The Biodynamics of Living and Dying
Further Courses and Continuing Professional Development
- Further Courses Overview
- CO-BODYING THROUGH RESONANCE AND RHYTHMICITY – IN PERSON OR ONLINE
with Dr. Jim Feil
Specialized formative skills for therapeutic ‘co-bodying’. Open to all Craniosacral and somatic practitioners.
May 16th-19th 2024 - WORKING WITH BABIES AND MOTHERS – IN PERSON OR ONLINE
with Ian Wright BSc.(Ost) and Mary Bolingbroke BSc.(Ost)
A very practical four-day workshop to equip Craniosacral practitioners to effectively work with babies, mothers and pregnancy in clinical practice.
September 26th-29th 2024 - EMERGENCY FIRST AID AT WORK
with Damon Birch
Practical course with certificate. Saturday October 19th 2024 - THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS: BUILDING A THRIVING PRACTICE – IN PERSON OR ONLINE
with Annie Marie Porter M.OST, DO, ND
A one-day course to transform your business practices and personal development. Open to all.
Sunday October 27th 2024 - THE BIODYNAMICS OF LIVING AND DYING – IN PERSON OR ONLINE
with Michael Kern B.C.S.T., D.O., N.D.
A four-day advanced course exploring clinical skills to help with life transitions, grieving and letting go.
November 28th – December 1st 2024 - THE EMBRYO IN US – IN PERSON OR ONLINE
with Dr. Jaap van der Wal
This renowned seminar offers a spiritual view of embryology with a phenomenological approach. Open to all.
March 6th-9th 2025
- CO-BODYING THROUGH RESONANCE AND RHYTHMICITY – IN PERSON OR ONLINE
THE BIODYNAMICS OF LIVING AND DYING
IN PERSON OR ONLINE
* NOVEMBER 28TH – DECEMBER 1ST 2024 *
WITH MICHAEL KERN B.C.S.T., D.O., A.B.D., N.D.
This four-day advanced course will explore clinical skills to help with life transitions, grieving and letting go. We will develop skills to work with the elderly and chronically ill, and find ways to support the process of dying as well as those who are left behind. This workshop will provide Craniosacral practitioners with the opportunity to gain confidence and develop life-enhancing skills to support clients at these critical times.
This seminar can be attended in London or online. Online participants are able to participate in all practice sessions, and receive full support. Video recordings will be available for review.
Topics include:
* Endings and transitions
* End of life care: chronic illness, palliative care
* The stages of death and dying – the work of Elizabeth Kübler Ross, Tibetan perspectives
* Completing unfinished business – reducing fear, fulfilling wishes, creating a will for dying
* The ‘Bardos’ and ritual practices
* Facing death and appreciating life
* Death as an ignition process – orienting to the heart, long tide and love; love breathing us
* Deconstruction of a solid self – exploring the interchange between the fluid body, tidal body and dynamic stillness
* The wholistic shift, stillpoints and letting go
* Developing transparency to the motion of creation
* Going out with the Tide – entering the void
* Working with the “silent partner’ and another pair of hands
* Bereavement and grief – revisiting the 3rd ventricle
* Supporting the vagus nerve and vagal brake
* Finding meaning in the face of adversity.
Course tutor:
Michael Kern graduated from the College of Osteopaths in 1987, and is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Naturopath with a practice in London. He has been teaching Craniosacral Therapy for more than 35 years and is a leading international exponent of the biodynamic approach, regularly running courses in the United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, China, Ukraine and Russia. He is founder of the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust, and was a senior tutor for the College of Osteopaths, International Cranial Association, Centre for Professional Development in Osteopathy and University of Westminster. He is also author of the visionary book ‘Wisdom In The Body – The Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health’, now available in its 3rd edition and translated into ten languages.
Venue and times:
Skylight Centre, 49 Corsica Street, London N5 1JT. Nearest station: Highbury and Islington (Victoria Line and Mainline). Or online.
Times are 10.00am-6.00pm on the first day, 9.30am-6.00pm on the second + third days, 9.30am-4.30pm on the last day.
Cost:
£450 if payment is received by 14th October 2024, or £475 if received after this date. All fees are non-refundable. Contact our administrator for payment details.