Foundations of Hellerwork SI

Hellerwork Structual Integration Foundations Couse

4 Day  Advaced Workshop 24 CEC Credits wtih COMMTA

Transform Your Practice: Explore Fascia, Functional Movement, and Somatic Psychology

Course Details:

Join Melissa Brown (Certified Hellerwork Practitioner and Lead Instructor) and Brett Holland (Certified Advanced Rolfer) for a comprehensive 4-day training designed for manual therapists seeking to expand their skills and enhance their practice. With over 50 years of combined experience, Melissa and Brett will guide you through the foundational principles of Hellerwork Structural Integration (SI), providing tools to elevate your ability to assess, understand, and address the body’s patterns.

What is Hellerwork Structural Integration?

Hellerwork Structural Integration is a hands-on bodywork and movement education modality that focuses on restoring the body’s alignment, balance, and ease by working with fascia, functional movement, and the mind-body connection. By integrating bodywork, movement education, and somatic dialogue, Hellerwork helps clients achieve long-lasting change in posture, movement patterns, and overall well-being.

This training will provide tools to incorporate Hellerwork principles into your practice, helping you better understand your clients’ needs, improve outcomes, and grow your professional expertise.

Workshop Overview

Day 1: Foundations of Hellerwork Structural Integration

• Introduction to fascia and its role in structural integrity and movement.
• Tensegrity Principles: Understanding how tension and compression work together to support the body.
• Pattern Recognition: Learn how to identify postural and movement patterns in standing alignment.
• Planes of Movement: Introduction to observing movement and alignment through spatial planes.
• Practice and Learn Body Mechanics to support you in your own body while working.

Day 2: Session 1 – Inspiration

• Introduction to the first session of the Hellerwork series.
• Learn the anatomy, functional movement principles, and fascia strokes specific to Session 1: Inspiration.
• Start with opening the breath, working the diagphram and aligning the ribcage over the pelvis.
• Explore Hellerwork Movement: Tools for teaching clients how to move with more ease and alignment.
• Hands-on practice: Follow the sequence of Session 1 and integrate functional movement cues.

Day 3: Inquiry and Session 2 – Standing on your own two feet 

• Somatic Psychology and Inquiry: Learn how to use dialogue to help clients connect their physical patterns to emotional and mental states.
• Introduction to Session 2: Focus on balancing the 3 arches of the feet and aligning the feet and legs with the pelivs.
• Practice bodywork techniques, functional movement, and somatic inquiry for deeper integration.

Day 4: Integration and Session 3 – Reaching out 

• Pulling it all together: Movement, bodywork, and somatic dialogue in practice.
• Learn Session 3: Focus on fascia along the lateral line of the body to promote balance and expansion from front to back.
• Hands-on practice: Refine your skills in functional movement and postural assessment.
• Integration: Develop confidence in offering the first three sessions of the Structural Integration series.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this 4-day training, you will:

• Understand the role of fascia and tensegrity in structural integrity and movement.
• Develop skills to assess posture and movement patterns in standing and functional movement.
• Learn and practice the techniques, sequences, and anatomy for the first three sessions of the Hellerwork SI series.
• Gain tools to facilitate somatic inquiry and connect the body and mind for holistic healing.
• Enhance your ability to help clients achieve lasting results in posture, movement, and well-being.

Details

• Dates: Two options available – In-person in Duncan, BC, or Virtual (two separate weekends).
• In Person Duncan Dates March 1st and 2nd and March 8th and 9th
• Virtual Option Dates April 19th and 20th and April 26th and 27th
• Times 9:00AM to 5:00PM PST Held In Duncan BC
• Cost: $997 (includes materials and CEU certification).
• CEU Credits: Approved by COMMTA for 24 CEU credits.
• Who Should Attend: This course is ideal for manual therapists, RMTs, PTs, and bodywork practitioners looking to deepen their understanding of fascial manipulation, structural integration and somatic practices.