Instructor: KALPESH PATEL, LMT

Date: Sat OCT 6, 2018 Time: 9AM – 6PM Workshop Price: $160
Location: Florida School of Massage

CE Hours: 8
To Register: Email Kalpesh at orthobio@hotmail.com or sign up online.
Workshop Description:

How can we help people get comfortable in their own skin in a way that is easy and will last? How can we affect patterns of holding that seem too old or deep to work without being too invasive?
Learn precise hands-on techniques which reconnect a client’s sense of being directly back to their joints to enhance relaxation, support, stability & movement. Ortho-Bionomy is an osteopathic discipline for helping the whole being by being specific in our contact, both with our clients and within ourselves. The methods facilitate changes to deep muscle without direct pressure, so are very effective in conditions where deep tissue work is contraindicated or not tolerated. The techniques in this class are easy on the therapist, gentle and non-invasive for the client, can be performed with clients fully clothed and will cover all the major joints.

About the Instructors:

Kalpesh Patel has been in practice full-time in Gainesville for 17 years. He focuses on chronic pain, sports, rehabilitation, and visceral/ musculoskeletal dynamics. He has been a staff therapist for the Sports & Orthopedics physical therapy clinic of Shands Hospital since 2001. Kalpesh’s varied background of formal movement and somatic training inform his work and teachings: Indian classical dance, Buddhist Vipassana meditation, Taoist spontaneous Qigong, authentic Tai Chi Chuan, fascial mobilization, and trauma resolution using a biological model.