ICPIT Newsletter 2005

Our meeting was held at Guila's Agriturismo, in a small village, Gallese, one hour by auto north of Rome, Italy, next door to the home of Jack and Maureen. We met in an ancient 12th century chapel, fattening ourselves on delicious Italian food.

Present at the meeting were:
Italy: Jack Painter, Carmine Piroli, Bruno Valente, Francesco Vinci
Belgium: Dirk Marivoet
France: Eliane Jung-Fliegans and Claude Vaux
Holland: Marjolijne van Buren-Molenaar representing Henne Arnolt Verschuren
Britain & Germany: Silke Ziehl

Assistants: Also present on the first morning and evening were a group of assistants from Austria and Italy, who wanted to meet with the members of ICPIT and ask some questions as to the road to becoming a trainer.

This meeting outside the council meeting was a good chance to meet the people who are nearly ready to join ICPIT and represent some of the “young blood” in the organization. We decided that in future we would like to invite the assistants nearing the end of their assisting time to meet with us in a similar fashion.

Agreed on Agenda for meeting:
1. Reports
2. Names of PI, EI, PIP, etc.
3. ICPIT and ICBIT
4. EAP / AEP
5. Website
6. Bodyfocus
7. Training Clients
8. Diplomas
9. Email communication
10. Clarification of Trainer Requirements
11. Advanced Somatic Centering
12. Italian Association
13. Officer's reports
14. Absent Trainers
15. Dates of future meetings

Written reports were received from Robert Young (Australia), Marie Louise Simich (Canada & New Zealand), Rosa Maria Sevilla (Mexico), Massimo Soldati (Italy) Niall O'Siochain (Germany & Britain), Martyne Viens (USA), Beverley Wilkinson (South Africa), Marco Guidon (Switzerland)

Oral reports:
Francesco gives anatomy and movement studies. His speciality is combining psychomotor work with PI sessions. Although he has not recently organized a PI training on his own, he has over a two year period helped Jack in the PI training near Rimini. He and Neppi are not only occupied with caring for their two rambucuous boys, a new baby boy has arrived!

Bruno doesn't presently have a training, but since he is a psychiatrist he has been working diligently to establish a legal training for medical workers. Five years ago all training were under the ministry of health care and a training has to have a special theme -for example, medical, psychological, etc. Credits are given by the ministry of health care and Bruno has to pay the government for the credits (points) it offers. Beside money there has to be a good curriculum vitae -- professional students will then come to the training. With Goffredo (his assistant) he wants to get this approval. Fortunately in psychiatry and psychotherapy in Italy there is a movement toward alternative therapies. There is lots of support from society for expansion.

Dirk has his own training of 6 to 8 students a year. First year is to prepare and work on their own process. In the second year the first seven steps of PI are demonstrated and practiced. In the third year the sessions are repeated with new emphases. Integration (steps 8-12) are also given in the third year. In march 2007 the fourth (supervision) year will begin for the first time. Students practice with training- clients. Furthermore there is pathology and attention to special forms of resistance. The first three years are 24 days average plus homework and online teaching and feedback and the fourth year is 12 days plus personal supervision and online teaching.
Legally the government wants to create a psychotherapy diploma for all kinds of fields. There could be a specialization in psychotherapy. Dirk wants to start a fifth year in which Energetic Integration will be taught for a diploma. In the fifth year Dirk will be working to create the trust of students to give a session without strokes. Although he will keep his group room in Ghent, his life is gravitating more and more to his family's new home in Brussels.

Carmine doesn't have his own PI training. He is a psychotherapist and gives lessons in psychotherapy in higher educational institutes in Rome. He is developing his own style of PI. He gives trainings in different aspects of energy and sexuality with Jack at the institute in Rome (ASPIC) - sexual identity and bodywork. He also gives courses which synthesize Transactional Analysis, character styles and bodywork. He wants to start a PI training, but he keeps asking: What is PI? Who can practice PI? Who can teach PI? At the moment he sees two types of PI: one for psychotherapists and one for others.

