​FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING PREREQUISITES

The first module is an introductory class. 

1. Attend the first module, and then a formal interview and application are required if you are interested in applying. If you intend to take the whole training, you can apply beforehand, but being accepted into he full program is based on how the first module/intro class goes and if Kate feels that you are ready. 

Other Requirements after module 1

1. Fill out the application through this link and send two character references. If you are of sound psychological shape then...
2. Have an interview with Kate. If you live far away you can also do a zoom interview and we will see if the program is a good fit for you. 
3. Having regular  support from a  somatic experiencing therapist, or EMDR therapist, talk therapist,  or registered craniosacral  therapist/RCST is required during the training at least every  month. This needs to happen with people outside the class, not TA's assisting. 
4. For all of those who are not  LMT’s, OT’s, PT’s, Chiropractor’s, Osteopath’s, Dentist’s, Lic Ac's etc; you will be required to take our anatomy class online  before or during the class at Dr. Kate’s School for the course. 
5. This is a professional training, so having emotional regulation skills are required. 
6. To be in good psychological health and stability.
7. Students who sabotage the class by  not cooperating with creating a safe relational field for the teacher, other students, and TA's will be asked to leave after one warning. This work is based in safety and compassion for all in room including the TA's and teacher. 

A note about State requirements to practice
Massachusetts
Since this is a new profession there are no state licenses currently. In Massachusetts you can practice this work without another degree such as massage therapy. 
New York
Craniosacral falls primarily under the massage therapy license. In other words, massage therapists have claimed it for themselves and are politically active in trying to make sure that other practitioners don't do it. Interestingly, it is not within the scope of practice of acupuncturists in NY (although we can do hands on therapy nonspecifically). Physical therapists, doctors, nurses, podiatrists, and chiropractors have an exemption that allows them to officially practice cranialsacral therapy. Ministers can touch therapeutically, but according to NYS law they can't practice cranialsacral therapy.

Miscellaneous Info about licensing and practicing.
Each state has its own set of rules. You would have to check the state that you are interested in practicing in, if you do not already have a license such as massage therapy, chiropractic, physical therapy, etc...
You can contact the biodynamic craniosacral therapy association of North America.  Edwin is the Judicial & Governmental Review Chair.  He may be able to help you state by state... on how to find out what is required to practice BCST... 

Many states are trying to pass a bodywork umbrella licensing requirement to stop sex trafficking, that covers tons of different professions like Polarity, Feldenkrais, etc...including BCST: 
Here is Edwin's contact info:
Edwin Nothnagel, LMBT, RCST®
(919) 349 3914
ednothnagel@gmail.com

Anatomy Is Required for the BCST Training for those without a professional degree in healthcare


Study Anatomy With Dr Kate's School of Divine Structure: this course is offered online.

​Here is what I want you to know thoroughly/detailed anatomy:

• the nervous system:
  • peripheral nerves
  • spinal cord
  • Brain
  • Meninges
  • dural system
  • vascular supply
  • lymph of nervous system
  • Cranial nerves
  • how this system is categorized
• the spinal bones
• the pelvic bones
• the cranial bones
• the viscera: general anatomy and function
• anatomical positions
• types of tissue: fascia, nerves, gray matter, white matter,
• the general cell in general (its parts)

Here is what I want you to know generally: what they do, their parts, and basic anatomy

• all the other bones
• the major muscles where they are, and generally what they do, and their major nerves where they come off the spine
• the various systems:
  • respiratory system, and main nerves
  • cardiovascular system, and main nerves
  • digestive system, and main nerves
  • endocrine system, and main nerves
  • immune system/lymphatic system
  • urinary system, and main nerves
  • reproductive system, and main nerves
    
    

Living Anatomy Course Syllabus
​CLASS IS ONLINE..
Divine Structure Biodynamic Craniosacral School
108 Main St, Charlemont, MA 01339

