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 | 2010 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Inductee |
Rick Rosen is founder and co-director of the Body Therapy Institute, in Siler City, NC. He has a master's degree in psychology from West Georgia College, has earned certifications in Structural Integration and Hakomi Therapy, and is a NC Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist (#1). Rick trained directly with Ron Kurtz, the founder of Hakomi Therapy, and has worked over the past 30 years to integrate the principles of body-centered psychotherapy into massage therapy education and practice. He is a 2010 inductee into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame.
Core Somatic Functions: Keys to Accessing the Mind-Body Relationship
2 CE Contact Hours
As massage and bodywork therapists, our starting point is the physical body, which is the tangible expression of our mind and emotions. The unique ways in which we have responded to the challenges, traumas and successes throughout our cumulative history are literally "encoded" in the body as patterns. These experiences can be found in the form of muscular tension and energetic holding, qualities of sensation, and the characteristic ways we move and interact with the world around us.
Although these full-body patterns reside at the level of the unconscious, they may be readily accessed through what may be called our core somatic functions -- which include the breath cycle, relationship to center, our connection to ground, and the ways in which we contact the world around us. Individually and collectively, these core functions regulate both physiology and psychology, and powerfully influence our state of well-being.
The workshop will introduce you to these core somatic functions, through self-assessment and experiential exercises in small groups. Massage tables are not required.
Although these full-body patterns reside at the level of the unconscious, they may be readily accessed through what may be called our core somatic functions -- which include the breath cycle, relationship to center, our connection to ground, and the ways in which we contact the world around us. Individually and collectively, these core functions regulate both physiology and psychology, and powerfully influence our state of well-being.
The workshop will introduce you to these core somatic functions, through self-assessment and experiential exercises in small groups. Massage tables are not required.
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