Bodywork

CORE I INTENSIVE

with Noah Karrasch

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CORE I INTENSIVE (Coaxing Order, Restoring Ease)

The Power of Deep: a 20 hour class introduces the philosophy of CORE work, sharpens assessment skills, discusses in depth psoas muscle with palpation, works with Noah's Muscle Roadmap model, creates stretching cues for client and practitioner, talks about the quality of integration in bodywork sessions, and provides opportunities for practice both in partnerships and with outside models (you may bring a model at no extra cost). Student will learn a CORE recipe for one-hour session. Note: This class includes elements of several 6 hr classes: Psoas, Top Ten Hot Spots, Muscle Roadmaps, Stretching. Some information will seem old to you if you have taken these classes.

Noah has developed CORE Bodywork as a natural evolution from his training at the Rolf Institute in 1984--86, coupled with the clients, challenges and trainings he has since pursued. The basic series of Ida Rolf is usually performed in 10 sessions and is focused on achieving release of layers of connective tissue in specific sequence--early work is superficial, middle work is deep and final work is integrative. Noah honors and respects and still uses this recipe for clients who want the total Rolf experience but has developed his own 5 series recipe which he believes gives clients good value as well as lots of personal growth.

While it is useful to perform only one session of CORE Bodywork on a client if there are time or financial constraints, generally the work is initiated by a series of 5 sessions with specific goals for each session. The overall goals--for a session or a series--are to touch and soften the core, the place deep within each of us where we hold on to all of life's challenges, disappointments, and traumae. In the model of CORE Bodywork, this is the primary way to overall health. We--client and practitioner in relationship--challenge the core to soften, to release connective tissue holding patterns, and to integrate the changes into the bodymind of the client. Verbal skills from the practitioner are sometimes as important as the body work skills, as we are asking clients to examine old ways of being and see what may be appropriate to change.

The connective tissue layers of the body can best be explained by using several different images: First, imagine that the body is wearing five wetsuits and the third one down is too tight and on crooked. Our job becomes to try to stretch and straighten that layer. Second, visualize a sponge. If all the air bubbles contained muscle tissue, the sponge tissue itself is the too dry and too tight connective tissue. Further, imagine a three-dimensional crocheted wetsuit--any place that you touch the wetsuit will stretch and stress the rest of the suit. Finally, see an orange where all the pulp has been removed yet all the segment skins are intact. These images taken together give an idea of what connective tissue is like. It is our job to stretch, realign and integrate this connective tissue into the most effective and appropriate configuration possible.

Venue: Sue Lincoln School of Holistic Therapies, Evron Centre, John Street, Filey North Yorkshire, YO14 9DW
E-mail: info@suelincoln.co.uk; www.suelincoln.co.uk

Tel: 01723 518048, 07984594532

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