Location: Pondhawk Retreat Center in beautiful rural CT a few miles from beaches, lakes and hiking.  (Pondhawk is 1:45 minutes from NYC, 2 hours from Boston, and 45 minutes from Hartford. Directions.)
Fee: $175 per weekend (includes double room, breakfast and lunch
Registration and Housing: Call Sarah Suatoni 860-663-0293, enrollment limited to 12 students, option to enroll for all 10 weekends or only one.
Schedule: The group’s first meeting will be November 2-3, 2007. We will meet the first week end of every month from 5:30 PM on Fri to 5:30 PM on Sat. Subsequent meeting dates are: 12/2-12/ 3, 1/4 -1/5, 2/1-2/2, 3/1-3/2, 4/4-4/5, 5/2-5/3, 6/6-6/7, and 8/1-8/2.

Description:  The East Coast SI Group will foster that community by providing a space for learning, development, and support.  Members will learn new bodywork skills, gain the support of a community, and participate in the growth of Structural
Technique classes will include:

Body Mechanics: Improve alignment, enhance your strokes, move freely so that your bodywork is actually good for you, use your body as a feedback loop assessing as you stroke, learn how to do slow sustained strokes in the core. Your body is your main tool, learn how to use it and take care of it.

Exploring the core (4/5):  It is my experience that very few practitioners know how to work deeply in the pelvis, especially the pelvic floor.  We will take three weekends to learn new ways of working on the p.f., obturator internus, iliopsoas, diaphragm, and deep abdominal fascia.  These classes will include a review of anatomy, assessment, and techniques.

Including Emotion:  You do not need to psychologize, preach, or analyze, but emotions live in the body: learn the basics of ' embodied dialogue': a sensate based way of including emotions in the session while doing bodywork. 

Other class titles: working in the back: a three dimensional approach, Intro to action: illicit movement from the client while stroking to effect a greater release and more client awareness, Working in Gravity: learn to work with the client sitting, standing, and stretching, Tone: exploring ways of increasing tone while doing SI work, Dialogue tools: deepening your ability to meet the client where they are. Matters of the Heart: take a deep look at why you do your work, what meaning it brings, what consequences it has.

About Sarah Suatoni: Sarah Suatoni is a Hellerwork trainer, counseling psychologist, former dancer and movement educator with years of experience teaching SI and an active business leading groups.  She is currently teaching on Hellerwork trainings and teaching an advanced class with Joseph Heller and Regina Buckwalter, and leading mind-body centered groups for women and children.