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  • Deep Anatomy of SP2 Part 1 Iliacus Release, Gluteal Release, Adductor Magnus Release

Instructor: Nancy Pierson
Email: [email protected]
Class format: home study
Hours/CE credits: 3 Academy credits
Tuition: $80 and includes a downloadable manual
Prerequisite: Module 11
To enroll: https://app.ruzuku.com/courses/64992/enroll

Rationale

No two clients are alike – each has their own story, their own physical history. There are no hard-and-fast protocols to address a specific condition. Yet, with a deeper understanding of the muscles, nerves, lymphatic vessels, and fascia underlying our moves, we can develop our own intelligence in choosing appropriate procedures.

In each part of Deep Anatomy of SP2 – A Home Study Class, we will review Module 11/12 procedures with an eye to what additional structures we are affecting with each move; we will also explore how nonobvious procedures may contribute to the resolution of certain conditions.

Presentation Aims and Outcomes

In this class, the participant will take an in-depth dive into the often-ignored iliacus, learning how dysfunction in this muscle can influence the entire body. Other

Bowenwork procedures can help normalize the tension patterns from a tight iliacus, and we will explore the interplay between these procedures and the muscles they address.

Specific Learning Outcomes

At the end of Part 1 of Deep Anatomy of SP2: Iliacus! Along with Gluteal Release & Adductor Magnus Release, the participant will be able to:

. State the differences between the parts of the body affected by a tight iliacus and a tight psoas
. List the cascade of effects on the body that arise from a tight iliacus
. List the organ or body system dysfunctions that can arise from a tight iliacus
. List the synergists to the iliacus, and explain why they are important to release
. Lists the antagonists to the iliacus and explain why they are important to release
. Define locked on/off, and locked long/short
. List the types of sports that contribute to an overused iliacus
. Explain how the anatomy of the hip bones can influence the degree of muscular stabilization required
. Describe the effect of hypermobility on the load put on the iliacus
. Describe the effect of pregnancy on the load put on the iliacus
. Describe the effect of fear and other emotions on the load put on the iliacus
. Describe how the Gluteal Release supports the normalization of the iliacus
. Describe how the Adductor Magnus Release supports the normalization of the iliacus
. Feel the application of Iliacus on a prone client

Presentation Requirements

Deep Anatomy of SP2 is held on the online platform Ruzuku. This class has no fixed cohort: each portion of this course is self-paced, with no specific starting or ending date or time.
The format will be reading on your own from the provided manual; participating in the discussion topics on the interactive online platform Ruzuku; taking a quiz on the reading material and on the application of the reading material to Bowenwork, and experimenting with using iliacus on a client in a prone position.
You must go through the material and discussions in order, complete all the assignments, and obtain an 80% on the quiz to pass and thus get credit for the class.

Date:
September 1, 2022, 12:00 am
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December 31, 2022, 12:00 am
Class Format: In Person
, Home Study, AR , United States
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Instructor
Nancy Pierson
Gentry, Arkansas, United States 72734
Email
512-750-4012

Nancy Pierson, co-creater and trainer of American Bowen Academy’s Instructor Training Program and Director of American Bowen Academy, is a certified Bowenwork practitioner and registered Bowenwork instructor and has been a bodyworker since 1990. Her warmth and sense of humor and lively, down-to-earth communication style generate a sense of knowing that one is in “good hands,” whether in the classroom or on the therapy table. Nancy grew up in Houston, relocating to Austin to attend The University of Texas, where she received a BBA in marketing. After graduating she returned to Houston and worked as a technical book editor. A move to Santa Fe brought experience in marketing for a bank holding company followed by fundraising for The Santa Fe Opera. Her ten-year stay culminated in attending the New Mexico Academy of Advanced Healing Arts, where she studied massage therapy. After leaving Santa Fe, Nancy lived and worked in Austin until 2009, when she moved to NW Arkansas, home base for her workshops on the Bowenwork technique. She also travels to conduct the workshops on request.

Nancy is a registered massage therapist, a continuing education provider in Arkansas, and a member of the American Massage Therapy Association.

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