Marjolijne reported how she and Jack did 25 rebirthings at Medo in Holland. The students working together made this possible. And in fact this kind of cooperation is a model for Bodymind in Holland. Groups can support one another throughout the training. So there are small intervision groups for practice and review. And in the third year there is learning supervision in groups where the group helps the practitioner with the problems he or she is experiencing.

Jack has been doing the usual round of teaching in Italy, Belgium, France, Holland, Switzerland, Austria and the US. He has also been busy revising Deep Bodywork and Personal Development. But each time the revisions are complete, a vision for a new chapter comes. Maybe finally it will simply be a new book: The New Deep Bodywork.

Eliane and Claude have a four year program. The first year includes experience in gestalt, dialogue between collective and personal consciousness. Students have to have two years of therapy to enter training. First year students get 8 sessions by certified practitioner. In first year there is basic touching in PI. Second year is PI in relation to family history. Every session has a theme: the first is mother, the second the triangle, the seventh is father, etc. In third year they get PI and Sexuality (that is, sessions 3 to 6), while the second year is session 1, 2, 7. There is also the possibility for third year students to participant in second year. In the fourth year PI is placed in the psychotherapeutic field.
Third year students begin to work with practice students without being paid. For certification student has to have two practice clients (for a total of 30 sessions). Furthermore there are 12 days totally 96 hours for psychopathology, though students may choose when to do these 96 hours. The law in France says that psychotherapy is protected field but is not applied because the psychoanalysts protested. Claude and Eliane are trying to get the law implemented. When they are accredited by EAP the students will be able to get their ECP and can become members of the French Federation of Pychotherapists and call themselves “psychotherapists”.

Silke: In England she is continuing the 4-year PI training now in its 3rd year and planning the next PI training starting in May 2007. She has spent a lot of time and energy on re-designing the framework of the PI trainings in London, so as to be able to offer a training in Postural Integration Psychotherapy (which will be a 5-year training) as well as the traditional PI training. Her German PI training is completed although some students are still to finish their certification work. She will not be starting another new PI training in Germany but focus her energy on England. Her collegue Bernhard Schlage is planning to run a PI training in Hannover.

Agenda #2, 3, 4
Names: We decided to keep the currently used name of PPI (Psychotherapeutic PI) and to keep PsychoCorporal in our name, at least until the application by the French Training Institute with the EABP is through and we would not confuse EAP and EABP with a name change.
Claude and Eliane proposed a schema similar to the following for this temporary arrangement:

EAP application: Claude & Eliane gave detailed information of the current road for a training institute to become a European Accredited Psychotherapeutic Training Institute (EAPTI), i,e., an institute which is accredited by EAP to train students for the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP). The ECP seems to become the European standard certificate for psychotherapy. (Latest news in April 07, EAP approved Claude and Eliane's school and their teaching of Postural Integration Psychotherapy).
It is also possible for an individual to apply for the ECP independently, and currently this is the only way in which EI and PI practitioners can obtain the ECP.
Claude and Eliane also suggested that we list the following as Postural and/or Energetic Integration Psychotherapy Trainers: Claude, Eliane, Dirk, Silke, Sean, Bruno, Carmine, and Francesco.

Agenda #5
Website: We decided to redesign the website professionally as it is our public face. Silke knows a professional web designer and will explore our options. We can spend a maximum of 3,000 euros on the site. We need descriptions of both branches (psychotherapeutic and non-psychotherapeutic) of Bodymind Integration as well as links to sites in various countries. The openining page of the old site can still be used.
Here are some initial statements which might be included:

“ICPIT is the international umbrella for the trainers of Bodymind Integration.”

“The unusual effectiveness of Bodymind Integration comes from the simultaneous use of
body awareness, connective tissue work, energetic release through breathing, expressive movement and the opening and integration of attitudes held in our bodyminds.”

