The Art & Practice of Functional Integration®

• An Awareness Through Movement® session;

• A live demonstration with one of Jeff’s clients;

• Time for you to practice with one of your clients;

• Follow-up observations.

• The series includes an online community discussion forum.

Segment 1: Working with the Skeleton, Working with Tissue
June 10, 17, 24 & July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2025

The first eight sessions of this course are directed to developing very specific skills:

• How to work with your clients’ joints, skeleton and tissue to awaken their listening and integration.

• We will learn specific details for working with:

  • Client’s legs, including feet, knees and hip joints.

  • Arms including shoulders, elbows and hands.

  • Ribs and spine.

  • The relationship of the torso and neck to the carriage of the head.

Segment 2: Discovering and Working with Patterns
September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28 & November 11, 18, 25, 2025

This segment will be a study of asymmetrical action and patterns of behavior. From the spiral development of a fetus in utero, to the asymmetrical patterns of crawling that babies develop for locomotion, we will look at the warp and weft of how humans lift themselves in gravity and bring their earliest interactions with their supporting surfaces with them. New light will shine on classic ATM lessons to illuminate hidden patterns of action that are not normally distinguished in ATM practice. We will not only begin to notice patterns that were not clear to us, but learn to develop FI practices to support our client’s growth.

We will work with patterns of:

• Hidden relationships between pelvis, torso, shoulders and head;

• Flexion and extension;

• Twisting and spiraling;

• Lateral flexion;

• Rolling for changing orientation;

• The carriage of the head;

• From supine, prone, sitting, etc. and moving from one orientation to another.

Segment 3: Seeing and Supporting Whole Functions
January 6, 14, 20, 27 & February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2026

We will examine basic human functions of:

• Lying;

• Sitting;

• Sitting to standing;

• Perspectives on walking;

• Climbing stairs;

• Lifting and supporting weight;

• Generating centripetal and centrifugal force for dynamic activities that involve rotational forces.

Segment 4: Composing Lessons
April 7, 14, 21, 28 & May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2026

Now the fun begins. Jeff will give a complete FI lesson to his client, with discussion for you to observe, from beginning to end. You’ll see several different camera views and audio, to give a very good look at the lessons unfolding. You will learn to understand the comprehensive way Jeff looks at lessons, and see how the previous three sessions inform how lessons are enabled and unfold. You will learn about the immersive experience from which the environment that Jeff’s client and he produce together, leading to emergent, potent lessons.