Vancouver Training
Body Intelligence Training offers a 2 year practitioner course in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in Vancouver 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
The next training in British Columbia is in Victoria, starting in March 2012. The next training in Vancouver will start in 2013, preliminary dates as follows:
Dates
- sem 1
scheduled for March 2013 - sem 2
scheduled for May 2013 - sem 3
scheduled for July 2013 - sem 4
scheduled for September 2013 - sem 5
scheduled for November 2013 - sem 6
scheduled for January 2014 - sem 7
scheduled for March 2014 - sem 8
scheduled for May 2014 - sem 9
scheduled for July 2014 - sem 10
scheduled for September 2014
Times 9.30am-5.30pm
click here for 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
YWCA, 733 Beatty Street, Vancouver
Fees
For the whole training sem 1 through sem 9 the fee is C$9,000. The training is non-residential. The fee for seminar 1 is C$1,000. The fee for the optional seminar 10 is C$800.
Payment
The training offers three ways of paying. For payment of the full course fee up front there’s a discounted fee of C$8,550. Or there are two payment plans offered.
Payment Plan
Deposit of C$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 C$2666 due 1 week before start of seminar 1
Second Instalment C$2666 due 5 months after 1st instalment
Third Instalment C$2666 due 5 months after 2nd instalment
Full amount comes to C$9,000 with the deposit.
Payment Option 2 - 18 x Monthly Instalments
18 monthly instalments of C$467 (includes 5% administration fee). First instalment is due one week before the first seminar.
Intros
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 day scheduled for:
Intro Talk:
Thurs 08 March 2012, 6-8pm
at the YWCA, 733 Beatty Street, Vancouver
Price Free.
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Tutors
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.
Steve Haines
Steve Haines is an international teacher of biodynamic craniosacral therapy and co author of 'Cranial Intelligence - A Practical Guide to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy'. He has been with Body Intelligence Training since its inception and is also currently a senior tutor and post graduate trainer at the Da Sein Institut in Switzerland. He has taught extensively at CTET, spent two years at Karuna and taught cranial work at the University of Westminster. He is a Level 3 teacher of TRE - Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises - designed by David Berceli. His background includes eight years' working with people with mental health problems and bodywork with people with immune disorders. He is a UK registered Chiropractor and also completed a 3 year shiatsu training. He is married, lives mostly in Geneva, likes travel and skis as much as possible. He runs cranial clinics in Geneva and once a month in London, see www.stevehaines.net.
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!
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 Julie on 250-897-5999.
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