Course Description

A Flexible Programme to suit you Commitments

Arranged in five principle stages, the programme is built around a series of four to five day intensive workshops, study groups, case studies and personal therapy. You may move through these stages at your own pace, provided you allow enough time between workshops (usually at least 3 months) to complete the module and to absorb and apply the practical work, further develop your fine palpatory skills, review the course notes and cover required reading.

At each workshop you are provided with a comprehensive study guide to of the course material with ample space for your own notes. Dr. Upledger's text books provide a detailed anatomical, physiological and research background for the workshops and describe every technique.

In addition to the workshops and the texts the third element is practice. We do all we can to support and encourage your development at every stage through study groups, networking and by providing opportunities for you to work with the institutes clinical staff, and through help line backup.

Learning by Experience

The workshops are primarily experimental. The demonstrations and “hands on” exercises are supported by clear, illustrated lectures which enhance the practical work by helping to explain what is being felt and achieved and by connecting up the experiential elements with their functional and symptomatic indications. All aspects of each workshop's syllabus are brought together in a form that can immediately be integrated into your own practice. Those who require greater degrees of technical depth and detail will find the textbooks and research work satisfying, but we emphasise that the aim of the workshops is to encourage and support an objective and compassionate therapeutic approach.

Your Assurance of Quality

All course material is written and organised by Dr. John Upledger, recognised world-wide for his research involving cranial techniques and for his subsequent development of CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release.

Current teaching formats are the result of development and refinement over 20 years of instruction to groups of widely differing therapeutic approaches and experience.

Your workshop will be conducted by an Upledger Institute Certified Instructor, a practising healthcare professional who has completed our extensive programme of preparation in addition to training directly with Dr. Upledger and years of study.

Workshop Arrangements

 Meeting sites: To enhance your workshop experience the Upledger Institute selects attractive, convenient and well managed facilities, pre-reserved rooms at a corporate rate are available to participants choosing to board onsite. Our workshop locations are chosen in areas where alternative budget accommodation is reasonably close by.

 Hours: (All except Advanced CranioSacral Therapy) Usually on the first day of the workshop registration is from 8.00am to 8.30am; class hours are from 8.30am to approximately 5.00pm except the last day which are 8.00am to approximately 3.30pm. Advance CranioSacral Therapy hours are covered in that section of the brochure. Actual times for your workshop will be confirmed beforehand.

 Attire: Dress comfortably in loose fitting, casual clothing; a sweater is recommended.