“PPI and PEI are methods of psychotherapy whose originality is to give an important place to the body and its messages in a psychotherapeutic process which focuses on the self. These methods have been created by a group of trainers who were originally trained by Jack Paitner in Bodymind Integration (PI and EI).”

Agenda #6
“Body Focus”: Although last year it was agreed that in the place of session 1, session 2, we would use Body Focus 1, etc. to indicate that more than several sessions may be involved for each number session, Jack has found that in making revisions in the book on PI that this terminology doesn't work. Silke has also agreed that “paradigm” works better, e.g. paradigm session one. We need to discuss this further.

Agenda #7
Training clients: Following Silke's suggestion we decided to recommend that at least one man and one woman be required as training clients for certification. We also agreed that extensive supportive supervision of the student's work with their training clients is important. Marjolijn also points to how in Holland groups of trainees, playing the role of the client, can furnish this support in a group setting. Jack pointed out that in a group setting, the inner character support can be bodymind dramatically played by fellow students. Carmine added that higher year students can help supervise lower year students.

Agenda #8
Diplomas: Print quality of the diplomas will have to be improved. Also we need some specialized diplomas for students who have completed the requirements for group leadership.

Agenda #9
Email communication: We decided to email a brief report to all trainers within 30 days of ICPIT meeting of decisions taken and recommendations made at the meeting. Silke suggested an email group to only trainers who have paid their ICPIT fee. Jack wanted it sent to everybody. Finally it was suggested that a “communication stimulator” (Silke to start with) will send regular (every 2-3 months) messages to all the active and inactive trainers with news and questions, etc., in the hope of stimulating contact and communication between us all.

Agenda #10
Trainer requirements clarification: We decided to clarify the requirements for becoming a trainer and to focus also more on the skills which applicants need to show evidence of before they can become a trainer.
The final steps necessary to become a trainer and the Trainer Requirement Clarifications are as follows:

1) send a copy of your trainers report to Jack and one to Dirk
2) get preliminary feedback that it is likely to be OK
3) send to all the current active trainers (get list from Dirk) the following information:

a. report
b. confirmation of training demonstration before 2 trainers
c. trainers confirmation of having organised a training
d. show evidence of a minimum of 5 years professional individual and group practice
e. Proof of completion of Advanced Training
f. Proof of completion of Helper Trainer and Assistant Trainer

4) make appointment to come to the ICPITmeeting
5) presents him or herself and work at the meeting
6) show evidence of a minimum of 5 years paid professional bodywork
7) show evidence of an ordered professional status according to the law of the country the trainer lives in.
The process of becoming a trainer involves other trainers making assessments about the prospective trainer's skills and abilities. We are looking for the person's willingness to further develop the following qualities:
1) emotional maturity
2) willingness to reflect on their own process
3) willingness to take responsibility for their own bodymind
4) professional knowledge and skills of the method you teach, including their limitations and your own limitations
5) longterm leadership, group facilitation and teaching ability
6) ability to give supportive supervision and feedback
7) commitment to support others in their development ( both students and helpers/ assistants)
8) ability to communicate with other professional workers
9) willingness to continue professional and personal growth
10) ability to touch and connect with respect and empathy
11) willingness to search for and receive professional support in their role as trainer
12) Willingness to work with the four pillars of Bodymind - energetic, tissue,
movement awareness, attitudes

Agenda # 11
Advanced Somatic Centering: this is the new Advanced Training, which is for both EI and PI Practitioners. This training will happen in Tuscany with the organizational help of Gilberto Bianchi in Rimini.

Agenda #12
Italian Association: Goffredo, assistant with Bruno, came into the meeting to talk about the planned Italian Association, which he is willing to help organize. Jack is willing to be honorary president, but not willing to put any more organization or work into it.
Goffredo is asking for all trainers and all assistants and helpers and practitioners to join the association to increase the number of members so as to help government recognition. And if one country in Europe registers and recognizes something, all European countries are obliged to recognize it. But it is important to separate very clearly between the psychotherapy stream and the alternative practitioner stream.

