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SUMMARY:Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Introductory Course
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Giorgia Milne \nTime: 9AM-6PM (with 90-minute lunch)\nWorkshop Price: $600 for new students / $300 to repeat if registered and paid by Dec 31\, 2025; $650/$325 starting January 1\, 2026\nLocation: Gainesville Retreat Center\nCE Hours: 24 Florida and NCBTMB \n  \nSuggested Reading: \nAn Osteopathic Odyssey by James Jealous\nRadical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being by Philip Shepherd\nEngaging the Movment of Life by Bonnie Gintis\nInterface by R. Paul Lee\nStillness by Charles Ridley \nStudents will need to bring a massage table\, 2 flat sheets\, two pillows\, and a blanket. \nTo Register: Visit https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration \nClasses will take place at the Gainesville Retreat Center \nThis course is an introduction to the Biodynamic Craniosacral Approach\, which can be offered as a pure hands-on practice\, or incorporated as a primary disposition that integrates and informs any other modality\, as well as daily life. It is followed by a deeper dive opportunity in the form the Intensive Course which spans four 4-day weekends over the course of 1 year. \nThe Biodynamic Cranial Approach Introduction allows students to learn directly through felt-sense-experience by feelingly inhabiting the inner body space.  Rather than focusing on an outside-in model of learning (like focusing on craniosacral anatomy or treatment protocols) this course allows students to learn directly via supervised session exchanges and group discussions.  Embodiment and centering practices lay the foundation for the work\, and the “teaching” comes from the “inside-out” via the students’ direct experiences. \nDuring the Introduction Course students learn to touch from a grounded sense of present awareness in a way that is non-efferent (meaning ‘I don’t leave here to go over there’)\, non-doing (being practice\, not doing practice)\, and in tonal resonance with primary respiration and the natural inherent Health and Wisdom of the body. Great care and emphasis are made to cease all efferent activity and intervention\, encouraging students to stay with the feeling-tone (or felt-sense) of what is\, as it is.  Without the symptom-treatment overlay\, students rest in silence\, stillness\, and their natural state of presence and being to directly access primary respiration in their inner bodies.  This approach & teaching method mirror one of the instructions of Dr. William Sutherland – to “trust the tide”.  By allowing the inherent physiological forces within to guide the sessions and the learning\, the natural world and the Breath of Life begin to reveal themselves. \nThis course is Open to anyone wishing to develop personally or to investigate pursuing a committed professional track.  The Introductory Course is for all health practitioners\, psychotherapists\, movement therapists\, and bodyworkers new to cranial work.  It is required for all craniosacral practitioners or other biodynamic practitioners who wish to learn more about the type of biodynamics we teach before undertaking a committed yearlong study of Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive. \nThis Introduction Course is the required prerequisite for the Biodynamic Cranial Approach Intensive — the year long immersion in this approach. For more information\, visit the Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive Certification page. \nGo to https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration to register\nQuestions? Contact Mary at 352-246-6280 ph/txt or mary@touchofpresence.com \nGiorgia Milne founded Touch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies in 2021. She embodies well over 35 years of personal and professional development from allopathic skill to the healing energy work of all the major craniosacral and related approaches. She continues to be evolved by her originating transmission impulse\, which is at the heart and essence of all her offerings in this Biodynamic Cranial Approach (BCA). Giorgia is a graduate of the Stanford University Physician Assistant Program and former Primary Care Provider. She travels extensively offering Touch of Presence® BCA Introductions\, Intensives\, Retreats\, and numerous other course topics emphasizing biodynamic principles inherent to the perspective of Touch of Presence® BCA. Her teaching style rests in her vast personal and professional embodied experience resulting in the ability to perceive the landscape and teach directly from the dynamic alchemy of the present moment. This is Oral Tradition. She also continues ongoing Graduate\, Assistant\, and potential new Teacher development. \n 
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/biodynamic-cranial-touch-initiatory-course/2026-04-11/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Introductory Course
