What your hands already know

You press here and something lets go over there. You have felt it for years. Your hands understood the body was connected long before any textbook said so.

What you might not have is a clean way to say why. So the connection stays a feeling. Hard to predict, hard to repeat on demand, and hard to explain to a client without reaching for a vague metaphor.

What tensegrity adds

Tensegrity does not hand you a new sense, but organizes the one you already trust.

Think of a musician who plays by ear. They are genuinely good. Learning scales does not replace the ear, it gives the ear a map, so they can find any note on purpose, repeat it, and teach it to someone else.

This class does the same thing for what your hands do. You move from "I felt something release" to "I know why it released, and I know where it travels next." From playing by ear to reading music.

What this class is

A 3-hour live online class. You will learn to use tensegrity to explain fascia to clients: what it does, how problems develop, and why your hands-on work gets results.

This is not more basic anatomy. It is a way to engage clients by showing them what is happening inside their own body, in concrete terms they understand.

What you walk away with

• 3 hours of live instruction on fascia dynamics and tensegrity
• A framework you can use with clients the next day
• A certificate of completion for your CE records

Who it is for

Massage therapists, bodyworkers, structural integrators, and manual therapists who want a concrete way to explain fascial mechanics to the people on their table.

About Mike

Mike Oleon is the founder of Minimo Kinetics and one of a small number of educators applying tensegrity principles to anatomy education for bodywork professionals. His tensegrity models are on permanent display at the BodyWorlds Museum in Berlin and featured in the upcoming edition of Anatomy Trains. He has co-taught with Tom Myers and is a Fellow of the Stephen M. Levin Biotensegrity Archive.

He is an experimenter first. This class shares what he has found, not a set of conclusions to memorize.

The CE details

Approved by NCBTMB for 3.0 CE hours. Provider #1003307. Course #CE4027063.

NCBTMB-approved hours are accepted for license renewal in most US states. New York is the exception, since it requires separate state approval. If you are licensed elsewhere and unsure, check with your state board before enrolling.

Next session: Tuesday, July 21, 11am Central. Seats are limited per cohort.

Optional: the hands-on kit

You can add our acrylic tensegrity octahedron kit, shipped to your door before class with a quick-start card and a short assembly video. You build it on your own time, then have it in hand to use in your practice.

The kit is optional. You can attend and receive full CE credit without it. Kit plus US shipping is $50. Order by July 11 to receive it before the July 21 session.

The basics: 3 hours, live online, $110. NCBTMB-approved for 3.0 CE hours. Next session Tuesday, July 21, 11am Central.