The class begins by devoting a day to studying supine approaches to the sacral and coxal bones. The second day is focused on the lateral bony structures of the cranium and introduces coupled and spanning contacts to both the head and the face. The last two days are dedicated to understanding the concept, sensitivity to and practice of unwinding. This four-day class focuses on cranial work with the face, mouth and sphenoid. Students are guided through an exploration of the relationship between cranial architecture, TMJ dysfunction, and stress.
Students continue to work on non-verbal perception and diagnosis to complement the analytical study.
The class ends with a 90-minute protocol combining cranial work in the mouth with the technical analysis of sphenoid fault patterns. Then we need to learn to wait, unconditionally. We wait until the head tells us what to do. In this four-day class, precise analytical deduction and insight are interwoven with shamanistic diagnosis to produce a meaningful system of healing. To refine students' understanding of such a system and its boundaries, the dangers of dogma and psychological set, the healers contract and homeostatic threat are discussed.