ELDOA Level 1

October course is canceled and will be rescheduled for January 2025.

Instructor:

Angie Campbell

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This ELDOA Level 1 is designed for practitioners, yoga instructors, physical therapists, personal trainers, or anyone with a deep interest in the tensegrity biomechanics of the spine and relational anatomy. This course is held over two days, giving the student practitioner the foundational working principles of the ELDOA method and it is the base for all other levels in the ELDOA program.

With the help of the course instructor participants will work in small groups to work out the exercise progressions for each spinal segment and coach each other on how to correctly apply each ELDOA. This way everyone learns how to understand the sensation of fascial tension, to both do and coach the ELDOA.

Each ELDOA posture targets a specific joint or segmental spinal unit. The fundamental ELDOA postures of ELDOA 1 are L5S1, T8T9, T6T7, C4C5, The General ELDOA, The Kid ELDOA and the TV ELDOA.

The goal of ELDOA Level 1 is for the student to leave with the anatomical and mechanical principles of the ELDOA while getting plenty of practical experience. By the time you walk out of the last day of the course, you will not only feel better and have an improved posture, but you’ll have a more accurate awareness of tensegrity biomechanics that will inform every way that you move, from your yoga practice to your golf game.

Read "Why You Should Incorporate ELDOA Into Your Fitness Routine"

Topics include

The History of the ELDOA
Guy VOYER’s Educational Paradigm
Philosophy of the complexity system
Tensegrity Biomechanics
Relational anatomy (fasica)
Learn by Doing, What is a Spine?
Mobility vs. Stability
Water is life
Osteo-articular warm-up
What is an Intervertebral Disc?
The General Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Spine The Medical Approach to Back Pain vs. the ELDOA
The Philosophy of the ELDOA “You Are Your Own Best Therapist.”
Techno-methodology and practice of ELDOA

Schedule

Saturday, October 19 - 12-8pm

Sunday, October 20 - 9am-5pm

Details

PREREQUISITE:
There is no prerequisite for this course except the motivation to know how the body systems work and how ELDOA can optimize those functions

EXAM:
There is no exam for this course

CERTIFICATION:
Upon completion of this course, a certification will be given. This Certification will allow the participant to announce themselves as an ELDOA Student Practitioner Level 1 and meet the requirement to take Level 2.

What is ELDOA?

ELDOA (Étirements Longitudinaux avec Decoaptation Osteo-Articulaire) is a form of exercise and stretching technique developed by French osteopath Dr. Guy Voyer. ELDOA exercises are designed to create space and decompression in specific spinal segments, aiming to improve joint health, posture, and overall well-being.

ELDOA 1 is the introductory level course in the ELDOA series. In ELDOA 1, participants learn foundational ELDOA exercises, principles of spinal decompression, and techniques for targeting specific areas of the spine. The course covers proper body mechanics, breathing techniques, and the science behind ELDOA.

Instructor Angie Campbell

Angie Campbell is a certified ELDOA trainer and Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP), with twenty years of teaching experience. She is educated in Soma training, personal training, Somatic Experiencing, Pilates and has studied other somatic sciences such as Feldenkrais and Alexander technique.

Soma training and the ELDOA method are part of the work of French Osteopath, Dr. Guy Voyer. Angie is among the first class of candidacy for certification of ELDOA therapists through Guy Voyer’s osteopathic education program.

Angie currently teaches clients at PALM Health and leads 200 and 300 hour Yoga Teacher Trainings in St. Louis MO. She is deeply interested in Yoga Philosophy and the art of wellbeing. Both inform her private sessions with clients and facilitation of teacher trainings with the belief that we can be our own best therapist.

Angie holds a BFA in dance from Stephen’s College in Columbia, Missouri, and has had professional dancing career in Missouri, New Mexico, and Montreal, Quebec.

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