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Giorgia Milne \nTime: 9AM-6PM (with 90-minute lunch)\nWorkshop Price: $600 for new students / $300 to repeat if registered and paid by Dec 31\, 2025; $650/$325 starting January 1\, 2026\nLocation: Gainesville Retreat Center\nCE Hours: 24 Florida and NCBTMB \n  \nSuggested Reading: \nAn Osteopathic Odyssey by James Jealous\nRadical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being by Philip Shepherd\nEngaging the Movment of Life by Bonnie Gintis\nInterface by R. Paul Lee\nStillness by Charles Ridley \nStudents will need to bring a massage table\, 2 flat sheets\, two pillows\, and a blanket. \nTo Register: Visit https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration \nClasses will take place at the Gainesville Retreat Center \nThis course is an introduction to the Biodynamic Craniosacral Approach\, which can be offered as a pure hands-on practice\, or incorporated as a primary disposition that integrates and informs any other modality\, as well as daily life. It is followed by a deeper dive opportunity in the form the Intensive Course which spans four 4-day weekends over the course of 1 year. \nThe Biodynamic Cranial Approach Introduction allows students to learn directly through felt-sense-experience by feelingly inhabiting the inner body space.  Rather than focusing on an outside-in model of learning (like focusing on craniosacral anatomy or treatment protocols) this course allows students to learn directly via supervised session exchanges and group discussions.  Embodiment and centering practices lay the foundation for the work\, and the “teaching” comes from the “inside-out” via the students’ direct experiences. \nDuring the Introduction Course students learn to touch from a grounded sense of present awareness in a way that is non-efferent (meaning ‘I don’t leave here to go over there’)\, non-doing (being practice\, not doing practice)\, and in tonal resonance with primary respiration and the natural inherent Health and Wisdom of the body. Great care and emphasis are made to cease all efferent activity and intervention\, encouraging students to stay with the feeling-tone (or felt-sense) of what is\, as it is.  Without the symptom-treatment overlay\, students rest in silence\, stillness\, and their natural state of presence and being to directly access primary respiration in their inner bodies.  This approach & teaching method mirror one of the instructions of Dr. William Sutherland – to “trust the tide”.  By allowing the inherent physiological forces within to guide the sessions and the learning\, the natural world and the Breath of Life begin to reveal themselves. \nThis course is Open to anyone wishing to develop personally or to investigate pursuing a committed professional track.  The Introductory Course is for all health practitioners\, psychotherapists\, movement therapists\, and bodyworkers new to cranial work.  It is required for all craniosacral practitioners or other biodynamic practitioners who wish to learn more about the type of biodynamics we teach before undertaking a committed yearlong study of Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive. \nThis Introduction Course is the required prerequisite for the Biodynamic Cranial Approach Intensive — the year long immersion in this approach. For more information\, visit the Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive Certification page. \nGo to https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration to register\nQuestions? Contact Mary at 352-246-6280 ph/txt or mary@touchofpresence.com \nGiorgia Milne founded Touch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies in 2021. She embodies well over 35 years of personal and professional development from allopathic skill to the healing energy work of all the major craniosacral and related approaches. She continues to be evolved by her originating transmission impulse\, which is at the heart and essence of all her offerings in this Biodynamic Cranial Approach (BCA). Giorgia is a graduate of the Stanford University Physician Assistant Program and former Primary Care Provider. She travels extensively offering Touch of Presence® BCA Introductions\, Intensives\, Retreats\, and numerous other course topics emphasizing biodynamic principles inherent to the perspective of Touch of Presence® BCA. Her teaching style rests in her vast personal and professional embodied experience resulting in the ability to perceive the landscape and teach directly from the dynamic alchemy of the present moment. This is Oral Tradition. She also continues ongoing Graduate\, Assistant\, and potential new Teacher development. \n 
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/biodynamic-cranial-touch-initiatory-course/2025-05-02/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240727T090000
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SUMMARY:Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Introductory Course
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Giorgia Milne \nTime: 9AM-6PM (with 90-minute lunch)\nWorkshop Price: $600 for new students / $300 to repeat if registered and paid by Dec 31\, 2025; $650/$325 starting January 1\, 2026\nLocation: Gainesville Retreat Center\nCE Hours: 24 Florida and NCBTMB \n  \nSuggested Reading: \nAn Osteopathic Odyssey by James Jealous\nRadical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being by Philip Shepherd\nEngaging the Movment of Life by Bonnie Gintis\nInterface by R. Paul Lee\nStillness by Charles Ridley \nStudents will need to bring a massage table\, 2 flat sheets\, two pillows\, and a blanket. \nTo Register: Visit https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration \nClasses will take place at the Gainesville Retreat Center \nThis course is an introduction to the Biodynamic Craniosacral Approach\, which can be offered as a pure hands-on practice\, or incorporated as a primary disposition that integrates and informs any other modality\, as well as daily life. It is followed by a deeper dive opportunity in the form the Intensive Course which spans four 4-day weekends over the course of 1 year. \nThe Biodynamic Cranial Approach Introduction allows students to learn directly through felt-sense-experience by feelingly inhabiting the inner body space.  Rather than focusing on an outside-in model of learning (like focusing on craniosacral anatomy or treatment protocols) this course allows students to learn directly via supervised session exchanges and group discussions.  