~~~~ ALPINE SPRINGS WELLNESS ~~~~
2008/ 2009 Calendar of Zia's Classes and Events

 ~ Tolantongo Gathering ~ 
Jan 10-18, 2009 at the ultra-magical Thermal Oasis in Tolantongo Mexico


 ~ Agua Alma Aquatic Bodywork (overview) ~ 

Classes:
Agua Alma Exploration (prerequisite for certification)

The Plunge I & II, Agua Alma Certification course

Agua Alma® Structural Balancing Intensive

Agua Alma Solo: Inner Journeying



 ~ Aston-Patterning® & Movement (overview) ~ 

Classes:
Aston Therapeutics I for Professionals/ Three-Day

Aston Fitness Classes/ Ongoing
Ongoing scheduling.

Aston Fitness/ One-Day Workshop
To be arranged, call if interested.


 ~ How to register for classes ~ 
 

~~ Agua Alma Aquatic Bodywork ~~

A deep communion with water forms the basis of Agua Alma® aquatic bodywork. Weaving together support for both personal and planetary healing, four cornerstone sessions further positive relations with Self, the Elements, and the Web of Life:

• The West~Water Session is for calming and addressing trauma. Influences of Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing and David LaChapelle’s trauma work provide guidelines for deep listening, minimizing sensory input and allowing the universal healing qualities of water to emerge. The West session is excellent for head injuries, neurological calming, ADD and fatigue.


• The North-Earth session is for centering and sensing purpose. Opening the core conduit of the spine with consistent movement messages of flexion/extension/ spiraling have been found to be effective in supporting purpose and directiveness with the North session.


• The East~Air Session is a continuum of Structural Balance ranging to the experience of Soaring. It includes an assessment protocol and strategic planning influenced by the leading-edge structural & functional principles of Aston-Patterning® which yield beautiful structural changes in the water—the "new" body, akin to the energy of the new day, and the dawn. Once structural balance permits, the experience of soaring can be achieved.


• The South~Fire session is for playfulness, passion and creativity. Influence of Contact Improvisation and Five Rhythm Dance assist in the creative, playful flow. Continuum, Emily Conrad’s pioneering work in communicating with the water within us provides a dive into the ecstatic realms. The South is the session that most often includes underwater work.

The framework of the Four Directions helps individualize the session to the needs of the individual. Moreover, the intentional calling of the direction of choice calls that energy, and the corresponding element as active healing agents into the session.

The certification course prepares the trainee to provide quality aquatic bodywork grounded in the Aston-Patterning® movement principles of fluid dynamics. The influence of Emily Conrad's Continuum Movement helps us go beyond cultural constraints to reclaim the connecting link to the diversity of our bio-world, the web of life.

This training is an opportunity to further your own healing, deepen clinical skills, and rejuvenate with a beautiful healing retreat.

Agua Alma principles apply to both water and table therapy work.

Schedule below.
See www.aguaalma.com for more on info on Agua Alma.
     

~~ Agua Alma Certification Course ~~

Agua Alma Training in Urmiri Hot Springs, Bolivia

• The Exploration, 4.5 days,
  September 1-5, 2008
  Cost: $585.
  
• The Plunge I, 4.5 days, September 15-19, 2008
  Cost: $585.

Info and registration in Espanol.


Agua Alma Training in Boulder, CO, Spring, 2009

• The Exploration, 5.5 days, April 8-13
  Cost: $710.


• The Plunge I, 5.5 days, May 6-11
• The Plunge II , 5.5 days, June 4-9

Cost for Plunge I & II: $1540.

Agua Alma Exploration and The Plunge comprise the full certification course. This course is CO state certified through affiliation with Healing Spirits Massage School. NCBTMB approved for CEUs.

Deposit of 50% due three weeks prior to the start date. Entire course fee due by the starting date of the first class segment.

Send deposit to 6481 North 63rd St., Boulder, CO 80301, payable to Zia Parker. If you have questions, please call Zia at 303-530-1415.

Sliding scale or payment plans available when appropriate. Please inquire if needed.

See www.aguaalma.com for more on info on Agua Alma®.
See www.aston-patterning.com for more about Aston-Patterning®.
 

~~ Agua Alma® Structural Balancing Intensive ~~

This workshop will deepen the relationship of Agua Alma® and Aston-Patterning®. Information from Aston Therapeutics I and the Agua Alma structural balance ("East session") work will be honed and polished--for accuracy for your own body and your clients.

The focus will help you advance your visual observation skills and understanding of the movement principles. We will go further in understanding the 3-dimensional dynamic inter-relationships within the body in terms of alignment, shape, volume, hypo/hyper tone, and hypo/hyper-mobility and how these apply to structural-balancing in aquatic work.

• Next date not yet set.
• Pre-requisites required: Aston Therapeutics I & Agua Alma Certification training.
• $420.

 

~~ Agua Alma Solo: Inner Journeying ~~

Our focus will be to practice working with the healing gifts of water, movement and sound to set up a field of resonance that is a bridge to the Soul Field--the field of Interconnection with all things. From here, the potential of possible experiences is endless.

Agua Alma Solo groups will explore exercises to build a resonant field within the group, within the pool, and within your own body and being. This will support each individual to dive into their own world of inner explorations.

This dance between you and the water, a mystical aspect of Agua Alma, can also be explored with Zia coaching you in one-on-one sessions.

In Boulder, these classes of five particpants are available on an ongoing basis. Please call me if you are interested in joining a group, or starting one.
 

Agua Alma Introduction

In this afternoon workshop, I will overview the Agua Alma work and training, including some brief demos on participants of the Four Basic Sessions. Designed for those considering the certification course. BRING SUIT AND TOWEL! See www.aguaalma.com for more info on Agua Alma.

To be arranged.

• Alpine Springs Pool, 6481 North 63rd St., Boulder
• Registration due 1 week in advance.

 

