Ortho-Bionomy Phase Four Workshop

Ortho-Bionomy® Basics

Reminding the Body of Its Natural Ability to Heal

 

Hello, Larisa here. :) Just a quick note to say I enthusiastically recommend this training and am personally responsible for bringing Sara to town to provide this workshop. If you have any questions, please contact me directly.

“I was delighted to be in Sara’s classroom. As an Advanced Instructor, I felt that she was being Ortho-Bionomy as well as teaching it.

Her language, demonstrations, and attention to the students created focus and respect, as well as that light-hearted spirit and magic we associate with Ortho-Bionomy.

The students resonated with it and got it. Her wacky sense of humor allowed all of us to lighten up.” – Jim Berns, Registered Ortho-Bionomy Advanced Instructor

In this 18-hour Basics seminar you will learn:

  • hands-on techniques to assess, relax, release, and re-educate the body, joint by joint (spine, pelvis, ribs, shoulders, limbs).
  • a compassionate, affirming way to connect with another (and yourself).
  • history, philosophy and concepts underlying the techniques.

A gentle, profound approach to healing that everyone can learn, by the end of this seminar you will be able to put your new skills into practical use to help ease the pain and stress of those you love!

This course is for you if:

  • someone you love is experiencing chronic pain and you want to improve your hands-on ability to help them feel better.
  • you are sick of approaches that only treat the symptom or that cover up/mask the pain.
  • you are looking for a holistic approach to pain; one that honors the body’s natural healing abilities.
  • you want to learn some simple, immediately applicable techniques to help yourself, your loved ones and/or your clients.
  • you hold the belief that healing comes from within and want to learn more about the body’s healing processes.
  • you work in a healing profession and want simple techniques that work and are easy on your own body.

About Ortho-Bionomy:

Ortho-Bionomy® is easy to learn, easy on your body, gentle for the person receiving it, and highly effective.

Ortho-Bionomy quickly restores ease, flexibility, coherence, function, and deep peace to the body – its individual parts as well as its entire synergistic whole.

With roots in osteopathy and martial arts, Ortho-Bionomy follows your body’s movements to create greater comfort and stimulate your innate self-healing reflexes.

Ortho-Bionomy provides relief for a wide range of concerns–from general stress, tensions, headaches and sprains, to injuries, chronic conditions and trauma.

Ortho-Bionomy re-educates the body to allow you to move with respect to your natural sense of well being, without effort.

This weekend workshop will consist of techniques and exercises that are:

  • Safe and gentle
  • Easy to do
  • Deeply calming
  • Simple yet very effective

Meet your instructor!

Sara Sunstein, M.A., Registered Instructor of Ortho-Bionomy

The human body—our abilities to adapt, heal, sense, and know by sensing—creates unceasing awe and delight for me. With 30 years of practice and teaching, I’ve learned that bodies are eager to heal; given a nudge in the right direction they’re off and running. It’s an honor and a joy to facilitate such a process.

After Ortho-Bionomy® healed a serious injury, I became an Ortho-Bionomy Practitioner and then an Instructor in 1985.

I feel fortunate to include Ortho-Bionomy founder, Arthur L. Pauls, D.O., and somatic pioneers Peter Levine, Ph.D., (physiology of trauma) and Don Hanlon Johnson, Ph.D. (body-based psychology) among my teachers.

While studies in bodywork and body-based psychology provide the basis of my work, my love of Nature, art, and Buddhist dharma contribute their particular flavors to my practice. Presence, compassion, and playfulness are integral to my work—and life.

All the details:

Dates: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 8, 9, and 10, 2011
Times: Friday – 7-9pm; Saturday/Sunday – 9:30am – 5:30pm
Location: Motion Massage Studio, 1829 NE Alberta St. Suite 12, Portland, OR 97211
Pre-requisites: None – this workshop is geared to all levels of experience, from the complete beginner to the health professional.
Tuition: $375. $25 discount given to members of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy who are repeating this class.

Note: If you would prefer to pay your tuition in two equal payments, please contact Larisa directly.

*Continuing Education Units (18) available to Licensed Massage Therapists and students of Ortho-Bionomy. Everyone will receive a certificate of participation as proof of their attendance.

Ok, I want in. What do I do now?

1) Enclose your full tuition in the form of a check or a money order, payable to Larisa Koehn, and send to:

Include your full name, address, email and phone number. And, please send me an email letting me know your check is on its way. Thank you. :)

2) If you prefer to pay by credit card, simply click the button below. Then email me at larisa (at) larisakoehn (dot) com with your name, address, and phone number.

3) I will let you know by email once I have received your tuition and personal information.

4) A couple of weeks prior to the workshop, you will receive a confirmation letter which will include all the details, a schedule of events, and lodging/food information for those of you traveling from out-of-town.

It’s that simple, folks. I can’t wait to see you here in beautiful Portland!

The fine print:

• Your tuition (minus a $50 handling fee) is fully refundable until March 1st, 2011.
• After March 1st, we are unable to refund your tuition. If you are able to find someone to take your place, we will happily transfer your tuition to that person.
• In the event of the workshop being canceled due to some unexpected occurrence on the part of Sara Sunstein or myself, your tuition will be refunded in full.