Anatomy for Energy Workers

Discover the science of how we 'feel what we feel' and its relevance to you as a healer, body-worker, psychotherapist, homeopath, yoga teacher or similar, in this six-week livestream course. 

Raising body awareness and understanding your own sensations help you to recognise the subtle and non-verbal communication that takes place when working with clients. This integrative approach brings a deeper understanding of how the body works, brings clarity and focus to your intention as a practitioner and helps reframe distorted body/mind perceptions to be more aligned with reality. This course will bring a new level of expertise to enrich your personal and professional practise.

We begin the course with an orientation of the physical body systems. This provides a foundation from which to appreciate parallels between the microcosm/macrocosm view of the human body and planet earth i.e., 'stones are the bones of the earth' (Andrea Olsen). Reference is also made between the physical and subtle energies throughout the course where appropriate.

This 6-week online course includes:

• Understand the physiology of balance
• Make links between the body, chakras and meridians
• Discover how muscle memory holds our 'life stories'
• Find out if gut instinct is 'real' or imagined
• Learn how mirror neurons enable us to feel empathy
• Discover ways to restore balance and reduce stress
• Develop your 'body as barometer' for communication
• Find out how your skeleton can help you centre

To place these topics within a context we look primarily at the nervous system as it is 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. This embodied approach weaves together anatomical and energetic concepts with experiential exercises, mindfulness, gentle movement and self-reflection. The combination of knowledge and personal experience will provide a grounded base that you can apply within your chosen professional practise.

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.

Anatomy for Energy Workers syllabus

Week 1:

• Cell as microcosm earth as macrocosm
• Know your way around the body
• Overview of energies of the body: physical and subtle
• 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:

• Finding the balance from stress to rest
• Understanding the stress response
• Introducing the endocrine system
• Relationship with the chakra system

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
• Overview of the Chinese concept of Yin/Yang, Five Elements and meridians in relationship to the body

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.

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.

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."