Structural-Visceral Integration: Abdomen & Pelvis with Bruce Shonfeld
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Course Title
Structural-Visceral Integration: Abdomen & Pelvis
Course Date
March 20-22, 2026
Course Instructor
Bruce Schonfeld
Bruce Schonfeld is a Certified Advanced Rolfer® & Certified Rolf Movement® Integration Practitioner. Certified in 1994, he maintains a private practice in Santa Monica working both inside and outside the recipe. Bruce specializes in troubleshooting tricky pain and orthopedic problems considering systems anatomy, ADLs, and biopsychosocial perspectives.
Bruce has taken the Rolfing Advanced Rolfing® Training with Jan Sultan & Michael Salveson 3 times. He has studied Visceral & Membranous work with Certified Advanced Rolfers Jan Sultan, Christoph Sommer, Peter Schwind, Jeffrey Maitland, and Liz Gaggini. Bruce has studied Visceral Osteopathy and Visceral Manipulation (VM) since 1996 including 300+ hours directly with Jean-Pierre Barral DO. Bruce has studied VM with Alain Croibier DO, Didier Prat DO, Alain Gehin DO, Claudia Kohn DO, Olivier Bazin DO, A.J. de Koning DO, Marc Naudin DO, Rene Assink DO, Bonnie Gintis DO, Mark Bookhout PT, Dee Ahern PT, and has assisted Gail Wetzler PT extensively. He enjoys assisting the Barral Institute's Visceral Dissection classes and was a team member of the Fascial Net Plastination Project. Bruce produced and directed the documentary film series The Secret Life of Fascia.
Course Start and end times
Friday March 20, 2:00-7:00 PM. Sat. March 21, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Sunday March 22, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
In Person location
Sundance Physical Therapy. 2212 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica CA 90405
Course Description
Addressing the viscera of the abdomen and pelvis in the same spatial framework as 'Recipe' Sessions 1-6, this class bridges the container and the contents. Especially when the client has had competent musculoskeletal care, visceral restrictions can be the anatomical elephant in the room. Appropriate for beginners and seasoned practitioners alike, Structural-Visceral Integration (S-VI) is a respectful, user-friendly, direct technique approach at the intersection of Structural Integration (SI) and Visceral Manipulation (VM). S-VI is user-friendly and focused on expanding the SI Practitioner's skill set working with critical core/sleeve dynamics and important systems anatomy interrelationships. Generally following the trail of the larger visceral ligaments of the Gastrointestinal Track, visceral components covered include the large intestine, small intestine, cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, liver, gall bladder, transverse colon, stomach, spleen, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, urinary bladder, lesser and greater omentum, root of the mesentery, umbilical ligament, perineum, and parietal peritoneum. Structural components include the respiratory diaphragm, diaphragmatic recess, pelvis, sacrum, coccyx, pubic symphysis, lumbar spine, sacroiliac joints, transverses abdominus, iliacus, psoas, QL, etc.. The objective is systems anatomy structural integration.
Contact info:
Bruce Schonfeld
bruce@advancedrolfing.com
310-395-3555