Centering Techniques for Body & Mind

with Louis M. Pontillo, M.S.
February 26, 2024 | April 22, 2024
Time: 6pm - 9pm each day

6 CE hours
Cost: $181

Cash/Check Discount:  $175

• Payment Plan Available •

Learn how to effectively center yourself before giving or receiving bodywork!

Course Description

This six-hour course, Centering Techniques for Body/Mind, offers students a practical philosophy and set of techniques that help to bring the body and mind into balance, thus promoting physical and emotional healing, relaxation, and well-being.

Students will learn concepts and techniques that can be easily applied and integrated into their personal and professional lives.

Content includes a variety of breathing and centering techniques, basic movement techniques, mindfulness, visualization and imagery, energy balancing techniques, and 100% Responsibility.

Course Goals

1. To explore personal self-concept through introspection, meditation, and observer consciousness.

2. To create a personal space within oneself from which to do healing work.

3. To integrate all concepts into a set of mindful centering techniques for use in personal and professional life.

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

1. Define and describe the effect of centering, focusing, grounding, and breathing on the performance of massage and bodywork techniques.

2. Perform a daily breathing and meditation program.

3. Teach patients breathing and meditation techniques to aid the healing process.

4. Use energy balancing techniques while giving a massage.

5. Experiment with the concept and practice of mindfulness.

6. Create a ritual, practice, or intention for centering.

Texts

There are no required texts for this course; recommended reading may be provided in class.

Any handouts will be received in class.

Instructor

Louis M. Pontillo, M.S., has been a student of East Asian philosophy and physical arts for nearly thirty years. He holds a B.S. in Professional Health Sciences, and an M.S. in Oriental Medicine. Louis is an avid practitioner of the martial arts, and loves to share what he practices. He teaches Centering at DSM and lives in Montville with his family. Visit Louis’s Web site at www.dragonrainhealth.com