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Craniosacral Therapy and Therapeutic Process Technique Training
Saskatoon, SK
2025 Class Schedule
Craniosacral Therapy and Therapeutic Process Technique Training
Course descriptions and more info below
March 13-16 SASKATOON
CSFT/CSTMT INTENSIVE 4-days or optional 2-days
Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Techniques (CSFT) Mar 13-14
Craniosacral Therapy Techniques for Manual Therapists (CSTMT) Level 1 Mar 15-16
Each 2-day training receive a certificate & CECs : MTAS 13.5 primary
March 25-28 CALGARY CSFT/CSTMT INTENSIVE 4-days or optional 2-days
April 4 - 7 EDMONTON CSFT/CSTMT INTENSIVE 4-days or optional 2-days
JOIN US for Craniosacral Therapy Training Calgary - Edmonton - Saskatoon - Montréal
INFO AND REGISTRATION: www.drzubin.com/classe
2-day course descriptions:
Craniosacral Therapy Foundations and Techniques (CSFT)
The basics of Craniosacral Therapy (CST). Learn about the Craniosacral system, basic assessment skills, the Craniosacral Rhythm, Still Point, and contraindications of CST. Focus is on Dural Tube Evaluation PROTOCOL, and developing a basic understanding of the Craniosacral Therapy Protocol.
Craniosacral Therapy Techniques for Manual Therapists Level 1 (CSTMT)
Learn about Craniosacral Therapy(CST), the Craniosacral Therapy Protocol with focus on assessment skills of the Craniosacral system, Dural Tube Evaluation and monitoring the Craniosacral Rhythm is as primary goal of CST. Options to integrate this into massage and manual therapy are taught on day two. Acupressure is also introduced for those wishing to do stand alone Craniosacral Therapy or CST as adjunctive therapy. Foundational skills of CST are emphasized.
Craniosacral Therapy Therapeutic Process Techniques (CSTTPT)
Building on foundations of Craniosacral Therapy, the Therapeutic Process Techniques PROTOCOL expands treatment possibilities. Learn additional techniques, recognizing signs to take process to the next level. This workshop provides many tools for the release of energy restrictions and resistance. PREREQUISITE: Craniosacral Therapy Foundations and Techniques OR Craniosacral Therapy Techniques for Manual Therapists Level 1.
Instructor: Janice Zubin, ND, RMT, CST-D ALIGN ALIVE
2-day workshop $499, 4-day INTENSIVES workshop $799
Each 2-day training receive a certificate & CECs:
NHPC 15, 10; CRMTA 14; MTAA 16; MTAS 13.5; NMOS 12
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) -Standard (Virtual)
Online
Mental Health First Aid -Blended Learning
March 14th, 2025 9:00pm - 4:30 pm (SK-Central Time Zone)
March 26 & 27, 2025 12:30pm-4:00pm (SK-Central Time Zone)
April 23 & 24, 2025 12:30pm-4:00pm (SK-Central Time Zone)
9 primary credits for MTAS members
For more details and to register: https://www.abkwellness.ca/mhfa-blended-learning-course
Buccal Massage Masterclass - Virtual Course
Online
Buccal Massage Masterclass - Virtual Course
March 16 - April 6/25
Zoom Classes - Sundays, 8pm-9pm EST
+10 hours of independent study and practice
$545
MTAS members receive 10% Discount with Coupon Code Buccal10 at checkout.
Register Here: thebuccallab.thinkific.com
Questions and inquiries can be sent to Susan Anderson RMT, email: thebuccallab@gmail.com
ASIST workshop
Saskatoon, SK
Provide a Suicide First-Aid Intervention
LivingWorks ASIST Workshop is recognized as the global leader in suicide intervention training and is a 2-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid.
What Will You Learn?
LivingWorks ASIST helps learners become willing, ready, and able to intervene with someone who has thoughts of suicide. You will learn to:
• Help someone with thoughts of suicide develop a safety plan to keep safe-for-now and connect with further help.
• Apply a Safety Framework to guide the development of this SafePlan through a collaborative, helping relationship.
• Understand how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it.
• Build confidence and capacity in providing suicide first aid.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone aged 16+ years is encouraged to take LivingWorks ASIST. No previous experience or training is required.
LivingWorks ASIST is a training that strengthens your whole community, building a Network of Safety that helps you apply suicide first aid in many settings like schools, homes, workplaces, and as a part of formal caregiving roles.
How Will You Learn?
We aim to provide a safe learning environment. The learning process includes:
• Trainer presentations and powerful videos to stimulate discussion and support learning.
• Extensive opportunities for skills practice.
• Shared participant experiences that enrich learning.
• Trainer-facilitated workgroups to optimize participation.
Direct and honest discussion about suicide is encouraged. While sometimes challenging, this prepares helpers to openly approach people with thoughts of suicide, and to help them keep safe.
