Module 5: Lymphatic Drainage and Applied A & P

Overview of the BodyTalk Module 5 Course

The BodyTalk Module 5 course has several areas of focus:

1. to provide the BodyTalk practitioner with information and practical skills for working in close physical proximity with clients;


2. to provide the practitioner with a brief overview of the origins and insertions of some major muscles, to increase the effectiveness of Rehabilitation work.


3. to provide a systematic approach for utilizing anatomical and physiological details from both western and oriental perspectives that will result in a new depth to the links that are created and,


4. to enable participants to add the Veltheim Method of Lymphatic Drainage as a tool under “Other Modalities.”

Most of the Module 5 class consists of hands-on practical work, so the focus is on the application of the material that is presented. Course participants receive a comprehensive manual to take away with them, to serve as a handy reference after the class.

Some of the practical skills presented in Module 5 revolve around preparing the client for physical techniques – particularly useful for BodyTalk practitioners who have no bodywork background. You learn how to warm up the client’s tissues before doing any type of physical work on the muscles around the joints and how to drape clients when required to protect their modesty due to cultural belief systems and how. These skills will be useful in building confidence when working closely with clients during the application of BodyGenics, Rehabilitation and the Veltheim Method of Lymphatic Drainage techniques.

In order to facilitate the Rehabilitation work as learned in Module 4(7), it is helpful to have a 3-dimensional understanding of where the different muscles are attached around the various joints. This helps determine the best way to approach any restricted tissue. By knowing the direction of the fibers from origin to insertion, cross fiber friction techniques can be more accurately applied as you chase the pains and symptoms with each increase in range of motion of the joint you are working on. The practical work done during the class to physically feel the origins and insertions of a few select muscles on a partner and to mentally visualize these areas will facilitate an understanding that will save time during a treatment session.

A large section of the manual for Module 5 presents western anatomical and physiological information as well as oriental concepts in a way that facilitates finding the most accurate combination of details to build links that will be comprehensive, powerful and most profound. Students will practice applying this material. This type of “more specific”, “definitions” and “consciousness” work will enhance the quality of the links being made, whether they are simple links or complex (the advanced parcels/packages linking concept).

The whole last day of the training is devoted to the Veltheim Method of Lymphatic Drainage (VMLD). It is a novel but highly effective approach to lymphatic drainage that produces powerful physical and emotional shifts. It is based on a unique ‘kinesthetic visualization’ technique that defies the traditional western understanding of how the lymphatic system works.

VMLD is a highly effective way of moving fluids through tissues and into the lymphatic system. And since the lymphatic system is intimately associated with the immune system, the immune system’s functioning is also improved with VMLD. Performing VMLD assists, on a physical level, in dealing with conditions such as acute swelling around an injury site and chronic edema, as well as removing harmful substances from an area (particularly molecules of emotion, as well as pain inducing chemicals and hormones that are stagnating in breast tissue or around various organs such as the ovaries or the prostate). It is amazing the types of dramatic changes that can be observed just by helping the lymph flow through an area (for example, lumps and cysts can disappear within days!)

The Module 5 course includes the presentation of theory and application, demonstrations, and practice of the techniques under the instructor’s supervision.

Prerequisites: Body Talk Modules 1 and 2 and IBA Membership

This course counts for 16 hours of continuing education for Certified BodyTalk Practitioners' requirements.