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 Come for the first module of a professional training in Bones for Life® in Bristol, Vermont, a gateway to Vermont's Green Mountains and premier, four-season travel destination. Enjoy the clean, fresh mountain air and relaxed Vermont lifestyle while obtaining your professional certification.
Bones for Life (BFL) is a revolutionary program of movement theory and practice created by Senior Feldenkrais® Trainer, Ruthy Alon. It is based on the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, and is designed to improve balance and posture, and stimulate bone strength and resilience, entirely through natural movement. This work is ideal for anyone wishing to prevent or reverse osteoporosis, and everyone is welcome to attend for personal health, growth, and rejuvenation. This course also serves as the first step in becoming trained as a professional Bones For Life Teacher. For massage therapists, bodyworkers, and yoga and fitness instructors, this training offers you new avenues to enrich your professional practice while earning 24 NCBTMB CE hours.
- Enhance your bone strength with safe, dynamic weight-bearing movement
- Improve your posture by cultivating a reliable anti-gravity axis
- Coordinate patterns of movement that minimize compressive forces on your spine
- Create springy pulsations of pressure that promote your bone health
- Adopt strategies to ensure the safety of your joints
- Increase your ability to go up and down stairs with comfort and ease
- Promote better balance and stability, as well as enhance your ability to fall safely
- Reduce stiffness, aches and pains, and restore your pleasure and joy in moving
- Maximize your well-being and vitality
- Learn to age well!
Ruthy Alon and the Foundation for Movement Intelligence have expanded the Bones for Life (BFL) Program into a 3 level Certification Procedure:
- Basic Program (3 segments)
- Teacher
- Trainer
The Basic Program is comprised of 90 Bones for Life processes which can be taught in different formats. (This training is in the three segment format). While Basic Program segments can be repeated for personal benefit, you are in fact required to do so (called Advanced Study the second time you take it), if you wish to become a certified Bones for Life Teacher or Trainer. Click here for more certification information.
 Olivia Cheever, M.A., Ed.D.
Olivia Cheever's 30 years of experience as a holistic practitioner bridges many realms. A certified Teacher/Trainer of Bones for Life® and certified Teacher of the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic/movement education, she trained with Ruthy Alon, originator of the BFL Program, and with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais himself. Olivia organized and co-taught in the 2005 Bones for Life Certificate Program at Lesley University. She is currently on the faculty of the Longy School of Music and adjunct faculty at Lesley University, both in Cambridge, MA. Olivia will be assisted in this training by other certified BFL professionals. Click here for more information about Olivia.
For curriculum questions, contact Olivia directly at ocheever@comcast.net or call 781-449-1410 (voice mail).
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
5 Mountain Street
Bristol, VT 05443
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We are about a four-hour drive from Boston and less than an hour from the airport in Burlington, VT. Situated on a quiet street at the bottom of a mountain, we are conveniently located in the heart of the Green Mountains, minutes from the famous Bristol Waterfalls and swimming hole and within an hour from several resorts. Also within walking or easy driving distance are a wholesome natural foods store, wonderful restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and pubs with live music to satisfy your every taste!
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Questions? Please contact Oliva Cheever at ocheever@comcast.net or 781-449-1410 for questions regarding registration or accommodations.
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For more information about this program contact Olivia directly at ocheever@comcast.net or call 781-449-1410 (voice mail).
$400 per segment when you register 60 days in advance
$425 per segment when you register less than 60 days in advance
$1,150 for 3 segments at once when you register 60-days in advance for the earliest segment.
24 CE Hours
Our CE hours are delivered through Advanced Training Connections which is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. |
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