Five Day Rolf Movement Education Workshop in Texas
 Early November, Date To Be Announced

Embodying the Functional Recipe

A Tonic Function Approach for Structural Integration

San Antonio, Texas (near the famous San Antonio River Walk)

With Kevin Frank, Advanced Certified Rolfer and Movement Instructor,
and Caryn McHose, Movement Educator, Somatic Movement Therapist, SE Practitioner

Structural integration is structural because it evokes lasting shifts in posture and function. Lasting change occurs when we are able to speak to deep parts of the brain, parts that control coordination, our "movement brain." SI evokes change through fascial touch and changes in perception. Our work has the capacity to evoke changes that are personally meaningful to the client.

The ten series is a recipe for fascial intervention. The ten series also offers a template for optimum movement; for walking, lifting, pushing, reaching, and the other challenges we face in daily life. Our own clarity and capacity to demonstrate integrated movement makes movement integration compelling to our clients and brings movement into every step of the series. Clients learn integrative skills on the table that become available in sitting, standing, walking, and take-home exercises for self-care.

Normalized posture and movement is, in essence, the ability to regulate the axis of the body under loads and demands. How does each piece of the recipe build towards this goal? What is the science and what are the rehabilitative strategies behind core stability? How do we gain stability and, at the same time, reduce rigidity and effort in the context of the SI series? How do we explain these ideas to clients?

This workshop builds on the elegant "Functional Rationale of the Recipe" workshops given by Monica Caspari in Austin, TX, in 2006 and 2007. It takes time to digest this material. SI practitioners new to these ideas are also welcome and will grow function-oriented thinking. Each day will include theory, group movement, partnered work and individual exploration.

Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose are the presenters. Kevin is a movement education instructor. His lectures and exercises, coupled with his written articles, will help you synthesize a better understanding of the work. Caryn has made movement her career, has embodied Rolf’s work, and created group and individual movement explorations that clarify what we do. Watching her movement demonstrations will change your movement understanding.

Kevin and Caryn are the authors of How Life Moves, Explorations in Meaning and Body Awareness, North Atlantic, 2006, and Caryn is the collaborator for Bodystories, A Guide to Experiential Anatomy by Andrea Olsen, based on the curriculum Caryn created at Middlebury College. Kevin is the author of numerous articles
on Godard's Tonic Function approach to structural integration, and these are available for download at www.resourcesinmovement.com
 

Cost: $650                5 Rolf Movement Credits and 35 Type 1 IASI CE credits

To register contact: Wiley Patterson  at wiley123@gmail.com or call 210 223 9040 or send your $100 deposit to: Wiley Patterson PO Box 15613 San Antonio, TX 78212 

Cancellation policy: Deposit is non-refundable. Balance due two weeks prior to class.