Seminar 8 – The Facial Complex

Explores the dynamics of the face and the special senses. Looks at how the face functions in relationship to the neurocranium, the whole body and a plethora of inter-relationships. Particularly looks at the pivotal relationship of the jaw and throat to the whole body and how it is the fulcrum for powerful physiological and psychoemotional expressions and repressions.

• Cranial nerves & special senses
• Motions and emotions of the face
• Hard palette dynamics
• The jaw and TMJ harmonics
• Emotional entrapment and its expressions
• Shock and the jaw
• The pivot of the throat
• Key joints of the lower body
• The empathetic practitioner
• The power of acknowledgement and non-action
• Practice development: framing the physiology of emotion and pain, developing presence and simplicity in the treatment session

You will learn how to:

• Recognize birth patterns in the facial complex
• Recognize TMJ compression and its affects
• Understand ramifications of chronic jaw tension and its affect on all systems of the body including the in particular the immune response, digestion, posture and emotional repression
• Work with the hyoid as a natural fulcrum for the structural and emotional health of the throat
• Be able to listen to the face as a whole and be in relationship with all the different facial tissues
• Become more precise in your ability to name patterns of expression and their quality and direction
• Define BCST through the spoken and written word

Find more info about the program here: https://www.bodyintelligence.com/practitioner-foundation-training/about