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Are you burnt out? Do you feel like you work too hard? Are your clients plateau-ing? Do you need something fresh and exciting in your practice? What you are feeling is a form of wisdom that can be harnessed. In this workshop, you will learn integrative strategies from structural integration, somatic psychology, and various movement therapy lineages that will allow you to become more creative and innovative both within and beyond your technique tradition. This two-day class is an opportunity to invigorate your practice and life. This is a learning opportunity centered around the inherent wisdom of your (and your clients’) embodied experiences. No matter what technique tradition you practice, your clinical and personal insights are valuable to the therapeutic encounter. Through lecture, demonstrations, and practice exchanges we will explore the possibilities of including integrative strategies in your work. How can they stimulate your perceptual abilities? How can they enrich every session you give? How can they free you to listen to the wisdom your own somatic experience in the service of others? Topics to be covered include: - Kinesthetic Empathy - Body Reading - Resourcing yourself and others - Depth of work versus pressure - Listening and Languaging - An introduction to including Indirect Work - Contacting tissue types - Working with emotions - Movement Interventions Toby Matthews is a Certified Rolfer™ and Certified GYROTONIC® & GYROKINESIS® Instructor. He is a North Carolina Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist (#3687), with a private practice in Durham, NC at Matthews Somatics.