Foundation Training Level 5 Florida
I have just completed a delightful Level 5 training in Florida. The students are halfway through the training. These middle phases of the training involve core regulation and the importance of conscious awareness of the viscera. especially significant are the heart and vascular system.
In this class we focused on the liver, the bladder, the umbilicus and umbilical cord, the small and large intestines. I am becoming more and more concerned about the epidemic of inflammatory conditions in the intestines. So many people are allergice to certain foods and don't even know it. Much of this can be remedied by jay paying attention to one's body and any discomfort that arises after eating or even in the day following heavy meals.
My concern is that the fluid body has a significant drag on it from these inflammatory processes as they affect the immune system. I am advocating for anti inflammatory diets, such as the Pericone Diet and for a much greater conscious awareness called interoceptive awareness of all the organs in the core of the body.
This type of core regulation changes brain structure and increases empathy.
I just returned from New Zealand where I taught my first advanced class in biodynamic craniosacral therapy in the southern hemisphere. The venue was a boat house up on stilts overlooking a gorgeous bay and working with the fluid body and Primary Respiration was sublime. Students came from Malaysia, Australia, and other parts of the world for this class. It’s true what they say about Kiwis, which is what New Zealanders are called. They are so friendly that many of the students stayed in homes surrounding the venue. All the shop owners knew us by the end of the class. 
I was able to travel around the north island with my wife and see some very popular beaches. Surfing is a huge phenomenon and just watching the surfers was an amazing experience of working with waves, currents and tides. Primary Respiration is alive and well in New Zealand. My host was Ged Sumner, who offers the only foundation training in biodynamic craniosacral therapy in either New Zealand or Australia. He was a terrific host and has found a way to integrate his teaching of Chi Kung into biodynamic teaching and practice. He also has a love of the embryo and we were very compatible. He even came up to watch the Super Bowl with us, which indeed was broadcast live in New Zealand. 
