Continuing Education

This class will take a deeper look at the realities of this intimate profession, exploring common boundary issues that arise in and out of the treatment room. We will draw from real life experiences, including your own. This interactive class offers the opportunity for small and large group discussions and role-playing. You will earn 4 Ethics and Communication continuing education hours, required by the OBMT for license renewal.

Kelly Vittoria, LMT, has been a practicing massage therapist for 17 years, and an instructor for 10 years. During this time, Kelly has developed a deep understanding for how essential the therapeutic relationship is for healing. Kelly draws upon her diverse training in somatic therapies and authentic communication to guide her in her bodywork and in her classes. Her warm and welcoming presence creates a feeling of trust and ease with both her clients and students.
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Would you like to join the rapidly expanding world of myofascial work but don’t know where to start? Was your introduction to fascia in massage school long ago, far away or non-existent? Come join AIM’s myofascial instructor and an intimate group of students for a hands-on introduction to this profoundly effective style of bodywork. In these first 14 hours you will learn to palpate fascia as a distinct tissue, learn precise body mechanics which allow effortless fascial contact, and experience and practice myofascial work on the back, chest and ribcage. We will also discuss some of the newer ideas coming from the world of fascial research. If you choose to continue further with this course you may choose among the remaining nine 3.5 hour class blocks. Contact AIM for more information about this unusual opportunity to learn alongside our current students. 541-482-5134

Laureen Sutton, LMT, CAMT, wears many hats. She is an owner/director of AIM, resident myofascial instructor, a Certified Advanced Myofascial Therapist and an assistant instructor with Til Luchau’s Advanced Myofascial Techniques series. She is passionate about bodywork, teaching and the opportunity to expand horizons.
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We are more than our muscles and bones. We are our energy, emotions, and all the experiences that have led us to this moment. How would it feel to connect with all of you? This class provides you with the awareness that all around our bones, muscles, and organs, there is energy. It is believed that this energy is what ‘holds us all together’. When we make contact with this energy in our clients and fine-tune it within ourselves, our clients feel recognized and are able to respond at a deeper level. You will learn specific touch and energetic skills that take any healing modality to a deeper and more profound level. Whether you are an Ortho-Bionomy® student or a practitioner of another modality, this class will significantly increase your sensitivity and ability to connect and work with your clients on physical, emotional and energetic levels.

Jim Berns, Ortho-Bionomy®–Registered Advanced Instructor, has taught internationally for over thirty years. He is coauthor of Ortho-Bionomy: A Practical Manual. Jim was trained by Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, the founder of Ortho-Bionomy®. A certified massage therapist since 1979, he was named 2013 Educator of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). Jim brings to his over three decades of teaching detailed information, a compassionate heart, and a unique sense of humor.
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This class explores the interplay between fascia and meridians in the human body, and how manual therapists can influence each through massage therapy. Modern science is now able to verify and measure meridians, found within the fascia. Manual therapists are able to alter the structure of fascia with hands-on treatments, thereby influencing the meridians and how Chi travels through them. We will learn the relationship between fascia, meridians, and cells; specific myofascial techniques aimed at opening fascial/meridian lines; and how to center and develop your own Chi.
This is the introductory weekend to an ongoing series of workshops on Fascia Energetics. The next two are scheduled March 9-10 and June 8-9, 2019.

Matthew Schulman has been a full time LMT since 2007 and has been training in Taoist martial arts since 2002. In addition to his training at AIM, Matthew learned the “old way” through apprenticeships and countless hours of study, practice, and meditation. He had the great opportunity to study closely with Paul Grilley who introduced him to many of the ideas and research that form the basis of this work. Fascia Energetics has come about as the result of these 16 years of learning and growth. It is Matthew’s hope to add this drop of knowledge to the bodywork field, helping it to grow and be accepted as the deep path for healing that it truly is.
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Ortho-Bionomy® uses osteopathic-based gentle body positions and movements to stimulate self-correcting reflexes with the muscles and nerves. These responses can move the client out of pain and discomfort with 10-30 seconds. This method is very specific, structure oriented, and easily integrated into any body therapy. In this class, you will learn how to apply gentle pain relief techniques for knees, patella, femur head, ankle, and all the bones of the feet. This work is amazingly effective, yet gentle, and easy on your body. This course is NCBTMB approved.

