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Teaching

When I graduated from the British School of Osteopathy I’d won the prize in the subject of Osteopathic Principles.  Possibly for this reason I was asked if I’d like to come back to teach the subject along with helping on the Craniosacral part of the course. At the same time, I was invited to teach students studying with the Guild of Homeopaths.  I discovered that I loved teaching, loved helping others to learn, and loved how much I learned by teaching.


In 2001, I asked Jim Jealous about teaching, and he said, ’Teach What you Know’.  It sounds obvious but it was a sage piece of advice, students can always feel if you are grounded in your subject.


Most years since 2011 I have either lectured or been a table tutor at the annual Bio-Basic weekend introducing students to the concepts of Biodynamic Craniosacral Osteopathy and around the same time I began teaching with Ian Wright on his Irish Paediatric Course. We also teach a ‘Mother and Baby Course’ together for the Craniosacral Therapy Education Trust [See CTET], and for the Cranio sacral Therapy Association.


More recently I have taught online for ‘Still Learning’ run by Sarah Nesling, for ‘Our Birth Journey’ run by John Wilk and for the Children’s Osteopathic Centre in Brazil with Fabiano Da Silva. In person I have taught at the European School of Osteopathy, The British College of Osteopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Children’s clinic of Barcelona and the Sutherland Cranial Academy in Belgium.

Testimonial

"I always look forward to Mary’s teaching, not purely for the wealth and depth of knowledge and clinical experience so beautifully embedded in the work of Sutherland and Jim Jealous
but especially the particular Mary magic that comes with her. Her teaching style is light at every level, deep knowledge presented with lightness and clarity, lightness through humour, light touch and connection to the light within us all. Somehow Mary manages to draw out
from students the knowing that they have access to the subtler nuances and realms that are natural for Mary in her work, but may feel esoteric, out of our experience or we haven’t trusted that this is what we have been feeling. Students come away inspired and confident,
expanded personally and ready to engage clients from a wider perspective.
Mary has done a number of day webinars for me as part of the Still Learning programme, these include Death and  Dying, Working with the Ancestry, Emotional Baggage Reclaim and Puberty and Teens. Each one has been well attended with fantastic ongoing feedback from students. Especially popular are the days outdoors where the participants allow themselves
to feel the support of mature oaks and the natural surroundings working with the tide. On these days students have unfolded into new understandings and palpatory approaches to embryological wholeness and learned practical clinical skills for working with the psycho/neuro/immune system and allowing fire in the bones!"


Sarah Nesling RCST, Director of Still Learning and Supervisor for Cranio Sacral Therapy Association

Subjects taught include:

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Embryology & Pregnancy

  • The conception, growth and development of the human embryo.

  • Pregnancy and the development of communication between the mother, child and family through the 3 trimesters

  • Providing Craniosacral support for the mother and child through pregnancy.

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Light, Potency and Ignition

  • Light, now called the 'Medicine of the Future' has been known for its healing properties through out history and it has been fundamental to the philosophy and practice of Osteopathy and CST since their conception.

  • Exploring this illuminating Mary will look at the phenomenon of light from scientific, neurological, and therapeutic perspectives. Practical sessions will give participants the opportunity to explore how light reflects the arc of our life journey. 

  • Beginning in the Stillness and Ignition of conception and ending as we return to the light of Wholeness, we find light shining  throughout our life brings coherence to the neuro endocrine system, healing to the immunity and continuity to ourselves, our family and community. 

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Understanding and Working with Teenagers

  • The neuroanatomy and physiology of the development of the teenage brain and how this relates to behavioural and emotional changes.

  • Why teenagers are more likely to experience stress, social anxiety, depression , eating disorders and addictions.

  • Health disorders particular to teenagers including ME/ Chronic Fatigue syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder, Schizophrenia.

  • Teenagers and the effects of drugs on the development of the brain.

  • Teenagers and screens

  • What adults, friends and family members can do to help and support their teenagers.

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Trauma and Balancing Energy

  • ​Defining trauma and exploring how it affects us mentally, physically and emotionally.

  • How to begin lightening the load of long held trauma.

  • Ancestral and Intergenerational trauma. How we inherit these patterns through epigenetics, family behaviours and social mores. Where we carry trauma in our body and biosphere.

  • How we can work with it in ourselves, our family and in our ancestry.

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Death and Dying

  • Being with and supporting the dying and the family 

  • How the fear of death and dying affects the living and how we live our lives.

  • How fear of dying affects our society, community and relationship with our ancestry.

  • Resolving fear. Exploring the dimensional shift and transition between living and dying. 

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Working with the Ancestors

  • Journeying through our family tree to heal wounds at their source.  Our personal life path does not exist in isolation but is interwoven with the traces left by the experiences of our ancestors – our parents, grandparents and beyond. Dynamics of their unprocessed trauma can live on in us, our children and following generations.

  • In this course, you will learn how such trauma can affect our behaviours, habits and life choices. You will be able to explore where in your lineage such patterns may have arisen  and if they are available for healing and resolution.

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The Spiritual Roots of Manual Therapies

  • ​Defining trauma and exploring how it affects us mentally, physically and emotionally.

  • How to begin lightening the load of long held trauma.

  • Ancestral and Intergenerational trauma. How we inherit these patterns through epigenetics, family behaviours and social mores. Where we carry trauma in our body and biosphere.

  • How we can work with it in ourselves, our family and in our ancestry.

If you are interested in my teaching for a group or organisation, please contact me directly on 07947304844

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