Continuing Education

Are you drawn toward more subtle body work? Does your body and energy like quiet as well as more physical work? This course provides you with the sensitivity, awareness, and palpation skills to engage both 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 even deeper work within our clients and ourselves. Develop greater sensitivity in your hands and body while helping your clients unwind their deeper patterns through a subtler level of work.

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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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 to 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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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 touchwork 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.

Note: This course meets the 4-hour Ethics/Communication 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 July 30, 2018).

Jim Gilkeson has taught energy healing for thirty-five years. A former Harbin Hot Springs bodywork therapist, Jim has written two books on energy healing: A Pilgrim in Your Body: Energy Healing & Spiritual Process and Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth.
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In Part I of the newest addition to our popular Advanced Myofascial Techniques series, you’ll learn hands-on advanced myofascial techniques that dramatically improve your ability to work with the rib cage and related structures such as the spine, diaphragm and mediastinum. Part I will increase your effectiveness when working with rib pain and injuries, ligament and joint conditions, respiratory issues, surgery recovery, thoracic stability, postural issues, and movement limitations. Offered in partnership with Til Luchau, this popular series of seminars presents advanced and little-known myofascial techniques that can be easily incorporated into existing personal styles. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, the classes inspire creativity and innovation around the goal of creating long-lasting structural change. 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

Bruce Nelsonis a Certified Rolfer™, a Berry Method® Practitioner, a Reiki Master, is Level II Certified in Advanced Myofascial Techniques, and is a Lead Instructor for the Advanced Myofascial Techniques series. Bruce is known for a keen focus on overall wellness, and for his clear, compassionate, and community-minded teaching style. As a person, practitioner and teacher, he describes himself as a “holistic adventure-seeking student of the world.” He lives and practices in the greater Anchorage, Alaska area. Register

Dramatically improve your skills for relieving chronic back pain and spinal fixations, easing diaphragm and rib issues, increasing spina mobility, and more. Offered in partnership with Til Luchau, this popular series of seminars presents advanced and little-known myofascial techniques that can be easily incorporated into existing personal styles. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, the classes inspire creativity and innovation around the goal of creating long-lasting structural change. 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.

Bruce Nelsonis a Certified Rolfer™, a Berry Method® Practitioner, a Reiki Master, is Level II Certified in Advanced Myofascial Techniques, and is a Lead Instructor for the Advanced Myofascial Techniques series. Bruce is known for a keen focus on overall wellness, and for his clear, compassionate, and community-minded teaching style. As a person, practitioner and teacher, he describes himself as a “holistic adventure-seeking student of the world.” He lives and practices in the greater Anchorage, Alaska area. Register

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 shoulders, scapula, elbows, wrists, clavicle, and all the bones of the hand. This work is amazingly effective yet gentle, and easy on your body.

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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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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