Module 1

• Introduction to the course
• Terminology
• Principle of Health as an active force
• Living bone
• Midline Bones/ Axial Skeleton
• Cranial bones and Sutures, and landmarks
• Clinical Relevance
• Appendicular Skeleton
• Clinical Relevance
• Joints 
• Key Junctions: occipital atlantal, cervico-thoracic, thoraco-lumbar, lumbo-sacral
• Microanatomy of Bones
• Energetic Embryological Principles of Midline and Bones
• Locating Bony Landmarks
• Range of Motion

Home Study Module 1

• Listen to Kate’s Meditations twice a week
• Practice finding the major bony landmarks we covered once a week on a person
• Anatomy Coloring Book: Skeletal and Articular Systems# 17- # 41, orientation to the body, cartilage and bone cells and tissues #10 
• If you want you can listen to Kate’s lectures as you are coloring
• Kate will send a quiz to take at home to complete before the next class

Module 2

• Chemistry, Physics, Energy
• Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins
• Fluids/Water importance
• Cells and Organelles
• Cell membrane, Nucleus
• Cell Processes
• Embryology Germ Layers
• Skin

Homestudy Module 2

• Listen to Kate’s meditations at least twice a week
• Review Bony Landmarks, put your hands on someone or yourself and settle in listening to bones, and tissue field. 
• Anatomy Coloring Book: Color # 6-14 (except # 10), and #15, 16
• If you want you can listen to the lectures as you are coloring
• Kate will send a take home quiz to complete before module 3. 
• Watch youtube video from Harvard University: “Inner life of the cell”

Module 3

• Embryological Development of central and peripheral nervous system
• Central nervous system
• Peripheral nervous system: Motor and Sensory Neurons
• Synapse
• Brachial Plexus
• Lumbosacral Plexus
• Facilitation
• Cranial Nerves
• Triune Brain
• Second Brain Intro
• Brain and Nervous system Cells
• Neurotransmitters and hormones

Home Study Module 3 

• Listen to Kate’s meditations at least twice a week
• Anatomy Coloring Book: Color # 68,69,70,72,73,75,76,77,80,81,82,83,84,87,88,89,91,92,93,98,
• If you want you can listen to the lectures as you are coloring
• Kate will send a take home quiz to complete before module 4. 

  
Module 4

• Muscles 
• Connective Tissue/Fascial Network/Ligaments/Tendons
• Muscle Palpation
• Movements
• General Muscle treatments: how to work with muscles, joints, ligaments, fascia
• Clinical aspects

Home Study Module 4

• Listen to Kate’s meditations at least twice a week
• Anatomy Coloring Book: Color # 42,45,46,47,48,50,52,53,54,55,59,60,61,62,63,64
• If you want you can listen to the lectures as you are coloring
• Kate will send a take home quiz to complete before module 5. 

Module 5

• Heart and Lung Anatomy
• Physiology
• Social Nervous System with regards to Heart and Lungs
• Veins, Arteries, Venous Sinuses
• Blood
• Lymphatics
• Clinical Aspects and functional health

Homestudy Module 5

• Listen to Kate’s meditations at least twice a week
• Anatomy Coloring Book: Color # 101,103,104,107,108,109,110,111,115,127,128,129,131
• If you want you can listen to the lectures as you are coloring
• Kate will send a take home quiz to complete before module 6. 

Module 6

• Cavities, Linings, Abdominal Regions
• Liver, Gallbladder, Stomach, Spleen, Pancreas
• Small Intestine, Large Intestine
• Kidney’s, Uterus, Prostate, Bladder
• Gut Biome, Liver, and Immune System
• Dorsal Vagus Nerve
• How digestion happens and Diet
• Endocrine System: Thyroid, Adrenals, Ovaries, Testes, Pituitary, Gut, Pineal, Parathyroids, thymus, Pancreas
• Clinical and Functional implications/ Red flags:  Endocrine, Gut, Liver, ligament of Cleyet, Dysmenorrhea, Prostate

Home Study Module 6

• Listen to Kate’s meditations at least twice a week
• Anatomy Coloring Book: Color # 134,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,149,151,152,153
• If you want you can listen to the lectures as you are coloring
• Kate will send a take home quiz to complete 

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