Vernon 2020, Canada | Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner Training Foundation Course

Body Intelligence Training offers a 2 year practitioner course in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in Vernon, British Columbia 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.

PLEASE NOTE: Participants can join the course from seminar 3. The tutor will review basic contact skills during the morning of the first day of the seminar in order to help you understand the biodynamic approach to touch. Seminar 1 and 2 will need to be attended before graduation.

Vernon 2020 Course Dates (2020 - 2021)

Times 9am-5pm

Seminar	Scheduled Date	Planned Tutor/s
Sem 1	11-Mar-2020 - 15-Mar-2020	Lauren Miller
Sem 2	29-Jul-2020 - 02-Aug-2020	Ged Sumner
Sem 3	16-Sep-2020 - 20-Sep-2020	Ged Sumner
Sem 4	11-Nov-2020 - 15-Nov-2020	Lauren Miller
Sem 5	06-Jan-2021 - 10-Jan-2021	Ged Sumner
Sem 6	03-Mar-2021 - 07-Mar-2021	Lauren Miller
Sem 7	28-Apr-2021 - 02-May-2021	Ged Sumner
Sem 8	16-Jun-2021 - 20-Jun-2021	Ged Sumner
Sem 9	11-Aug-2021 - 15-Aug-2021	Lauren Miller
Sem 10	06-Oct-2021 - 10-Oct-2021	Ged Sumner
Above dates may differ slightly due to operational reasons or unavoidable circumstances.

2022 Course Dates

2021 Course Dates

2020 Course Dates

Intro Talks

The Intro Talk 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:

Next Intro Talks:

Online Zoom Conference

Thursday September 3rd 2020, 630-8pm Pacific Time with Shauna McGowan

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Kelowna

tbd 2020 from 6.30-8pm

at Blue Lotus Centre of The Healing Arts, # 200 - 2903 Pandosy St., Kelowna BC

Free of charge. Call Barbara to register: email or 250-808-8057

Here is a link to an intro talk by Ged Sumner on the Fundamental Principles of BCST and the Body Intelligence Foundation training.

Venue

Tidal Elements, 3410B 31st Ave. Vernon BC

Fees & Payment

This program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training (www.privatetraininginstitutions.gov.bc.ca). It's mission is to support quality education in British Columbia’s private post-secondary career training sector through regulating standards and providing protection to students. Body Intelligence is a registered institution with the Private Training Institutions Branch.

Fees and Registration

There is a PTIB approved payment plan offered for this training.

Payment Plan A: 10 payments of $1000 paid each module, due 30 days before each module. (Total C$10,000)

Payment plan B: C$1000 for the first module, C$4250 due 30 days before the second module and C$4250 due 30 days before the sixth module (saving of 5% of course fee)

Once you have decided to undertake the full training after seminar 1, you will need to complete a PTIB approved contract. Here is a downloadable copy of it along with the student handbook.

BC Student Contract (249 KB)

BC Student Handbook (197 KB)

NB This course no longer offers CECs for RMTs accredited with CMTBC.

Tutors

Lauren Miller

Senior Tutor

Lauren is a practicing Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist based on Quadra Island, British Columbia. She completed her BCST training with Body Intelligence teachers Ged Sumner, Steve Haines, and Sheila Kean. Her bodywork practice emerged organically from a background in biology and environmental studies, particularly marine and freshwater ecology. She began studying with massage therapists in college, later taking courses in holistic massage and anatomy, including relaxation and deep tissue massage, Trager and facilitated joint release, and Alexander technique. As her massage practice developed, she learned the importance of actively engaging clients in the healing process. Her search for deeper, more efficient and long-lasting healing modalities led her to the profound work of BCST. Lauren continues to balance her inner and outer work with human bodies and their environments, maintaining a fulfilling massage and craniosacral practice called Bodies of Water, and studying local watersheds in the Pacific Northwest. She supports her practice through yoga, Qi Kung, and spending time on and in the water.
Ged Sumner

Senior Tutor

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 since 1995. He is the director of Body Intelligence Training which offers BCST courses internationally. He regularly teaches postgraduate workshops. He also teaches Elemental Chi Kung in the form of workshops and retreats. See his Natural Movement website for current workshops and his book on Chi Kung called 'You are How you Move: Experiential Chi Kung'. He is the author of 'Body Intelligence – Creating a New Environment' which explores felt sense anatomy. He is co-author of 'Cranial Intelligence - A Practical Guide to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy' which is a foundational guide to BCST. His book on felt sense meditation called 'Body Intelligence Meditation: Finding presence through embodiment' is offered as a meditation workshop programme internationally see BI Meditation website. He has a degree in Chemistry.
Sheryl Hamilton

Tutor

Sheryl Hamilton has been a registered massage therapist in Canada since 1997. Before that she was a body worker in the Kripalu tradition. She has taught in the Massage Therapy program at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences in New York, and anatomy and neuroanatomy at the Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy in Vernon BC. She teaches Visceral Manipulation for the Manual Osteopathic College of Canada, as well as several continuing education courses for RMT’s that she developed. Sheryl is also trained as a Spiritual Director and a student of Jakusho Kwong Roshi at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in California. Her favourite thing is to meet the universe in the form of you and then play around together.
Kjara Brecknell

Tutor

Kjara began her health and wellness career in the fitness industry at an early age. In 2003, after a personal health crisis she explored craniosacral therapy through the Upledger Institute before attending a five year (plus thesis) Osteopathic program in Vancouver. She has been practicing and teaching Osteopathy and craniaosacral courses for humans and horses since 2009, with extra focus on trauma recovery, particularly with frontline first responders. She has a thriving practice in her home town of Salmon Arm as well as Vernon BC. Kjara loves all things dance, drum, horse, body and movement related. She lives on a acreage with her family and six horses and enjoys many outdoor activities as well as hosting retreats and drum and dance circles.