Agenda #13
Officers Reports
Accounts presented: All our accounts are now with the Dresdner Bank in Germany. We decided to transfer all monies into one Euro account at the Dresdner and to close the dollar account.

Secretariat: Dirk will continue as secretary for one more year until the elections next time. He is hoping to do a list of practitioners on the website. This list would need to clearly separate alternative practitioners from psychotherapist practitioners.

Jack
Articles: All trainers are asked to send in any of their published articles so that they can go onto the website's section on published articles.

Agenda #14
Absent trainers: trainers are reminded that they need to send in a country report if they cannot come to the ICPIT meeting. Also, trainers are requested to conform to the requirements of ICPIT if they announce a training in EI or PI.

Agenda #15
ICPIT meeting 2007: we decided to change dates: it will now be Sept. 22 - 25, 2007, beginning and ending at 14.00, in Belgium.

ICPIT meeting 2008: will be 12 -15 Sept 2008, beginning 14.00 and finishing 14.00 hours, in southern Italy with Bruno.

All Character structures require a gentle approach to open up the heart while keeping the client in a safe place. One of the most effective flower essences for this is Borage. Borage gives the client courage to move forward in his/her own truth while providing a sense of security. The usually very talkative client will tend to become quiet and contemplative with their experience, while the resistant will begin to trust and open up. Borage can give each client the “okay” to move into release and eventually integration!

Chamomile flower essence is very useful to soothe and calm the nervous and/or hysterical client both before and after sessions, especially if grief manifests in the abdominal region. Chamomile could be applied directly to the client's body, as well as internally. Session five would be a good time to apply Chamomile directly to the client's body, as well as internally. I will describe applications and dosages later.

I have used Borage with a client who wouldn't let anything bother her. Nothing was ever wrong with her, she claimed, yet she complained about everything. When I gave her a Borage essence to take four times daily in-between sessions one through three, I noticed that she began to quiet down and let the experience of the bodywork happen. Eventually, she softened, stopped complaining, and began to let her feelings flow. We only used Borage for four weeks; we moved on to Bleeding Heart, which helped her cope with the heartbreak that was, in defense, creating judgment in her relationship. She became enthusiastic about using flower essences and herbal teas. I think her overall experience the PI sessions were more rewarding with these enhancements.

Larch flower essence would be a wonderful choice when working to open up the chest region, as it would help the client “get it off my chest”. If it is difficult for the client to verbalize what they are feeling, Calendula is a nice adjunct because it opens up the solar plexus while protecting the client from becoming too exposed, too soon.

Mariposa Lily flower essence is the Ideal Mother as it helps to resolve a negative relationship with the mother, then creates a positive bond with both Earth Mother and the Ideal Mother, which consciously or unconsciously, is something we all desire. It is especially important in resolving any issues the client may have with any women, be it sister, daughter, boss, etc.

I have used Mariposa Lily on myself when I have received sessions. In session four, I began to feel the overwhelming ancestral sadness from the long line of Mormon women on my mother's side of the family. I experienced the burden and lack of freedom in the scriptural dictate “replenish the earth”, which means having as many children as possible no matter the capacity or willingness to look after them. Mariposa Lily helped me to let go of the resentment I've always held about becoming one of these “weak women”. It helped me see the love and sacrifice these women gave, which then allowed me to resolve issues with my own mother.

Corn flower essence instills the all encompassing, supporting Universal Mother, which keeps us grounded and absolutely certain that we come from a place of love, right from the beginning. Sunflower flower essence, by contrast, gives the positive support from the male perspective.

If there are any issues of shame that come up during sessions, Pink Monkeyflower can assist the client with the experience of pain, grief, etc. that may arise with the of the acknowledgement of the shame. Blackberry flower essence can be used to assist the letting go of the pattern and give the client the stability to live life shame free, thus motivating change.

