Victoria 2021, Canada | Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner Training Foundation Course

Body Intelligence Training offers a 2 year practitioner course in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in Victoria, 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.

Victoria 2021 Course Dates (2021 - 2022)

Times 9.00am-5.00pm last day 9.00am-4.00pm

Seminar	Scheduled Date	Planned Tutor/s
Sem 1	17-Mar-2021 - 21-Mar-2021	Lauren Miller
Sem 2	05-May-2021 - 09-May-2021	Lauren Miller
Sem 3	07-Jul-2021 - 11-Jul-2021	Ged Sumner
Sem 4	08-Sep-2021 - 12-Sep-2021	Kjara Brecknell
Sem 5	10-Nov-2021 - 14-Nov-2021	Lauren Miller
Sem 6	05-Jan-2022 - 09-Jan-2022	Ged Sumner
Sem 7	02-Mar-2022 - 06-Mar-2022	Kjara Brecknell
Sem 8	27-Apr-2022 - 01-May-2022	Lauren Miller
Sem 9	22-Jun-2022 - 26-Jun-2022	Ged Sumner
Sem 10	17-Aug-2022 - 21-Aug-2022	Kjara Brecknell
Above dates may differ slightly due to operational reasons or unavoidable circumstances.

2021 Course Dates

2020 Course Dates

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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.

Next Intro Events:

Online Zoom Conference

Monday July 19th 2021, 5-630pm Pacific Time with Angela Dechaine

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

For general course enquiries please contact Kali on 778 403-2037 or email

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

Venue

Solwood Studio, 1303 Broad St. Victoria 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 (172 KB)

BC Student Handbook (197 KB)

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

Tutors

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.
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.
Kali Navada Whyte

Assistant Tutor

Kali Navada is a yoga teacher, Thai massage practitoner and holistic nutritionist. Since graduating from Body Intelligence Institute in 2019, she has been offering BCST on Saltspring island and Victoria, BC. Her passion for transformation led her down many paths including Vipassana meditations, plant medicine ceremonies, priestess initiation, ancestral healing and animistic studies. She is deeply resourced by yoga and qigong, dancing as often as possible, and spending time with cedar trees. Truly inspired by craniosacral therapy, Kali is in reverence to the wisdom of the body and the healing power of stillness.