SI Workshops 2020
Exploring the mystery of Psoas/Rhomboid Balance
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Instructor:
Praha
Studio Tensegrity, Hanusova 16
January 17 - 19, 2020
Organised by the Czech Assosciation for SI - CASI
CASI members 2019: CZK 5'500
Not CASI Members: €600
Ask to be put on waitlist'Aleš has a brilliant style of teaching. He tries to show everything in a very simple way and it works. The calm atmosphere and freedom during his workshops are amazing.’
Ondřej Pavelka, EGSI practitioner
Post-10 work based on the Recipe
Instructor:
Praha
Studio Tensegrity, Hanusova 16
February 14 - 16, 2020
EGSI members or payment by November 30, 2019: €480
Non Members: €600
Ask to be put on waitlist'The Grand (Old and Young) Lady of Structural Integration. She really owns the work and her joyful way of teaching enriches with new insight and clarity about the 10 sessions.'
Uli Förg, EGSI assistant and Certified Advanced Rolfer®
From Head to Toe
The fascial web in 4-handed work
Instructors:
/Adam Polański
Warszawa
February 21 - 23, 2020
Polski Związek Niewidomych, Konwiktorska 9
EGSI members or payment by November 30, 2019: €480
Non Members: €650
Go to our payment page'The Grand (Old and Young) Lady of Structural Integration. She really owns the work and her joyful way of teaching enriches with new insight and clarity about the 10 sessions.'
Uli Förg, EGSI assistant and Certified Advanced Rolfer®
Understanding Strain, Balance and Integration
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Instructor:
Kaua'i (Hawai'i)
February 20 - 24, 2020
Organised by our friends in the USA
US$ 750
Register by mail‘The strongest sentiment I took home with me was the humility in which we were taught. Never before, in no workshop or class in the field of physiotherapy, have I ever encountered this. It was always a teacher-student relationship, with an incredible power imbalance often bordering on contempt for the student. I have an enormous appreciation for the humility in which we were taught.’
Petra Štíchová, EGSI Practitioner
Cranial Work
Instructor: Sharon Wheeler
Milano
April 24 - 26
Carla Strauss-METIS, Corso Buenos Aires 64/D
€ 650
Register by mail'This is a great opportunity to absorb Sharon Wheeler’s knowledge accumulated in 48 years of work in Structural Integration.'
Dario Di Lorenzo, EGSI Board member
Scoliosis - Unraveling the Confusion
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Instructor:
Zürich
September 2020
Gemeindestr. 19
EGSI members or payment by January 31, 2020: CHF 650
Non Members: CHF 750
Go to our payment pageAnima, Fascia and Form
Workshop:
Instructor:
Praha
Studio Tensegrity, Hanusova 16
September 2020
EGSI members or payment by January 31, 2020: €480
Non Members: €650
Workshop cancelledDavid is a very inspirational and authentic teacher, who shares his knowledge and experience generously. His approach to Structural Integration is absolutely transforming.
Maira Bliggenstorfer, Certified Rolfer®
Trusting your Intuition
Guided and inspired by the principles of Dr. Ida Rolf’s work
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Warszawa
September 25 - 27, 2020
Polski Związek Niewidomych, Konwiktorska 9
EGSI members or payment by March 1, 2020: €480
Non Members: €550
Workshop cancelledNeal Powers is the only person who was president
of both the 'Rolf Institute' and the 'Guild for Structural Integration'.
Movement Education for the Rolf 10-Series
Warszawa
October 16 - 18, 2020
Polski Związek Niewidomych, Konwiktorska 9
EGSI members or payment by May 31, 2020: €480
Non Members: €550
Workshop cancelled'Mary's workshop was a marvellous experience...'
Tamara Mieloch, EGSI practitioner
Milano
October 23 - 25, 2020
Carla Strauss-METIS, Corso Buenos Aires 64/D
EGSI members or payment by May 31, 2020: € 550
Non Members: € 650
Workshop cancelledNew Rules of Posture
This workshop is open to the general public
Instructor: Mary Bond
Praha
October 9 - 11 2020
Praha
Hotel Olšanka, Táboritská 23/1000, Praha 3
EGSI members or payment by May 31, 2020: € 580
Non Members: € 690
Workshop cancelled'Mary's workshop was a marvellous experience...'
Tamara Mieloch, EGSI practitioner
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Fritz Perls, the originator of Gestalt Therapy, once said, “Lose your mind and come to your senses.”
Working from one’s experience and intuition provides practitioners with an opportunity to be creative within the parameters of releasing a body from its compensatory restrictions and organizing it around the vertical line.
These workshops are opportunities for practitioners to develop and trust their own style while adhering to the basic principles of Dr Rolf’s work.
She likened this to "BEING".
Just above the lumbo-dorsal hinge, at the back of the body, the rhomboids control shoulder and arm movements.
She likened this to "DOING".
She postulated a 'KOAN' for one goal of sessions 8 & 9 - to find the best possible balance between:
Psoas and Rhomboids, Lordosis and Kyphosis, Being and Doing.