Two more flower essences that would be useful and that are helpful for both the client and the practitioner are Yarrow and Lavender. Yarrow gives protection from potentially toxic energetic debris. Limiting ideas, notions and beliefs of my own will not interfere with those of the client's, and vice versa. Or if you encounter an emotional vampire that just wants to suck you dry, Yarrow will keep the practitioner grounded and not drained after the session. Lavender will help to integrate the whole experience of the session, for the client and also the practitioner, especially if the client proves to be most challenging.

Lastly. Five Flower Formula or Rescue Remedy can be used with any of the above mentioned flower essences if there is extreme grief, shame, depression, terror, etc. during sessions and maybe more importantly, in-between sessions. It can be taken as often as needed to promote a sense of calm in acute situations, whether during an emotional awakening, or to release stored trauma.

Applications of flower essences can be varied and customized from client to client. Direct application to the solar plexus with four drops rubbed clockwise into the heart area can immediately open up the client with deep breathing at the beginning of each session. If issues arise during the session, four drops given orally is another effective median for the client. If essential oils are desired, a nice mixture of ten drops lavender or petigrain essential oil, water, and four drops each of flower essences of your choice are spritzed lightly over the body throughout the session is a wonderful way to provide comfort for every client, no matter the character type. If the client is receptive, a mixture can be customized for the individual client in a one-ounce tincture bottle. Use four to eight drops of flower essence(s) per 3/4 ounce of spring water with 1/4 ounce of brandy to preserve the formula. The client can then take four drops in water four times a day or add their formula to their bathwater.

My favorite mix of flower essences is Calendula, Yarrow, Chamomile, and Lavender in coconut oil, lightly rubbed into the skin before the deep work begins. I have discovered these particular essences work well together for most clients in helping them become open and receptive for the changes that occur in PI. Muscle testing, pendulum work or other ideodynamic method can be used to ascertain a more specific formula for the client who wishes to use these essences on a deeper level.

The client may experience intensified emotions at the beginning, but with time and consistency, a sense of well-being should occur. I have found with the use of flower essences with my clients, the work is more satisfying and meaningful for them, as well as for myself. The relationship becomes based on trust, honesty, and empowerment. This is just a very small taste of the power of the many flower essences available to us. For further reading, a wonderful reference is the Flower Essence Society Repertory (www.floweressencesociety.com). Look into the Perelandra Essences and of course, the Bach flower essences. Have fun and explore the wonder of these incredible gifts from Mother Earth.

Biography
Amanda Moore is in the process of receiving her certification as a Postural Integration Practitioner. She is also a Certified Massage Therapist, Herbalist, Reiki II Practitioner, Fermented Food Fanatic, and Mother of Two. She can be reached at (1) 707 443-5374 or amoore629@hotmail.com

