Craniosacral Therapy Advanced Courses: Formative Embodiment

 

A range of training courses are offered at the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust, which operates as a school of excellence to provide comprehensive trainings for existing therapists and those looking for a career change. Each course combines theoretical learning with hands-on experience, emphasising development of practical skills.

Michael Kern, Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust co-founder, established the school in 1989 in partnership with Franklyn Sills. Formative Embodiment is a new postgraduate course being offered for the first time in the UK in 2021 at the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust.

Postgraduate Study

Formative Embodiment is the next step for many craniosacral, somatic, body-orientated, psychotherapy and counselling practitioners, and others. This integrative approach was initially developed by Dr Jim Feil, inspired by a number of influences including Craniosacral Biodynamics, Stanley Keleman’s Formative Psychology, Pre- and Perinatal Therapies, Focusing, and Polarity Therapy.

The revolutionary training programme designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of practitioners will be taught by Dr Jim Feil. Dr Feil has been working in somatic and energetic therapeutic practices for more than 45 years.

Three Main Pillars

Formative Embodiment is based on three main pillars. The first of these is the formative process, which begins at conception and continues actively throughout life. The formative impulse, which is the priority of the body to adapt and survive, is at the heart of Formative Embodiment. The second pillar is Somatic Orientation, which involves listening closely to the body and supporting healing through tapping into bodily resources. The third pillar is Energetic Foundation, focusing on the energy circuitry that powers all human beings. This circuitry is today mapped in quantum science yet has also been mapped in several ancient traditions.

CTET Practitioner Courses

Note that CTET also offers practitioner training courses for those beginning on their Craniosacral Therapy journey. These courses take place part-time over two years, with 48 days of classroom-based study.

The curriculum is well-structured to cover a broad range of skills and adaptable to include new scientific research and perspectives. Each course is based on biodynamic principles, which involves learning to support the natural forces that organise our form and function and working with natural rhythms that get expressed within our bodies in order to promote healing and wellbeing.