Aston Movement™ Intro: AM 201
‘The ARt of Moving the FAscial Body’
The Aston Arcing™ Design
Instructor: Michelle Wald and Shirley Lynch
Format: WEBINAR/ Pacific Time Zone
Prerequisite: No Prerequiste
Aston Movement: AM 201 is open to all Movement, Massage and Medical health professionals, and are qualified to teach movement/exercise education according to their state’s laws. While there are no prerequisites for this course, we recommend Aston® Postural Assessment: APA 101 or See-Move-Feel or a Chat with Judith Aston webinar before your class to better assist your learning.
*this course previously called AK 102
“Neutral is not a place of holding, it’s a dynamic fluid awareness” Judith Aston
Focus on seeing, experiencing and coaching movement in conjunction with greater understanding of body alignment. The skills taught for seeing alignment are carried into the assessment of the body in motion.
Discover movement with a new lens on cooperative relationships of body segments using gravity and ground reaction force vs imposing postural rules that inhibit the body's range of motion , strength and balance.
Explore the Aston Arcing™ designs in sitting to release habitual tension patterns and explore new possibilities for an alignment that is both fluid and stable.
Learn how to teach seated arcing to your clients with new seeing and verbal skills.
Be introduced to the application of ergonomic supports created by Judith Aston to reinforce ease and comfort of the new alignment in a variety of environments: car, office etc. The knowledge of basic movement functions enhances all aspects of complex human function.
In The Art of Moving the Fascial Body, students will be introduced to Aston movement teaching concepts to facilitate Seated Aston Arcing™, a movement design to improve overall body alignment and function.
The Aston Arcing™ movement design gives the body’s structure the opportunity to improve alignment without imposing the traditional postural rules. The design uses cooperative movement of body segments facilitated by the forces of gravity and its counterpart to release tensions and increase tone in the fascial network. Aston Arcing allows the body to organically find its natural center of balance.
Students will practice verbal coaching skills (and practice touch techniques in the live classes) to achieve a neutral body posture for each individual that is dynamic and supportive - easy to learn and maintain.
What students say and experience
The Aston courses I have taken (101, 201, 301) have truly added to & improved my practice. Having the ability to look at a person standing or moving through space and getting an idea of what issues could be in their tissues has been so profound (class 101 & 201)! Then you get them on the table and being able to trace a pattern to a place in the body you, and the client, typically wouldn't expect. Aston Kinetics has wonderful teachers and the dynamics of each group in every class has brought a different perspective to the different courses I've done. I highly recommend this course to other LMT so you can discover the power of Aston Kinetics. Dodi Stout, Reno Nv
I am still finding it amazing to be able to see things in other people that I never really noticed before As for me, I am trying daily to practice everything I learned. I am a lot more in tune with how I am standing, sitting and walking. Stacy, Reno Nv
“ I found the Aston Postural Assessment – APA101 and Aston Movement Intro – AM201 to provide some of the ‘glue’ between the other methods I have studied. In those other movement methods, I have found that the paradigms are leaning towards a one size fits all and that it is can be hard to adapt those methods to a diverse population of bodies and experiences. The information I learned in Aston gave me a meta approach of how to use those other methods to better serve an individual”. “ The level of instruction in the course was impeccable. The teacher do a wonderful job of teaching how to teach. I did my post-graduate work in education and felt that the instruction given in this course was more practical and useful than many of the classes I took for my degree. I left the week with not only a new approach to the body, but new perspective in how I communicate the work to better help my clients”. Shannon Wise, Austin Tx
“ The assessment of movement for optimization instead of necessarily trying to make large changes thru bodywork has made me dial back my S.I. work to smaller changes in structure to create a better economy of movement with the Aston principles”. Elaine Coolbrith, Boston Mass
“ APA101 and AM201 challenged some of my beliefs about movement (from a yoga perspective) in a way that honored their importance and broadened my understanding and appreciation of the human form and function ”. Robin Lamperti, Boston Mass
If I could show you my WhatsApp messages to friends and family back home about you and the course(s), you would see the words ‘brilliant’, ‘amazing’, ‘inspiring’, ‘absolutely superb’ - and that’s before I wax lyrical about how much I’ve learnt! I’m already reshaping how I will approach my classes, both in my language and teaching cues. I can’t wait to get back and help my students to develop their body awareness and self-help knowledge. My first week back to classes has been brilliant! Firstly, my students were pleased to see me(!) and secondly, quite a few commented how they had felt more change/comfort/movement in their bodies (I focused on pausing arcing at the first restriction - both in standing and during movements on the mat). I explained how this would help to increase movement in that area rather than overcompensating by curving in an already more mobile area of the spine. I am so pleased that some of my students could get/feel this after just one class! In the coming weeks I will be building on this to increase their awareness of their posture and weight bearing and how a neutral alignment allows more comfort and ease/efficiency in movement. There’s so much information to share - I want to make sure that I take them on their own journey of discovery so that they feel rather than just hear the info!
For myself, I found my toning/aerobics class this week SO much easier (despite 2 weeks off!) My pelvis and legs feel a lot more comfortable. Louise, England
REQUIRED MATERIAL: MOVING BEYOND POSTURE BOOK
This course is taught with the Moving Beyond Posture book. It is recommended to read before the webinar to enhance learning but not required. You can purchase a copy from our store here.
course Days: december 12-13,2026
Course times: 9:00am - 4:00pm CST
CEUs: 12 hours / NCBTMB APPROVED
This course will be conducted on the Zoom platform - 7 hours each day with a 1 hour lunch break.
Course fee: $295.00 before November 15 / $325 after
REQUIRED BOOK: Moving Beyond Posture book $15.00 - purchase here
registration: with instructor, Michelle WAld
1(512) 633-7471