Course Overview
This weekend-long immersive training is available to EVERYONE, regardless of experience level.
Over the course of two and a half days, you’ll learn…
A mat-based bodywork sequence that can be performed as soon as you return to your practice (and can easily be adapted to a table)
How you can expand your service offerings with a safe, movement-oriented, and very effective new 90-minute session
The fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, and working with active and passive stretches
A basic understanding of the functional anatomy and trigger point effects of our movement-based clinical work
How we apply these techniques to real pain cases in clinical practice
A peek into the fundamentals of the Coaching The Body™ method
You’ll also receive 24/7 streaming access to an online version of the course—including all lectures and demos before and after class—which will be yours to keep forever.
This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. Students will be amazed at what they learn in a weekend as we teach the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with active and passive stretches, a key set of techniques based on Thai massage, an intro to concepts of clinical work, trigger point concepts, and much more!
An immersive weekend intro to clinically-oriented mat-based bodywork and the Coaching The Body® system, this intensive 2.5 day training is suitable for new students, or practitioners seeking an alternative modality. Students will learn a valuable 1.5-hour professional sequence that can immediately be put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is to instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this highly effective modality.
The techniques that we teach in Fundamentals are simply a reduced set -- they are not "beginner" in the sense that they are sophisticated and powerful techniques that the student will continue to master through practice. These are techniques that the therapist will use throughout their bodywork career. We teach basic principles of western muscular anatomy, trigger point therapy and patterns of 'referred' pain to provide the student with a much deeper diagnostic framework for actual client issues.
We present the basic ideas behind our Coaching the Body® protocols, a powerful therapeutic system that is explored more fully in advanced courses.
We place a strong emphasis upon body mechanics and practicing bodywork in a sustainable way. Many western practitioners experience symptoms of occupational disability in hands, shoulders and arms due to reliance upon muscular strength and a failure to understand the power of working from the core. We use martial arts and yoga principles to teach the student how to move in an efficient, elegant and powerful way. With strong fundamentals, Coaching The Body® can be not only safe but beneficial for the practitioner, and will provide a deeply satisfying career that lasts many decades.
Along with the in-person course, you will receive an online course that will take you through the techniques you learned in class, breaking down the sequences from a more clinical lens. This course provides the student with a 17-hour certificate upon successful completion, and is approved by NCBTMB for continuing education in massage. To register, please email Jill at wellnessbyjillstl@gmail.com.
LINK TO OUR FULL COACHING THE BODY PROGRAM HERE:
https://coachingthebody.com