Embodiment and centering practices lay the foundation for the work\, and the “teaching” comes from the “inside-out” via the students’ direct experiences. \nDuring the Introduction Course students learn to touch from a grounded sense of present awareness in a way that is non-efferent (meaning ‘I don’t leave here to go over there’)\, non-doing (being practice\, not doing practice)\, and in tonal resonance with primary respiration and the natural inherent Health and Wisdom of the body. Great care and emphasis are made to cease all efferent activity and intervention\, encouraging students to stay with the feeling-tone (or felt-sense) of what is\, as it is.  Without the symptom-treatment overlay\, students rest in silence\, stillness\, and their natural state of presence and being to directly access primary respiration in their inner bodies.  This approach & teaching method mirror one of the instructions of Dr. William Sutherland – to “trust the tide”.  By allowing the inherent physiological forces within to guide the sessions and the learning\, the natural world and the Breath of Life begin to reveal themselves. \nThis course is Open to anyone wishing to develop personally or to investigate pursuing a committed professional track.  The Introductory Course is for all health practitioners\, psychotherapists\, movement therapists\, and bodyworkers new to cranial work.  It is required for all craniosacral practitioners or other biodynamic practitioners who wish to learn more about the type of biodynamics we teach before undertaking a committed yearlong study of Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive. \nThis Introduction Course is the required prerequisite for the Biodynamic Cranial Approach Intensive — the year long immersion in this approach. For more information\, visit the Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive Certification page. \nGo to https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration to register\nQuestions? Contact Mary at 352-246-6280 ph/txt or mary@touchofpresence.com \nGiorgia Milne founded Touch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies in 2021. She embodies well over 35 years of personal and professional development from allopathic skill to the healing energy work of all the major craniosacral and related approaches. She continues to be evolved by her originating transmission impulse\, which is at the heart and essence of all her offerings in this Biodynamic Cranial Approach (BCA). Giorgia is a graduate of the Stanford University Physician Assistant Program and former Primary Care Provider. She travels extensively offering Touch of Presence® BCA Introductions\, Intensives\, Retreats\, and numerous other course topics emphasizing biodynamic principles inherent to the perspective of Touch of Presence® BCA. Her teaching style rests in her vast personal and professional embodied experience resulting in the ability to perceive the landscape and teach directly from the dynamic alchemy of the present moment. This is Oral Tradition. She also continues ongoing Graduate\, Assistant\, and potential new Teacher development. \n 
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/biodynamic-cranial-touch-initiatory-course/2024-07-27/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Fulcrum of Being
DESCRIPTION:Date: April 30th — May 2nd\, 2022 \nTime: 9am—6pm each day \nInstructor: Giorgia Milne \nLocation: The Gainesville Retreat Center \nCost: $525 / $262.50 to repeat \nCEUS: 24 FL & NCBTMB \nTo Register:\nContact Mary Reis: 352-246-6280 or maryreis@me.com\nOr go to Giorgia Milne’s website: https://www.touchofpresence.com/reg-pay-giorgia \nView/Download Course Flyer \nCourse Description: \nTouch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies Presents Fulcrum of Being with Georgia Milne. \nThis course focuses on the depths and dimensions of Fulcrum. We will explore the spirit\, matter\, and essence of fulcrum beyond its classical description. Through the combination of lecture\, experiential exercises\, hands-on work\, and discussion we’ll take a multifaceted view of the manifold and even fractal nature of fulcrums. This supports the understanding and integration of Wholeness as Health\, and its implication for any practice modality\, as well as in everyday life. \n“You are your most you at the moment of conception. \nEverything after that is a differentiation.”\n~Erich Blechschmidt\, M.D. Embryologist \nEmbryogenesis and the concept of fulcrums are inherent to one another. Experientially understanding their essence individually and together offers a doorway into the spirit~matter of existence\, and the non-separate nature of Being-ness. Directly sensing the power and creative force at the heart of every fulcrum\, and of embryogenesis itself\, is to be at the transmutative edge of development and evolution. The resulting paradigm shift in our perceptual capacity\, disposition\, and outlook in turn leads to a more harmonious way of living and being\, where we abide as our authentic selves with each other and the world around us. \n“The fulcrum of the whole is the Whole.”\n~James Jealous\, DO \nThis embodied and integrated paradigm shift\, when applied through touch\, regardless of the modality\, opens the portal to Health as Wholeness. These principles then apply to everyday life. \n“A paradigm shift occurred in the Osteopathic profession when Sutherland asked Osteopaths to consider that the power for functioning is at or in the fulcrum\, \nand not at the ends of the lever.”\n~Bonnie Gintis\, DO \nIn the process of alchemy or transmutation\, the original form returns to its origin – its fundamental parts – and then reconstitutes or re-forms into a higher form. It becomes something of a higher order. \n“One has to see that in any process of paradigm change\, arguments and controversy \nare inevitable. You can’t change the paradigm without people \nseeing how the argument is played out.”\n~Unknown \nJoin us in this exploration of our creative origin\, and rest in its inherent health and wellbeing.
