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2024

Health, Suffering, Light & Love ~ A Healing Retreat for Osteopaths
Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
January 10-14, 2024

Through lecture, discussion, contemplation, and hands-on osteopathic treatment we will explore various landscapes of healing to build deeper relationships with the presence of the Creative and Healing forces of the Tide in ourselves and, through treatment, within our patients. There will be a focus on both our individual and collective healing as a means toward nurturing a more deeply bonded community.

Topics may include: The Flow of Attention, Oceanic Light, Personal Light, The Health, the Suffering & the Layer of Unconditional Love, Heaven and Earth ~ The Return

Held at the Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, participants will enjoy a private room with private bathroom, all meals and snacks, and use of the spiritual centre’s facilities and wooded grounds, including the beautiful main chapel which is the Canadian Shrine of St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

This retreat is offered at an intermediate to advanced level and is geared toward experienced osteopaths who have completed at least Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phases I-VII and/or Treatment of Children I-III. Exceptions may be made on an individual basis.

The retreat will begin with supper together at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, and will conclude with lunch together at noon on Sunday, January 14, 2024. Participants are asked to remain on site for the duration of the retreat.

Cost: $1250.00 USD includes teaching and practical instruction, four nights’ private accommodation, all meals and snacks. Participants may bring a partner upon request, subject to an additional fee for meals and snacks.

If you are interested in more information or to register, please contact Edward Schroeder directly at schroeder.osteopathy@gmail.com.


Dominica Orphanage Children's Clinic & Pediatric Course
Didactic Portion - February 19-21
Dominican Republic at BeLive Canoa Resort
Pediatric Teaching Clinic - February 22-23
La Urena - at Dominica School & Orphanage


Introduction to Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (Hybrid)
Pre-Convo In Person Labs March 3-5
The Broadmoor
Colorado Springs, Colorado


Rebuilding the Extremities
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
April 5-8

This course will include a slide review of embryology & anatomy of the extremities. We will explore how to osteopathically rebuild the extremities through an orientation to wholeness using embryologic fulcrums, the Matrix of the Health, midlines, seams, Fire in the Bones, neurotrophic flow and Dr. Sutherland’s Power Points. Suggested Prerequisite: Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase I-V


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Pediatrics II
Florianopolis, Brazil
April 11-14


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase II with Embryology/Anatomy slide review
Florianopolis, Brazil
April 16-19


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Pediatrics I
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
May 3-6


BioBasics 2024
Bridgeton, Maine
May 31-June 3


Introduction to Biodynamic Principles
Tokyo School of Osteopathy
June 21-25


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase I
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
September 13-16


Swiss Study Group
Berlin, Germany
September 24-27


Austria Study Group
Austria
September 28-30


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase IV
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
October 18-21


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase VIII
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
October 24-27


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase IX
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
November 15-18


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase I
Tokyo School of Osteopathy
December 1-5


Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phase VII
Tokyo School of Osteopathy
December 7-10


2025

Stillness, Silence & Rest ~ A Healing Retreat for Osteopaths
The Monastery of Crêt Bérard, Puidoux, Switzerland
May 25-29, 2025

Course Coordinator: Bettina Rubin, Course Instructor: Stephen Kisiel, DO,

Through lecture, discussion, contemplation, solitude, community, and hands-on osteopathic treatment we will explore various landscapes of healing to build deeper relationships with the presence of the Creative and Healing forces of the Tide in ourselves and, in treatment, through our patients. There will be a focus on both our individual and collective healing as a means toward nurturing our own healing journey, as well as a more deeply bonded community.

Topics may include:
• The Presence of Stillness
• Silence…
• Rest, Functional Reserve & Resting in the Light of the Health
• The Point of Nothingness

This retreat will be offered at an intermediate to advanced level and is geared toward experienced osteopaths who have completed at least Biodynamics of Osteopathy Phases I-VII, Pediatrics I-III or a Biodynamic focused Children’s Clinic curriculum. (Such as SOCK, BPSCO, Etc.)
Exceptions may be made on an individual basis.

Location is the beautiful monastery Crêt Bérard in Puidoux, Switzerland, a small town between Lausanne and Montreux. A sacred space where Dr. James Jealous often taught. We will gather for dinner together on Sunday, May 25 at 6:45pm followed by an evening welcome talk and contemplation. Our retreat will conclude with Lunch at 1pm on Thursday, May 29.

Cost: 850.00 Euro

Participants are encouraged to stay on the grounds of Crêt Bérard during the retreat.
Reasonable per-night accommodations are available:
• Single room shared bathroom CHF 81.-
• Single room private bathroom CHF 106.-
• Double or twin room private bathroom CHF 162.-
Food cost:
• Breakfast is included in the room cost. • Lunch and snacks CHF 47.- x4 days • Dinner 30.- x4 days

If you are interested in more information or to register, please contact Bettina Rubin at bettinarub@gmail.com