A time for renewal

Happy New Year! From the spiritual to the mundane, it's a time for renewal. A time to recharge our spirits... revitalize our practices... and, oh, yes, renew our licenses.
You can do all three with a Muscle Whispering class or a mini-course weekend. Restore balance to your clients' bodies and your own with Releasing Tension Patterns and Keep Your Body Happy. Or stock up on nifty techniques for tricky muscles. The cycle of learning and teaching is a never-ending source of delight for me. It's an honor to share it with you.

2017 Classes, January-June (descriptions below)

Su Jan 15 Muscle Whispering, 2-5 or W Apr 19

Fr Jan 20 Releasing Tension Patterns, 9-5

Th Jan 26 Treating the Neck, 9-12:30 or Th Apr 27

W Feb 1 Keep Your Body Happy, 9-1
Fr Feb 10 Stretch-Based Deep Tissue, 9-6 or Sa Jun 17
Th Feb 16 Chair Massage, 9-12 or W May 10

Su Feb 19   Treating the Back, 1-4:30 or Th Jun 8
W Feb 22   Shoulder and Arm, 9-12:30 or Th May 25
Fr Feb 24   Hip and Leg, 9-12:30 or Th Jun 22
Discount for registering 2 weeks before class!

These classes are held at TIBIA in Madison, WI. On Jan 14-15,TIBIA offers a weekend of mini-courses on diverse topics (4 classes, 3 CE hours each). Another set of mini-courses, including ethics, will be offered Feb 18-19. My TIBIA colleagues are spellbinding, gifted teachers. I encourage you to join us!
Click here to register, see logistical details, or see more courses by TIBIA colleagues.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Precision Deep Tissue Strategies

In these six classes, you’ll master techniques and strategies grounded in muscular/fascial relationships and kinesiology. You’ll review the locations and actions of muscles so you can devise muscle-specific stretches and apply pin and stretch to problem areas with precision.

Stretch-Based Deep Tissue, 8 CE hours
Produce palpable results, even with hard-to-reach muscles. Give your hands a break as you keep your body moving. Treat the whole body using PNF, passive stretch, pin and stretch, and more. Draping tips included. An abridged combination of Neck, Shoulder, Back, and Hip below.

Treating the Neck, 3.5 CE hours
Does your client want a whole session on the neck? No problem! You can apply pin and stretch, targeted stretch, unwinding, PNF, trigger points and acupressure. Learn to recognize involvement of jaw, shoulders, back, and/or hips. Discern optimal methods and sequencing.

Shoulder & Arm, 3.5 CE hours
Address the root causes of shoulder pain that can spread into the neck and back. Target shoulder, elbow, and wrist tendons to restore comfort and range of motion. Relieve tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, and carpal tunnel symptoms.

Treating the Back, 3.5 CE hours
Treat the muscles at the source of upper, middle, and lower back problems. Release tension and restore structural balance with targeted strokes and stretches, including powerful side-lying techniques. Develop appreciation for how shoulder and hip imbalances contribute to back pain.

Hip and Leg
3.5 CE hours
Target the most effective muscles, tendons, fascia, and joints to relieve hip and knee pain, plantar fasciitis, and more.
Recognize and reduce hip imbalances that lead to back pain.

Releasing Tension Patterns, 7 CE hours
Strategize effectively, no matter what techniques you’re using. Learn why it takes a village of muscles to resolve chronic pain. Explore underlying tension patterns that can provoke a relapse when the hurting muscles get all the attention. Apply postural clues and kinesiology to assess and restore muscle villages in the shoulder and low-back areas.

OTHER CLASSES

Keep Your Body Happy, 4 CE hours
Experiment with yoga-based principles that maximize effective movement while saving your body. Integrate them into your usual massage techniques, receiving individual guidance. Learn strengtheners and stretches to keep you comfortable.

Muscle Whispering
3 or 4 CE hours (depending on date)
Tune into muscle mind, a profoundly calm space where you address concerns that keep muscles from letting go. Create rapport at a deep level and a sense of safety that allows even stubborn tensions to release.

Chair Massage, 3 NCBTMB/WI CE hours
Diversify your chair massage approach with myofascial stretches, pin and stretch, and more. Learn essential assessment questions.

An NCBTMB-approved CE provider (#367) and lifelong educator, Leora Weitzman, PhD, BCTMB, LMT (WI #3833-146), RYT®-200, has completed Continuing Education in muscle-specific Deep Tissue techniques, PNF stretching, Myofascial Release, CranioSacral Therapy, Reiki, Acupressure, small animal massage, and intuitive energy work. In addition to CE, she teaches Deep Tissue and Kinesiology at East-West Healing Arts Institute. Her yoga teacher training had a therapeutic focus.

You can register here or through info@tibiainc.com / (608) 238-7378; TIBIA will respond within 24 hours. For questions or other venues, hit Reply, call, or text!

Warm regards, Leora (608) 332-9581 backinharmony.org