Build your core from the foot to head and hands in this series of developmentally based movement classes.  This course includes a library of exercise classes aimed at building body awareness and movement skills. Each class is broken down into a series of 29 individual skills that the learner can focus on and practice, independent of the class.

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The following provides a basic description of the area of the body that is most challenged and how or in what way it is challenged.

The categories are as follows:

Area/region of body:

Upper Body
Trunk
Lower Body

How it is challenged / what you will develop:

Mobility
Stability
Support Function
Reaching or Stepping Forward Function

Skill #1: Breathing & Relaxation
- Rating: Light

“If breathing is not normalized, no other movement can be” Karel Lewit, MD

Skill #2: Supine Stabilization (Supine 3 months)
- Rating: Light

Skill #3: Turning to Side Lying - Side Support
- Rating: Light

Skill #4: Low Oblique Sit
- Rating: Light

Skill #5: High Oblique Sit
- Rating: Light

Skill #6: High Oblique to Hurdle Sit
- Rating: Light

Developmental Core Class #1
- Rating: Light

Skill #7: Low Oblique Sit + Lift
- Rating: Light

Skill #8: Feet to Hands (Supine 6 months)
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #9: Foot to Mouth (Supine 7 months)
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #10: High Oblique Sit + Reaching into Rotation
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #11: Hurdle Sit to Crawling
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #12: Long Leg Sit
- Rating: Light

Skill #13: Bear Sit
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #14: Sitting Transitions
- Rating: Light

Skill #15: Prone on Elbows (Prone 3 months)
- Rating: Light

Skill #16: Prone Press Up
- Rating: Challenging

Skill #17: Plank Hands to Knees
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #18: Rock Back
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #19: 3pt Crawl + Reaching
- Rating: Intermediate

Developmental Core Class #2
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #20: Low Kneeling
- Rating: Light

Skill #21: 3pt Crawl + Reaching into Rotation
- Rating: Challenging

Skill #22: Bear
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #23: Bear to Squat Transition and Squat
- Rating: Challenging / Intermediate

Skill #24: High Oblique Sit Transition to Bear
- Rating: Challenging

Skill #25: High Tripod
- Rating: Challenging

Skill #26: High Tripod Transition to Rotary Lunge and Rotary Lunge
- Rating: Challenging / Challenging

Skill #27: Tripod Reaching into Rotation
- Rating: Intermediate

Skill #28: Tripod to Half Kneeling
- Rating: Light

Skill #29: Half Kneeling to Single Leg Stand
- Rating: Extra Challenging

Developmental Core Class #3
- Rating: Challenging

Skill #29: Turning the Bear to Side Support
- Rating: Challenging

Developmental Core Class #4
- Rating: Challenging

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Michael Maxwell, DC, BHK   

Through his consistent and exceptional exposure to some of the world's most recognized clinicians and educators, 20 years in the trenches helping clients and patients reach their goals, and his dedication to providing exceptional and comprehensive care in clinical practice, Dr. Maxwell is well-positioned to provide outstanding clinical continuing education. And more importantly, he is honoured to do so.

Dr. Maxwell is Canada's only Certified Instructor for Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization according to Pavel Kolar. He is also Canada's only Certified Instructor for Michael Shacklock's Neurodynamics Solutions - Upper and Lower Quarter Courses.

Michael has been a fitness, health, exercise rehabilitation, and manual therapy nerd since 1998. As a personal trainer, strength and conditioning coach, kinesiologist, and Chiropractor, he has sought out key mentors, courses, and conferences to accelerate the acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary to help his clients and patients.

Frustrated by the lack of practical knowledge and skills provided in his Exercise Science undergraduate degree, and inspired by the extra-curricular conferences and courses he had previously attended, Dr. Maxwell began facilitating workshops and seminars that featured practical, hands-on content, taught by industry leaders. This is what led to the formation of Somatic Senses Education. Since 2003, Dr. Maxwell has organized well over 300 continuing education courses throughout Canada featuring industry leaders such as Lorimer Moseley, Donald Murphy, Stuart McGill, Pavel Kolar, and the outstanding Prague School Physio’s, Clayton Skaggs, Brett Winchester, Michael Shacklock, Dale Buchberger, Jack Miller, Clare Frank, Robert Lardner, Mark Finch, Charlie Weingroff, and many more! His mission is simple: provide evidence-informed, practical, and world-class continuing education featuring industry-leading clinicians, educators, and researchers, with the ultimate goal of improving the standards of patient care!

Dr. Maxwell currently works with a variety of patients including recreational and elite athletes, and non-athletes looking for fast results combined with long-term strategies for improved function and pain resolution. He has an extensive background in strength and conditioning and medical exercise. He is NCCP Level 1 Weightlifting certified and spent 10 years in the trenches as a strength and conditioning coach, medical exercise specialist, and Kinesiologist before he became a Chiropractor in 2007.

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