Seminar 8 – The Facial Complex

Explores dynamics of the face and the special senses. Looks at how the face functions in relationship to the neurocranium, the whole body and a plethora of inter-relationships. Particularly looks at the pivotal relationship of the jaw and throat to the whole body and how it is the fulcrum for powerful physiological and psychoemotional expressions and repressions.

• Cranial nerves & special senses

• Motions and emotions of the face

• Hard palette dynamics

• The jaw and TMJ harmonics

• Emotional entrapment and its expressions

• Shock and the jaw

• The pivot of the throat

• Key joints of the lower body

• The empathetic practitioner

• The power of acknowledgement and non-action

• Practice development: framing the physiology of emotion and pain, developing presence and simplicity in the treatment session

You will learn how to:

• Recognize birth patterns in the facial complex

• Recognize TMJ compression and its affects

• Understand ramifications of chronic jaw tension and its affect on all systems of the body including the in particular the immune response, digestion, posture and emotional repression

• Work with the hyoid as a natural fulcrum for the structural and emotional health of the throat

• Be able to listen to the face as a whole and be in relationship with all the different facial tissues

• Become more precise in your ability to name patterns of expression and their quality and direction

• Define BCST through the spoken and written word

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