European School of Craniosacral Therapy

ESCST offer an international meetingplace and forum for all CS therapists worldwide. CS students are also very welcome. This is an opportunity for everyone to create connections all around the world. And also international relationship for our Scandinavian therapists exploring the possibility to practice worldwide. Our international colleagues can also exploring the possibility to work in Sweden, and the other countries in the Scandinavia.

Remember we all have a truly fantastic work and we at the ESCST believe that we all together can create a change in the world if we all great therapists sharing and supporting each other. Respectful greetings, Christer, D.O., Jörgen Tranberg, N.D. (Directors and Founders of European School of Craniosacral Therapy.

Michael Kern will be back 27-30 september 2012 in Gothenburg Sweden.
The course subject will be shortly announced.

THE SURFER ON THE TIDE - STILLNESS, MOTION AND RHYTHMIC BALANCED INTERCHANGE

WITH MICHAEL KERN D.O., R.C.S.T., M.I.Cr.A.,B.C.S.T., N.D.

IN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN
FROM DECEMBER 1ST - 4TH 2011

This advanced seminar will explore the relationship between our physiological function and stillness. There is a basic ground of stillness that lies underneath all expressions of life and motion; a realm of unmanifest reality at our deepest nature that is behind and prior to all that we do. Most significantly, healing occurs at its deepest level when we are able to reconnect to this core level of being. As Dr. Rollin Becker stated, “Health is related to a return to the freedom of interchange between body physiology and stillness.” We will explore different levels of stillness and find new ways to make these part of our cellular experience. There will be ample time for table work, reflection and meditation.

Areas explored will include:

the state of balanced mind
the state of balanced mind
three dimensional awareness of the three bodies: physical body, fluid body and tidal body
floating/suspension and coherent function of the three bodies -
health as dynamic stillness and primary respiration
working with the relationship between the fluid body and primary respiration: transmutation and embodied forces -
orienting to the stillness of the midline in the centre of the listening field
Dr Sutherland's principle of "idling"
stillpoint, autonomic activation and rebalancing
EV4 from the scapulae and the heart field
stillpoint and ignition at the third ventricle: CV3 and EV3
the different (seven) levels of stillpoint
the embryological enfoldment of form within space
orienting to and facilitating space in tissues, fluids and potency
letting go into stillness and doing nothing
orienting to 'rhythmic balanced interchange'
the infinite potential of dynamic stillness.

Teaching will be in English and translated into Swedish. This workshop will include 32 hours of classroom attendance.

Cost: 6295 SKR

Course Tutor

Michael Kern is a Craniosacral Therapist, Osteopath and Naturopath with a practice in London. He has been teaching Craniosacral Therapy since 1987 and is a leading international exponent of the biodynamic approach, regularly running courses in Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden and Spain. He is co-founder of the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust, a senior tutor for the College of Osteopaths, the International Cranial Association, the Centre for Professional Development in Osteopathy and the University of Westminster. He is also author of 'Wisdom In The Body - The Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health', now available in ten languages.

BEHIND THE SMILE

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION -THE FACE, THE THROAT AND THE HEART

With Katherine Ukleja, D.O.

Gothenburg 9-11 November 2012

Our feelings and emotions are revealed on our face and in the tone of our voice.

Musculoskeletal structures of the face, the ear and throat share a network of nerves, known as the Social Nervous System, which co-ordinate facial expression and vocalisation with the regulation of heart rate and breathing. This 3^rd division of the Autonomic Nervous System enables orientation, communication, co-operation and empathy. Malfunctions of this system result in conditions in which a person can’t communicate, can’t feel pleasure and consequently lead to depression, isolation or anti-social behaviours.

This 3-day course will explore:

The intricate bony structure of the face and the musculature of the face, the ear and the throat. These structures, together with their neural network, originate in the pharyngeal folds between the developing brain and heart,
The Polyvagal Theory of Stephen Porges
Vagal tone, heart rate variability and social engagement
The importance of good vagal tone for babies and infants.
Practical biodynamic cranial strategies for enabling social engagement and healthy heart regulation

Cost: 5295 SKR

Teaching will be in English and translated into Swedish. This workshop will include 24 hours of classroom attendance.

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Breath of Life conference 2010. Left to right: Jörgen Tranberg, Katherine Ukleja, Michael Kern.