Energetic Approaches to Working With the Viscera

3-day workshop for all practioners

April 19 – 21, 2012 Ann Arbor

with

Gary Peterson

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The Polarity Center is honored to present Gary Peterson for its annual 2012 conference.

Date: April 19 – 21, 2012

Time: 9 am -5:30 pm daily

Location: Earhart Village Clubhouse, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Tuition: $400 (discounts for bringing table or early registration)

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Energetic Approaches to Working With the Viscera

 

Energetic work with the viscera involves a new level of skill development, which includes subtle palpation skills, expanded perceptual awareness and a further knowledge of anatomy, physiology and embryology.

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After getting an overview on basic Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy principles and skills, you’ll begin your exploration of the viscera from the perspective of Inherent Health rather than a pathology-based perspective.

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Guided by Inherent Health

Using Inherent Health as your guiding principle, you’ll discover and work with the motility (inner motion) of highlighted organs, as well as the organs’ “ways of being,” the expression of consciousness that emerges from the field of each organ as it develops embryologically.

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You’ll learn to identify inertial fulcrums (energy blocks) and to support the emergence of the client’s “inner physician” (Inherent Health) in bringing forth a treatment plan to help resolve those blocks.

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Over the three days we’ll work with key organs in each of the three main visceral cavities – pelvic, abdominal and thoracic.  We’ll do bodywork exchanges each of the three days.  Learning these unique visceral skills will expand your practice and mark a significant increase in your effectiveness with clients.

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Workshop Schedule

Day One:

• Biodynamic Principles and Skills: Introduction and / or Review
• The Reproductive System, which asks, “Have I been able to express my vitality and creativity?”

Day Two

• Digestive System Overview
• Digestive System Highlight: The Liver and Gall Bladder, which ask, “Have I felt and expressed empowerment in this life?”

Day Three

• Thoracic Overview
• Thoracic Highlight: The Heart, which asks,“Has my love been received? Have I been able to share my love, to give and receive, to find inter-relationship?”

Location and directions

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Directions to Earhart Village Clubhouse: From U.S. 23, exit at Geddes Rd. Go west 0.5 miles and turn right onto Earhart Rd. Travel about 0.5 miles and turn right onto Greenhills Dr. The clubhouse is on your left; park on the south side of the street if spots are not available next to clubhouse.

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Tuition and deadlines

• Tuition: $400. $100 non-refundable deposit required.
• Discounts: $25 if register by March 15 or $25 if bring a table. (Not both.) Limited to first 15-20 registrants.
• Early Registration Deadline: Save $25 if you register by March 15, 2012.
• Late Registration Deadline: April 1, 2012

Two ways to register and pay

1. Register using the application form at the bottom of this page and pay online with PayPal.
2. Download, print and fill out the application form. Mail the form and check to the Polarity Center. Download the application form here.

 

Mail check and application to:

Polarity Center

P.O. Box 345,

2531 Jackson Road,

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Or email the completed application to info AT polaritycenter DOT com.

Call Betty with questions at (313) 647-0038

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Birth Process Workshop also offered

April 14-16, 2012

Gary is also offering a Birth Process Workshop in Ann Arbor April 14-16, 2012. Click here to read about what a transformative healing experience a birth workshop is.

For more information or to register, contact: Linda Kurtz at (734) 769-4241 or lindakurtz@netzero.net

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About Gary Peterson

Gary Peterson is a Registered Craniosacral Therapist and Polarity Therapist who has been teaching and practicing energy therapies for over 30 years. Gary is an approved teacher with the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America, and teaches Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy trainings  at various locations around the United States.

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He also teaches workshops on birth imprinting, trauma and nervous system therapy, and his own work, called Settling Touch and Resource (STAR) Practices.

 

Gary studied craniosacral therapy with Franklyn Sills, a longtime teacher and practitioner of the “Breath of Life” model advanced by Dr. William Garner Sutherland.  Franklyn Sills is the  author of “The Polarity Process, of Craniosacral Biodynamics, Volumes 1 & 2,” and of “Being and Becoming.”

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Gary also studied Prenatal and Birth Therapy with Dr. Ray Castellino and works with babies, children and adults in private practice.  His clinical practice is inspired by his increasing desire to understand and work with the deep causes of suffering found in shock and trauma to the nervous system.

To further that intention, he founded the STAR (Settling Touch and Resource) Institute in 2008.

 

Gary’s first book, to be published in 2012, is entitled “Settling: Simple Ways to Calm Your Nervous System.”  This self-help manual gives everyone a simple set of skills for regulating their nervous systems in order to find greater balance and relaxation in living.  Gary and his wife Bonnie have three grown children and live in Longmont, Colorado.

Payment Options

Deposit $100.00 USD Full workshop tuition $400.00 USD Less early registration discount $375.00 USD Less table discount $375.00 USD