ATSI Advanced Module 3 with Tom Myers
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Course Title: ATSI Advanced Module 3: Centered Reaching - Advanced Assessment, Strategy & Techniques for the Shoulders, Arms & Secondary Curves
Course Date: August 25-28, 2025
Course Instructor: Tom Myers
Thomas Myers studied with Drs. Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller, and with a variety of movement and manual therapy pioneers. His work is influenced by cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement studies he made with European schools of osteopathy.
An inveterate traveler, Tom has practiced integrative manual therapy for over 40 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains (2020, 4th ed), co-author of Fascial Release for Structural Balance (North Atlantic, 2010, 2017), co-author of Anatomy Trains in Motion Study Guide (2019), author of Body3, The Anatomist’s Corner, Structural Integration: Collected Articles, and BodyReading: Visual Assessment and The Anatomy Trains, and has also written extensively for Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (Elsevier). He has also produced over 20 online learning courses with Anatomy Trains, and others in collaboration with various body-oriented professional groups. Tom lives and sails on the coast of Maine in the USA.
Tom and his faculty conduct professional development courses and certification in Structural Integration worldwide.
Course Start and end times: 9am -5pm each day
In Person location:
180 Clarks Cove Rd, Walpole, ME 04573
Course Description:
This course is open to ATSI graduates, IASI members, or graduates of a recognized program in Structural Integration only. This 4-day intensive covers the shoulder girdle itself, its functional relationship to the neck and low back, including advanced techniques for optimal positioning of the shoulders, arms, and hands.
We briefly review the library of shoulder techniques and approaches you learned in basic training, moving shortly to the core muscles and specific ligaments that define shoulder positioning and limit sturdy shoulder use. This includes more detail in the rotator cuff and sub-acromial impingements, as well as more detailed work in the elbows and lower arms for hand and wrist problems.
This is Module 3 of the ATSI Advanced Series. These are based on the 4-series that Tom has developed since learning them from Ida Rolf in 1978. Each of the modules covers one session, with supervised clinical practice in the final module.
Session 1 (and Module 1) covers pelvis and legs strategies, ligaments and deep structures
Session 2 covers the breath, rib cage positioning, and deep work with the sternum, mediastinum, and individual ribs
Session 3 is for the shoulders and arms, especially the many ligaments and deep structures of the shoulder assembly
Session 4 is a deeper exploration of the head, neck, and jaw, including the hyoid system and tongue, the ligaments of the neck, and structural / cranial work
These sessions are designed to go deeper to the ‘inner bag’ compared to the initial 12-series that tours the entire ‘outer bag’ – the myofascial meridians. These sessions focus on techniques for the Anatomy Trains ‘stations’ – myotendinous attachments – and release of the ligamentous bed for each section. In these modules you can also review techniques from the original series.
The first four modules can be taken in any order, but these 4 modules / sessions must be completed before the 5th module – session-based clinical practice – can be taken to achieve ‘Advanced ATSI Practitioner’ status. We will offer new modules when our schedule permits and where there is sufficient interest.
Contact info:
Stephanie Stoy
workshops@anatomytrains.com
973-917-3072