Ios Seminar - 2 to 7 June 2024 - FULLY BOOKED

2024 SEMINARS IN IOS - GREECE

”Body-Mind Interface”

Including a Conference day on Wednesday 5 June 2024 and a dinner in the evening to celebrate 150 years of Osteopathy.

​Guest Speakers:

• Michael HARRIS DO
  with the participation of Annie GREENACRE (psychotherapist)

• Christian FOSSUM - Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences - Kritiania University College

• Prof Frank WILLARD (remotely)

• Prof Renzo MOLINARI

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​Course outline

Sunday 2, Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 June 2024

Michael HARRIS with the participation of Annie GREENACRE

"Discovering Health in trauma. An interface between an osteopath and a psychotherapist"

This is a course exploring of the impact of and recovery from trauma. It has been specifically designed for Osteopaths wishing to develop their skills in the field of trauma.  It is structured with an emphasis on integrating physical, emotional and psychological aspects that may need to be considered and should be relevant to any Osteopath interested in an integrated approach to human health.

The course covers:

• The stress response and brain centres involved.

• The Poly-vagal theory.

• Emotions and why our current understanding makes them important to Osteopaths.

• Definitions of Trauma and Post-traumatic stress disorder and approaches to working with them.

• Memory systems in this context.

• Dissociation and how to work with it.

• Patient and Practitioner care.

• Practical skills are progressively developed throughout the course, facilitating a gentle and safe approach for working with patients suffering from stress or trauma.

The course is co-directed by Michael Harris (Osteopath) and Annie Greenacre (a Psychotherapist), whose interest and experience combine to bring a broad approach to the subject.

 Wednesday 5 June 2024 - Conference

• Prof Renzo Molinari

• Christian Fossum : “150 years of Osteopathy: Reviving the Holistic Vision of AT Still"
  This presentation will focus on the holistic and ecological principles expressed in the early visions and ideas of the osteopathic profession and apply them the context of the triune man in the 21^st century.Michael Harris

• Annie Greenacres

• Prof Frank Willard: “Anatomy of emotions - the limbic system”

Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June 2024

Christian FOSSUM : "A clinical Approach to the Still - Techniques”

In this 2 – day course we will review the history, principles and applications of the “Still – Techniques” and apply them to different tissue organizations and layers of the body. There will be a focus on mastery of using fulcrums and levers in combination with the different activating forces commonly used in the “Still – Techniques”, including challenging the barrier (bouncing of with gentle tissue recoil); balance-and-hold with both respiratory activation and inherent tissue motion, and the exaggeration of the lesion method using recoil and articulatory activation. Discussions on the applied anatomy and physiology in addition to clinical conditions and indications will be discussed.  
Aims of the course:
Upon the completion of the course the participants should have a deeper appreciation of using the Still – Technique principles to the softer and harder tissues of the body, with a respect for the welfare of the tissues and the patients under the hands.

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Location:

This exceptional seminar will take place at the Conference center of the IOS PALACE HOTEL (www.iospalacehotel.com), a four star superior hotel overlooking the Milopotas beach.

Timetable:

The time-table is organised to allow for a balance of exciting work and healthy leisure.

The working time is shared between theory sessions and practical workshops.

Sunday: 09.00/13.00 hrs – 17.00 hrs/20.00 hrs
Monday: 09.00/13.00 hrs – 17.00 hrs/20.00 hrs
Tuesday: 09.00 hrs/13.00 hrs - 17.00 hrs/20/00 hrs
Wednesday: Conference Day from 09.00 hrs - Afternoon off
Celebration dinner in the evening
Thursday: 09.00/13.00 hrs – 17.00 hrs/20.00 hrs
Friday: 09.00/13.00 hrs – 17.00 hrs/20.00 hrs

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Fees

MIH Members: £1150
Non-MIH Members: £1350

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The fee includes:

• Course and handouts

• 6 nights in a twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom (with terrace/balcony facing the bay)*

• American buffet breakfast

• Transfer from the port to the hotel

• Refreshments during the breaks

• A celebration dinner on Wednesday 5 June 2024

• Each delegate will receive a Certificate of Attendance with 36 hours of CPD.

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How to get there:

The island of Ios: there are daily direct flights to Santorini with Easyjet and British Airways and other low cost airlines.

It is then a 30 minutes crossing in a speed ferry to Ios.

Santorini is the closest island you can go by plane, but you can also choose to fly to Mykonos or even Athens (the port of Rafina is the closest to the airport) and from there take a ferry. We suggest you travel 1 or 2 days before the start of the course to allow you time to connect your flight and your ferry.

Several ferries companies sail to Ios: please visit the websites below for itineraries and timetables:

https://www.ferryscanner.com/​