The workshop will focus on how we can prepare for the investigation of this riddle in sessions 1 -7 and how to the actually work sessions 8 & 9.
He has lived in the Czech Republic, England, Germany, Switzerland and California, and currently resides in Feldmeilen near Zurich (Switzerland).
Before being trained in Structural Integration by Peter Melchior and Emmett Hutchins, two of Ida Rolf's very first students, he worked as a professional actor for many theaters in Europe and was responsible for the physical training of his colleagues.
The spiritual background he comes from is that of Zen-Buddhism. Aleš received the ordination of a Zen-Boddhisatva in the French Temple of 'La Gendronnière'.
Aleš was one of the founding members of the European Guild for Structural Integration and has the honour of currently being this organisation's president.
He has taught 6 Basic Trainings in the last 8 years and co-taught with Neal Powers the EGSI’s Advanced Training in 2018.
She became interested in SI when she saw its remarkable effects on the human psyche. Nilce taught Psychology and Body Awareness for the Rolf Institute (R.I.) following her graduation there in 1983.
As a founding member of the Brazilian Association of Rolfers (Associação Brasileira de Rolfistas (ABR)), Nilce was also instrumental in bringing the Rolf Institute classes to Brazil.
Thereafter, along with some of the R.I.'s senior faculty members, she helped form the Guild for Structural Integration (GSI) in order to preserve the original teachings of Dr. Rolf.
Nilce has worked both individually and alongside Dr. Rolf's chosen teachers in training students to practitioner and advanced practitioner levels in the U.S. and Brazil. Through her workshops, she has traveled the world to enrich the quality of work and depth of understanding of SI practitioners.
Having worked for many years alongside the world's most experienced teachers of SI, Nilce is now recognized as an expert in her own right. She is committed to establishing Dr. Rolf's work internationally, and in strengthening its position in today's marketplace.
Neal received his basic training and advanced training with Dr. Rolf starting in 1971 at Esalen.
He became a member of the faculty of the Rolf Institute in 1980, was subsequently the RISI's president for six years and became an Honorary Life Member.
In 1991 Neal left the Rolf Institute along with Peter Melchior, Emmett Hutchins, Stacey Mills and others to found the Guild for Structural Integration.
Until recently he was the Guild's president, and continues to teach both for he Guild in the United States as well as the European Guild for SI.
Neal has a great ability to clearly deliver the principles and theories of the SI work, and with his amazing sense of humor, strong spiritual and family base, he has become a guiding light for many practitioners. He has devoted his life to spreading the theory and practice of Dr. Rolf's work to his many students around the world. He has taught in China, Taiwan, Japan, Israel, Brazil, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and across the United States and Canada.
Since 1973 Neal has maintained a private practice in San Francisco.
Neal's modesty with respect to our work may have kept him out of the limelight of the SI community - thus few people know that he helped set a world record in 2005. This event raised 50'000 Dollars for the victims of Hurricane Katharina.
About the workshop:
This workshop is designed to give practitioners a working model of the origins of Scoliosis, the kinds, qualities, models and strategies to move your client to greater ease and grace in their body.
David Davis, a founding member of the Guild for Structural Integration, began researching scoliosis more than 25 years ago.
His wife Lorraine developed scoliosis at the age of 11, after being involved in a critical car accident. Her injuries resulted in a disparity in the length of her legs, an uneven base of support in her pelvis and chronic pain. Her discomfort motivated Davis to explore how structural integration (SI) could affect and change a debilitating condition such as scoliosis.
Fr - Sun: 9AM - 5PM
About the workshop:
Anima is a current of air, wind, breath, the vital principle, life or soul.
Fascia is the medium of giving the Vital essence form, Dr. Rolf called it the organ of form in the human body. It is also plastic. It can hold chronically or be fluid, resilient and responsive. I think of fascia as the organ of three dimensionality and the materialization of consciousness.
In this workshop we will work with the anima taking form in the body, as the body. Releasing unconscious chronic holding patterns we uncover the underlying pattern of consciousness animating form.
By expanding the view of core (being) and sleeve (doing) we flesh intention into working the whole being.
Fr - Sun: 9AM - 5PM
About the instructor:
David was a founding member of the Guild for Structural Integration in 1989, and taught Anatomy and Basic and Advanced Trainings with Emmett Hutchins, Peter Melchior, Stacey Mills, Neal Powers, and Nilce Silveira. David was a partner and protégé of Peter for 12 years, learning how to practice and teach the intricacies of SI.
For over 24 years, David has taught 3-day and 6-day SI workshops internationally. He specialises in teaching embryology, fascial anatomy and working with scoliosis, infusing his classes with wisdom, compassion and humour.
David has been an innovator in SI education, teaching a Basic Training class to medical doctors and physical therapists at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey in 1993, the only SI training to be taught at a major hospital.
He has taught with SI research scientists Dr. James Oschman and Dr. Robert Schleip, integrating the practice of SI with the latest scientific research and information.
David has been in private practice since 1977, completing over 40,000 sessions. Structural Integration is his discipline, practice and service to humanity, as he continues learning with every session.