An 11-part course starting in February 2024  •  Brighton & Hove, UK

Structural, Functional, and Experiential Anatomy for Yoga & Pilates Teachers and Manual Therapists (and trainee teachers in the final year of training)

Venue: Flow State Hove, 48 Brunswick Street West, Hove BN3 1EL

Gary Carter shows how a thorough knowledge of anatomy can help teachers to make intelligent choices about the way they teach their pupils. His workshops involve the use of props, illustrations, and hands-on work in class to help demonstrate the principles that underlie your movement practice. This course of experiential anatomy will run for ten weekends (TBC).

THE ANATOMY SERIES

This 11-part course explores the anatomy of movement in relation to practice, movement analysis, 3-D work, and experiential anatomy. It will encourage teachers to 'see' their students more clearly, thus helping with rehabilitative issues. The course aims to help teachers take a flexible, intelligent approach to their specific field with individual students.

The dates below are confirmed, but originally the course was designed with 10 weekends including 3 hours on Friday evenings as well as the Saturday and Sunday afternoons. We have had to change this format, eliminating the Friday evenings, so to make up the hours we have added a weekend to the end of the course, making it 11 weekends total. The description of each weekend is approximate and may vary a bit due to the shift in the dates.

2024:

Weekend 1  • 17 & 18 February 2024

INTELLIGENT DESIGN?

Development of Movement Patterns Development of Bone Ligaments, Joints, and Skeleton

Weekend 2  •  6 & 7 April 2024

SENSE OF SELF

Perception - Kinaesthetic sense Muscle How Bones and Fascia Communicate The Fascial Web Gravity response

Weekend 3  •  11 & 12 May 2024

THE FEET AND UP!

The Foot - Primary Support The Legs - Lightness and Strength The Pelvis & Pelvic Freedom

Weekend 4  •  22 & 23 June 2024

THE PELVIS AND UP! THE SPINAL ORGAN part1

Psoas and Piriformis and the 'Pelvic Trampoline' The Deep Six and Pelvic Fluidity

Weekend 5  •  20 & 21 July 2024

THE SPINAL ORGAN part 2 WHAT IS THE CORE? Breath and Movement

Spinal Structure and Function The Spine as an Organ 

Anatomy of Breath Understanding Breathing Practices and their application to the work

Weekend 6  •  7 & 8 September 2024

BALANCE OF WEIGHT

The Cranium and Neck – Cranio Sacral Rhythms The Shoulder Girdle

Weekend 7  •  26 & 27 October 2024

INWARDS & UPWARDS

The Arms and Back The Bandhas

Diaphragms of the body The Cups and Domes in movement

Weekend 8  •  7 & 8 December 2024

SPRING LOADED AND LIGHT

Network • Spiral Dynamics The Fluid Body

Tensegrity and the Muscle Matrix

2025:

Weekend 9  •  18 & 19 January 2025

ANATOMY OF CONNECTION – part 1

The Myofascial Meridians in Asana, including the Anatomy Trains Theory

Straps Bands & Slings! Effective Body Reading Tensegrity in Movement

Weekend 10  •  8 & 9 February 2025

ANATOMY OF CONNECTION – part 2

The Myofascial Meridians in Asana, including the Anatomy Trains Theory

Straps Bands & Slings! Effective Body Reading Tensegrity in Movement

Weekend 11  •  8 & 9 March 2025

ANATOMY OF CONNECTION – part 3

The Myofascial Meridians in Asana, including the Anatomy Trains Theory

Straps Bands & Slings! Effective Body Reading Tensegrity in Movement