Upcoming dates and locations:
January 27 & 28, 2025 - Swift Current, SK
February 4 & 5, 2025 - Prince Albert, SK
February 27 & 28, 2025 - Meadow Lake, SK
March 17 & 18, 2025 - Saskatoon, SK
April 3 & 4, 2025 - Regina, SK
All workshops run from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.
15 primary credits for MTAS members.
For more dates, locations and information or to register please visit our website, www.abkwellness.ca.
If you have any questions or concerns please reach out via email: trainings.mentalhealth@gmail.com
Intro to Income Tax for Small Business - free webinar
Online
https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/entrepreneurs-with-disabilities-program-30091572772
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) -Standard (Virtual)
Online
Upcoming Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) -Standard (Virtual) certification courses being held by Listrom Training and Consulting.
9 primary credits - MTAS members
March 20, 2025 (8:30AM – 4:00PM CST) (15 seats available) https://openingminds.org/course/mhfa-standard-1474/
MHFA is a nationally recognized certification course developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The course aims to develop the skills of participants in providing help to a person experiencing a mental health and/or substance use problem or crisis. Just like physical first aid is provided until medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate support is found or until the crisis is resolved.
Registration information:
Cost to attend is $275.00/person plus 5% GST and the course capacity is 15 participants.
To secure a seat, please complete the attached registration form and return it to me by email – carissaclark17@hotmail.com
Provider will confirm your seat by email after receiving your completed registration form. This confirmation email will contain an invoice for registration fees.
Receipts will be issued by email after payment has been received.
The virtual course is delivered in a blended learning format.
Self-Directed Learning
Two weeks prior to the course start date, participants will receive log-in details for the Learning Management System. In the two weeks leading up to the facilitator led virtual classrooms, participants must complete:
Module One – self directed learning (approx. 2hrs)
Self directed reading of the participant reference guide ~150 pages (approx.. 3-6hrs)
Facilitator Led Virtual ZOOM Classrooms:
Module Two – facilitator led session (3.5hrs)
Module Three – facilitator led session (3.5hrs)
Technology considerations: Each participant is required to have a device with audio and video capabilities for the ZOOM virtual classroom sessions.
MYOFASCIAL CUPPING TECHNIQUE - FOUNDATION COURSE
Saskatoon, SK
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE MYOFASCIAL CUPPING TECHNIQUE™ - FOUNDATION COURSE
PRESENTED BY PAUL BUFFEL, IN ASSOCIATION WITH DAVID SHEEHAN (AUSTRALIA)
Register: www.comphs.com.au
Locations: Saskatoon, Edmonton and Winnipeg
Instructor: Paul Buffel
Spring 2025
INTRODUCTION
The Myofascial Cupping Technique™ can provide profound benefits for your clients, particularly with assisting the body in maintaining Range Of Motion, eliminating Myofascial Trigger Points and reducing restrictive and sometimes-painful fascial adhesions commonly found from repetitive movement originating from sports and the workplace. By reducing fascial adhesions, while encouraging optimal hydration levels of soft tissue, Myofascial Cupping can assist in reducing the incidence of injury and maintaining functional soft tissue.
The Myofascial Cupping Technique™ is a fabulous addition to the toolbox for Massage Therapists. It is a modified version of the ancient Eastern-style cupping with major differences that include targeting the musculoskeletal system rather than meridian systems used by traditional Chinese practitioners and using the cups in a moving sequence, rather than stationery.
Dave’s special interest with burns patients has lead to the beginnings of a future Clinical Trial in Hobart Hospital Burns Clinic. We have a short documentary demonstrating Dave’s techniques showing positive effect on burns scar tissue reducing ‘contracture’ and associated neurogenic pain along with discussion regarding how these techniques translate perfectly into the clinic for other types of scar tissue work.
This Level 1 foundation course is similar to the course David has taught to Physiotherapists and Soft Tissue Therapists at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, which is the peak body for elite athletes in Australia.
LEAD INSTRUCTOR - PAUL BUFFEL
Paul works within a dynamic clinical practice on the leadership team of the multi-disciplinary Broadway Health Collective in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. With over
25 years in practice, Paul utilizes the Myofascial Cupping Technique™ within his treatments on the mat or on the table, exploring the rhythms and stillness that support our capacity for adaptation, systemic resilience and healing.
Paul is also engaged in matters of regulation of the massage therapy profession in Saskatchewan through membership with the Council of Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR), having completed the Executive Leadership course for Regulators, and sits on the Saskatchewan College of Massage Therapy Working Group. Paul brings his experience as past Board Member and President of the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC) and the fun of being a Board Member of Canada’s first Fat Bike Club, Fatlanders Fat Tire Brigade, to enrich his work within the profession, his teaching, and with clients.
How does it work?