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/fulcrum-of-being/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Embryology: Spirit & Essence
DESCRIPTION:Date: Feb 5th — 7th\, 2022 \nTime: 9am—6pm each day \nInstructor: Giorgia Milne \nLocation: The Gainesville Retreat Center \nCost: $525 / $262.50 to repeat \nCEUS: 24 FL & NCBTMB \nTo Register:\nContact Mary Reis: 352-246-6280 or maryreis@me.com\nOr go to Giorgia Milne’s website: https://www.touchofpresence.com/reg-pay-giorgia \nCourse Description: \n“The forces of growth and development are the same as the forces of healing\, adaptability\, learning\, and change.”\n—Bonnie Gintis\, Osteopath & Continuum Movement Teacher \nTouch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies presents Embryology: Spirit & Essence with Giorgia Milne \nThe embryo has much to reveal to us about life… and death… as a life process.  Through the exploration and study of the metabolic forces and conditions of coming into being\, we open to a vast world of self-discovery and healing potential. \nThe 3-day workshop covers the basic principles of development of a human embryo from conception to week four.  The unfolding of human form in space and time is amazing and can be understood without knowledge of genetics.  We will focus on the transmutative changes happening in the early stage of our development and their significance in healing potential.   \nThrough experiential exercises with and without touch\, movement explorations\, PowerPoint presentations\, and discussions\, we will open to these mysteries that are present and alive within us; creating us in every moment; maintaining health\, balance\, and evolving us as an embodied living consciousness.  Emphasis is on the body-felt-sense-awareness presence and healing potential of these creative forces. \nPrior knowledge of Anatomy and Embryology is not required.  This workshop is open to anyone interested in the subject as the implications are far reaching for any bodywork practice modality\, as well as everyday life.  Particularly applicable to students interested in the Biodynamic Approach to Craniosacral Work. \n 
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/embryology-spirit-essence/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
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SUMMARY:Touch of Presence® Intensive ~ Biodynamic Cranial Approach
DESCRIPTION:Immersion in Biodynamic Cranial Approach training presented as 4\, 4-day classes.  Additional work to be completed outside of class times.  Pathway to potentially becoming a BCA practitioner\, or purely for personal development and life enhancement.  BCA Introductory Course and Teacher approval required.  Payment in full required prior to 4th installment of class. \nThe Intensive develops out of a field of interest to immerse oneself in the work\, and often as a response to an uncanny yet inexorable “calling”. Dates are scheduled once there’s critical mass of committed participants. It requires an up-front commitment for the entire 4 x 4-day process\, and the tuition is not refundable for any reason. \nEach course provides the opportunity and support to progressively cultivate and maintain a living\, intimate\, ever-deepening\, and continuous body-felt connection with the Breath of Life. Consciousness and Presence are discovered to be inseparable and that when one has perceptual experience of Wholeness\, health or what we call “healing” (on any level) end up being a sort of byproduct of the process.  Biodynamic Cranial Approach Intensives offer a way to practice a non-medical approach that can be applies outright\, or integrated with any healing modality such as cranial work\, medicine\, integral medical work\, acupuncture\, homeopathy\, naturopathy\, bodywork\, movement\, somatics\, or psychotherapy. \n2021/22 BCA Intensive Schedule: \n\n#1: July 22-25\, 2021\n#2: December 2-5\, 2021\n#3:  February 10-13\, 2022\n#4:  May 5-8\, 2022\n\n  \nContact Mary Reis with any questions regarding the class or to register: maryreis@me.com or 352-246-6280. \nBecause this work continues to evolve\, this course continues to evolve as well.  The basic material covered shifts somewhat with each group and many students find great value in repeating the Intensive to deepen their bodily experience and practice of the work.  Half price to repeat. \nCourses will take place at the Gainesville Retreat Center\, located on over 100 acres of conservation land on the eastern edge of Gainesville. Onsite lodging is available. To make lodging reservations\, please contact Shana Smith at the Gainesville Retreat Center: \nhttps://gainesvilleretreatcenter.com \n352-213-2221 \nCost:  $4\,000; $2\,000 to repeat \nCE Credits:  120 FL & NCBTMB
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/touch-of-presence-intensive-biodynamic-cranial-approach/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
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SUMMARY:Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Introductory Course
