This course is for anyone who is a healthcare practitioner such as an osteopathic practitioner, chiropractor, physiotherapist, massage therapist, athletic therapist etc.

This course is also open to wellness providers such as yoga/pilates instructors who have an established knowledge base of anatomy.

This course is also open to students in the healing modalities!

This course is designed with the understanding that each student is proficient in human anatomy, so please ensure you feel comfortable using and discussing anatomical terms.

The in person class will be largely workshop based and focused around hands on treatment.

I've created two separate courses for two separate purposes.

The online course is to help give anyone, no matter where they live, a better understanding of how emotions impact anatomy, the clinical significance of this and ways we can address and treat these impacts.

The in-person intensive class is a hands on workshop where we will be working in small groups focusing on assessment and treatment principles and skills. The online course will compliment this in-person intensive but there will not be significant overlap in terms of materials covered.

If you can only make one course that's ok - both options will be complete programs with their own take-aways.

With over 13 years experience in manual therapy, and over 25,000 osteopathic treatments under my belt I have learned so much from the humans I have worked with over the years.

My patients are my greatest teachers - and through my years of practice many of them have taught me so much about how they move and exist in the world. When I could no longer ignore how profoundly emotions had impacted many of my patients in their journey and healing I knew this was an area I needed to grow in.

I have spent the past decade refining my understanding of the human body, anatomy and emotional processing - both physically and emotionally. I have also been guided by incredible mentors over the years from renowned Osteopathic Physicians to incredibly gifted traditional healers, wisdom keepers and elders.

This has made an immense difference in my practice and I hope it can do the same for you too. 

It depends what "science" you subscribe to 😉.

There continues to be fascinating peer-reviewed studies emerging in this area however there is still a lot of uncharted territory in understanding how emotions impact anatomy and physiology.

That being said, many of the foundational concepts for this course come from both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine. Both of these medicines have been in existence for thousands of years and although they may not have the most robust peer reviewed studies to back every facet I do believe centuries of experiential learning counts for something.

My focus in this course to bring a better understanding of how anatomy and physiology can be influenced by emotional states and I will be using an array of sources including my own clinical and anecdotal experience, peer reviewed studies as well as foundational wisdoms from traditional medicines.

Yes, yes, and yes!

There are many kinds of energy in this reality and we are going to discuss both physical energy (ie, motion, motility, contraction) as well as some of the less tangible energy. For example, someone's emotional state can "change the energy" in a room - we are going to discuss in more depth how those energy shifts impacts the physical body. 

If this is a newer concept for you I'd ask that you come with an open mind. I'm not here to convince anyone that my way of thinking is right. I am here to share different ways of thinking and understanding our role as health care practitioners so we can continue to expand in ou.