The Anatomy of The Feet and Legs - with Deane Juhan (online)
Learn about the anatomy of the legs and feet and their neurological connections to the rest of our bodies.
Grounding, Balance, and Connection to the Earth
Our bipedal balancing act is the most complex and precarious in the animal kingdom. This is the evolutionary price we have paid for a spine that aligns in gravity and for the freedom of our shoulders and arms. Ultimately bipedal posture and movement are rooted in our feet, which bear the responsibility for supporting our full weight and for balancing our bodies over their platforms. To serve us well, they have to be exquisitely sensitive, extraordinarily strong, and mindfully monitored in their flexible functions.
This class will present the anatomy of the lower legs and feet, their neurological connections to the rest of our bodies, and the psychological impacts of being in either the state of dynamic ease or that of being chronically “out of kilter.”
• How does the structure of the feet mirror the complexity of the hands?
• What are the “intrinsic” and “extrinsic” muscles of the feet, and how do their roles interact?
• How do sensations in the feet interact with our vestibular system of our inner ears for the maintenance of balance?
• Why do injuries to the feet require radical compensation patterns throughout the rest of the body?
Join us for this workshop with Deane Juhan, internationally renowned Trager Practitioner and trainer and author of “Job’s Body: A Handbook for Bodywork”.
Designed for all students as well as a movement training program for bodyworkers of all kinds; yoga teachers and students, pilates, yoga and movement instructors.
CEUs available with NCBTMB.
Date: Saturday August 9, 2025
Time 2:30pm – 5:00pm PST Check your time zone
Fees: $45
Technology: We will use zoom. You will receive the link in your confirmation email and also in an email 2 hours and 10 min before the event starts.
Recorded Video will be available. If you cannot make the time but would like to attend, please register to receive the video link.
Deane Juhan eloquently brings alive and makes accessible and intriguing the subjects of anatomy and physiology. These workshops allow us to develop new images and new language in order to more deeply understand the anatomical, physiological, and philosophical aspects of the body-mind.
All webinars will include extensive slides and lecture to illustrate and describe the material in their titles. They are the accumulation and consolidation of knowledge on their subjects that has been gleaned from Deane Juhan’s fifty years of research and practice.
Much of content of these classes is uniquely applied to somatic healing disciplines of all kinds. It offer perspectives that are not found in textbooks, and that in fact often run counter to accepted opinions about the nature of our organisms’ processes of development and healing.
Watch previous workshops by Deane Juhan - Visit our Online Academy.
Deane Juhan is an Instructor of the Trager approach to movement re-education. