Melbourne Training
Body Intelligence Training offers a 2 year practitioner course in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in Melbourne for existing health professionals considering adding a new modality to their work as well as individuals wanting to start a career in an exciting and evolving therapy. Click on the links below to jump to the relevant section:
Venue | Fees | Payment | Intros | Tutors | Accreditation |Contact
Dates
- sem1 scheduled for 11-15 April 2012
- sem2
scheduled for 13-17 June 2012 - sem3
scheduled for 03-07 October 2012 - sem4
scheduled for 05-09 December 2012
seminars 5-10 dates tbd
Times 9.30am-5.30pm
click here for details and current course dates
The course is designed so participants can attend the first seminar without committing to the full course. This seminar is an introduction into basic contact skills and relating to biodynamic movements and will provide an opportunity to experience the approach and appreciate the extent of the curriculum.
Venue
Australian Shiatsu College, 103 Evans Street, Brunswick Victoria3056

Fees
For the whole training sem 1 through sem 9 the fee is A$9,000. The training is non-residential. The fee for seminar 1 is A$1,000. The fee for the optional seminar 10 is A$1,000.
Payment
The training offers three ways of paying. For payment of the full course fee up front there’s a discounted fee of A$8,550. Or there are two payment plan offered.
Payment Plan
Deposit of A$1000 (non refundable) is required upon acceptance (the deposit is the fee for the first seminar). Remainder to be paid according to the following payment options:
Payment Option 1 - 3 x Instalments
First Instalment A$2666 due 1 week before start of seminar 1
Second Instalment A$2666 due 5 months after 1st instalment
Third Instalment A$2666 due 5 months after 2nd instalment
Full amount comes to A$9,000 with the deposit.
Payment Option 2 - 18 x Monthly Instalments
18 monthly instalments of A$467 (includes 5% administration fee). First instalment is due one week before the first seminar.
Intros
Introductory Day
The Intro Day is designed to provide a taste of this exciting and evolving body therapy science. You will explore through self experiential exercises and contact sessions the nature of Health and how to feel the expressions of Health as subtle biodynamic motions in the body. We will discuss trauma and how its effects are safely resolved with BCST. You will have a chance to meet some of the course tutors and discuss the course structure and material.
Intro Talk
Thurs 23rd February 2012
6.30-8.30pm
Australian Shiatsu College, 103 Evans St, Brunswick, Melbourne
Free. Please call Tracey to book on +61 3 9010 5011
Ged Sumner

Ged Sumner is a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Chi Kung Teacher. He has also studied shiatsu, healing and attachment based psychoanalytical psychotherapy. He has taught Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy as a senior tutor for the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust’s (CTET) practitioner trainings in London and as a senior tutor for Resonance Trainings courses in Australia and New Zealand. He set up The Fountain Clinic in London, a busy specialized craniosacral therapy clinic. He set up and coordinated the Living Anatomy course for CTET offering an holistic view of the body’s anatomy and physiology. He is a director of the Healthy Living Centre, a multi-disciplinary alternative therapy practice in London. He is also director of the College of Elemental Chi Kung offering Chi Kung classes, workshops, retreats and a Chi Kung Teacher Training program in Europe, North America and Australasia. He is the author of 'Body Intelligence – Creating a New Environment' and co-author of 'Cranial Intelligence - A Practical Guide to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy'. He has a degree in Chemistry.
Sheila Kean

While working as a science teacher, Sheila became fascinated by complementary therapies following a treatment that completely changed her life-style. In response to this, she studied massage and then Craniosacral Therapy. Since 1986 she has had a busy practice in Stroud, UK. For many years she was a National Childbirth Trust teacher, working with couples prior to the birth of their children and her practice reflects this interest and experience. Sheila runs a massage school with her partner and has been involved as a teacher of Craniosacral Therapy since 1992, working in the UK, Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand. Sheila is deeply committed to imparting the simplicity and truth at the heart of this work. She aims to bring the wealth of information gleaned from her clinic practice into her teaching, equipping students to move into practice with confidence. She lives with her partner, has two children, spends her spare time gardening, walking her two dogs and going on holiday!
Simon Gosling

Simon Gosling has been a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist for the last 15 years. He studied with Franklyn Sills at the Karuna Institute in Devon, UK. He became Franklyn's personal assistant for 5 years during the formation of the biodynamic approach assisting Franklyn on many advanced courses. At this time Simon also tutored with the CTET. Simon has taught in Spain, Australia and New Zealand. He now has a busy practice in Motueka on the top of the South Island, New Zealand and teaches Advanced Courses to other Biodynamic practitioners.
Jason Charles Jackson - first studied Crainosacral in 1998 with Joseph Marzal (the Pacific Somatic Institute). Joseph Marzal's work with Shock and Trauma was a great influence and also a big reason for Jason moving into the Biodynamic Crainosacral style of treatment, it helped with questions he had around more mechanical approaches to the work. Jason has been working in the health industry for almost 20 years. He is currently the owner director of a busy clinic in Auckland. Jason has a Diploma in Biodynamic Crainosacral Therapy from Resonance Training and a Diploma in Therapeutic Massage and Craniosacral Therapy at Wellpark College. Jason works with Mothers and baby's and has an interest in how embryonic forces of formation express in Crainosacral Therapy. He has an Advanced Diploma in BCST. He's the father of three young boys.
Assisted by:
Michelle Driscoll - is a practising Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist and Remedial Massage therapist, and runs her own clinic in Kingston, Canberra. She has a Diploma in Remedial massage, Certificates in Reiki 1 and 2 and Touch for Health Kinesiology. She qualified as a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist with Resonance Trainings in January 2005, and has completed a number of post graduate courses, as well as being an assistant for Stillness Trainings. She has been the Australian Representative for PACT for the past five years. She works with a wide range of conditions, but is particularly interested in anxiety and emotional trauma conditions. Michelle is also an Artist, having exhibited a number of times. She lives with her partner and they have three adult children.
Standards
Accreditation
Upon successful completion of the training you will be certified as a biodynamic craniosacral therapy practitioner.
The training is recognized by the Association of National Health Practitioner of Canada (NHCP) which sets competency-based standards for natural health disciplines and modalities in Canada.
Approved training of the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America (BCTA/NA) which sets standards in practice and education.
The training is accredited by the Pacific Association of Craniosacral Therapists (PACT), a professional body which maintains standards and protects both craniosacral practitioners and their clients.
The training is a member of the Complementary Therapists Association (CThA) representing complimentary therapists in the UK and Ireland.
Affiliation
The training is a member of the International Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings (IABT) which is an affiliation of schools who operate to a commonly agreed set of standards in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy courses. Member schools offer the designation BCST (Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist) to graduates of its foundation training and also a post-graduate designation ABD (Advanced Biodynamic Diploma) indicating an additional 300 hours of training. For more on the ABD click here.
Contact
For any enquiries or a brochure please either email training@bodyintelligence.com or call Tracey on +61 3 9010 5011
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