Previously I offered a specific proposal for an Italian Bodymind Integration Association in the hope that we can at least provisionally come together and function as a group. After functioning together, we can then change our structure to meet whatever specific needs we agree on. Also I will at this first meeting provisionally assign individuals who agree to Coordinator positions for the Association and its Divisions. I propose that we accept these assignments for a period of at least 6 months, then have an election of the Coordinators for two-year terms.
At our meeting March 3, we will have a short presentation of a process we can use to create an innovative growing association which can be of service to our community. After this presentation, we can then break into smaller discussion groups representing the Divisions of the Association: Trainer and Assistant Division, Practitioner Division, Medical Assistance Division, Student Division, Client and Model Division, and finally Public Division. In these groups we look at 1) what our goal or challenge as an Association will be, 2) the dimensions of this challenge or opportunity and 3) how we can implement some of aspects of these dimensions.
What is our goal? For example do we want to reach a special group of people who need our healing services? Do we want to create a creative community which discovers more about how Bodymind Integration can be developed? We need to discover and agree on what our goal is.
Whatever precise challenge we formulate for ourselves there will also be several dimensions or parts in defining this opportunity. For example in reaching our goal we may need to look at 1) the client experience, 2) the role of the practitioner, 3) what we as an organization and individuals are offering, 4) how we need to network in order to achieve our goal, 5) what can be done in our training to achieve our desired results, 5) what our legal status and responsibility is. There may, of course, be other important dimensions we discover in clarifying the challenge.
If we take these as the basic dimensions, we can explore different aspects of each dimension.
Client Experience. What is the value for the client of Bodymind Integration? Are clients clear on their expectations from the sessions? How does the client make long-term assessments of the results of the sessions?
Bodymind Offering. What is our contract with the client? Is our message of the nature of Bodymind Integration clear? Are we flexible toward the needs of the client?
Training. Are the goals of the Trainer and student in harmony? What commitment does the student have to become a practitioner? What kind of support does the student need outside the classroom? How do we simplify and enrich the training?
Legal. What kinds of recognition do we have or desire? What legal safety can we expect? What is our status in relation to other professions?
Networking. What kind of ongoing communication can be created between practitioner and client? Who are the key messengers of Bodymind Integration? How can we create social contact and sharing? What community projects are needed - learning together, getting acquainted with other methods and schools?
We also need to consider the feasibility of implementing our ideas. Do we have the interest and commitment to achieve what we want? Can we create enough money through our membership fees?
How fast should we try to implement our ideas?
I propose that the assigned Coordinators of each division, together with any volunteers lead separate group discussions for 20 minutes on the nature of our goal, then as a second step 20 minutes with their Division on just the single dimension the group has chosen, and finally 20 minutes of how the goal and dimension might practically be implemented. At the end we will come back together as a general group for 20 minutes with Coordinators summarizing the results of each discussion. On Sunday morning we will continue with a group discussion of our views.
This can be the beginning a process that can take us toward concrete results. Let's meet a second time on September 29-30, 2007 at Bodymind Celebrations. Jack.

The AIBI recognizes the authority of The International Center for Release and Integration (ICRI) and the International Council of Pschocorporal Integration Trainers (ICPIT) to set the training standards for and to officially certify all 1) Trainers, 2) Assistant Trainers,
3) Helper Trainers, 4) Practitioners, and 5) Advanced Somatic Integration Practitioners in the different forms of Bodymind Integration (Postural Integration, Postural Integration Psychotherapy, Energetic Integration, and Energetic Integration Psychotherapy).

All certified Trainers, Assistant Trainers, Helper Trainers, Practitioners and Advanced Somatic Practitioners in Italy are free to function and present themselves to the public independent of membership in AIBI.

The AIBI recognizes the ethics standards and complaint procedure established for Bodymind Integration by ICRI and by ICPIT.

AIBI seeks to support the Bodymind Integration community through learning, sharing, consultation, publicity and official recognition.

AIBI has a general structure in which there are six divisions with these functions:
The Trainer (Assistant and Helper) Division ..................
Practitioner Division .....................
Student Division................
Client and Model Division............
Research Division...........
Public Division.............................

Members of AIBI have membership in a specific Division and may use appropriate titles such as: Trainer Member of AIBI, Assistant Trainer Member of AIBI, Helper Trainer Member of AIBI, Practitioner Member of AIBI, Student Member of AIBI, Client Member of AIBI, Research Member of AIBI, Public Member of AIBI.

Officers of AIBI and their function:
President..........
Network Synthesizer............
Coordinators in each Division.........

Joining members of AIBI will sign an agreement to respect the statutes of AIBI

RIASSUNTO DEIGLI INTERVENTI PIU' SIGNIFICATIVI DEL 3 MARZO 2007
SHORT SUMMARY OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSION (3RD MARCH 2007)

