ANNOUNCING CONTINUUM’S
WELLSPRINGS TRAINING FOR PRACTITIONERS

Last April when teaching at Kripalu Institute, I was interviewed by the director of the soon to be established “Kripalu Healing Institute”, for the purpose of introducing some of the Continuum methods to their practitioners.

It became very clear not only in that particular conversation, but as I continued to travel, that practitioners in workshops were using the work in what I considered to be a haphazard way. It was obvious that something more responsible needed to be developed that would be a concise approach contributing to a health practitioners understanding of how to work with retentive patterns, which from my point of view are really states of paralysis.

The Wellsprings of Health Practitioners Program began to grow out of what I consider to be a very real need.

Very simply put, if someone is bound into a pre or postnatal adaptive pattern they are not candidates for any treatment protocol, whether allopathic or alternative.

This was a concept that blew the director at Kripalu away. Being able to not only evaluate people at this level, but also to facilitate this problem was something they had never even thought of.

Being able to “read” tissue from a Continuum point of view is a contribution that is unique. The simplicity and effectiveness of the work itself makes it easy for practitioners to develop programs for clients to do outside of office visits.

The development of breath and tissue structure, that Robert Litman and I have been developing for so many years, forms the basis of the Wellsprings Practitioners Program.

Anyone entering the program must be licensed as a health practitioner or have the equivalent, and must already have had sufficient Continuum experience (40-60) hours.  Everyone must fill out an application form and is screened carefully before coming into the program.

What is really surprising is so many practitioners have no idea of how to work with breath/structure and how to evaluate tissue organization.

Robert and I have spent a good deal of time working out various scenarios and finally have decided that a 17 day pilot program would be about right, along with 6-12 hours of mentoring. The program is $2700 with private telephone mentoring ($100 for 45 minutes). It is only upon our satisfaction and confidence that the practitioner really has absorbed the work will they be given a Certificate of Completion.

What makes the training different than a Continuum workshop is that the emphasis is “clinical”, rather than on personal growth. Participants will be spending time recognizing and learning to orchestrate sequences that are specifically designed to mitigate rigid habitual patterns.
Since breath, tissue organization and anatomy cannot be separated, education into these details are an essential of the program.

• We will learn through our own body experience the implications of varied “tissue choreographies” and their application to client concerns.

• Attention will be paid to pre and post-natal adaptive patterns. These 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 complaints; chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and autoimmune disorders will be addressed.

• Protocols will be taught to facilitate practitioner’s ability to integrate the Wellsprings approach into their private practice and for the enhancement of client treatment outcomes.

The program will be offered at the Continuum Studio in Santa Monica, CA. Space is limited to 22 people.  If you are interested please download the application.

Blessings,

Emilie Conrad and Robert Litman