Professional Level Abdominal Therapy Classes

If you’ve ever felt as though there’s something missing in your professional hands-on practice, these classes are for you. Abdominal Therapy for Professionals bridges the gap between traditional healing practices and thoughtful, inclusive, professional education. These classes are open to all professional practitioners who hold a background in anatomy and physiology and are able to perform massage on clients within the legal requirements of their state or country, including Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Physical Therapists, Midwives, Naturopaths, Nurses, Physicians, and more.

Abdominal Therapy for Professionals: Level 1 focuses on the anterior portion of the abdominal treatment as developed by Dr. Rosita Arvigo and presented by the Abdominal Therapy Collective. In this class you’ll first learn how to perform Your Abdominal Massage (YAM) on yourself, before learning how to apply these techniques to your clients. Along the way, we’ll review abdominal and pelvic anatomy and physiology, function and relationships, and integrate steps to being a trauma-informed practitioner. We’ll explore how discomfort and dysfunction in the digestive and reproductive systems can be addressed through gentle external massage, and we’ll learn how to perform a professional treatment including client education for self massage and supportive modalities. Throughout the entire class, we will be focusing on the mind-body connection as well as an exploration of the traditional lineage and cultural and historical origins of this bodywork.

Abdominal Therapy for Professionals: Level 2 focuses on the posterior portion of the treatment as developed by Dr. Rosita Arvigo and presented by the Abdominal Therapy Collective. ATP1 is a prerequisite to this class, and the abdominal and pelvic anatomy and treatment protocol will be reviewed at the start of this class. We’ll move on to review the structural and functional anatomy of the lumbosacral region and gain deeper understanding of how the sacrum and coccyx can relate to various pain patterns and dysfunction in the pelvis and beyond. Students will learn how to perform a posterior treatment which completes the full treatment protocol. Students must complete both ATP1 & 2 before moving on to additional advanced technique classes with the Abdominal Therapy Collective.