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OSTEO THAI SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR THE STERNUM AND RIBCAGE
Restoring movement to the ribcage and shoulder joint while opening up the breathing process

April 23-25, 2010

Tuition: $490 click here to pre-register
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(Prerequisites: Experience in Thai massage or western massage. This course is also appropriate for yoga instructors, chiropractors and energy workers).

Osteo Thai is a form of bodywork, based on integration of osteopathy principles and techniques into Thai massage. The aim is to work beyond the routine of Thai massage and to address more specific therapeutic individual needs. It combines :

• Traditional Thai massage’s varied and powerful
  stretches, using long leverage techniques across muscle groups (inspired
  by yoga postures), and its acupressure work on energy lines.
• with Osteopathy’s release of tissue tension, precise and
  gentle touch, and work on structural and joint mobility.

This 3-day course will bring a special attention to the breathing system. A keen interest in the breathing system should be one of the main concerns of each and every bodyworker. If your patient breathes correctly, he/she lives well. Blood and energy moves. Health is present! The breathing process is a mechanism bringing together the nervous, circulatory, visceral and locomotive systems. It is a link between our physical, emotional and mental states. By working on the ribcage, on the
muscles linked with the breathing system (diaphragm, pectoral muscles, sub-clavicularis, scm...) and on the shoulder joint, it is possible to restore mobility in the chest and thoracic areas, to increase the fluid circulation and to release tensions and emotions.

The main concern of osteopathy is mobility: structural and joint mobility, but also tissue and fascia mobility. So during this course, you will learn how to approach the ribcage, shoulder joint and breathing system with different types of techniques, some being more dynamic (general treatment, harmonic techniques...), others more static (fascia work, cranio-sacral approach… developing your touch and perception, making them more acute and precise). To always give more mobility, ease of movement and restore vitality to our patient’s body.

The courses are taught by David Lutt. David, 39, French, is a licensed osteopath (D.O.) combining his expertise and love of osteopathy, Thai-yoga massage and zen shiatsu. He is the co-founder of the College Osteo Thai based in France. He is a senior teacher of the Sunshine Network and one of the main teachers of the Thai massage Circus. He has spent 4 years living in Asia (India and Thailand) immersing himself in yoga, shiatsu, Vipassana meditation and traditional Thai massage. In Thailand, he studied mainly under Ajahn Chaiyuth Priyasith and Asokananda, and now spends much of his time running courses in Europe and Asia, including Thailand and Laos. David also teaches yoga and practices capoeira. More informatin can be found at osteothai.com.

For these classes, he will be assisted by Anastasia Xidis. Anastasia is a Tai Chi teacher and a massage therapist. She practices and teaches Tai Chi Chuan during the last 7 years. She is a student of Tew Bunnang (a well-known Thai Tai Chi Master) and Napoleon Xifaras. She teaches the Yang style of Tai Chi in Europe and Asia, and gives also private classes. Concerning bodywork, she is specialized in Thai massage and cranio-sacral therapy.