ABMP-Only: 50% off Til Luchau's First Philadelphia Workshops

ABMP members save up to 50% on Til Luchau's in-person workshops and can save even more with early-bird discounts if registered by April 27!

The workshops will take place from Sunday, May 21, to Monday, May 23, and members can sign up for one-day or multiday workshops to earn CE hours. The hands-on classes will focus on myofascial techniques to address upper body pain and issues, and attendees can earn credit toward option certification in Advanced-Myofascial Techniques. The two workshops are:

Headaches & Migraines

Learn advanced myofascial techniques that dramatically improve your ability to work with common types of head, sinus, and eye pain, including common headaches, migraines, cluster headaches, etc. Sunday, May 21, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (Worth 8 CE hours). The ABMP discount price is $94.50 (regularly $189) and only $84.50 before April 27.

Neck, Jaw & Head

Learn advanced myofascial techniques for reducing pain and balancing neck function. Dramatically improve your skills for working with fixations, whiplash, migraines, jaw issues, and more. Monday, May 22, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 23,  9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Worth 16 CE hours). The ABMP discount price is $283.50 (regularly $378) , and only $268.50 before April 27.

ABMP members can use code “ABMP517” to register for the workshops at www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1961424&.

Til Luchau is a Certified Advanced Rolfer, lead instructor at Advanced-Trainings.com, and the author of a regular column in Massage & Bodywork magazine. Formerly a resident practitioner at the Esalen Institute, coordinator of the Rolf Institute's Foundations of Rolfing Structural Integration program, chair of the Rolf Institute's Teacher Training Committee, and adjunct faculty member of Naropa University's Somatic Psychology Department, he has trained thousands of practitioners in his popular courses at schools and centers in more than a dozen countries worldwide. 

You can read Til Luchau’s columns in Massage & Bodywork magazine at www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com, and take online CE classes in the ABMP Education Center at www.abmp.com/ce.

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