By creating a negative pressure (tensional) above the surface of the tissues, we decrease the atmospheric pressure allowing the tissue to be lifted and thus causing changes in pressure beneath the skin including the muscle and surrounding fascia. Importantly, our gliding technique creates a traditional MFR technique (push/compression effect) using the leading rim of the cup, which is then followed by a ‘lifting’ negative pressure over the same area (pull effect). As the cup leaves the area we once again create a push/compression effect.
Who uses the Myofascial Cupping Technique™?
:: Massage and remedial therapists
:: Myotherapists
:: Podiatrists
:: Physiotherapists
:: Chiropractors
:: Osteopaths
:: Occupational therapists
:: Sport medicine professionals
Why you should attend this workshop?
:: Learn to lift and separate soft tissue, rather than compression techniques which can be painful and ineffective.
:: Change from the "thumb busting" day in day out approach to your day in the clinic.
:: Treat conditions all more effectively incorporating Negative Pressure which you cannot achieve using traditional Myofascial Release techniques.
:: Create change both on a musculoskeletal and on a subtle level (dampens sympathetic division of autonomic nervous system).
:: Produce painless results similar to deep tissue work.
:: Offer your clients an alternative to standard massage treatments.
What’s covered?
:: Current evidence-based research supporting the benefits associated with the Myofascial Cupping Technique™.
:: Use of equipment, infection control and contra-indications.
:: Anatomy of the fascia and its inter-relationship with the musculo-skeletal system.
:: After thorough demonstrations and discussion, students will practice exact area specific sequences including correct direction and amount of negative pressure to be applied.
:: Specific clinical applications including the treatment for Myofascial Trigger Points, Plantar Fasciitis and various shoulder conditions will be explored.
WHEN, WHERE & TIMES
SASKATOON
Date: Saturday 22 March & Sunday 23 March 2025
Venue: Axiom Career College
Times: 9:30am – 5:00pm each day
EDMONTON
Date: Thursday 8 May & Friday 9 May 2025
Venue: Hotel Varscona
Times: 9:30am – 5:00pm each day
WINNIPEG
Date: Saturday 31 May & Sunday 1 June 2025
Venue: TBA
Times: 9:30am – 5:00pm each day
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
14 Primary Credits apply to members of MTAS
12 Primary Credits apply to members of CMMOTA
8 Primary Credits apply to members of MTAA
14 Primary Credits apply to members of NHPC
20 Primary Credits apply to members of CRMTA
WORKSHOP MOVIE TRAILER, REGISTRATION AND COST
Head to https://www.comphs.com.au/ for further info including an introductory video explaining the technique and hear James Waslaski (USA) talk about how beneficial the technique is.
RMT Labour Support
Axiom Career College, Saskatoon
Program page: https://www.axiomcareercollege.com/prenatal-massage-workshop
Registration Page: https://www.axiomcareercollege.com/category/all-products?Product+type=Continuing%2520Education
MTAS con-ed credits:
Level A: Introduction to Pre-natal Massage 27 (Pri)
Level B: Advanced Pre-natal Massage 36.5 (Pri)
Level C: RMT Labour Support and Postpartum 42 (Pri)
Any inquiries can be sent to:
Rebecca Hamoline, RMT, CP
rhamoline@axiomcareercollege.com
306.291.3966 (text or call)
CSFT/CSTMT Intensive
Calgary, AB
Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Techniques (CSFT) March 25-26
The basics of Craniosacral Therapy (CST): Learn about the Craniosacral system, basic assessment skills, the Craniosacral Rhythm, Still Point, and contraindications of CST. Focus is on Dural Tube Evaluation PROTOCOL as primary goal of CST, and developing a basic understanding of the 10 Step Protocol. This course or CSTMT is prerequisite for CSTTPT.
Craniosacral Therapy Techniques for Manual Therapists (CSTMT) Level 1 March 27-28
Learn about Craniosacral Therapy(CST), the 10 Step Protocol with focus on assessment skills of the Craniosacral system, Dural Tube Evaluation and monitoring the Craniosacral Rhythm is as primary goal of CST. Options to integrate this into massage and manual therapy are taught on day two. Acupressure is also introduced for those wishing to do stand alone Craniosacral Therapy or CST as adjunctive therapy. Foundational skills of CST are emphasized. CSFT is recommended as prerequisite.
Jan 18 & 19 CALGARY Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Techniques (CSFT)
Feb 24-27 EDMONTON CSFT/CSTTPT INTENSIVE 4-days or optional 2-days
Mar 25-28 CALGARY CSFT/CSTMT INTENSIVE 4-days or optional 2-days
NOW REGISTER FOR 2-day workshop or 4-day
INFO AND REGISTRATION www.drzubin.com/classe
Each 2-day training receive a certificate & CECs:
MTAS 13.5, NHPC 15,10, CRMTA 14, MTAA 16, NMOS 12, MTAM pending