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.
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.
Tensegrity Spine/This course examines the spine as a tensegrity truss – how the bones float within the myofascial balance. Assessment and techniques for freeing and balancing the spine address:
• Anterior and posterior curvatures – lordosis and kyphosis
• Side bends
• Rotations (and counter-rotations)
• Guy-wires on both the front and the back of the spine, and
• Balancing trunk spinal work into the cervical spine and sacrum
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: You must take the Anatomy Trains in Structure & Function course before taking the SE courses. Familiarity with the Anatomy Trains lines and concepts is key to getting the most from the program.
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