Course Curriculum

Explore the curriculum below and watch a sample lecture!

    1. Welcome to Integrated Visceral Techniques I

    2. About the Course

    1. CLINICAL WORKSHOP | Integrated Visceral Techniques I Manual

    1. MMI FOUNDATIONS | Listening Hands

    2. MMI FOUNDATIONS | Fascial Properties

    3. MMI FOUNDATIONS | Introduction to Polyvagal Theory + Relational Neuroscience

    4. MMI FOUNDATIONS | Polyvagal Theory + Relational Neuroscience

    1. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Foundations

    1. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Terrain + Diaphragm

    2. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Peritoneum

    3. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Abdominal Sphincters

    4. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Stomach, Liver, and Diaphragm

    5. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Stomach

    6. INTEGRATED VISCERAL TECHNIQUES I | Liver

About this Course

  • 3 hours of video content
  • 2-day in-person hands-on workshop
  • Online classroom access begins 6 weeks before the in-person workshop and extends 3 months after course ends
  • January 17-18, 2026 (Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm & Sunday 9:30am-3:30pm)

Watch a Sample Lesson

Terrain + Diaphragm

About IVT I

In this course we begin building our visceral-fascial map with the diaphragm. Diaphragmatic tone sets the tone for the viscera. As the diaphragm is the path through which the vagus nerve enters the abdomen our work here can be helpful in helping a person shift their vagal system tone. The diaphragm is also a core organizing principle within the polyvagal system. We will discuss the diaphragm in context of the supra and subdiaphragmatic vagus. This concept helps healthcare providers orient themselves within the complexities of symptom presentation (and it’s super fun to learn!)

Students will learn how to locate and treat the major sphincters that mediate the digestive process. The sphincters are specific sites of highly concentrated vagal tissue. This tissue is neuro reflexogenic, meaning it will communicate back to the brain about how it's feeling (usually better after we work with it). 

Treating the diaphragm and the sphincters opens the rest of the system to receive work. We then move to working with the liver and the stomach. These two organs are in a dynamic relationship with the diaphragm. Students will learn multiple techniques to treat restrictions found within each organ and between the two organs. 

East Asian medicine often describes the pathological dynamic of wood overacting on earth; the liver impeding the function of the stomach. We will see this anatomically and put it in our hands.

Conditions potentially addressed by skills learned in this course:

  • Reflux, heartburn, low appetite, counterflow stomach qi in East Asian medical terms
  • Shortness of breath
  • Hiatal hernia
  • Swallowing issues/apnea
  • Anxiety
  • Back pain
  • Jaw pain (strong link with diaphragm)
  • Headaches/brain fog
  • Liver related issues
  • Harmonizing the digestive system as a whole via the sphincters and diaphragm
  • Scar tissue in areas covered

And because we think holistically, another way to see this is you will learn how to identify and treat tension in the following areas and how the body responds to that work will be varied and result in all sorts of symptom change that may or may not make sense.

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