International Seminars
These seminars are open to qualified craniosacral therapists and cranial osteopaths (unless otherwise stated)
GUT INTELLIGENCE
NEAR GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
* APRIL 24TH-27TH 2025 *
WITH MICHAEL KERN B.C.S.T., D.O., A.B.D., N.D.
Teaching will be in English.
Topics explored will include:
- The gut brain
- Tuning into the abdomen
- The embryological unfoldment of the gut tube
- The stomach, liver, gall bladder and pancreas
- The small intestine and large intestine
- The role of the mesenteries
- Abdominal sympathetic ganglia
- Umbilical dynamics and birth ignition
- Polyvagal skills to settle the gut and brain
- Interoception and the brain
- Developing our gut instincts and subtle senses.
Course tutor:
Michael Kern is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Naturopath, who graduated from the College of Osteopaths in 1987. He has been teaching Craniosacral Therapy for 38 years and is a pioneering exponent of the biodynamic approach, running courses in the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic and China. 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 co-founder of the Breath of Life Conferences, which are landmark events that have brought together pioneers, authors and teachers in the fields of craniosacral therapy, science and spirituality, trauma, embodiment and allied practices. Michael is also author of the visionary book ‘Wisdom In The Body – The Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health’, which is the first book to be published about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and is now in its third edition and translated into eleven languages. His other interests include travel and mountains. He spent a number of years in Asia studying with leading Buddhist teachers.
For bookings and further details:
FULL FOUNDATION TRAINING IN BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
IN SHANGHAI, CHINA
* FROM OCTOBER 2025 TO DECEMBER 2027 *
WITH MICHAEL KERN B.C.S.T., D.O., N.D., A.B.D., NICOLAJ JESPERSEN B.C.S.T AND DR. PAOLO CASARTELLI B.C.S.T., M.A., B.Sc., U.K.C.P.
OPEN TO ALL
Teaching will be in English and translated into Mandarin
SEMINAR ONE:
PRIMARY RESPIRATION, PRESENCE AND PERCEPTION
SEMINAR TWO:
LIFE AND MOTION – THE FLUID BODY AND POTENCY
SEMINAR THREE:
ENTERING THE HEART OF HEALING – STATES OF BALANCE
SEMINAR FOUR:
CRANIAL MOTILITY AND HEALTH – ORGANISING FORCES AND AUGMENTATION SKILLS
SEMINAR FIVE:
THE WHOLE IN THE PART – BIRTH PROCESS, THE SPHENO-BASILAR JUNCTION AND BEYOND
SEMINAR SIX:
SUPPORT AND BALANCE – THE AXIAL MIDLINE AND SPINAL DYNAMICS
SEMINAR SEVEN:
RETURN TO WHOLENESS – COHESION, INTEGRITY AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS
SEMINAR EIGHT:
THE SEAT OF THE SOUL – FLUID, POTENCY AND THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
SEMINAR NINE:
REFLECTIONS OF THE SELF – THE FACE AND EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
SEMINAR TEN:
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
SEMINAR ELEVEN:
OUT INTO THE WORLD – PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND COMPLETION
For further details and bookings, please contact:
THE BIODYNAMICS OF LIVING AND DYING
* NOVEMBER 20TH – 23RD 2025 *
WITH MICHAEL KERN B.C.S.T., D.O., A.B.D., N.D.
Teaching will be in English and translated into German
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.
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 is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Naturopath, who graduated from the College of Osteopaths in 1987. He has been teaching Craniosacral Therapy for 38 years and is a pioneering exponent of the biodynamic approach, running courses in the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic and China. 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 also is co-founder of the Breath of Life Conferences, which are landmark events bringing together pioneers, authors and teachers in the fields of craniosacral therapy, science and spirituality, trauma, embodiment and allied practices. In addition to teaching thousands of students, Michael has trained many other teachers in this field. He is also author of the visionary book ‘Wisdom In The Body – The Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health’, which is the first book to be published about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and is now in its third edition and translated into eleven languages.
For further details and bookings, please contact:
Weg Der Mitte,
Ahornstr. 18,
D-14163 Berlin-Zehlendorf,
Germany
Email: berlin@wegdermitte.de
Tel: +49-30-813 10 40
Website: https://www.wegdermitte.de
FULL FOUNDATION TRAINING IN BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
IN WARSAW, POLAND
* FROM FEBRUARY 2026 TO JANUARY 2028 *
WITH MICHAEL KERN B.C.S.T., D.O., N.D., DR. PAOLO CASARTELLI B.C.S.T., M.A., B.Sc., U.K.C.P. AND TEAM
OPEN TO ALL
Teaching will be in English and translated into Polish
For bookings and further details please contact:
ADVANCED SEMINAR
IN WARSAW, POLAND
* DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED *
WITH MICHAEL KERN B.C.S.T., D.O., N.D., A.B.D.,
Teaching will be in English and translated into Polish.
Course tutor:
Michael Kern is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Naturopath, who graduated from the College of Osteopaths in 1987. He has been teaching Craniosacral Therapy for 38 years and is a pioneering exponent of the biodynamic approach, running courses in the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic and China. 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 co-founder of the Breath of Life Conferences, which are landmark events that have brought together pioneers, authors and teachers in the fields of craniosacral therapy, science and spirituality, trauma, embodiment and allied practices. Michael is also author of the visionary book ‘Wisdom In The Body – The Craniosacral Approach To Essential Health’, which is the first book to be published about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and is now in its third edition and translated into eleven languages. His other interests include travel and mountains. He spent a number of years in Asia studying with leading Buddhist teachers.
For bookings and further details please contact:
Instytut Biodynamicznej Terapii Czaszkowo-Krzyżowej
Grażyny 13/15
Warsaw, Poland
https://cranio.edu.pl
Email: cranioedu@gmail.com