Claudia Pentassuglia espone la situazione legislativa europea.
Non esiste ancora una legislazione comune, esiste una direttiva tesa a sollecitare la formazione di una normativa comune. L'Italia mostra ancora un vuoto legislativo quasi assoluto, al punto che in casi come il nostro si potrebbe facilmente applicare la Legge 348 sull' esercizio illegale di professione, con pesante implicazione penale ed amministrativa. Alcune regioni (ad esempio Lombardia, Piemonte, Liguria ed Emilia-Romagna) stanno tentando la stesura di regolamentazioni locali per l'esercizio delle “medicine alternative”, anche con l'evidente scopo di sensibilizzare lo Stato a legiferare in materia. L'attuazione pratica ha già conosciuto il veto da parte dell'amministrazione centrale di Stato, alla quale unicamente è riconosciuta autorità in materia. E' interessante comunque sottolineare il fatto che la legislazione attuale non vieta esplicitamente ad alcuno di toccare il corpo altrui. Si può attualmente aprire una partita i.v.a. sotto la categoria altre attività ancor oggi esistente. Nella definizione dell'oggetto sociale si badi a non inciampare in termini che siano di pertinenza di professioni richiedenti specifiche qualificazioni (terapia, cura, guarigione, malattia, diagnosi, profilassi ecc…).
Definirsi in modo comprensibile e legalmente ammissibile, esempio:”Operatore del benessere”.
Claudia Pentassuglia reviews actual european law.
There is no common legislation yet. There is a directive meant to push the passing of a common norm. Italy shows a complete legislative void to the point that we could see an application of our Law 348 on the “illegal exercise of a profession” with heavy penal and administrative repercussions. Some regions (e.g. Lombardia, Piemonte, Liguria and Emilia-Romagna) are trying to write local regulations for the exercise of “alternative medicine”, with, among other things, the obvious goal of awakening the central Government to legislate on this subject. Practical actuation of these local regulations has already been vetoed by our central State administration , the only organ to with authority on the subject. It is however interesting to underline that no actual legislation explicitly forbids anyone from touching anyone elses' body. When defining the social goal it is important not to trip on terms that belong to professions which require specific qualifications (therapy, cure, recovery, preventive treatment, sickness, diagnosis, etc.)
We must define ourselves in an understandable and legally admissible manner, e.g. “Wellbeing Operator”.

Goffredo Vellucci propone possibili accorpamenti/affiancamenti ad altri gruppi.
La convinzione di Goffredo è che senza una forte rappresentanza e presenza capillare sul territorio, non riusciremo a salire sul treno delle altre ( otto ) medicine alternative in attesa di un riconoscimento ufficiale. Potremmo per esempio aderire alla scuola di naturopatia con indirizzo di integrazione posturale. Costituendoci in ONLUS potremmo presentarci quali naturopati specializzati in Integrazione Posturale.
Goffredo Vellucci proposes potential integrations/merges with other groups.
Goffredo is convinced that without a strong representation and capillary presence through Italian territory, we will never succeed in jumping onto the train of the other (eight) alternative medicines which are waiting for official recognition. We could for example join the school of naturopathy with studies in postural integration. By becoming an ONLUS we could present ourselves as naturopathists with specialization in postural integration

Bruno Valente
E' assolutamente necessario a questo punto che ci diamo una cornice molto ben definita per poterci presentare univocamente e senza alcuna contraddizione.
Bruno Valente
At this point it is absolutely necessary to give ourselves a correct and well defined frame in order to be able to present ourselves clearly and without contradictions.

Gilberto Bianchi
Più della cornice è importante che ciascun operatore riconosca la necessità di una formazione e conseguente evoluzione personale. Dunque non interrompere la frequenza di aggiornamenti e scambi in seno all'organizzazione. Ciò aiuterà anche ad evitare che si formino attriti e rivalità tra gli operatori, come già sperimentato in passato.
Gilberto Bianchi
More than a frame, it is important that each operator recognize the need of training and consequent personal evolution. Therefore we must not interrupt the frequency and constancy of training updates and exchanges within the organization. This will also help to avoid the formation of friction e rivalry between operators which we have already experimented in the past.

Francesco Vinci
Alcuni trainers hanno usato solo una parte del pacchetto metodologico proposto dall'Integrazione Posturale in accordo naturale con la loro precedente specializzazione. Questo fortifica la necessità della creazione di dipartimenti tesi a valorizzare l'uso anche parziale della I.P.
Francesco Vinci
Some trainers are using only a small part of the method proposed within the Postural Integration package in accordance with their actual specialization. This strengthens the need of the creation of departments with the scope of giving value to the use of PI even when partial.