Jim Berns, Ortho-Bionomy®–Registered Advanced Instructor, has taught internationally for over thirty years. He is coauthor of Ortho-Bionomy: A Practical Manual. Jim was trained by Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, the founder of Ortho-Bionomy®. A certified massage therapist since 1979, he was named 2013 Educator of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). Jim brings to his over three decades of teaching detailed information, a compassionate heart, and a unique sense of humor.
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Bringing massage into the community with the use of portable massage chairs can allow a therapist to interact with populations seldom seen in a treatment room. Join AIM’s Chair Massage instructor and an intimate group of students as we explore this world of possibilities. Working with clients on a chair requires the practitioner to use a different set of body mechanics, business tactics, and techniques. This class will prepare you to take your show on the road! Contact AIM for more information about this unusual opportunity to learn alongside our current students. 541-482-5134

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We all want to be heard and understood! Our clients certainly do, and keeping communication clear and effective can be a challenge of its own. Join Joanne to learn some simple techniques that will help you discover the healing power of empathic listening—for both your professional and personal lives. We will also address your real-life experiences, and you’ll take home fresh ideas and techniques for expressing yourself cleanly and clearly. This course meets the 4 hour Ethics, Communication and/or Boundaries requirement for Oregon LMT license renewal.

Joanne Lescher, CT, is a certified trainer in nonviolent communication. As an experienced mediator and group facilitator, she equips people to dialogue with each other more effectively. Renowned for her warmth, empathy, and humor, Joanne teaches practical skills that clients can immediately exercise in their practices and lives. Her reputation has been affectionately summarized as an “ability to tame lions.”
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Cupping relieves pain, resolves tension and myofascial restriction, and clients love it. In this 4 hour workshop you will learn to safely and effectively integrate using silicone cups into your massage session. You will need to order and bring your own set of clear silicon Supreme massage cups. 4-piece cupping set minimum is required, but 8-piece cupping set is recommended.

Carly Samish, LAc, LMT is an acupuncturist, massage therapist, and educator based in Olympia, WA. She offers unique treatments blending acupuncture, therapeutic bodywork, Japanese meridian therapy, cupping, gua sha, and essential oils.She also provide acupuncture and advocacy for hospice care, a type of work that is close to her heart.She teaches continuing education workshops in Oregon and Washington. See her website bluefirehealingarts.com for more information.
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Gua sha, or scraping therapy, is a powerful modality to relieve pain and tension in the joints and myofascial. In this 4 hour workshop you will lean to safely and effectively integrate gua sha into your massage session. Please bring a gua sha tool to the workshop. Professional copper gua sha tools from AcuArtistry will be available for sale at the workshop, cards and cash are accepted.

Carly Samish, LAc, LMT is an acupuncturist, massage therapist, and educator based in Olympia, WA. She offers unique treatments blending acupuncture, therapeutic bodywork, Japanese meridian therapy, cupping, gua sha, and essential oils.She also provide acupuncture and advocacy for hospice care, a type of work that is close to her heart.She teaches continuing education workshops in Oregon and Washington. See her website bluefirehealingarts.com for more information.
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Wholistic Cranial Sacral Therapy is a simple, profound and highly effective manual manipulation technique. With a wide range of applications (including self care!) and very few contraindications, it is appropriate for almost any condition.This course will provide both new and practicing therapists a detailed look at the Craniosacral system and Cranial Sacral therapy. Drawing from a blend of Visionary, Upledger and Biodynamic traditions, we will delve thoroughly into history, theory, anatomy and physiology, as well as spend much time devoted to practicing techniques and clarifying clinical applications. This 36 hour course is spread over three weekends scheduled one month apart. Students will receive a Course Manual, in-between weekend practice homework, and on-going instructor support. You will finish this series with an excellent, 10-Step protocol to use immediately in your practice.
This course is designed as a series with a discounted price of $210 per weekend. The first weekend only may be taken as a stand-alone introduction for $250 ($270 after Jan. 31). Students choosing to commit to the remaining two weekends must pay the $380 balance prior to Feb. 28 in order to receive the discounted price.

