DSW Services: Ortho-Bionomy - Learn it. Practice it. Live it.
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Postural Re-education
with Morel Stackhouse
Friday, August 15th
10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Posture is how we live in our bodies - the sum total of everything that has happened during our lives and how we felt about it. In addition, our posture holds the potential for everything we can become. These habits of use have a profound affect on patterns of musculoskeletal tension within the body. In this class we will explore various postural patterns and their affect on spinal balance. You will learn techniques and exercises for promoting balanced posture within your own body, as well as for working with clients. Also, techniques for working with spinal curvatures and scoliosis.
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I have lived with neck pain for years. After a round of sessions of Ortho-Bionomy, and doing the exercises my therapist suggested, I am pain free the majority of the time. I did not know that was possible. I look forward to continued progress.
~ D.S.
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The following upcoming classes are available for registration.
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Postural Re-education with Morel Stackhouse
Friday, August 15th, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuition: $185, $155 before July 10th, 8 Ortho-Bionomy units, 6 NCBTMB
No Prerequisites for this workshop
Posture is how we live in our bodies - the sum total of everything that has happened during our lives and how we felt about it. In addition, our posture holds the potential for everything we can become. These habits of use have a profound affect on patterns of musculoskeletal tension within the body. In this class we will explore various postural patterns and their affect on spinal balance. You will learn techniques and exercises for promoting balanced posture within your own body, as well as for working with clients. You will also learn techniques for working with spinal curvatures and scoliosis.
"If you don’t work with your client’s posture, they will never get better."
~ Arthur Lincoln Pauls, D.O., Founder of Ortho-Bionomy
Phase 5 & 6, Part One with Morel Stackhouse
Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August 17th, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuition: $335, $285 before July 10th, 16 Ortho-Bionomy units, 14 NCBTMB
Prerequisites: One Phase 4 class for this workshop
*Phase 5 & 6 Part Two will occur in 2009
The focus of Phase Five is to move to a more subtle level of awareness of the practice and principle of Ortho-Bionomy. Specific techniques develop and increase the student's understanding and proprioceptive sensitivity to the self-corrective movements initiated by the client. Through the practice of observing, following and supporting subtle movement patterns, muscular tension is released, range of motion is increased and pain is reduced. In Phase Five, students are encouraged to do less and let the client be the guide for his/her exploration of change. Phase Six is designed to help participants access and track sensation and energetic perception in themselves and in their clients, and to learn how to make contact without necessarily engaging physically. Techniques will be presented that monitor and acknowledge the inter-relationship between energetic, emotional and physical levels and that demonstrate how energetic shifts can affect changes in physical patterns.
Blending OB and Massage with Jim Berns
Friday, October 17th
Tuition: $185, $155 before September 10th
A class to help you blend Ortho-Bionomy into your massage client sessions.
Phase 4 Extremities with Jim Berns, Co-teach with Stephanie Smart
Saturday, October 18th and Sunday, October 19th
Tuition: $335, $285 before September 10th
Ortho-Bionomy classes teach us the tools to evaluate what the body needs in order to release its constrictions and holding patterns. Developed by an Osteopath, it uses scientific understanding of how muscles self correct with their relationship to bones. Ortho-Bionomy allows the body to bring itself back into balance within 10-40 seconds. No more strain on your body to help others out of pain. The class puts all this into a working technique that is fun and easy to learn. The focus will be on the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, femurs, knees, ankles, and feet.
Save the Date for our 2009 Schedule
February 6, 2009, Ortho-Bionomy for Animals with Terri Lee
February 7-8, 2009, Phase 4 Spine and Pelvis with Stephanie Smart
May 15, 2009, Post Techniques with Morel Stackhouse
May 16-17, 2009, Phase 5 & 6, Part 2 with Morel Stackhouse
August 14, 2009, Lymphatic Self Care with Liz Olivas
August 15-16, 2009, Lymphatics with Liz Olivas
October 9, 2009, Phase 4 with Christina Lynn
October 10-11, 2009, Isometrics & Isotonics with Christina Lynn
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Ortho-Bionomy International Conference
November 6-9, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Various Instructors
Go to www.ortho-bionomy.org to register.
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Return your Registration Form & Payment to:
Keri Brown, DSW Services
5335 N. Tacoma Ave., Ste 21A
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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Registration packets will be sent with information on lodging, directions and general information to make your class experience an enjoyable one. There are several hotels within 5 miles of class as well as a cozy hostel.
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In the event that you are unable to come to class, a cancellation fee of $50 will be deducted from your refund check if your cancel 15 days prior to class. After this time, we are unable to provide a refund due to instructor fees and travel costs.
   For more information please contact info@dswservices.com or speak with Keri Brown at
(317) 446-1559 and Danyell Wiley at (317) 441-4119.