Training Courses
Workshop 1: Balancing The Diaphragms
by Julie Hammond & Fiona Palmer
10th – 11th July 2023
“A global approach to pelvic health”

Julie and Fiona both have a passion in Women’s Health and collaboration between health professionals as well as treating Women’s Health problems through a global lens. They both have over twenty years of clinical practice experience and combined their thoughts to develop Balancing the Diaphragms.
This two-day workshop will introduce you to the concept of the five diaphragms and understand how all these areas are linked. You will dive into the anatomy of each of the diaphragms. Focusing on the relationships between the diaphragms and how you cannot treat one area without thinking about these relationships. A pelvic floor problem is never just a pelvic floor problem, and how other factors need to be looked at when working with pelvic floor pain and dysfunction. Within this workshop, you will look at the importance of collaboration between Health professionals for client-centred therapy and the need for integrated multimodal treatment protocols.
This workshop is recommended for health professionals who want to know more about global strategies and understand the connection between these important areas.
It is suitable for manual and movement therapists, looking at the latest research and relevant anatomy, how to translate this research into clinical practice through movement, self -release and manual therapy.
This workshop will take you through the anatomy of the 5 diaphragms as well as experiencing the links between these structures. You will leave with:
- An understanding of communication between the diaphragms
- An experiential sense of the structures
- Movement education for your client’s self-care
- Posture analysis on how these diaphragm’s support each other
- The importance of starting positions for client treatment & homework
- Manual techniques for each of the diaphragms
- A love and clear understanding of the anatomy of the diaphragms
Workshop Details:
Dates: 10th – 11th July 2023
Time: 9am – 5pm
Venue: TBC
Fees: S$700 before 1st April 2023, S$850 thereafter
Contact: Diego Chia
WhatsApp: +65 87185274
Email: info@mindnmovement.com.sg
Click HERE to register!
About The Teachers:
Julie Hammond lives in Western Australia with her husband and 3 children. She is Director and lead teacher of Anatomy Trains Australia & New Zealand and has been a bodyworker for the 22 years. She is a certified Anatomy Trains Structural Integration practitioner, organised the first Australian Fascia symposium in 2020 and cofounder of Balancing the Diaphragms. She has a passion for women’s health and due to her love of anatomy, she has participated in many dissections. With a special interest in the feet, pelvis and jaw and is fascinated with the connection between each of these parts of the body and the influence they have on each other. She is currently looking at the connection between pelvic floor health and arch support, or lack of, and how she can help women improve the function of the pelvis from the ground up. She is currently studying medical science.
Fiona Palmer has been a movement therapist for the last twenty-five years, and bodyworker for more than twenty years. Her client base of rehabilitating after injury, surgery, childbirth has become her passion. Fiona’s background is in clinical Pilates, pelvic floor dysfunction and low back pain. She runs a busy clinic in Clare’s small bustling town in Suffolk and runs an online Pilates and hypopressive breathing and postural exercise business. She is an Anatomy Trains teacher allowing her to share her passion for anatomy and the body.
Fiona has found that a more “holistic” or global approach seems to offer more significant benefits in the long term. The links between the diaphragms became more interesting when she started introducing hypopressive exercise into her exercise programme.
Workshop 2: Born To Walk
by James Earls (https://www.borntomove.com/)
2nd – 4th November 2023
“Freedom of Movement”

Workshop Details:
Dates: 2nd – 4th November 2023
Time: 9am – 5pm
Venue: TBC
Fees: S$1150 before 1st July 2023, S$1300 thereafter
Contact: Diego Chia
WhatsApp: +65 87185274
Email: info@mindnmovement.com.sg
Click HERE to register!
Workshop 3: Functional Bodywork
by James Earls (https://www.borntomove.com/)
5th – 7th November 2023
“Freedom of Movement”

Workshop Details:
Dates: 5th – 7th November 2023
Time: 9am – 5pm
Venue: TBC
Fees: S$1150 before 1st July 2023, S$1300 thereafter
Contact: Diego Chia
WhatsApp: +65 87185274
Email: info@mindnmovement.com.sg
Click HERE to register!
About the Teacher:
James Earls
James Earls is a writer, lecturer, and bodyworker, specializing in Myofascial Release and Structural Integration. In recent years he has concentrated on blending movement with manual therapy to create a new approach, ‘Active Fascial Release’.
Increasing the understanding and practice of manual therapy has been a passion of James’ since he first started practicing bodywork over 25 years ago. Throughout his career, James has traveled widely to learn from the best educators in his field, including Thomas Myers, Art Riggs, and Gary Gray. James worked alongside Tom Myers to co-author “Fascial Release for Structural Balance”, a definitive guide to the assessment and manipulation of fascial patterns. James’ vision of what manual therapy could look like in the 21st century led to the founding of Anatomy Trains UK and Ultimate Massage Solutions in the early 2000’s.
James is now concentrating on finding new approaches to understanding how to apply movement and myofascial principles to bodywork.
Having helped build the reputation of Anatomy Trains for Tom Myers through the UK, Europe, and worldwide, James now teaches a range of his own courses and is a regular lecturer at conferences and workshops around the globe. Renowned for his relaxed and humorous style, James is a popular presenter whose subject is applicable to a wide-ranging audience that includes osteopaths, physiotherapists, massage therapists, and movement therapists.
James has collaborated with some of the top researchers in bodywork and fascial theory and has been involved in a number of projects involving research into fascia, movement, and treatment modalities. James’ blend of movement and fascial understanding led to the publication of his well-received “Born to Walk”, an introduction to the interconnected mechanics of the body.