Xuba Evaristo, LMT has been a student of the body most of his life through athletics and dance. He studied Asian Philosophy and pre-Med prior to embarking on his many Wholistic Bodywork studies. He has been in full time professional practice since 2000, combining the best of many modalities including Cranial Sacral Therapy, Deep Tissue Bodywork, Myofascial Release, Oriental Bodywork and Energy Balancing. Xuba (pronounced shoe-buh) brings his experience and education with a wide array of medical conditions, pre-and post-operative appropriate therapies, and injury prevention and recovery to his classroom.
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Do you receive calls from potential clients asking if you take insurance? Are healthcare providers contacting you with referrals in hand? Don’t know where to start? In this newly-expanded version of her popular course, AIM’s insurance wiz will help you navigate the basics: types of insurances; HIPAA requirements; medical terminology; billing codes and forms; documenting SOAPs; and checking for coverage. Integrating insurance into your practice takes knowledge and patience, but the rewards are great. Help make massage available for those who otherwise would not be able to receive treatment. Bring a pencil and a sense of humor!

Christa M. Rodriguez, BS, LMT, is a 2006 AIM alumna and an instructor of both Professional Development and Swedish Massage at AIM. Dubbed the “Laughing Therapist” by her clients, Christa brings levity and thoughtfulness to courses that may otherwise seem nebulous. Her private practice focuses on treating clients who use medical insurance and personal injury protection insurance for accident or injury recovery.
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If you have enrolled in the Fascia Energetics Yang Line class and missed the Introduction weekend workshop on January 12-13, please plan to attend this free lecture covering introductory principles to this style of work. The lecture is open to the public for anyone interested in learning more about what Matthew has to offer.

Matthew Schulman has been a full time LMT since 2007 and has been training in Taoist martial arts since 2002. In addition to his training at AIM, Matthew learned the “old way” through apprenticeships and countless hours of study, practice, and meditation. He had the great opportunity to study closely with Paul Grilley who introduced him to many of the ideas and research that form the basis of this work. Fascia Energetics has come about as the result of these 16 years of learning and growth. It is Matthew’s hope to add this drop of knowledge to the bodywork field, helping it to grow and be accepted as the deep path for healing that it truly is.
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In this class we will cover the Dense Connective Tissue lines that make up the Yang Tissue Pathways in the body. These are dense CT lines that go from the head all the way to the feet and form the basis of our posture and Yang Chi circulation. The Yang Chi Pathways change slowly over time and symptoms don’t show up until significant shortening and misalignment has developed. These changes can be permanent without intentional correction and almost all chronic pain conditions arise from the changes in these pathways. Understanding and treating these changes allows for long term correction of Pelvic and Spinal alignment and Yang Chi circulation. This class draws heavily on MFR techniques and emphasizes treatment of the IT band, lower leg compartments, and paraspinal fascia.
This class is part of an ongoing series on Fascia Energetics. If you missed the Fascia Energetics Introduction weekend on January 12-13, 2019, please plan to attend Matthew’s free 3 hour lecture/introduction on March 8th from 6pm – 9pm.

Matthew Schulman has been a full time LMT since 2007 and has been training in Taoist martial arts since 2002. In addition to his training at AIM, Matthew learned the “old way” through apprenticeships and countless hours of study, practice, and meditation. He had the great opportunity to study closely with Paul Grilley who introduced him to many of the ideas and research that form the basis of this work. Fascia Energetics has come about as the result of these 16 years of learning and growth. It is Matthew’s hope to add this drop of knowledge to the bodywork field, helping it to grow and be accepted as the deep path for healing that it truly is.
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This class provides you with the sensitivity, awareness and palpation skills to engage the client’s physical and energetic body. Bridging the gap of the body and the mind, the physical and the emotions, and the conscious and the nervous system allows our work to go even more deeply within our clients and ourselves.
You Will Learn To:
· Develop more sensitivity in your hands and your whole body.
· Feel and follow the client’s inner and outer unwinding movements.
· Use specific techniques to bring balance to your client’s body: physically and energetically.
· Work distally from a point to release the body more fully.
· Barely move their body, yet release contractions deeply, easily, and with little effort.
This class can be the opening to a whole other world of subtle body therapy work. This course is NCBTMB approved.

