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Wellsprings Trainings, 2018
with Robert Litman and Gael Rosewood
Vashon Island, WA
These training programs are designed to give participants both a theoretical and experiential understanding of Continuum as a practice, as well as helping them learn how to offer this practice as a support to others, and teach these principles in a group context.
The goal of these trainings is to educate and empower healers in many different fields to be able to use and offer this work to support the health of their clients and communities. As such, these trainings are especially appropriate for those who are being mentored by a member of the Continuum Teacher Association, those who are on a teacher track with Continuum Movement, or those who wish to enrich their somatic practice with the methods offered by Continuum.
To see information about the specific modules, click the links to the right, or you can read below for more general information about Continuum and the overall program.
As a response to the enormous health challenges we face today:
- The impact of environmental pollution and toxicity
- Electro-magnetic distortions
- Accelerating cost of health care and medication
- Ramifications of our sedentary work and lifestyles
- Societal upheavals
We are being asked to discover new ways of implementing and sustaining health.
Continuum Wellsprings offers opportunities to move beyond all current health models, examining the dynamics of trauma and what’s needed for vibrant and alive self-expression.
Health practitioners know that non-responsive tissue represents a self-limiting stance and will determine the paucity or amplitude of available nourishment. This is a determining factor in one’s state of health. In the Wellsprings program we will look at how the body thrives on the constant stream of self-nourishment, i.e., the “flow of information” which is manifest through the arrangements of fluid molecules as expressed in our cells and connective tissues.
"The 'body' is a profound orchestration of many qualities and the textures of movement - interpenetrating tones of fertile play waiting to be incubated.. We inhabit a sea of intelligent life beckoning us to enter."
- Emilie Conrad The goal of these trainings is to offer aspects of Continuum Wellsprings especially designed for those who are dedicated to the Art of Health.
- The sound streams that have been developed in Continuum over the past forty years have been consolidated, to address the most salient issues of client concern. The various uses of sound and the understanding of the appropriateness of application will be thoroughly taught and mentored.
- Breath and tissue structure cannot be separated. Tissue structure will accommodate various adaptive strategies that then stifle and limit the ability of breath to “move”. Adaptive patterns are styled into our breath maintaining shock and trauma over a lifetime. We believe it is naïve to impose breathing exercises on anyone without liberating the underlying inhibiting tissue structure. Breathing explorations in Continuum Wellsprings are designed to enhance awareness of the movement and sensations of breath throughout the body. Continuum Wellsprings Anatomy teaches and explores this complex network as well as the physiology of respiration.
- We will engage with ourselves as an extension of billions of years of planetary process, providing us with an ability to encompass rich and varied probabilities and outcomes not currently realized.
- We will learn through our own body experience the implications of varied “holding patterns” and their application to client concerns.
- Pre and post-natal adaptive patterns maintain the basic imprint of an organism’s engagement with life, and manifest in tissue structure and breath.
- Pre and post care as a result of cancer treatment, neuromuscular compromises, stroke, cranial disorders, respiratory – cardiac challenges, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and auto-immune disorders live on within the body’s pattern after the event.
- Continuum Wellsprings principles will be taught so that participants can integrate the Wellsprings approach into their private practice and for the enhancement of client treatment outcomes.
- Wellsprings participants will learn how:
- Differentiating tissue will create a higher order of function due to an increase in the flow of information, in the mutability and permeability of tissue and in respiratory and nutritional delivery.
- To coach their clients and develop appropriate sequences that encourages the client to discover their own healing abilities.
- Giving yourself two weeks of Continuum exploration is a rare, life changing meeting with self in today’s pace of life.
 LOCATION
This training will be held at a retreat center on the beautiful, restorative, quiet and uplifting Vashon Island in Washington state. With abundant fresh air, trees, forest paths and water views, it is an ideal place to resonate with nature and is located in a setting of friendly, easy, small town living.
Contact Robert for more venue and travel information.
ELIGIBILITY
If you wish to attend Module 1: Foundations of Continuum, please contact us in regards to eligibility.
To attend the Practitioner Training or the Teacher Practicum you must have:
1. 100 hrs of Continuum experience (either at workshops or in private sessions or from completing Module 1: Foundations of Continuum)
2. Submitted a completed application.
3. Completed the required readings by the time the program begins.
TUITION
The tuition for each module is as follows and does not include lodging or meals:
- Module 1: Foundations of Continuum 14 Day Training - $2,100
- Module 2: Practitioner Training - $900
- Module 3: Teacher Practicum - $1000
Upon registration a $500 deposit is required to hold your space. For more information, click here to see the application.
WHAT DO YOU RECEIVE UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM?
The Foundations of Continuum program will give you an understanding of the historical development of Continuum and a specific knowledge of how Continuum modalities are designed for innovation. You will leave with a full sense of the scope of this work and what distinguishes Continuum from other somatic practices. The 14 days of embodied practice will deepen your ability for self-regulation, health and self-care. After the completion of the  Practitioner Training you will have the skills to integrate Continuum into your private practice with clients.
You will receive a Continuum Wellsprings Certificate of Completion after each module. In addition, if you complete Module 2 and go through a review process with Gael/Robert, you will be listed on our website as a Continuum Wellsprings Practitioner. Some additional mentoring may be required before the official listing as a practitioner is approved.
The training hours can be used as Continuing Education Credits with many organizations, such as NCBTMB and ISMETA, as well as preparation for the Continuum Teacher Training and membership in the Continuum Teacher Association.
Please note: The Continuum Wellsprings certificate does not authorize an individual as a Continuum Movement Teacher.
LODGING, MEALS and OTHER INFORMATION
Accommodations:
There are many Vacation Rental Homes, Airbnbs and other Bed and Breakfast options on the island. We can provide limited transportation to and from class if you are staying close by. If not, a car would be needed. There are buses that run all day and e-bikes are also available for rent. Check with us for ideas and locations. Vashon is a very popular place during the summer so it's best to reserve sooner than later. The Vashon Chamber of Commerce is also a useful resource to explore housing options.
Contact us at robert@thebreathablebody.com for more specific information about available lodging/meal options or to reserve a space.
Ongoing Community:
Participants of these programs are encouraged to establish and maintain a peer group for the exchange of information and experiences, through emails and yearly meetings.
RECOMMENDED READINGS and VIDEOS
Articles and Videos in the resources section of our website.
Life on Land by Emilie Conrad
Engaging the Movement of Life by Bonnie Gintis
The Buteyko Method and the Carbon Dioxide Syndrome
by Jennifer Stark and Russell Stark
Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air
by Theodor Schwenk
Job’s Body by Deanne Juhan
Anatomy of Breathing by Blandine Calais-Germain |
