Welcome!
Margery Chessare has offered coursework and mentoring in craniosacral therapy, since 1999, to beginners through advanced practitioners. Our trainings are always small and personal, taught with love and respect for both the material and the participants. Hands-on exchanges are an important part of every class.
“Turtle Back Craniosacral Education is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider and is also sponsored by NCBTMB to teach New York LMTs continuing education that is accepted by the state of New York for license renewal.”
For details on upcoming courses, valuable resources, practitioners and more, click on the menu items to the left. Please visit this website often; we'll be adding new classes and updating regularly. To be added to our email list, please click here.
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Looking ahead to 2013...
will offer a three-part series in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Advanced Training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
• Primary Respiration and the Fluid Body, April 11-14, 2013
• The Heart in Biodynamic Practice, September 19-22, 2013
• Ignition and the Midline, November 14-17, 2013
Turtle Back Craniosacral Education is thrilled to host Michael Shea, PhD, one of the preeminent educators and authors in the fields of craniosacral therapy and somatic psychology. Michael has authored four volumes on Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and he teaches throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Overview for this Advanced BCST Training: There are three ways in which the human body creates and maintains living wholeness through the life span. The fluid body, the cardiovascular system and, finally, the central nervous system arise sequentially in the embryo. Each of these body systems has a metabolism of body wholeness and each is imprinted in its own way through stress and trauma. This advanced series will help participants build the clinical skills necessary to rehabilitate their own three levels of wholeness as well as those of the client. The clinical basis of this training is the perception of Primary Respiration and Stillness.
2012 Turtle Back Courses
Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy
A four-day, two-part, hands-on workshop
A much requested favorite, Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy is open to everyone, regardless of experience or profession. Come play! The next 2012 class is now forming, with exact dates to be announced. If you would like to be notified, please contact us.
We are happy to offer this class to small groups. If you and a few friends and/or colleagues are interested in learning the basics of craniosacral therapy, please contact Margery by email or phone (518) 893-0421.
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Long-Term Foundation Training Series
with Margery Chessare, LMT, BCST, and Ellen Mossman, CMT, BCST
Our sixth long-term Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Training Series in Saratoga Springs, NY, is now full and ongoing. Our next series will likely start in early 2014. If you would like to be notified, please contact us to be added to the Turtle Back Craniosacral Education email list.
Meanwhile, we hope you'll peruse this website (just click these links) for further information about Biodynamic craniosacral therapy, training and certification, books, resources, practitioners and more. Thank you!
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Questions? Please click here to email Margery or call (518) 893-0421.
"Listen to the song of the sky woman.
She who fell to Earth.
She sings to turtle who offered his back
as a place for the world to grow."
- Iroquois Creation Myth
