Moving-Freely

Intro to Ortho-Bionomy: This class covers the history and principles of Ortho-Bionomy and specific positioning exercises to stimulate the natural self-correcting reflexes in the body. These techniques have been shown to facilitate the release of pain and tension patterns, promote expanded range motion, and offer a greater sense of well-being.

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Releases for the psoas, ilium rotation, thoracic and cervical spine will be presented and practiced.

Phase 5 Ortho-Bionomy is about having a conversation with the tissue, not an argument.

The gentle and subtle approach of this work is especially appropriate for releasing severe, acute pain, chronic patterning, and for interrupting the mental and emotional fixated aspects that reinforce the tension patterns. This class presents practical, gentle release techniques can seem almost magical in their effectiveness. Releases for psoas, pelvis, lumbars, coccyx, neck, shoulders, clavicle, ears, eyes, and jaw will be presented and practiced.

• Refine your subtle palpatory listening skills

• Clarify your capacity to more clearly track mental, emotional and physical aspects

• Observe and work with tissue preferences in relationship to structural alignment

• Reinforce the body’s wisdom not the patient’s storylines

• Detect mood in the tissue

• Use internal state shifts to influence and interrupt habituated storylines and holding patterns. 

Phase 4 Extremities: This foundational class covers the history and principles of Ortho-Bionomy and specific positioning exercises to stimulate the natural self-correcting reflexes in the body. These techniques have been shown to facilitate the release of pain and tension patterns, promote expanded range motion, and offer a greater sense of well-being.

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Releases for the shoulder, rhomboid, scapula, clavicle, elbow, wrist and hand, piriformis, femur, lower leg, ankle and foot will be presented and practiced.

Exploration of Movement focuses on opening restrictions in the body by exploring, supporting, and observing the movement patterns of joints and muscles. Participants learn to recognize and palpate functional, inherent, and preferred movement capacity. This class has the potential to open up fascial restrictions, range of motion, and tension patterns.  The application of exercises learned have a broad application across the breadth of Ortho-Bionomy® coursework and other modalities.

Through discussion and hands-on practice during class and between classes the participants will delve deeply into elements that will strengthen skills and round out their role as a practitioner.

We will also address issues related to documenting sessions, financial dynamics with clients, structuring a session, and creating appropriate boundaries between the client and practitioner.

Isometric and isotonic techniques offer the opportunity to work with inefficient muscular tension patterns, tone muscle tissue that has become flaccid, and smooth out any bumps or jittery grabs within the muscle spindles.  By restraining movement or toning through movement while a muscle is engaged, we stimulate the nervous system and reciprocal inhibition, cue the self-correcting reflexes into action, and greater balance between opposing muscles or muscle groups is encouraged.  

The process is remarkably quick, 8-10 seconds, and offers us a powerful tool to open stuck or contracted areas that do not respond to other techniques. The client is an active participant in this process, bringing self-awareness and recognition of the work.  In this class isometric and isotonic exercises will be taught and practiced offering relief from chronic pain, rigid muscle patterns, postural imbalances, and more.

This class looks at the connections between TMJ and Whiplash. We will look at the 3-D connections that intertwine and cause symptoms like angina, indigestion, headaches and other issues. We will Look at the different tension patterns that can arise and how we can use Ortho-Bionomy to help bring clarity and balance to the body. Areas of focus will be the head, neck and thorax. 

​​​The bowstring effect class was developed by Terri Lee an Advanced Instructor of Ortho-Bionomy. In this we ill be using Ortho-Bionomy to work with the “Bowstring”. The bowstring relates to the anterior, longitudinal, interconnected fasciae that help maintain the anterior-posterior balance of the body.”

The bowstring begins at the base of the occiput and ends at the plantar fascia. It also has connections to the dural tube and the eight osteopathic diaphragms.  In this class we will work with areas of the body that relate to this anterior line of fascia allowing the body to self-correct bringing tone and balance. We will also look at how this effects the posterior side of the body.

Isometric and isotonic techniques offer the opportunity to work with inefficient muscular tension patterns, tone muscle tissue that has become flaccid, and smooth out any bumps or jittery grabs within the muscle spindles.  By restraining movement or toning through movement while a muscle is engaged, we stimulate the nervous system and reciprocal inhibition, cue the self-correcting reflexes into action, and greater balance between opposing muscles or muscle groups is encouraged.  

The process is remarkably quick, 8-10 seconds, and offers us a powerful tool to open stuck or contracted areas that do not respond to other techniques. The client is an active participant in this process, bringing self-awareness and recognition of the work.  In this class isometric and isotonic exercises will be taught and practiced offering relief from chronic pain, rigid muscle patterns, postural imbalances, and more.

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