Bonnie Gintis I Osteopathic Self-Treatment With Continuum Movement

Osteopathic Self-Treatment With Continuum Movement

For participants with previous Continuum experience.

In this workshop we will explore the creative potential that is available when combining the principles of Osteopathic Treatment and the practice of Continuum Movement. Osteopathy and Continuum are both based on a philosophy that trusts in the deep wisdom of the body to be self-healing when allowed to fully express and freely organize movement. Many of the problems I treat in my Osteopathic practice can be easily remedied by patients themselves by re-learning to interweave the bodies’ natural tendency to breathe, move, and rest into their lives. Development of our kinesthetic sense—the sensation and awareness we have of our own movement—is the key to this process. Continuum Movement is the only approach I’ve found that elicits a powerfully healing and reverent process that parallels Osteopathic Treatment, and it empowers each participant to access this ability on their own.

This workshop is an invitation to engage in an experience, a felt-sense of many concepts that are usually only experienced while being treated by an Osteopath. This experience is valuable both as a way to learn self-treatment, and for health care practitioners, as a way to develop and deepen one’s diagnostic and treatment skills. Previous Continuum experience is required for this workshop. Experienced participants are invited to find a greater depth of exploration in this workshop.

To explore this realm, we will cultivate awareness to our internal experience through breath, sound, and movement. Participants learn to trust that there is deep wisdom that guides the body to self-correct. Stepping outside of our preconceived notions and the popular cultural models of what we think of as “the body” we can discover the deep inner world that is an unending resource for healing, adaptability, and change.

February 9, 2008 • 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Subud House - 3800 Old San Jose Road in Soquel (see directions below)

Cost
On or before January 9: $95
After January 9: $115

To register, or for more information, call:
Bonnie’s office @ 831.688.4201
Registration Guidelines

Suggested Reading
Engaging The Movement of Life:
Exploring Health & Embodiment Through Osteopathy & Continuum
by Bonnie Gintis, D.O.
Available at Bonnie’s office: 3233 Valencia Avenue, Suite B6, Aptos, CA 95003
or at your local bookstore or from Amazon.com

Books will also be for sale at the workshop.

Click here for a pdf workshop flyer

Directions to Subud House, 3800 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA
From the Santa Cruz area
Take Hwy 1 to the Bay Ave - Porter Street exit.
Porter Street becomes Old San Jose Road at the intersection with
Soquel Drive in Soquel Village.
Turn onto Old San Jose Rd, going away from the ocean/towards the hills.
Go 3.4 miles and pass Casalegno’s Store, which will be on the left.
Go another 0.3 miles, slowing down as the road curves left past an orchard.
Turn left in the Subud House blind driveway.
There is a sign, but it is hard to see.
Drive slowly after the curve & watch for speeding on-coming traffic.
Follow this link to Google maps if you want directions from your home:
Enter “3800 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA” as the ending address.

From the North (San Jose, Los Gatos, Saratoga, etc.)
Take Hwy 17 and exit at Summit Road.
If you came from the north of Summit Rd, you will exit a steep ramp,
Turn right at the stop sign, cross over the Hwy, and turn left at the Stop sign onto Summit Rd.
If you came from south of Summit Rd, you will exit and the exit ramp
curves right onto Summit Rd.
Go about 4 miles, past the Summit Store to the intersection of Summit Rd and
Soquel/San Jose Rd.
Turn right onto Soquel/San Jose Rd, which turn into Old San Jose Rd.
Go 7.7 miles, turn right into Subud House blind driveway.