Fitness Classes in San Francisco, CA

Ortho-Bionomy uses Osteopathic-based gentle body positions and movements to stimulate the self-correcting reflexes within the muscles and nerves. These responses can move the client out of pain and discomfort within 10-30 seconds. This method is very specific and structure-oriented.  Structure Governs Function' is an Osteopathic principle...

Revitalize your body, calm your mind, and balance your emotions with Breema. Receive a mini-session of Breema bodywork, and join us for an introduction to Breema bodywork, Self-Breema movement, and the Nine Principles of Harmony. Experience the profoundly relaxing, nourishing, and energizing effect of Breema bodywork and Self-Breema exercises as you...

Ortho-Bionomy uses gentle body positions and movements to stimulate the body’s own self-correcting reflexes within the muscle spindles and neurotendinous organs. This allows the body to bring itself back into alignment and balance and out of pain within 40 seconds. It is a very specific structure oriented practice that is painless for the client...

In this innovative 3-day/24-hour course you will learn to expertly give a full body stretching session that can be done as a stand alone session or added to the end of a massage. You will learn a full body assisted stretching routine and be able to customize your sessions based on the skills you’ll acquire in this course. As an added bonus you will...

This highly anticipated Cadaver Lab with Advanced Functional Anatomy class will consist of half cadaver lab led by a physician/surgeon and half functional anatomy taught by two of the top clinical massage therapists in the Bay Area. This advanced anatomy course will be focused on Thomas Myer’s Anatomy Trains, which are systems of muscles that function...

How does it work, that when you are clear within yourself and with your clients about your own integrity, emotional responses, and boundaries, that this allows your work to go even deeper? In the Ortho-Bionomy / Ethics and Emotional Issues class we will journey into the experiential discovery of how being clear within our body and our emotions can...

In this 2-day class students will gain a thorough understanding of what reflexology is, how it works, the benefits of reflexology, and proper technique and application of reflexology. We will learn anatomy, contraindications, how to differentiate between tightness in the fascia versus tension in a reflexology point, and how to address specific health...

This may be different from any other Cranial Class you have taken. In this class we will be using the Osteopathic Ortho-Bionomy principles to work on the Cranium. We will be working with the: • Structure (Phase 4)- Skin, Muscles, Bones • Unwinding (Phase 5) • The dynamic of how relaxing the practitioner deeply relaxes the client • Reflexive...

This two-day 14 hour muscle testing class aims to make you a more effective and efficient therapist by giving you a much needed window into the neurology of the neuromuscular system. A manual muscle test can quickly inform the practitioner of the nervous system’s ability to recruit a muscle or muscle pattern. This is information that visual assessment...

Northern Style Nuad Bo Rarn is taught in close approximation to current teaching available in Thailand. This 35-hour intensive course provides students with the skills to perform a basic 90-minute Thai Massage treatment in traditional style. Bodywork skills are built up in a step-by-step fashion with plenty of practice and time for review and refinement....