Bodywork Courses

Integrating bodywork and birthwork is essential for helping to maximize space for baby, and to provide more ease for the pregnant and birthing person. Learn to use advanced bodywork techniques created from a blend of massage therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic care, physical therapy, and other modalities.

Rachel Shapiro of Equilibrio during a bodywork course

Pregnancy Bodywork

This year-long foundational course will address general wellbeing and spaciousness, as well as training you in the treatment of restoring balance for babies in breech presentations, posterior presentations, transverse lie, and mothers with pelvic pain, symphysis pubis pain or dysfunction, vulvar varicosities, back discomforts, swelling, and more.

prerequisite

Spinning Babies® workshop with Rachel Shapiro (within the last 3 years)

Location

In-person training takes place 1 full day per week in Shamir Medical Center, Israel

Cost

17,500 NIS

duration of the course

9 months (October-July)

Registration for 2021-2022 is full. Accepting applications now for course starting October 2022.

Advanced Courses

Advanced Pelvic Balance

This advanced course focuses on pelvic balance. It will address anterior and posterior rotations of the pelvis, lateral and medial imbalances of the pelvic bones, subluxation of the sacral bone, and pelvic joint dysfunction.

In addition to the bony pelvis, it also covers advanced soft tissue balance, focusing on internal pelvic fascia, pelvic muscles, and internal pelvic ligaments that can be balanced by external techniques available to all providers.

Lastly, you’ll receive in-depth guidance on how to provide education for at-home care after treatment.

prerequisite

Pregnancy Bodywork Course (within the last 3 years)

Location

In-person training takes place 1 full day per week in Shamir Medical Center, Israel

duration of the course

3 months (May-July)

Cost

8,500 NIS

Accepting applications now for course starting May 2022

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This advanced course focuses on pelvic balance. It will address anterior and posterior rotations of the pelvis, lateral and medial imbalances of the pelvic bones, subluxation of the sacral bone, and pelvic joint...

Skeleto-Muscular Resetting After Birth

In the process of birth, our bodies open fully, both from our soft tissue (dilation of the uterus) as well as our bones (bony pelvis). After birth, there is a unique opportunity to provide deep balance to the whole body - from muscles to ligament, from fascia to our very bones - while the relaxing hormone levels are still at their peak. This course delves into how to help restore full balance after birth, for improved health and wellbeing for daily life, and for a healthier future pregnancy and birth.

prerequisite

Pregnancy Bodywork Course (within the last 3 years)

Location

In-person training takes place 1 full day per week in Shamir Medical Center, Israel

duration of the course

3 months

Cost

TBD

Course will next be offered in 2023.

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In the process of birth, our bodies open fully, both from our soft tissue (dilation of the uterus) as well as our bones (bony pelvis). After birth, there is a unique opportunity to provide deep balance to the whole...

Recovery From Cesarean Birth

Some people plan cesarean births, and others experience an unplanned cesarean birth.  After either experience, the body is in need of deep balance.

In this course you will learn in-depth scar tissue remediation therapy, emotional processing after a cesarean birth, and deep body balancing to restore full health of the soft tissues as they continue their healing process.

prerequisite

Pregnancy Bodywork Course (within the last 3 years)

Location

In-person training takes place 1 full day per week in Shamir Medical Center, Israel

duration of the course

3 months

Cost

TBD

Course will next be offered in 2024.

Coming Soon

Some people plan cesarean births, and others experience an unplanned cesarean birth. After either experience, the body is in need of deep balance. In this course you will learn in-depth scar tissue remediation...

Rebirth After Trauma

There are many people who have specific trauma experiences from their birth, or who experience their whole birth as traumatic; others feel the birth may have been traumatic for their baby.

In this course, you will learn several approaches for both baby and mom to experience a physiological rebirth. By resetting the neuro-endocrinological processes of birth and enabling physiological rotations and movements, you will be able to promote an adjusted birth experience.

prerequisite

Pregnancy Bodywork Course or Balancing Birth Course (within the last 3 years)

Location

In-person training takes place 1 full day per week in Shamir Medical Center, Israel

duration of the course

10 weeks

Cost

TBD

Course will next be offered in 2024.

Coming Soon

There are many people who have specific trauma experiences from their birth, or who experience their whole birth as traumatic; others feel the birth may have been traumatic for their baby. In this course, you will...

Postpartum Bodywork

There is a huge need and desire among birthing people and professionals alike for postpartum bodywork.  In this course you will learn advanced postpartum bodywork protocols and focuses, when, where and how to touch, as well as a special focus on balancing for the postpartum and breastfeeding mom. This course will include specific bodywork based on birth experiences.

prerequisite

Pregnancy Bodywork Course (within the last 3 years)

Location

In-person training takes place 1 full day per week in Shamir Medical Center, Israel.

duration of the course

3 months

Cost

TBD

Course will next be offered in 2024

Coming Soon

There is a huge need and desire among birthing people and professionals alike for postpartum bodywork. In this course you will learn advanced postpartum bodywork protocols and focuses, when, where and how to touch, as...