Self Adjustment of the Spine
Learn a unique self-treatment to adjust your vertebrae, sacrum, rib cage and cranial bones. Using a step-by-step process, promote alignment at multiple layers of your being for greater health, energy and insight.
You can increase mobility and alignment by creating a connection between the cranial sutures and different areas of the body. Then you can synchronize this connection with your cranial rhythm to deepen the adjustments.
Most of us think 'getting an adjustment' means that someone cracks our back in order to push misaligned vertebrae back into a 'correct' position. But there are reasons a vertebrae is off kilter. There's been some kind of micro- or macro-stress factor(s) that compressed the area and pushed it out of place. Merely pushing it back where we think it should be does not usually support lasting change. Sometimes it can even exacerbate stress in the area.
The method taught in this course approaches alignment in a very different way. It stimulates mobility & alignment from the inside out by creating a connection between the part of your nervous system that monitors alignment and the subluxated vertebra. Then, you learn how to synchronize the energy rhythms of your body to deepen that alignment. The depth of healing that this stimulates is something that no one else can do for you.
For bodywork practitioners: This material will also expand your diagnostic & treatment skills.
Topics Include:
- Creating an information relay between each area of the spine and its correlated cranial suture
- Balancing the rhythm & motion of the cranial bones with sacrum/pelvic structure/hip joints
- Individual adjustment of key vertebral locations
- Releasing and aligning the ribs and ribcage structure
- Freeing & synchronizing the energy rhythms of the body
Create greater ease of body, mind & life with this potent self-healing technique.
Not sure if this course is for you?
If you're interested in health, self-development, spiritual growth and expanding your healing power, this is a wonderful practice to add to your repertoire. Here's some more information in case you're not sure if it's for you:
Who is this course for?
Anyone who wants a natural method they can do for themselves to relieve pain, increase energy and build resilience. You need to be interested in doing self-healing work that has a meditative focus.
How does this method work?
There's a relationship between your cranial sutures and your vertebrae. You'll be learning how to create an information relay between each area of the spine and its correlated suture. Then you'll be using that to increase alignment.
How can I use this method in my life?
You'll can use it to alleviate pain and illness that are caused by misalignments of the spine, sacrum and hip structure. You might sit or lie down for 5 minutes in order to address a tight lower back or pain in your neck. You may decide to do a longer session for deeper levels of adjustment. Some people add a few minutes of this adjustment work into whatever other self-care practices they do regularly.
How does this course fit in with our other courses in self-care/light body activation?
It can be used on its own or in conjunction with the light body materials. For example, it's great to use with proprioceptive exercise, chakra work and meridian exercises. Several people have told us that they can grasp this particular method more easily than some of the other light body activation practices.
Learn more about this original method
Alignment is not about moving a structure from one fixed point to another. It’s about recovering a fluid range of motion that allows the body to coordinate with the force of gravity. Through increasing the mobility and alignment of the vertebrae, sacrum and cranial bones, you experience a dynamic synchronization of forces for elevated health and consciousness.
Self healing is the deepest healing
To transform dis-ease usually requires that you take the reins into your own hands at some point. Others can support and facilitate change through treatments and therapies, often having major positive influence. But in order to access the deepest layers of self-healing and self-realization we need to be involved directly in our own process.
Curious about the details?
Here's the course curriculum:
- The Sacroiliac Joint & the Mastoid Process (16:23)
- The Lumbar Vertebrae & the Sagittal Suture (19:09)
- The Thoracic Vertebrae & the Lamdoid Suture (10:40)
- The Cervical Vertebrae & the Squamosal Suture (24:43)
- The Ribs & the Coronal Suture (10:06)
- Guided Process for ALL the Sutures: Adjustment I (the sutures & the vertebrae) (30:29)
- Introducing Adjustment II: Adding in the Cranial Rhythm (4:59)
- The Cervical Vertebrae & the Cranial Rhythm (10:04)
- The Thoracic Vertebrae & the Cranial Rhythm (6:56)
- The Lumbar Vertebrae & the Cranial Rhythm (4:05)
- The Sacroiliac Joints & the Cranial Rhythm (4:26)
- The Ribs & the Cranial Rhythm (4:34)
- Guided Process for ALL the Sutures: Adjustment II (27:32)
- Follow-up Information (3:35)
How does this course work?
Once you're enrolled you have immediate access to the online classroom. There are 5 sections, each with several elements, including lectures & guided meditative processes where you actually DO the method.
You can ask questions right within the course site, underneath every lesson. We're here to support you as you move through the materials. You can also chat with other students on the course facebook page.
There's no hurry to move through the materials: study at your pace from wherever you are. You can download the videos to watch on the go.
This course is your resource for learning & exploration for years to come.
Here's what people are saying about this course:
"This morning when working on the lumbar vertebrae, I heard and felt a click in that area like something was moving into alignment. The muscle aches I was having in the hip region has subsided. Thank you for sharing this subtle and yet powerful work."
Claudie Rydel, Interior Designer; USA
"The exercise with the mastoid and PSIS was profound. I've had pain around my left PSIS and sacrum from an old injury. During the exercise, pain gently rose to the surface then subsided. Something eased around my PSIS and mastoid and I felt a lifting of the occipital ridge (GV16)."
Dawn Oei, Shiatsu Practitioner & Instructor; Scotland
"I appreciate the embodied learning, connecting the physical and energetic. I already feel a shift in my posture and energy. I also feel more accuracy in the position of my sacrum.”
Alissa Fields, D.C.; USA
Saul Goodman is the instructor of this course. He is the founder and former director of the International School of Shiatsu that has schools in 15 countries. He has taught shiatsu and light body activation throughout the US and Europe for over 40 years, and thousands of students all over the world have studied with him. His books include The Book of Shiatsu, an advanced instructional manual called Shiatsu Shin Tai and Light Body Activation.
Lynn Goodman is the behind-the-scenes administrator of this course. She is a Shin Tai practitioner and instructor who runs a private practice in Bucks County, PA. She has taught shiatsu shin tai and light body activation along with Saul for over 20 years and is the facilitator of the Light Body Activation Podcast. Lynn also takes care of website design, administration and the creation of the online teaching classroom.
Our intention is that these resources support your well-being and creativity, and that this reverberates out to benefit our shared world. The human body is such a wonderful vehicle we can use to learn, explore, travel, interact and create. Most of us have only begun to tap into the potential of our body, and we encourage you to delve deeper into this unique treasure that’s yours to enjoy.
Hope to meet you in this dimension and others as we continue to learn and grow together, Saul & Lynn Goodman
If you're not satisfied, just let us know within 14 days to receive a full refund.
