories of place, relationships, conflict, and the human condition. Now based in Asheville, she offers classes, workshops and private sessions in somatic work, creative writing and performance aimed at helping others to express their own true, authentic stories. www.daynabrayshaw.com
Idelle Packer, AmSAT-certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, licensed physical therapist, graduated from Columbia University’s Master of Science Program in Physical Therapy and received the University’s Marcia S. Ebert award for clinical excellence. In 2000 she established Body Sense, Physical Therapy Services, in downtown Asheville, integrating the Alexander Technique within the context of physical therapy assessment and treatment. She has developed integrative programs for COPD/respiratory patients, a Fall Prevention Program at Deerfield Retirement Community and presentations on topics as varied as Treatment of Stroke to skills of horse riding, vocal and instrumental music, dance, and athletic performance. She authored the chapter on the Alexander Technique in Springer Publishers’ Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practices. Her passion is Contact Improvisation and discovering ways to bring somatic experience into movement expression. www.idellepacker.net
Pelvis - Three Day Workshop CE May