Jim Berns, Ortho-Bionomy®–Registered Advanced Instructor, has taught internationally for over thirty years. He is coauthor of Ortho-Bionomy: A Practical Manual. Jim was trained by Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, the founder of Ortho-Bionomy®. A certified massage therapist since 1979, he was named 2013 Educator of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). Jim brings to his over three decades of teaching detailed information, a compassionate heart, and a unique sense of humor.
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SI joint dysfunction, often at the root of low back pain, is a subtle and complicated phenomena, often with no single solution to the puzzle. To be most effective, therapists need to pay close attention to clients’ sensations, emotions, behaviors, and responses to treatment, working dynamically with what arises.
In this weekend workshop for practicing Massage Therapists and Physical Therapists, the goal is to give participants a solid foundation from which to begin the lifelong learning process that comes with the assessment and treatment of SI joint dysfunction.
In this workshop, participants will:
• Practice distinguishing between SI joint dysfunction and other similar conditions of the low back
• Review the Anatomy of the SI joint and surrounding structures
• Analyze some of the most common mechanisms of SI joint dysfunction
• Practice palpation, gait analysis, functional analysis, verbal and visual assessment to identify SI joint dysfunction
• Refine touch sensitivity for awareness of alignment, spasm, inhibition, and return to function in response to treatment
• Practice proprioceptive stimulation for functional balancing, and muscle activation for stabilization
• Experience core activation and pelvic floor activation
• Learn take-home exercises for client self-care

Shari Sunshine was one of the original founders of Ashland Massage Institute and the creator of Syntropy Insight Bodywork. She has worked as a healer and teacher since graduating from McKinnon Institute in 1978, and has a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Shari is now the Wellness Director at Ratna Ling Retreat Center in Sonoma County. Visit Ratna Ling at: http://ratnaling.org.

Tobin Rangdrol began studying Syntropy Insight Bodywork from his mother, Shari Sunshine, in 1997, and graduated from the Lomi O’luea School of Traditional Hawaiian Massage in 2002. He developed Middleway Method over 14 years teaching at Arcata School of Massage, in response to the need for comprehensive wellness education beyond the field of massage and bodywork. He is now the Director of Middleway Method, and a Somatic Educator in Arcata, CA. Visit Middleway Method at https://middlewaymethod.com.
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Come join AIM’s Sports Massage instructor and an intimate group of students as we delve into the world of the athlete and Athletic Event Massage. Starting with a review of relevant anatomy and kinesiology, this class focuses primarily on the lower body. Students will discuss concepts and techniques of sports massage, learn an invaluable 30-Minute Leg Flush routine, and practice hands-on assessment and treatment of common athletic injuries such as plantar fasciitis, iliotibial band syndrome, muscle cramps, shin splints, and hamstring injuries. Participants will gain a stronger understanding of athletic injury treatment and how to help clients achieve their goals and excel in performance. Contact AIM for more information about this unusual opportunity to learn alongside our current students. 541-482-5134
Jon (Shaggy) McLaughlin, LMT, has been practicing massage in Ashland since 2010. An AIM alumnus and instructor, he provides sports massage and myofascial therapies to athletes in his office and at athletic events. Jon holds a BS in Outdoor Education. He teaches Adventure Kinesiology at Southern Oregon University. His passions reside in mountain biking, backcountry skiing, whitewater kayaking, canoeing and rafting. Jon is currently a member of the US Men’s Whitewater Raft Team – Masters Division and competes around the world with his team.
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This special stand-alone class continues with myofascial techniques that dramatically improve your ability to work with the ribcage and related structures such as the spine, diaphragm and mediastinum. Increase your effectiveness when working with back pain, rib pain and injuries, ligament and joint conditions, respiratory issues, surgery recovery, thoracic stability, scoliosis and postural issues, and movement limitations.Completion of either our “Rib I,” “Spine, Rib, & Low Back,” and/or “Scoliosis” courses (via seminar or DVD) is highly recommended (though not required) preparation for this course. All are welcome!
Offered in partnership with Til Luchau’s Advanced-Trainings.com, the Advanced Myofascial Techniques series presents practicing somatic therapists and qualified students with advanced and little-known myofascial techniques which can be easily incorporated into existing personal styles. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, the focus is on unusual, interesting, and fresh approaches that will both expand technique repertoire and inspire creativity and innovation. Potential topics include:
Specific techniques for common structural and functional complaints
Relieving pain, restoring lost function, and getting lasting results
Utilizing both active and passive movement to enhance effectiveness
Precision in working with specific tissue types and body layers
Combining indirect or subtle work with deep or direct work
Tracking subtle psychophysiological and nervous system responses
Ways to work sensitively, safely, and comfortably at very deep levels
If you have enjoyed MFR training at AIM or are ready to expand the therapeutic value of your work, this series of classes will be deeply satisfying. This season, we are fortunate to welcome Til Luchau himself to our school. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to learn from a true master!

