Class Info

Non-DIRI Affiliated courses are offered by non-faculty members who have completed their Advanced Training. Certificates are issued by the member for Elective CE Credit. Inquire with the member regarding NCBTMB approval.

Details

Addressing the viscera of the abdomen and pelvis in the same spatial framework as 'Recipe' Sessions 1-6, this class bridges the container and the contents.

Especially when the client has had competent musculoskeletal care, visceral restrictions can be the anatomical elephant in the room. Appropriate for beginners and seasoned practitioners alike, Structural-Visceral Integration (S-VI) is a respectful, user-friendly, direct technique approach at the intersection of Structural Integration (SI) and Visceral Manipulation (VM). S-VI is user-friendly and focused on expanding the SI Practitioner's skill set working with critical core/sleeve dynamics and important systems anatomy interrelationships.

Generally following the trail of the larger visceral ligaments of the Gastrointestinal Track, visceral components covered include the large intestine, small intestine, cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, liver, gall bladder, transverse colon, stomach, spleen, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, urinary bladder, lesser and greater omentum, root of the mesentery, umbilical ligament, perineum, and parietal peritoneum. Structural components include the respiratory diaphragm, diaphragmatic recess, pelvis, sacrum, coccyx, pubic symphysis, lumbar spine, sacroiliac joints, transverses abdominus, iliacus, psoas, QL, etc..

Class focuses on clinical reasoning skills, body mechanics, palpation, anatomy review, and learning clinically relevant manual therapy techniques through lecture, demonstrations, practicums, and Q&A’s. This class supports your preexisting Rolfing practice and is focused on improving clinical outcomes both inside and outside the 10-Series. S-VI curates building a broader anatomical landscape and framework for interfacing anatomies and working with more of the whole person.

The objective is systems anatomy structural integration.

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