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Ortho-Bionomy Phase 5 and the Reflexes

Luann Overmyer, Advanced Instructor with Erin Long, Instructor, co-teach

December 6-7, 2025

        Louisville, KY

 

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $300, regular price of $350 after 11/7/25

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: Instructor permission, Phase 4 Whole Body, Phase 4 Spine

           

        Location: Louisville, KY

                         1230 Liberty Bank Lane

                         Louisville, KY 40222

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. 

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Ortho-Bionomy Isometrics

Erin Long, Instructor

December 13-14, 2025

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $300, regular price of $350 after 11/14/25

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: None!

           

        Location: Belle Meade Executive Suites

                         4525 Harding Pike, Suite 200

                         Nashville, TN 37205

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.

Forest

Ortho-Bionomy Isometrics

Erin Long, Instructor

January 31 - February 1, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $299, regular price of $350 after 12/15/25

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: None!

           

        Location: Eastern Livity

                          285 CR 714

                          Jonesboro, AR 72401

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.

Register with Eastern Livity: https://easternlivity.com/event/ortho-bionomy-isometrics-2/

Ortho-Bionomy Phase 4 Extremities

Erin Long, Instructor with Jacqueline Davis assisting

February 21-22, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $300, regular price of $350 after 1/31/26

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: None!

        Location: Belle Meade Executive Suites

                         4525 Harding Pike, Suite 200

                         Nashville, TN 37105

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.

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

Dead Sea

Vagus and Phrenic Nerves

Lynne Marotta, Advanced Instructor

February 27, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $175, regular price of $200 after 1/16/26

                                          

         CE's: 8 NCBTMB credits

        Prerequisites: Phase 5 preferred or instructor approval

        Location: Nashville Friends Meeting

                          530 26th Avenue North

                          Nashville, TN 37209

The Vagus Nerve is known as the wandering nerve for its wide reaching influence to many sensory and motor functions of the body.  The Phrenic Nerve influences several sensory innervations and primarily motor function with the diaphragm.

Learn how to recognize the signs of an activated system and learn ways to connect comfortably to the client through the structure to support them in a reset of either system.

Langer Lines

Lynne Marotta, Advanced Instructor

February 28 - March 1, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $350, regular price of $400 after 1/17/26

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB credits

        Prerequisites: Phase 5 preferred or instructor approval

        Location: Belle Meade Executive Suites

                          4525 Harding Pike, Suite 200

                          Nashville, TN 37205

Langer ​Lines are a network of collagen fibers.  In this class you will learn the basics of how to palpate and connect to these lines in various ways including: Power Lines, Bracketing, Ladders and Rings.

This simple approach can have a profound affect with joints and scar work.  This work was developed by NYC OB Lab.

Blue Skies and Yellow Fields

Ortho-Bionomy Phase 4 Extremities

Erin Long, Instructor

March 7-8, 2026 OR

March 28-29, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $300, regular price of $530 after 2/14/26 OR 2/7/26

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: None!

        Location: Advanced Massage Therapeutics

                          2221 Goldsmith Lane

                          Louisville, KY 40218

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.

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

Snowy Mountain

Ortho-Bionomy Phase 4 Spine

Erin Long, Instructor with Jacqueline Davis co-teaching

April 18-19, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $325, regular price of $375 after 3/28/26

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: None!

        Location: Mind Body Institute

                          1556 Crestview Drive

                          Madison, TN 37115

Phase 4 Spine: 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.

Releases for the psoas, ilium rotation, sacrum, whole spine, ribs, sternum, diaphragm, quadratus lumborum, piriformis, and coccyx will be presented and practiced.

Sandstone

Ortho-Bionomy Phase 5 and the Reflexes

Erin Long, Instructor, supervised teach

Luann Overmyer, Advanced Instructor, supervising instructor

June 13-14, 2026

         Time: 9am - 6:00pm

         Workshop Price: early bird $300, regular price of $350 after 5/2/26

                                          

         CE's: 16 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: Instructor permission, Phase 4 Whole Body, or Phase 4 Spine

          

        Location: Belle Meade Executive Suites

                          4525 Harding Pike, Suite 200

                          Nashville, TN 37205

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. 

Blue Skies

Residential: Evolving our Inner Wholeness within Ortho-Bionomy

Luann Overmyer, Advanced Instructor

Cathy Krenicky and Erin Long, Instructors

July 7-13, 2026

         July 7th room check in starts at 3pm, dinner at 6pm, class at 7pm

         July 8th - 12th class from 9am to 6pm

         July 13th class from 9am - 12pm

         Workshop Price includes meals, lodgings, and instruction.

                    Early Bird: $2450 before April 15, 2026

                    Regular Price: $2800 April 15, 2026 and later

                                          

         CE's: 40 NCBTMB AND Florida CE credit through Ortho-Bionomy in Florida                             an approved provider by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic                         Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

        Prerequisites: Phase 4, Phase 5, and Phase 6

          

        Location: St. Mary's Ayres Center

                         Sewanee, TN

By better understanding ourselves we gain clarity and trust in our felt sense and integrate wholeness into our being.

A Residential is an opportunity to learn to just be: relaxed in our not knowing, open to possibilities, and trust in the process.

Registration: https://www.luannovermyer.com/classes

Refund Policy

If there is insufficient enrollment or in case a class needs to be cancelled, a full refund will be given to those who have registered and paid in full.  If a student needs to cancel six weeks before the first day of class the student may transfer the full amount to another class by the same instructor, or elect to receive a partial refund of 80% of the class fee.

Any credit card payments will be refunded guided by the policy listed above in the net amount received only.  As a courtesy to the Instructor, coordinator, and other participants please relay your need to cancel in a timely manner.

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Ortho-Bionomy® is a registered trademark of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy, International and is used with permission.

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