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Giorgia Milne \nTime: 9AM-6PM (with 90-minute lunch)\nWorkshop Price: $600 for new students / $300 to repeat if registered and paid by Dec 31\, 2025; $650/$325 starting January 1\, 2026\nLocation: Gainesville Retreat Center\nCE Hours: 24 Florida and NCBTMB \n  \nSuggested Reading: \nAn Osteopathic Odyssey by James Jealous\nRadical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being by Philip Shepherd\nEngaging the Movment of Life by Bonnie Gintis\nInterface by R. Paul Lee\nStillness by Charles Ridley \nStudents will need to bring a massage table\, 2 flat sheets\, two pillows\, and a blanket. \nTo Register: Visit https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration \nClasses will take place at the Gainesville Retreat Center \nThis course is an introduction to the Biodynamic Craniosacral Approach\, which can be offered as a pure hands-on practice\, or incorporated as a primary disposition that integrates and informs any other modality\, as well as daily life. It is followed by a deeper dive opportunity in the form the Intensive Course which spans four 4-day weekends over the course of 1 year. \nThe Biodynamic Cranial Approach Introduction allows students to learn directly through felt-sense-experience by feelingly inhabiting the inner body space.  Rather than focusing on an outside-in model of learning (like focusing on craniosacral anatomy or treatment protocols) this course allows students to learn directly via supervised session exchanges and group discussions.  Embodiment and centering practices lay the foundation for the work\, and the “teaching” comes from the “inside-out” via the students’ direct experiences. \nDuring the Introduction Course students learn to touch from a grounded sense of present awareness in a way that is non-efferent (meaning ‘I don’t leave here to go over there’)\, non-doing (being practice\, not doing practice)\, and in tonal resonance with primary respiration and the natural inherent Health and Wisdom of the body. Great care and emphasis are made to cease all efferent activity and intervention\, encouraging students to stay with the feeling-tone (or felt-sense) of what is\, as it is.  Without the symptom-treatment overlay\, students rest in silence\, stillness\, and their natural state of presence and being to directly access primary respiration in their inner bodies.  This approach & teaching method mirror one of the instructions of Dr. William Sutherland – to “trust the tide”.  By allowing the inherent physiological forces within to guide the sessions and the learning\, the natural world and the Breath of Life begin to reveal themselves. \nThis course is Open to anyone wishing to develop personally or to investigate pursuing a committed professional track.  The Introductory Course is for all health practitioners\, psychotherapists\, movement therapists\, and bodyworkers new to cranial work.  It is required for all craniosacral practitioners or other biodynamic practitioners who wish to learn more about the type of biodynamics we teach before undertaking a committed yearlong study of Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive. \nThis Introduction Course is the required prerequisite for the Biodynamic Cranial Approach Intensive — the year long immersion in this approach. For more information\, visit the Biodynamic Cranial Approach ~ Touch of Presence® Intensive Certification page. \nGo to https://www.touchofpresence.com/courses-schedule-registration to register\nQuestions? Contact Mary at 352-246-6280 ph/txt or mary@touchofpresence.com \nGiorgia Milne founded Touch of Presence® School for Biodynamic Studies in 2021. She embodies well over 35 years of personal and professional development from allopathic skill to the healing energy work of all the major craniosacral and related approaches. She continues to be evolved by her originating transmission impulse\, which is at the heart and essence of all her offerings in this Biodynamic Cranial Approach (BCA). Giorgia is a graduate of the Stanford University Physician Assistant Program and former Primary Care Provider. She travels extensively offering Touch of Presence® BCA Introductions\, Intensives\, Retreats\, and numerous other course topics emphasizing biodynamic principles inherent to the perspective of Touch of Presence® BCA. Her teaching style rests in her vast personal and professional embodied experience resulting in the ability to perceive the landscape and teach directly from the dynamic alchemy of the present moment. This is Oral Tradition. She also continues ongoing Graduate\, Assistant\, and potential new Teacher development. \n 
URL:https://floridaschoolofmassage.com/event/biodynamic-cranial-touch-initiatory-course/2019-08-23/
LOCATION:Gainesville Retreat Center\, 1551 SE 51st Street\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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