Integrated Visceral Techniques I
Learn effective releases for the diaphragm, liver, stomach and abdominal sphincters, all within the context of the vagal system.
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SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2024
Regular Price: $735
BIPOC Discount: $588
This is the first course in our Integrated Visceral Techniques Series, a comprehensive training in hands-on techniques designed to give practitioners the skills to assess and treat multiple symptom pictures impacting digestion and other aspects of our physiology.
This course involves a 2-day, hands-on, in-person workshop focused on learning effective releases for the diaphragm, liver, stomach, and abdominal sphincters, all within the context of the vagal system.
Since understanding the relevant anatomy and physiology of the organs greatly improves our hands-on work, we provide online lectures in the associated anatomy and physiology to complement our in-person training. Students are expected to review the online materials before our in-person time together.
Curious About IVT?
If you're considering taking the series and want to explore IVT I first, use the code IVTCURIOUS at checkout for 10% off IVT I.
Course Curriculum
Explore the curriculum below and watch a sample lecture!
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Welcome to Integrated Visceral Techniques I
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About the Course
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CLINICAL WORKSHOP | Integrated Visceral Techniques I Manual
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MMI FOUNDATIONS | Listening Hands
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MMI FOUNDATIONS | Fascial Properties
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MMI FOUNDATIONS | Introduction to Polyvagal Theory + Relational Neuroscience
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MMI FOUNDATIONS | Polyvagal Theory + Relational Neuroscience
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Foundations
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Terrain + Diaphragm
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Peritoneum
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Abdominal Sphincters
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Stomach, Liver, and Diaphragm
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Stomach
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INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Liver
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About this Course
- 3 hours of video content
- 2-day in-person hands-on workshop
- Online classroom access begins 1 month before the in-person workshop and extends 3 months after course ends
- September 28-29, 2024 (Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm & Sunday 9:30am-3:30pm)
Earn Continuing Education Credit
The IVT I course has been pre-approved for the following CE hours:
- NCCAOM - 3.5 PDAs (online content) + 11 PDAs (in-person workshop)
- OBNM - TBD (online content) + 11 CEs (in-person workshop)
- NCBTMB - 4 CEs (online content) + 11 CEs (in-person workshop)
Certificates are issued after you complete quizzes for the online content and after each in-person workshop.
About IVT I
In this course we begin building our visceral-fascial map with the diaphragm. Diaphragmatic tone sets the tone for the viscera. As the diaphragm is the path through which the vagus nerve enters the abdomen our work here can be helpful in helping a person shift their vagal system tone. The diaphragm is also a core organizing principle within the polyvagal system. We will discuss the diaphragm in context of the supra and subdiaphragmatic vagus. This concept helps healthcare providers orient themselves within the complexities of symptom presentation (and it’s super fun to learn!)
Students will learn how to locate and treat the major sphincters that mediate the digestive process. The sphincters are specific sites of highly concentrated vagal tissue. This tissue is neuro reflexogenic, meaning it will communicate back to the brain about how it's feeling (usually better after we work with it).
Treating the diaphragm and the sphincters opens the rest of the system to receive work. We then move to working with the liver and the stomach. These two organs are in a dynamic relationship with the diaphragm. Students will learn multiple techniques to treat restrictions found within each organ and between the two organs.
East Asian medicine often describes the pathological dynamic of wood overacting on earth; the liver impeding the function of the stomach. We will see this anatomically and put it in our hands.
Conditions potentially addressed by skills learned in this course:
- Reflux, heartburn, low appetite, counterflow stomach qi in East Asian medical terms
- Shortness of breath
- Hiatal hernia
- Swallowing issues/apnea
- Anxiety
- Back pain
- Jaw pain (strong link with diaphragm)
- Headaches/brain fog
- Liver related issues
- Harmonizing the digestive system as a whole via the sphincters and diaphragm
- Scar tissue in areas covered
And because we think holistically, another way to see this is you will learn how to identify and treat tension in the following areas and how the body responds to that work will be varied and result in all sorts of symptom change that may or may not make sense.
Related IVT Courses & Offerings
Considering more than one course? Sign up for the series!
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Integrated Visceral Techniques Series
BundleSign up for all three IVT classes at once and save 15%-- that's a $331 savings!
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Integrated Visceral Techniques II
CourseLearn to treat chronic digestive conditions with techniques for the gallbladder, spleen, duodenum, and small intestine.
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Integrated Visceral Techniques III
CourseLearn to address a myriad of issues by treating the large intestine, kidneys, uterus, ovaries, bladder, and prostate.
This course is designed for licensed healthcare professionals, those enrolled in a healthcare training program, or those who are otherwise on a licensing path in a healthcare field (LAc, LMT, ND, etc.). If this does not apply to you but you would like to be considered for this course, please reach out to us and we will be glad to discuss it with you and make sure your interests are a good match for a particular course.