Early bird price of $750 held until July 25, 2025 / $850 thereafter
ATSI Advanced Module 3: Centered Reaching – Advanced Assessment, Strategy, and Techniques for the Shoulders, Arms, and Secondary Curves
presented by Tom Myers and Kelly Chadwick
This course is open to ATSI graduates, IASI members, or graduates of a recognized program in Structural Integration only.
This 4-day intensive covers the shoulder girdle itself, its functional relationship to the neck and low back, including advanced techniques for optimal positioning of the shoulders, arms, and hands.
We briefly review the library of shoulder techniques and approaches you learned in basic training, moving shortly to the core muscles and specific ligaments that define shoulder positioning and limit sturdy shoulder use. This includes more detail in the rotator cuff and sub-acromial impingements, as well as more detailed work in the elbows and lower arms for hand and wrist problems.
This is Module 3 of the ATSI Advanced Series. These are based on the 4-series that Tom has developed since learning them from Ida Rolf in 1978. Each of the modules covers one session, with supervised clinical practice in the final module.
- Session 1 (and Module 1) covers pelvis and legs strategies, ligaments and deep structures
- Session 2 covers the breath, rib cage positioning, and deep work with the sternum, mediastinum, and individual ribs
- Session 3 is for the shoulders and arms, especially the many ligaments and deep structures of the shoulder assembly
- Session 4 is a deeper exploration of the head, neck, and jaw, including the hyoid system and tongue, the ligaments of the neck, and structural / cranial work
These sessions are designed to go deeper to the ‘inner bag’ compared to the initial 12-series that tours the entire ‘outer bag’ – the myofascial meridians. These sessions focus on techniques for the Anatomy Trains ‘stations’ – myotendinous attachments – and release of the ligamentous bed for each section. In these modules you can also review techniques from the original series.
The first four modules can be taken in any order, but these 4 modules / sessions must be completed before the 5th module – session-based clinical practice – can be taken to achieve ‘Advanced ATSI Practitioner’ status. We will offer new modules when our schedule permits and where there is sufficient interest.