Swan Massage Chairs
Note from Jack: David's chairs are very unusual and helpful. Go to his site and have a look at the pictures)

David Vanstrum - "Winglifter"- trained with Jack in San Francisco and became a Certified Postural Integrator in 1981. Other studies followed with teachers and healers from several cultures and modalities leading to private practice and hotel work in Santa Fe, NM. During this decade perhaps a fourth of David's clientel experienced ten session work, while the remainder chose other modalities. He also began developing the SWAN massage chair. After an auto accident, prolonged table work was temporarily too painful, but using the chair proved healing, so David refined the techniques and methods that have become Winglifter Bodywork. Moving to Colorado, he continued P.I. in private practice, and began working extensively with the chair in the Natural Food Industry and in Holistic/Metaphysical events nationally. He taught chair massage workshops, building and selling an early SWAN to students. Interest in the work and chairs has grown to support manufacture of a provisionally patented version in California.

Swan chair production is resuming in California. Please contact David by email (swanteacher@hotmail.com) for details, or telephone him at 530.591.0368. Thanks for your interest.

The Swan (patent applied for) is designed and built by David Winglifter, founder of Winglifter Bodywork, whose 20+ years of practical experience in massage therapy has led to his refinement of the design features of this portable massage chair.

Each chair is individually made and can be supplied with custom finishes and upholstery. This chair is made primarily of lightweight, high-strength Baltic Birch plywood and other hardwoods.

The Swan features:
&Mac240; adjustable torso tilt and extension
&Mac240; knee to seat distance adjustable
&Mac240; face support tilt and extension
&Mac240; compact carrying size with 90-second setup

Variations of these adjustments will provide most comfortable support for almost anybody, including pregnant women. Swan chairs easily fold into a one-hand carry for transport and storage. The torso/face support slips off to use at desks or tabletops for brief workplace sessions.

All in all, in our experience, the Swan is probably the most comfortable and adjustable portable massage chair available. The Swan is available in a standard on-site model and a studio version.

For More Information, See: www.hlngrvr.com/swan.html

or telephone David at 530.591.0368.

Postural Integration and the SWAN

"But, Is it P.I.?" Strictly speaking, probably not. However, you might be surprised to discover how much Postural Integration the proper chair will support. You can turn people around on the SWAN, so you can do all the frontal work. You can really get above the area you are working, so gravity engages the entire body and you use less muscle. Your vectors of pressure and strokes are different and often more efficient.

When I work with my SWAN, even short sessions, I incorporate breathwork easily because I am centered over the recipients' midline. My work on the pelvic rim, sacral area, and lumbar region are surprisingly powerful. I can get right on top of any part of the upper body and let gravity do most of the work.

It seems to me that the work is much more of a Dance With Energy when I use the chair.

There are some moves and techniques I cannot duplicate on a table (or example, using my knees), although a table is certainly better for some of the pelvic and leg work, and for some of the deeper release. I would not attempt a full ten session series with only my chair.

Massage schools usually teach a brief unit on using chairs, generally as a marketing tool of limited value, almost an afterthought...and most of that training focuses on neck and shoulder stress. However, after doing this for twenty years, I can tell you that good chair work is multi-dimensional, transformative and can reach many more people than table work alone.

	*Bodymind Self-Discovery*	*Body Psychotherapy*
Postural	Postural Integration	PPI (Psychotherapeutic Postural Integration)
Energetic	Energetic Integration	PEI (Psychotherapeutic Energetic Integration)
	Heart and Sexuality (part of EI)	Heart and Sexuality Body Psychotherapy (part of EIP)

*Part of ICPIT*	*Independent from ICPIT*
Postural Integration	Bodymind Drama
Energetic Integration	Rhythmic Fitness
Heart and Sexuality