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03 July 2024 | 9am - 4pm |
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04 July 2024 | 9am - 4pm |
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This event is part of the series: Round about...
This event is part of Touchpoint's International Summer School 2024
Round about: The Brain & Sleep
Help your clients to a better sleep
Insufficient sleep is a significant public health concern, weakening the immune system, increasing the risk of obesity, stress, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's, and other brain inflammatory disorders.
Did you know?
- The risk of developing type 2 diabetes is increased by approximately 50 percent in people who have difficulty falling asleep.
- Individuals who sleep less than seven to eight hours per night have around a 50 percent increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and a 15 percent higher risk of stroke.
(Source: Danish Council on Health and Disease Prevention)
All you need to know about sleep
10 headlines for the workshop:
- What is actually going on when we sleep?
- 8 pieces of advice for better sleep
- Reflexology for fascia connections diaphragm <> brain
- Acupressure points on the feet
- A new meningeal membrane
- Does bad sleep damage the brain?
- Brain - Gut axis, the teamwork for mental and sleep issues
- Stimulating flow via brain reflexes on the foot sole
- Pineal gland - importance and techniques
- The biochemistry of sleep disturbances
What actually happens at night?
A close look at the sleep-wake cycle, the intricate mechanism that controls the circadian rhythm, the role of melatonin and the pineal gland.
How can we influence this with reflexology?
Client Handout
You will receive a Client Handout with advice based on the latest sleep research, including points on the feet and body as part of a sleep ritual.
Mental techniques are as effective as medication
Psychological sleep treatment typically involves combinations of various sleep therapy techniques, including sleep restriction, stimulus control therapy, cognitive techniques, relaxation techniques, and lifestyle advice on sleep.
Fascia connections diaphragm <> brain
Learn techniques to release this connection with reflexology.
The fascial system inside the brain is an integral part of the body wide fascia web.
We follow the connections from the brain, through the neck and throat, mediastinum and pericardium all the way to the respiratory diaphragm.
The dishwasher in the brain
New anatomical discoveries of the glymphatic system in the brain and a fourth meningeal membrane sheds new ligth on how the brain stays fresh.
Especially during deep sleep there is a significant exchange of fluid, effectively "cleaning" the brain cells.
Stimulating brain flow
Using the Karl-Axel Lind method's large brain reflexes on the plantar foot, we demonstrate techniques to effectively stimulate fluid circulation and cleansing of the brain.
Brain-Gut Axis
The brain-gut axis and its significance for mental imbalances, sleep, and brain disorders.
Do microbes in our gut affect how we sleep?
More about the instructors here >
Instructors
Dorthe Krogsgaard & Peter Lund Frandsen
On Touchpoint courses and workshops you benefit from having two instructors throughout the days.
Dorthe and Peter are both highly experienced international teachers, who present a mixture of theory, demonstrations and lots of hands-on practice.
Touchpoint is well-known around the world for a high professional standard in reflexology. I recommend their teachings, which can widen your practice with great benefit.
- Hanne Marquardt - Black Forest, Germany -
Dorthe and Peter took a complicated subject like anatomy and made it very easy to understand as well as remember. They're phenonemal instructors that take necessary time with you as an individual to show you exactly where and how to work on your clients. This is easily one of the best reflexology classes I have taken.
- Chantal Magaruh - Nevada, USA -
Peter and Dorthe presented the most organized and professional training class I have ever attended in my adult life. As a 46-year-old veteran I have been through many classes from military training, to underwater welding, to different types of healing modalities. I was very impressed with the work Peter and Dorthe are doing. Thank you for the wealth of information I will be putting to valuable use. Cheers.
- Rigby Oughs - Boulder City, Nevada, USA -
Thank you much, Peter and Dorthe. You are both magnificent, so well-rounded and empathic, both as stellar individuals and as an exceptionally integrative and professional team. I am grateful to study with you both, such leading-edge pioneers!
- Petra van Noort, New York City -
Peter and Dorthe are internationally respected leaders in reflexology; both as practitioners and teachers. I encourage reflexologists everywhere to expand their theoretical horizons and integrate the hands-on techniques from this workshop in their daily practice. You and your clients will be happy with the results!
- Christine Issel - Sacramento, CA, USA -