Santa Fe – Healing in Relationship

HEALING IN RELATIONSHIP
through
BODY-BRAIN CONNECTION

Neuroscientific research shows that our brains are genetically hard-wired for connection and attachment. The rigorous social restrictions over the past 14 months due to the Pandemic has deprived many of us exactly from those basic human needs necessary for our well-being: touch, play, intimacy, connection with others.

Coming back more fully into our massage therapy practices, building an environment of safety and trust for both practitioner and client is more important than ever. Furthermore, the quality of the therapeutic relationship is as crucial a healing agent as the quality of the actual massage treatment. Attunement and empathy, rooted in our mirror neurons, play a major role in supporting our clients’ ability of healing.

We will study the basic building blocks and function of the brain with focus on the “relational brain” and the nervous system, the flow between body and brain, and how we can utilize this knowledge in our professional practice as well as our personal life. We will apply principles of interpersonal neurobiology including empathy, mindfulness and relationship as healing tools in our work. In a playful way we will delve into body/brain experiences that will help us to deepen the connection to ourselves and others and promote a vital and inspired exchange with our clients.

Instructor:

Silvia Stenitzer, MA, LPCC, LMT.

Silvia has been exploring the body-mind-soul connection for the past 30 years in her private practice, Interactive Bodytherapy. Her passion are people and the continuous exploration of being human. She has been teaching classes and facilitating experiential workshops on the topics of interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory and ethics since 2006.

Interpersonal Neurobiology CE Course

6 CE Hours – $144
This class will be held in Classroom A

Please stay updated on the current state-by-state Covid quarantine rules and regulations including if there are options to avoid a lengthy quarantine when entering the state of the seminar by having a rapid test, by checking in regularly on the CDC website. If lengthy quarantines are the only option one-month prior to the scheduled date of any seminar, it will be postponed to a later date.

CURRENT COVID PROTOCOL FOR CE COURSES

Currently, we follow CDC guidelines and New Mexico law for massage education:  we are required to wear a mask in the school and all participants are screened (including temperature check) upon entering the building.