Centre for Transformational Bodywork

A system for releasing what we unconsciously hold in the bodymind

Module 1: 10-18 November 2023, Canberra

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In this, the first of 3 modules that make up the Transformational Bodywork Practitioner qualification, you will learn powerful techniques to release unconscious holdings from the body. Along the way you will encounter personal biographies - the memories, imagery and archetypes that live in the tissues and holdings in the body and make up each individual's unique biology.

There are 12 sessions in total that delve progressively into the unconsious organic life of the bodymind. In this 8-day Module One training you will master the first 3 of these Transformational Bodywork sessions. Each session is approximately 90 minutes duration.

Reawaken the wild places within

This training is robust, rewarding and profoundly experiential, leading students on a journey of personal exploration. The work is slow, deep and conscious. We engage with the breath and the fascial system to release the body armour, restore energy, vitality and personal power. You will learn about body psychotherapy, birth psychology, consciousness theory, embodiment and transpersonal experiences.

Training syllabus

Transformational Bodywork Practitioner Training

The full Transformational Bodywork Practitioner Training is taught over three, 8-day modules. The training is suitable for aspiring therapists and practitioners, wellness practitioners looking to expand their offering, and individuals on a personal healing journey. Bodywork and breathwork are a natural and powerful pairing and all breathworkers should consider some form of body-centred work.

Module 1 is delivered in a non-residential setting in Canberra. Modules 2 and 3 are taught as a live-in training at a venue on the NSW South Coast, allowing a deep descent into the process, undisturbed by the demands of everyday life. 

Module 1 training dates and venue 2023

10-18 November 2023
Space 42, 7/42 Geils Court
Deakin ACT  2600

Our venue is a private, light-filled dedicated training space set among a grove of Hawthorn Trees. There are basic kitchen facilities, clean amenities and plenty of free parking. 

Costs  

Cost for Module 1 is $2,000 per person (non-residential). This cost includes tuition, teaching materials and delicious, appetising, healthy lunches prepared with love.

We teach Modules 2 and 3 in a residential setting on the NSW south coast. The fee for each residential training is currently estimated at $2,800 per student and includes all tuition, teaching materials, accommodation and meals.

We require a non-refundable $500 deposit to secure your place in each module.

In between trainings we offer Student Practise Clinics where you can review techniques, work with volunteer clients and dive deep into the theory and phenomena of this work. Clinics cost $200 for the weekend.

Course outline

Transformational Bodywork Practitioner Training consists of 12 sequential sessions. These are taught over three modules of 8 days.

Module 1:   Sessions 1-3
Opening the body and releasing the superficial body armour 

The first 3 sessions lay the foundation of the majority of the strokes and techniques used in this work. In these sessions, we begin the initial opening and start to release inhibited patterns of breathing. These sessions invite the return and recovery of vital organic life and rediscovery of the flow of feeling life in the body. 

Students will learn how to work on and around the table, attend to client comfort, apply strokes with appropriate pressure, facilitate a session and be present to whatever arises. You will learn professional conduct and practitioner skills in the very first module. Students must reach a level of confidence and competency before advancing to module 2. You will receive ongoing supervision and support between modules at supervised practice clinics. 

Module 2:   Sessions 4-7
Sessions 4-6: Releasing holdings in the pelvis, lower back, belly, and legs

The lower body is the foundation of the whole. These sessions enable gradual recovery of our natural ease of movement, flexibility, and grace. In these first two modules, students learn body reading and analysis, perceiving alignment issues, body splits, and differential ageing. At the conclusion of this module, students as "practitioners-in-training" are able to share all seven sessions with clients.  

Session 7: Releasing and balancing the neck, skull, and face

Module 3:   Sessions 8-12
Sessions 8 and 9: Introduction to free-form work 

Sessions 8 and 9 are free-form sessions using the strokes learned in the first seven sessions with focused attention on individual needs of the client, promoting integration of the top half of the body with the lower half. During this module we discuss and analyse the practicum sessions in detail, going more deeply into body analysis. 

Sessions 10-12: Introduction to the process of Zen bodywork 

This module is about learning to be present without intention and following the flow of energy and the movement of spiritual energy in the body to release deeply hidden karma. You will learn specific approaches for working with the neck, head, legs, arms and pelvis. 

The Zen work deals with the release of the biological core. Tensions that are held within the digestive tract, rigidity and “holding on” that may influence personality, core beliefs and attitudes. This final module also addresses professional ethics, principles of practice and a deepening into an understanding of healing and consciousness. 

Student Practise Clinics

The first seven sessions of this deep tissue bodywork are reviewed and practised in the student clinics before Module 3. Special attention is given to focus, positioning, precision, aesthetics and grace. 

Students are expected to attend seven supervised Student Practise Clinics which are held after Modules 1 and 2 and must be completed before entering Module 3. These are held in Canberra over a weekend. Each clinic is devoted to a session of the bodywork (taught in the previous module) and serves to review, practise and deepen the student’s understanding and competency in delivering this session. Members of the public attend the clinic as “clients”, providing the student with new and valuable learning opportunities.

As our student body grows we will look at providing student practise clinics in locations other than Canberra.

Contact 

We welcome inquiries from aspiring or practising wellness practitioners as well as from individuals with an interest in self-knowledge and personal healing.

For more information visit our website www.transformationalbodywork.com.au/register 

Email us at

info@transformationalbodywork.com.au

Phone Suzanne Zankin on

0439 708 416