This level of training will focus on the most distinguishing features of biodynamic practice called the midline and the fulcrum present at conception. Detailed embryology of the formation of the midline will be taught. This includes the primitive streak, notochord and its relationship to the developing brain and central nervous system. A second midline is further distinguished in biodynamic practice known as the horizontal or feminine midline.  This midline is related to the connecting stalk of the embryo, the umbilical cord and connection to the natural world. Specific skills will be taught to come into relationship with both the vertical and horizontal midlines via the dynamic stillness that forms their core. This level of training will introduce the principle of how the fluid body holds one’s origin story through active shaping processes, gradients of viscosity and thermal regulation. This relates to the ignition of embodiment in the third week of embryonic development. Students will also continue to learn to rebalance the client from an overactive autonomic nervous system by contacting the occiput and temporal bones.

Learning Goals:

• Experience the significance of the primitive streak in the development of the brain and heart.

• Palpate the biotensegrity of the fluid body as surface, gradient and three-dimensionality.

• Recognize and work with side effects from biodynamic treatments.

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