IABT Curriculum Guidelines

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IABT schools include the following subject content in their 10-module (50 days) foundation courses.

  • How to manifest practitioner skills of stillness, resonance, presence and contact.
  • How to palpate and recognize Primary Respiration, a subtle, multi-layered, polyrhythmic movement in the body and its surrounding field.
  • How to recognize and work biodynamically with the effects of Primary Respiration and the effects of life experience in fluids and tissues, including adults and infants.
  • How to facilitate and support biodynamic healing processes including
    • Dynamic Stillness
    • The Holistic Shift
    • The Inherent Treatment Plan
    • Ignition
    • Embryological Forces
    • Becker's Three-Stage Process
  • How to work with nervous system states including shock and trauma.
  • Within these general topic areas, each IABT school has autonomy to develop its own
    • Areas of special focus
    • Educational philosophy
    • Methods for assessing progress
    • Additional topics
    • Adminstrative practices