Designed with the busy manual therapist in mind, each Structural Essentials event gives you a new understanding of the relevant area. The content will outline how the structural and functional anatomy relates to many common issues as well as to the rest of the body.
The Anatomy Trains Structural Essential series, is a set of intensive soft-tissue technique courses divided into functional regions. Combining movement and manual techniques for the most efficient and long-lasting results, and using the latest research on the interaction between skeleton, muscles, joints, and fascial proprioceptors, this series of workshops will take you to a new level in therapy.
Based on many new and established approaches this series will give you the skills in palpation, BodyReading and functional analysis needed for the modern multidisciplinary therapist.
In this driving day and computer age, the arms get unique usage these days. This course travels from the shoulder to the hand on the Arm Lines, giving techniques for every station along the way.
These include:
• Releases for each joint of the shoulder
• Soft-tissue techniques for shoulder muscles
• Elbow and upper arm muscle releases
• Lower arm extensor, flexor, radial, and ulnar releases
• Wrist and hand work
Part 1: Structural Essentials, We take a deep dive to the local areas of the body learning MFR and strategies for one area at the time:
1. Arches and the Legs 3 days – 17th- 19th of January 2025
2. Fans of the Hip 3 days – 7th-9th November 2025
3. Abdomen, Chest & Breath 2 1/2 days – 13th-15th February 2026
4. Tensegrity Spine 2 1/2 days – 17th-18th April 2026
5. Shoulders & Arms 2 days – 19th-20th April 2026
6. Head, Neck & Jaw 2 days -19th-20th June 2026
Part 2: Structural Strategies – 3 sessions building on each other. In the second phase, students apply the assessments and techniques from Part 1 to practice a 3-series protocol of Structural Integration with clinical practice on outside models in a 10-day program. Scheduled on the 22nd of June until 3rd of July 2026. (27th and 28th are days off)
Part 3: Structural Integration – 12 series The third phase, 2 x 15-day classes is where students are taught and tested in the full 12-series program of Structural Integration. Graduates from this program are certified to practice Anatomy Trains Structural Integration and join the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). Date and place is still to be confirmed.
*Requirements before entering the final part 3: You will make contact with a certified Si Practitioner to receive your own personal 10 or 12 series Structural Integration.
Note: Familiarity with the Anatomy Trains lines and concepts is key to getting the most from the program. Anatomy Trains Structure & Function is the introduction course to the Structural Essentials series.
The Structural Essentials workshops are most easily absorbed in the order outlined below but you can do them in any order as time permits.
1. Arches and Legs – 3 days
2. Fans of the Hip – 2 ½ days
3. Abdomen, Chest and Breath – 2 ½ days
4. Tensegrity Spine – 2 days
5. Shoulders & Arms – 2 days
6. Head, Neck & Jaw – 2 days