Advanced Myofascial at the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts

ADVANCED MYOFASCIAL TECHNIQUES

Advanced Myofascial Techniques and Certification Program
“The Advanced Myofascial training brought another dimension to my work and how I approach bodies.” Bernard Treynet

“I found this Advanced Myofascial course thoroughly informative, innovative and inspiring. This course has expanded and deepened my massage practice and I plan to take all the courses in the future.” Preston Miller

“I highly recommend the Advanced Myofascial workshops. You will leave this class with information to churn into knowing that will elevate your abilities to effect long term change in clients.” Philip Kessler

“The Advanced Myofascial training helped me to target specific problems and correct them in a single session.” Ashley Markus

These courses are part of an ongoing series of seminars presenting advanced and little-known myofascial techniques that can be incorporated easily into existing personal bodywork styles. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, the focus is on unusual, interesting and fresh approaches that will expand your technique repertoire and inspire innovation. Classes include demos, individualized hands-on supervision, and the use of state-of-the-art instructional materials. You will receive a detailed course manual/organizer with photos of the techniques covered. More information about the instructor and the advanced myofascial techniques training program is available online at www.advanced-trainings.com

| 2008 Courses |

Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Spine, Ribs, & Lower Back
Jill Gerber, LMT, Advanced Rolfer

Sat. July 12, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM and Sun. July 13, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

14 CE Hours for Massage Therapists
$290 full tuition or $250 when paid in full by June 27

Audience: Professional bodyworkers who have a minimum of 250 hours of training

Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Arm, Wrist & Shoulder
Jill Gerber, LMT, Advanced Rolfer

Sat. April 19, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM and Sun. April 20, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

14 CE Hours for Massage Therapists
$290 full tuition or $250 when paid in full by April 4

Audience: Professional bodyworkers who have a minimum of 250 hours of training

Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Neck & Head
Jill Gerber, LMT, Advanced Rolfer

Fri. October 3, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM

7 CE Hours for Massage Therapists
$150 full tuition or $135 when paid in full by September 19

Audience: Professional bodyworkers who have a minimum of 250 hours of training

Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Whiplash
Til Luchau, Advanced Rolfer
Jill Gerber, LMT, Advanced Rolfer

Sat. October 4, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM and Sun. October 5, 9:30AM - 4:00PM

14 CE Hours for Massage Therapists
$290 full tuition or $250 when paid in full by September 19

Audience: Professional bodyworkers who have a minimum of 250 hours of training

NOTE: The Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Neck & Head and Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Whiplash are encouraged to be taken together as a 3-day workshop:
21 CE Hours for Massage Therapists
$420 full tuition or $380 when paid in full by September 19

Advanced Myofascial Seminars offers a $25 certificate rebate on any of the following classes once you have completed the 5-course certification.

NMAHA is also offering: When you sign up with a friend, you and your friend will receive a $40 discount towards that class or a future class.

Scoliosis Part I | 14 CE hours |
April 19-20 |

Pelvis, Hip & Sacrum Parts I & II | 14 CE hours |
July 12-13 |

Whiplash Parts I & II | 14 CE hours |
December 6-7 |
Join Certified Advanced Rolfer® Larry Koliha for a special 2-day Whiplash seminar. This new course in the popular Advanced Myofascial Techniques series teaches highly effective structural and neurological tools for working with whiplash and associated traumas.
Prerequisite: "Adv Myofascial Techniques: Neck I and II" Workshop (in person or via DVD study) is HIGHLY recommended. Contact Advanced-Trainings.com (infor@advanced-trainings.com) for schedule or to order "Neck I and II" DVDs at a discount.

All Classes Sat 9:30 am-5 pm & Sun 9:30 am-4pm
$280/$240 when paid in full 3 weeks ahead

Demos, individualized hands-on supervision and state-of-the-art instructional materials are used in class. Participants receive a detailed course manual/organizer with photos of techniques covered. Potential topics:

• Specific techniques for common structural & functional complaints
• Relieving pain, restoring lost function, and getting lasting results
• Utilizing both active and passive movement to enhance effectiveness
• Precision in working with specific tissue types and body layers
• Combining indirect or subtle work with deep or direct work
• Ways to work sensitively, safely, and comfortably at very deep levels

The workshop series presents a flexible and comprehensive system for working with the body in its entirety, encompassing over 20 session sequences and 200 techniques, tests, and procedures.

Workshops may also be taken individually, or combined in any order. Courses are offered in formats ranging from 3 hours to 5 days, with the 2-day intensive being the most common.

Prerequisite: This course is for trained practitioners (ie, physical therapists, bodyworkers, rolfers, chiropractors, structural integration practitioners, massage therapists, neuro-muscular therapists & other somatic practitioners). Students of these disciplines with at least 250 hours of training and/or instructor approval may also be accepted.

For more information on Advanced Myofascial, visit Advanced-Trainings.com.

To read an article on Rolfing by James Beach, please click Rolfing Article.

Til Luchau, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, Director of Advanced-Trainings.com®

Til is a therapist and coach with extensive experience in process work, individual and organizational wellness, conflict resolution, collaborative practices, and cutting-edge training methods. Til is a faculty member and coordinator of the Rolf Institute’s Foundations of Somatic Practice program, and the originator of skillful touch bodywork. Formerly a resident practitioner at the Esalen Institute, chair of the Rolf Institute’s Teacher Training Committee, and adjunct faculty of Naropa University’s Somatic Psychology Department, Til has trained thousands of practitioners in his popular courses at schools and centers in over a dozen countries on five continents.

Larry Koliha Certified Rolfer®
As an instructor of Advanced Myofascial Techniques, Larry has an extremely clear, knowledgeable, and good-natured teaching style that delights his students. Having a talent for seeing how parts work together, Larry formerly worked in the field of mechanical analysis; combined with his emphases on sustainable body use, sensitive touch, and appropriate pacing, Larry practices in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Jeffrey Thompson
Education Director
NM Academy of Healing Arts
(505) 982-6271 xt. 223
education@nmhealingarts.org