~~~ Water Rites / Earth Rites ~~~

We will begin in nature with a focus on communion with water as sacred and precious and reclaiming our fluid nature. Water connects us with all the basic elements, and thus, with all things. Building relationship with water can help us hear the voices that go beyond the average human dialogue . Together, we will build resonance with the bio-field toward this aim of furthering our understanding of plant people, and the animals.

Progressing from nature to focus on our "body-temples", then, into the healing warm pool to come full-circle, and focus on sending our healing energy out to the Earth. I'll present some basic Aston principles of structural support to help ground work with partners in the water--to enhance the dance of giving and receiving. Thus, boosting energy reserves and confidence to manifest our calling in the world.

• To be arranged, $30. We will meet on Dakota Ridge to collaborate in creating a morning water rite, then proceed to Zia's pool for partner work.
  
• Mountain Day-long, to be arranged, $50. We will hike into Indian Peaks Wilderness for a collaborative water rite in the heart of wild-flower season, then progress to partner work in the warm pool. Be prepared to hike 4-5 miles. Bring a lunch.
• Both "Water Rites" groups include an optional Agua Alma session with Zia, discounted to $60. Schedule at your convenience as close as possible to the workshop.

 

~~~ Aston-Patterning® Overview ~~~

Aston-Patterning®, a comprehensive body therapy method, revolves around understanding of movement patterns and their relationship to limitation or pain. Assessment and refined attention to functional movement patterns is the "missing link" for many acute and chronic problems arising from the human structure.

Aston-Patterning® recognizes that the motion and form of the human body take on three-dimensional asymmetrical spiral patterns and that each human body is unique.

Aston-Patterning® consists of: visual & tactile assessment, 3 hands-on forms of work, ergonomics, and Aston Fitness. Aston-Patterning assists the individual to maximize their potential functioning and expression; whether their interest is honing a sport, musical performance, rehabilitation, or consciousness exploration.

Aston-Patterning® study will help you understand:

• How to correlate pain patterns with inefficient movement patterns.
• Your own body-use patterns: what's working/ what isn't.
• How your movement patterns impact your clients.
• 3 dimensionality: why it is important//how to reclaim it-- in your body, your movement, and your touch.
• How to go to the right depth in your tissue work-to accurately access where the holding is, from surface to bone-- without strain for practitioner or client via 3-D touch.
• How your body can be strong and resilient for the long term.

Class details for ASTON PATTERNING®, ASTON THERAPEUTICS and ASTON FITNESS listed below.
 

~~~~~~~ Aston Fitness ~~~~~~~
Ongoing Fitness Program

Aston Fitness Classes provide a movement-intervention vocabulary of tools and problem-solving skills to know how to apply them for your unique, highly-honed body. This information can be applied to any exercise system, sport, musical or performance situation. If you have trouble exercising without hurting yourself—try Aston Fitness. It can help you learn "how-to" exercise—specifically for you.

