A Primordial Anatomy: Prenatal Psychology and Continuum

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Overview

In this special webinar class, originally aired January 29th, 2017, you will learn about common prenatal issues, and experience a Continuum enquiry to facilitate accessing your original embryological potential. Cherionna Menzam-Sills, PhD, draws on years of experience as somatic and prenatal and birth therapist and inspiration from Emilie Conrad’s fluid primordial anatomy.

Emilie Conrad

Founder of Continuum Movement, Emilie Conrad, identified 3 tissue anatomies, relating to the context we find ourselves in. Our primordial anatomy arises as we begin to slow down, settle into a safe holding field, melt under our everyday and historical patterning, and return to our inherent fluidity.

In this state, we become more like the little embryo, floating in its internal sea, filled with amazing potential. As we dissolve our familiar structures and armouring, we may also encounter our early history.

fluid body

In this webinar class, Cherionna Menzam-Sills, PhD, draws on her years of experience as Somatic and Prenatal and Birth Therapist, describing common prenatal issues that can profoundly affect our lives, personalities, behaviours and movement patterns, and guiding you through a Continuum enquiry designed to enhance access to your original embryological potential.

Course Features

Lectures 2
Quiz 0
Duration 50 hours
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 15
Certificate No
Assessments Yes

Curriculum

1 Section
2 Lessons
180 Minutes

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Instructor

Cherionna Menzam-Sills

Cherionna Menzam-Sills is a prenatal and birth therapist, movement therapist and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist. Drawing on over 45 years experience, her background includes an M.A. in Somatic Psychology (Dance/Movement Therapy) and a Ph.D. in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology, as well as Occupational Therapy, Massage Therapy, intensive study of BMC and Body-Mind Psychotherapy with Susan Aposhyan and 10 years intensive study with prenatal and birth psychotherapy pioneers, William Emerson and Ray Castellino. She worked intensively with founder of Continuum, Emilie Conrad for the last decade of her life. Emilie authorized her to teach Continuum in 2007.

Cherionna has also practiced Craniosacral Therapy since 1991. She began teaching Biodynamic Cranosacral Therapy in 2007 after completing and assisting two-year foundation trainings with John and Anna Chitty, with whom she apprenticed to become a teacher. In 2008 she and Biodynamics pioneer Franklyn Sills began a romantic relationship. Soon after this, Cherionna began assisting Franklyn in teaching foundation trainings and post-graduate seminars.

Marrying Franklyn Sills in 2010 brought Cherionna to the UK from where she began frequently teaching in Europe as well as continuing her trainings and workshops in Canada and the USA. This included becoming a senior tutor at the renounced Karuna Institute in the UK. These years of co-teaching with Franklyn and endless discussions about Biodynamics deepened Cherionna's understanding and practice of this beautiful work, which informed also her practices and teaching of Continuum and Pre- and Perinatal Therapy.

Cherionna's work is further informed by years of intensive Vipassana meditation practice and other mindfulness practices.

Cherionna has also authored of three books: The Breath of Life: An Introduction to Craniosacral Biodynamics, Spirit into Form: Exploring Embryological Potential and Prenatal Psychology, and the forthcoming Birth as Shadow: Shining Light on Prenatal and Birth Experiences