Til Luchau, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, is a popular presenter and author of the bestselling Advanced Myofascial Techniques books. He is a former faculty member and Coordinator of the Rolf Institute Foundations of Rolfing Structural Integration program, as well as Adjunct Faculty in Naropa University’s graduate school of Somatic Psychology. His regular Myofascial Techniques column has appeared in Massage & Bodywork magazine since 2009, and his articles have been published in magazines and peer reviewed technical journals in Australia, Canada, Poland, Korea, Japan, the UK, and the USA. He directs and is a lead instructor for Advanced-Trainings.com. Til’s ability to connect interdisciplinary, big-picture ideas with practical, real-world applications has made his trainings and events popular worldwide.

Note: Registration for Advanced Myofascial Techniques seminars must be done through their website at advanced-trainings.com, and their early enrollment and cancellation policies shall apply. For details, visit advanced-trainings.com, email info@advanced-trainings.com, or call 877.499.8811. Participants may also contact AIM at 541-482-5134 further questions.
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Learn advanced myofascial and manual therapy techniques that dramatically improve your ability to work safely and effectively with scoliosis; movement restrictions of the trunk; as well as rib, spine, and thoracic pain (whether or not associated with scoliosis). The Scoliosis course is often referred to as the “culminating class” of the series, bringing together all the theoretical and practical aspects of the other courses in the Advanced Myofascial Techniques series. Completion of the “Spine, Ribs & Low Back” course (via DVD or seminar) is HIGHLY recommended, though not required.
Offered in partnership with Til Luchau’s Advanced-Trainings.com, the Advanced Myofascial Techniques series presents practicing somatic therapists and qualified students with advanced and little-known myofascial techniques which can be easily incorporated into existing personal styles. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, the focus is on unusual, interesting, and fresh approaches that will both expand technique repertoire and inspire creativity and innovation. Potential topics include:
Specific techniques for common structural and functional complaints
Relieving pain, restoring lost function, and getting lasting results
Utilizing both active and passive movement to enhance effectiveness
Precision in working with specific tissue types and body layers
Combining indirect or subtle work with deep or direct work
Tracking subtle psychophysiological and nervous system responses
Ways to work sensitively, safely, and comfortably at very deep levels
If you have enjoyed MFR training at AIM or are ready to expand the therapeutic value of your work, this series of classes will be deeply satisfying. This season, we are fortunate to welcome Til Luchau himself to our school. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to learn from a true master!

Til Luchau, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, is a popular presenter and author of the bestselling Advanced Myofascial Techniques books. He is a former faculty member and Coordinator of the Rolf Institute Foundations of Rolfing Structural Integration program, as well as Adjunct Faculty in Naropa University’s graduate school of Somatic Psychology. His regular Myofascial Techniques column has appeared in Massage & Bodywork magazine since 2009, and his articles have been published in magazines and peer reviewed technical journals in Australia, Canada, Poland, Korea, Japan, the UK, and the USA. He directs and is a lead instructor for Advanced-Trainings.com. Til’s ability to connect interdisciplinary, big-picture ideas with practical, real-world applications has made his trainings and events popular worldwide.

Note: Registration for Advanced Myofascial Techniques seminars must be done through their website at advanced-trainings.com, and their early enrollment and cancellation policies shall apply. For details, visit advanced-trainings.com, email info@advanced-trainings.com, or call 877.499.8811. Participants may also contact AIM at 541-482-5134 further questions.
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In this hands-on class we will be adding movement on the table as an additional tool to help our clients be more open, pain-free, and flexible. You will gain additional hands-on techniques and sensitivity to evaluate where deeper blockages are, use movements to release the blockages, fluidly connect parts up, integrate at a very deep level in the body, and have self care homework for your clients. This course is NCBTMB approved.

Jim Berns, Ortho-Bionomy®–Registered Advanced Instructor, has taught internationally for over thirty years. He is coauthor of Ortho-Bionomy: A Practical Manual. Jim was trained by Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, the founder of Ortho-Bionomy®. A certified massage therapist since 1979, he was named 2013 Educator of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). Jim brings to his over three decades of teaching detailed information, a compassionate heart, and a unique sense of humor.
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Regardless of the healing modalities you use, there is a way to bring the world of energy and consciousness into your touchwork. “When Structure Meets Energy” is a course series for bodyworkers who want to blend energetic principles and practices with their bodywork practice. It is also a course for practitioners of subtle energetic disciplines who wish to incorporate the physical body into their work. Participants will work in a non-modality-bound way with both the physical structure and the energy field of their treatment partners. This series is about integrating energy work and bodywork practices into what can be called “energy-active bodywork.”
In Connection: Where Body Meets Energy you will learn to work at the cusp of the body’s physical structures and the energy that moves through and around them. In the process, you will learn several safe, effective strategies both for connecting with your partner in touchwork and for connecting with your own energy field in practices for your personal development.

