with Kathryn Martin

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with Kathryn Martin 🌀

FAMO Practice 1

The three FAMO Practice courses examine the details of FAMO exercises to refine your own movement execution and prepare you to teach your clients. This first FAMO Practice module offers a rich selection of experience-proven repertoire that utilise and benefit all 12 fascial movement qualities (FAMO Focus) and 12 myofascial meridians (Anatomy Trains in Motion).

This course is offered as the third module of the full FAMO certification and prerequisite completion of the first two modules as well as certification in a movement, health, bodywork, or therapy field is mandatory.

  • April 18,19 & May 2,3

    12:30 - 5:30pm

  • $650 CAD +GST/QST

    Not included:

    Mandatory reading: Fascia Movement Practice 1

    Mandatory Props 1 Pair of FAMO Massage Balls, 1 Pair of FAMO Massage Domes

    Nice to Have: FAMO Kneeling Mat

  • Kathryn [she/her] has always been interested in structure, mechanics, and the interaction of our humanity, space, and function. These interests inspired her study of Engineering and English Literature, but it wasn’t until she began studying human movement that these dual interests came together. Integral movement and anatomy with a fascial focus united her interests in structure, function, and the human condition. Kathryn is inspired daily by the empowering capacity of mindful movement practices to support function, comfort, health, trust, and strength in one’s entire being.

  • This course is offered as the third module of the full FAMO certification and prerequisite completion of the first two modules as well as certification in a movement, health, bodywork, or therapy field is mandatory.

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About this course

By the end of the course, you will have a nuanced understanding and a felt sense of a multidimensional set of our favourite FAMO exercises, ready to use in your personal practice and with clients. Experience has shown that the movements and techniques are well-suited for group classes, personalised training, and therapeutic settings, using body-minded movement to enhance physical functionality and psycho-emotional wellbeing.

While all myofascial meridians are considered, special emphasis is placed on the Superficial Back Line and Superficial Front Line due to their essential roles in postural balance, movement production, and creating a feeling of grounded lift in the body-mind. Among the diverse selection of primary exercises are the 14 used for posture-based movement strategies in the FAMO Body Reading & Rebalancing course.

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Learning Outcomes

Learn and experience multidimensional exercises anchored in sound principles of integral fascia-focused anatomy and body-mind holism

Gain a solid understanding of exercises ideally suited for posture-based movement programs

Understand the 'why' behind exercise execution, including applied training techniques, breathing patterns, variations, adaptations, and the use of massage tools and supportive props

Grasp and embody the 'how' of exercise execution and teaching

Discover the diverse, nuanced use of massage tools that goes beyond the obvious and generic

By participating in this course, you will:

Comprehend how fascial movement qualities are deliberately utilised, trained, and enhanced with specific exercises and sequences

Understand how focusing on specific myofascial meridians influences and enriches movement aims and positive outcomes

Explore all myofascial meridians in practice, with a special emphasis on the workings and the somatic and psycho-emotional benefits of the Superficial Back Line and Superficial Front Line

Experience and observe the profound effects of FAMO Fascia Movement on the body-mind

Gain a new repertoire of exercises to add a novel dimension to your own practice, your classes, personalised training, bodywork, or therapy sessions

Vitalise your body-mind in the moment

course highlights

course highlights

For a purely somatic, non-analytical immersion into FAMO Practice 1, each course day begins with a master class that seamlessly weaves in the day's repertoire.

These exercises are then broken down and explored in detail to prepare you to teach.

FAMO Practice 1 repertoire comprises:

Differentiated and integrated exercises in all body positions

Slow and deep, dynamic, and rhythmic, stimulating and invigorating, strengthening and melting exercises as well as contrasting movement sequences

Exercises variations and adaptations that alter focus, intensity, and/or body position

Exercise variations with & without massage tools

Each exercise is experienced and discussed in terms of:

Movement execution & applied training techniques

Exercise aims and benefits

Functional myofascial anatomy

Utilisation of fascial movement qualities

Use and advantages of massage tools or supportive props and purposeful sequencing

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