• Intro Class 7 x 90 min classes, $210. In Boulder, I begin these classes whenever I have 4 people of similar fitness ability. Please call me if you are interested in joining a group.
• Ongoing Class $25./ 90 min class.

 

~~~~~ Aston Therapeutics I (ATI) ~~~~~
Three-Day Intensive For Professionals

This course introduces Aston observation skills for recognizing body patterns. These "seeing" skills will help you correlate movement patterns with pain patterns. Learn to recognize three-dimensional interrelationships in the body in terms of alignment, shape, volume, hypo/hyper tone, and hypo/hyper-mobility.

These skills will help you identify why symptoms occur and recur in a body's structure.

Participate in body usage labs to create changes in your own body's form and movement patterns for more ease and efficiency. You will also be introduced to the difference between structural (true) limitations and functional holding patterns (compensations) and how to support yourself and your clients to consistently make choices for increasing body strength and freedom.

We introduce three-dimensional touch, why it is so important, the lack of it in our culture. This information bridges to how to support your client on the treatment table so you can assess their tension pattern accurately, rather than the positional stress imposed by the 2-D surface of the table.

The information in ATI is directly applicable in your practice. At the end of class, participants will provide a session with a model from outside of class, using information from class in collaboration with your own skill-set of treatment tools.

The information in this class is imminently useful for increasing the clarity of visual perception of the human body. It is great for any health care-related professionals working with the body. It is also the first prerequisite course for the Aston certification program.

• Nov 7,8,9 2008
• In Boulder at 6481 N. 63rd St:
• $440.

For more info see www.aston-patterning.com.
 

~~~~~ Aston Fitness ~~~~~
One-Day Workshop

Aston Fitness is a 3-phase fitness system, giving your body the opportunity to release tightness with "loosening", tune your alignment with stretching, and stabilize & strengthen with "toning".

We work with movement principles applied to awareness of your own "everyday" functional movement patterns. In the Aston-Fitness work, one becomes familiar with one's own tension patterns and movement habits and the 3-D dynamics, and inter-relationships that fuel them. Awareness of alignment, spatial relationships, relative tone or mobility comes to light so you can learn to wield these factors to your best advantage.

This introductory workshop provides a movement-intervention vocabulary of tools and problem-solving skills to know how to apply them for your unique body. This information can be applied to any exercise system, sport, musical or performance situation.

This class is open to body therapists and educators, and to the public. There is a plethora of information that can be directly applied in your practice, and your body will love it! In this one day workshop each individual will receive the Aston tactile and visual assessment. (20 min, evening prior, call to arrange scheduling)

The Aston Fitness One-Day Workshop includes a one-on-one assessment protocol of tactile and visual observation, which is cross-referenced to arrive at a hypothesis for the "index" - the place in the tension pattern as a system that will provide the biggest "domino-effect" of positive change in the tension pattern as a whole.The "index" clarifies "the cause", which is often distinct from "the effect", or symptom. The "index" can be tested for accuracy, and adjusted. The participant will then be coached in applying the knowledge of their index to learning the Aston Fitness vocabulary of moves.

This assessment protocol will be scheduled on the prior evening, with 20 minutes allotted to each individual.

Learning these movement principles is a very pragmatic kinesthetic learning process that can benefit your work and your own body. Starting the workshop with the one-on-one assessment protocol enriches the learning process with first-hand experience.

~~ How To Register For Classes ~~

To register for any course, send 50% of course fee, check made Zia Parker,send to 6481 North 63rd St., Boulder, CO 80301 two weeks prior to the starting date. This is a non-refundable deposit, except in the case of cancellation of the course. A 10% discount is available if the deposit is received 4 weeks before a workshop.

For the Agua Alma Certification Training, the 50% deposit is required one month prior to the start date. Full payment is due one week prior to the start date, unless other arrangements have been made. The option to cancel closes one week before the start date, on the day full payment is due,except in the case of a medical emergency.

Sliding scale and/or payment plans are available as appropriate, please call to inquire.

**Most of these classes can be given at your location for groups of six or more.**

For more info call Zia at 303-530-1415, or send an email here. Additional info is also at www.aguaalma.com, www.aston-patterning.com and www.ziaparker.com