Jim Gilkeson has taught energy healing for 35 years. A former Harbin Hot Springs bodywork therapist, Jim has written two books on energy healing: A Pilgrim in Your Body: Energy Healing and Spiritual Process and Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth.
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If you have enrolled in the Fascia Energetics Head and Neck class and missed the Introduction weekend workshop on January 12-13, please plan to attend this free lecture covering introductory principles to this style of work. The lecture is open to the public for anyone interested in learning more about what Matthew has to offer.

Matthew Schulman has been a full time LMT since 2007 and has been training in Taoist martial arts since 2002. In addition to his training at AIM, Matthew learned the “old way” through apprenticeships and countless hours of study, practice, and meditation. He had the great opportunity to study closely with Paul Grilley who introduced him to many of the ideas and research that form the basis of this work. Fascia Energetics has come about as the result of these 16 years of learning and growth. It is Matthew’s hope to add this drop of knowledge to the bodywork field, helping it to grow and be accepted as the deep path for healing that it truly is.
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In this class we will continue with the Fascia Energetics approach to the Connective Tissue/Chi relationship, focusing now on calming the 3rd Dan Tien (Head/Brain) and descending Yang Chi through the Yang Fascial lines.Yang Chi can get stuck in the Head and Neck causing excessive mental activity, over sensitive nervous system, pain and tension in the neck/shoulders, Lower Dan Tien deficiency, and chronic disembodiment. We will cover practices and techniques for descending Yang Chi while addressing the entire Fascial/Muscular/Skeletal structure of the Head and Neck.
This class is part of an ongoing series on Fascia Energetics. If you missed the Fascia Energetics Introduction weekend on January 12-13, 2019, please plan to attend Matthew’s free 3 hour lecture/introduction on June 7th from 6pm – 9pm.

Matthew Schulman has been a full time LMT since 2007 and has been training in Taoist martial arts since 2002. In addition to his training at AIM, Matthew learned the “old way” through apprenticeships and countless hours of study, practice, and meditation. He had the great opportunity to study closely with Paul Grilley who introduced him to many of the ideas and research that form the basis of this work. Fascia Energetics has come about as the result of these 16 years of learning and growth. It is Matthew’s hope to add this drop of knowledge to the bodywork field, helping it to grow and be accepted as the deep path for healing that it truly is.
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Note: This course meets the 4 hour Professional Ethics, Communication and/or Boundaries requirement for Oregon LMT license renewal. You may enroll for the full 8 hours, or just the 4 hour morning session for $85 ($95 after June 6, 2019)
One of the most frequently asked questions in classes on touch and energy healing is about avoiding unwanted energy transfer from a client. In this course, we will explore safe, effective energy-based strategies for touch work that will help you both to avoid energetic problems and allow you to connect effectively with your partner. This course is a mixture of lecture, discussion and hands-on practice covering topics such as Sorting out Who’s Who; Sorting out your Intention; Containment; Attraction Points and Affinities; and the concept of Boundaries vs. Interface/Transition Zones. Recommended for massage and bodywork therapists, empaths, and subtle energy practitioners.

Jim Gilkeson has taught energy healing for 35 years. A former Harbin Hot Springs bodywork therapist, Jim has written two books on energy healing: A Pilgrim in Your Body: Energy Healing and Spiritual Process and Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth.
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The releases demonstrated in this class use osteopathic-based gentle body positions and movements to stimulate self-correcting reflexes within the muscles and nerves. This highly specific and structurally-oriented method can move the client out of pain and discomfort within ten to thirty seconds. This class focuses on releases for the neck; thoracic and lumbar spine; sacrum; iliac; and psoas muscles. THis course is NCBTMB approved.

Jim Berns, Ortho-Bionomy®–Registered Advanced Instructor, has taught internationally for over thirty years. He is coauthor of Ortho-Bionomy: A Practical Manual. Jim was trained by Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, the founder of Ortho-Bionomy®. A certified massage therapist since 1979, he was named 2013 Educator of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). Jim brings to his over three decades of teaching detailed information, a compassionate heart, and a unique sense of humor.
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