Integrative Physiology

BASICS OF LIFE – 4 days

This is usually the class that I start with in a new country. 
In this class I talk about the concept of energy and energy medicine, combining physics with healing, trying to understand wich kind of energy do we stimulate with Kinesiology and Meridians. 
I spend a lot of time describing the Extra Cellular Matrix (also called The Living Matrix), the place in the body where the Nervous System, the Immune System and the Endocrine System interacts. 
The goal of this class is to have the the student understand the basic energetic patterns in human beings, described by Traditional Chinese Medicine, but through a scientific language. 
The basic energies, that controls our birth and life are the 8 Extraordinary Meridians. I teach how to test and balance them, not only with a Kinesiological approch, but also using a technique called Unwinding that belongs to Craniosacral Therapy. Students loves it because it brings them to work on a different level of interaction with the client. 

I teach this class since 2004 and I’ve tought it in several countries, and students loves it. 

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LIVING SYSTEMS – 4 days

To take this class is better to have had done Basics of Life. Starting from the point of view of Embriology, I describe the 12 Meridians and their physiological functions, combining accademic Physiology and Energetic Physiology.  Other than common Physiological Systems, like the Central Nervous, the Immune or Endocrine, I describe also, let’s say, integrated physiological Systems like the Enteric Nervous System, the GALT (Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue), the Craniosacral System, the Gastroenteropacreatic System and so on. 
This class is about going deep into Physiology and corrections are acupuncture points, colored Lights, sound, unwinding. 

SPINE PHYSIOLOGY – 5 days (usually split into 2-1/2 plus 2-1/2 days)

I have studied Osteopathy and in this class I teach classical osteopathic knowledge applied in a kinesiological way. Through muscle test we asses and balance the spinal column, working on vertebras, ligaments, muscles (64 related with the I Ching), meningies, reciprocal tension membranes and central aponeurotic axis. 
This is a very structural class. 

CONNECTIVOLOGY – 4 days

In this class we work on the Connective Tissue and Fascias through the Tendino-Muscular Meridians (called also Sinew Meridians) to do a Somato-Emotional work. We will work on the concept of Ground Regulation, with the muscle chains, the Fascias and Skin. We balance the body to release Stresses of past traumas using also a technique called Subconcious Traume Release. 
This is both a structural and an emotional work. 

TCM ENERGETIC SYNDROMS – 3 days

This classical knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine and how to describe pathologies. We use muscle test instead of tongue and pulses. We balance with Neurolimphatics, Neurovasculars, acupuncture points, supplements and diet. 

PHYSIOLOGY OF STRESS – 4 days

What is exactly Stress? How does the body react to Stress? How many different types of Stress do exists? This class will give a clear answer to all this questions and much more. In Kinesiology and in many others approaches, Stress has a key role, and it is fundamental to know exactly how the body reacts to the different stressors. 
Each stage of Stress represents a completely different set of physiological reactions. It’s the terrain of the person, with specific neurological, endocrine, immune and emotional reactions. 
With this class you will learn how to asses and balance the 3 different Stages of Stress, recognize if it’s an Acute, or Episodic or Chronic Stress; discern if there is a priority imbalance on the nervous system, endocrine system or immune system; identify the emotional aspects related and which is the main Stressor. This is a pure exemple of why Marco’s work is called Integrative Physiology!!

INTEGRATIVE NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY 1 – 4 days

This class focuses on what people calls the Second Brain and the Gut-Brain Axis. We will see how Intestinal disorders can cause learning disabilities or depression, and why this is common in all cronic diseases. We will talk about Dysbiosis and Leaky Gut Syndrome and we will balance them starting from the prospective of Traditional Chinese Medicine. A lot of time will be dedicated to the concepts of Microbiota and Gluten/Casein sensitivity. 

INTEGRATIVE NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY 2 – 3 days

In this Second part we get more into the functional aspects of the guts, balancing in detail the Enteric Nervous System, the gastrointestinal motility, the immune aspect of the guts and the production of hormones and neurotransmitters by the guts. 

INTEGRATIVE NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY 3 – 4 days

This part is dedicated to the Second Brain as site of our unconscious emotions. We will balance our belif system, to change the way we process the informations we percive with our senses. 
This is a very deep emotional work. 

INTEGRATIVE NEUROCARDIOLOGY 1

This is about the so called Third Brain. The Heart has an intrinsic nervous system, sufficently complex, to be qualified as a complete Brain, it produces the strongest Electromagnetic Field in the body and it secrets hormones and neurotransmitters. Acording to TCM all the functions that we asign to the Brain are associated to an energy called Shen, that sits in the Heart. The Heart rules the Brain! 

A lot of time will be dedicated to the THIRD BRAIN as the Emotional Brain; the student will learn how the body handles the emotional aspects through the TCM’s meaning of Organ’s Spirits (Shen, Yi, Po, Zhi, Hun), and analyzing which are the emotions that imbalances the THIRD BRAIN and which one improves its functions. The goal is to repair all the old wounds of genetical and genealogical emotional memories stored in the heart that impede the development of the own qualities. The goal of this class is to find and improve our qualities. 

INTEGRATIVE NEUROCARDIOLOGY AND THE DIVERGENT MERIDIANS

This is a workshop that deals with the Heart-Brain Axis, seen from the Classical Chinese Medichine (CCM), point of view.   
All the Organs/Meridians are connected directly with the Heart Meridian (that in TCM is considered the Master of all Meridians), through a set of Secondary Meridians. This Secondary Meridians goes from each organ, to the Heart and from the Heart to the Brain.
We we will work on this Body-Heart-Brain Relationship in different ways, combining Sound, Colored Lights, Acupressure, Essencial Oils and Korean Hand Acupuncture. 
We will Explore the Type of Energy called Wei Qi and it’s relationship with emotions, immune System and Autoimmune disorders. 
Through this technique it’s possible to balance very deep and intense emotions, as well as very cronic and severe pathologies. 

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