$800 PER MODULE

course overview and schedule

instructor

Emily Martin, RCST®, LMT, CFT

Upcoming Dates

Module 1 – October 24-26, 2025 OR January 30-February 1, 2026

Module 2 – March 27-29, 2026

Module 3 – May 22-24, 2026

course overview

Our birth experiences leave imprints on our approaches to the world, from our posture to the way we seek connection; this course focuses on building the foundational and advanced skills to identify and meet these imprints in ourselves and our clients.

Join us in this opportunity to bring greater understanding, attunement and ease to these formative places to create change from the inside out for present and future generations.

This advanced biodynamic program for practicing craniosacral therapists is taught by Emily Martin, BCST.  Emily has developed her program from years of education and experience with babies, families and craniosacral therapy.

This three-module certificate program consists of three 3-day modules in-person at the School  of Inner Health.

Utilizing embodied learning experiences, advanced anatomy study, and hands-on practice, this course will explore the territories of conception, gestation, birth, and attachment to inform hands-on craniosacral with infants.

Currently, the need for this work is outpacing the number of experienced, knowledgeable practitioners. Being with Babies is an advanced course for Craniosacral Therapy professionals to gain the hands-on skills and knowledge needed to immediately add this level of support to their professional practice.

With the right tools, working with families can have positive impacts for generations. Please join us for this deep-dive into our earliest experiences!

Each module will focus on a layer of our embryonic experience to develop and build our understanding and skills to navigate this early experience. Early in our embryological development, we will build our bodies from a flat, two-sided disc of cells, to the initial three layers that will sustain our life. At this stage, these three layers are the endoderm (inner layer), mesoderm (middle layer), and ectoderm (outer layer). With our early anatomy as our guide, we will follow this journey beginning with the Endo (the inner experience) in module 1, and build on toward the development of the Meso (gestation, digestion) in module 2, coming full circle into the Ecto (development, attachment, and outer relationships) in module 3.

Each step of the way we will practice and reimagine our own journey to acknowledge and differentiate our own experiences, deepen our understanding of the experiences babies are so close to, and apply this knowledge to the care and development of infants and their families. 

Module 1 – Endo

• Exploring Conception & Fetal Movement Patterns

• Anatomy of the Fetal Skull, Stages of Labor, Cranial Nerve Pathways & the Deep Front Line

• Attachment Sequence Initiation & Early Development

• Family Fields

• The Role of Cranial Nerves in Bonding & Feeding

• Plagiocephaly & Torticollis

Module 2 – Meso

• Exploring Implantation, Primitive Streak, Primitive Heart

• Anatomy of Orofacial Development, Fascia & Feeding

• Working with Lip and Tongue Ties

• Pre-verbal Communication

• Working within a Professional Care Team

• Oral Function Anatomy & Hands-on Practice

Module 3 – Ecto

• Exploring Birth Imprints, Embryonic Folds of the Face & Adverse Experiences

• Anatomy of Birth, Facial Development & Birth Complications

• Hands-On Practice with Babies and Families

• Working with Imprints Echoes of Experience in Family Fields

More of what Being with Babies will explore:

• Understanding common birth and tension patterns

• Learn how to treat an unsettled baby

• Communicate and work within a care team of birth and bodywork professionals

• Understanding how tongue and lip ties interface with craniosacral therapy

• Appreciate the specific anatomy of infants and how to treat it

• Working within mom/baby dyads and multi-layered family dynamics

• Review birth patterns and the force vectors from birth rotation

• Repairing interrupted birth and attachment sequences

Class Venue

School of Inner Health