Course Title: Breathing and Walking
Course Location: Online via Zoom
Course Date(s): 03/15/22 - 04/07/22
Course Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4 PM to 6:30 PM Pacific Time
Course Instructor(s): Per Haaland
Organizational Host: https://rolf.org/
Registration Fees: $625
Registration/Point of Contact Email Address: [email protected]
Registration/Point of Contact Phone Number: 831-479-9565
IASI CE Credits: 4 Rolf Movement credits towards the Advanced Training Pre-Requisite / 30 NCBTMB Continuing Education Hours, 20 CBSI CE CREDITS

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Course Description: The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 PM to 6:30 PM Pacific Time, with an additional 2.5 hrs/week for student homework/reading/video/practice sessions, etc.This is a four-week online workshop for Structural Integration Practitioners, Somatic Therapists, Bodyworkers, & Movement Educators. Participants will benefit their clients by gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved in two essential human activities: breathing and walking. Students will learn to evaluate and improve habitual movement patterns connected to breathing and walking. Using Serge Gracovetsky's Spinal Engine theory and Hubert Godard's Tonic Function model, we will explore the biomechanical and perceptual dynamics of walking and breathing. We will also draw on somatic disciplines such as modern dance, Feldenkrais, Bartenieff, and other approaches to heightened embodiment. No prior movement experience is necessary.The workshop will be a combination of lecture/theory, experiential exploration, and therapeutic techniques to use with clients.

Instructor Bio(s): Per Haaland is a Certified Advanced Rolfer® and Rolf Movement® Instructor. He received his basic Rolfing® training in 1989 and completed his advanced training with Jan Sultan and Jeff Maitland in 1994. Per has also trained in visceral and neural manipulation and is a certified biodynamic craniosacral therapist. Studies with Hubert Godard and Kevin Frank shape his understanding of structural integration as interactive somatic education, highlighting perceptual and coordinative processes. In his approach to Structural Integration and Movement Education, Per also draws extensively from his background as a professional dancer and choreographer.