Friday, January 7, 2011

Mommies "play with it" instead of "work on it. "

In the SCM (Feldenkrais and CST) method (technique?)

we say "play with it" instead of "work on it. "
LETS PLAY WITH IT

Mommies
Watch a basketful of kittens:  see how they play.  The Swiss epistomologist Jean Piaget studies how children learn. After years of study, he concluded that children learn by doing.  He also said that PLAY is  most important-- it is how children LEARN.

Instead of "working on it-- your food,( ya' still workin' on it ? says the waiter much too soon for some) your BODY your MIND.....try playing with it.

LET'S CHANGE THE NEUROTRANSMITTERS!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

About Me :::

Susan Pinto. M.A., CFT, CST-D

Susan Pinto received a BA in Liberal Studies from California State University at Sonoma, and Masters degree in Developmental Psychology from Pacific Oaks College, graduating with honors from both institutions.

Susan began her teaching career at the age of twenty-six, teaching at the college level for ten years prior to entering a four-year certified Feldenkrais training program to become a practitioner in 1986.  She is part of the Feldenkrais training community and has taught in Feldenkrais movement education trainings throughout North America, Europe and Australia.

Susan has extensive training in Humanistic psychology and was trained in the Rogerian approach towards health.   She is a graduate of the Buckley School of Public Speaking in Camden,South Carolina, and is a member in good standing of the debate team. 

Susan has a private practice in Laguna Beach, California.  Her background in developmental movement and movement education combined with Craniosacral therapy is unique and effective. While engaged in her teaching and private practice, Susan has developed her own body of work, Self-Corrective Mechanisms? combining CranioSacral therapy and Feldenkrais sensorimotor learning.  These courses are offered through the International Association of Healthcare Educators.

Susan co-authored the SERII study guide with Dr. Upledger and has been an instructor for the Upledger Institute since 1991.  Her areas of teaching include SER II, Advanced CranioSacral I and Advanced CranioSacral II.
Susan has been featured in PT/OT Today; her other publications include:
Books and Articles:
Baby B, translated into three languages
Somatoemotional Release study guide
Tape series,
Self Corrective Mechanisms, Vol. I

Affiliations:
Past vice-president, International Feldenkrais Federation
International Feldenkrais trainers and assistant trainers Association
Member, Feldenkrais Guild
Member IAHE

Speaking engagements:
Beyond the Dura
Feldenkrais Annual Conference
Charcot Marie Tooth Association
National Association for the Education of Young Children
World President’s Organization