Anatomy & Physiology for Energy Workers

Discover the science behind how we 'feel what we feel' and why this can help you be a more empathic healer, body-worker, psychotherapist, homeopath, yoga teacher or similar, in this 6-week livestream course. 

Raising body awareness and understanding your own sensations helps you to recognise the subtle and non-verbal communication that happens when working with clients. This online course will bring a new level of expertise to enrich your personal and professional practise.

This online course includes:

• Looking at what muscle memory is and how it holds life stories
• Finding out if gut instinct is 'real' or imagined
• Learning how mirror neuron nerves enable us to feel empathy
• Discovering ways to restore balance for yourself and others
• Learning how to use your body as a barometer of communication
• Finding ways to centre yourself using your skeleton
• Discovering connections between the body and the natural world

Understanding anatomy and physiology can clarify your intention when working with the body. It also helps to reframe distorted body perceptions so that they become more aligned with reality - a healing in itself. We begin with an orientation around the body to get a holistic perspective. As well as considering similarities between the body and planet earth e.g. bones of the body and stones of the earth.

To place the above topics within a context we look primarily at the nervous system - the system of sensation. Aspects of the muscular, skeletal, digestive and endocrine systems will be incorporated to see how the body works as an integrated whole. 

Book now to learn an embodied approach that weaves together anatomical concepts with experiential exercises, mindfulness, gentle movement and self-reflection to bring together knowledge and personal experience.

A certificate of attendance will be given to those who attend all six sessions of the course (certificates are only issued to those who attend the classes live; they are not available for those watching via recordings).

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Anatomy & Physiology for Energy Workers syllabus

Week 1:

• Cell as microcosm earth as macrocosm
• Know your way around the body
• Epiginetics - nature versus nurture

Week 2:

• Introducing the nervous system
• Self-regulation with homeostasis
• Listening to the language of sensation
• Interpreting the world around us through touch

Week 3:

• The muscular system and our kinaesthetic self
• Bodies stories, habits and behaviour
• Muscles and emotions
• Mirror neurons and empathy

Week 4:

• Introducing the digestive system
• The role of the vagal nerve
• Body as container and contained
• The second brain and gut instinct

Week 5:

• From stress to rest
• Understanding the stress response
• Introducing the endocrine system
• Recognising when to intervene to maintain a balance

Week 6:

• Introducing the skeleton system
• Releasing deep muscle tension
• 'Find your inner ground' through the skeleton
• Joints and how they shape us in life

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Entry requirements

• This course is open to all.
• To enrol on this course, click 'BOOK NOW'.
• If it is fully booked, click 'REGISTER INTEREST' for updates.
• It is important that you read these 11 Course Agreements before your first class.

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This course will be recorded. You will find the recording links in your College Account within two working days from each class - an email will alert you when it is ready. These recordings will be available for replay for three months. Please see our terms for more information.

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Previous participants say:

"Excellent, exceeded expectations."

"I really enjoyed the course and although I knew a fair amount about the body, this course opened my eyes to a much deeper understanding of how the body functions. Everything was covered in just the right amount of detail and explained in depth. A must do course for all those."

"Experience was very interesting and informative and many things learnt I will be able to apply when conducting healing sessions with clients in the future."

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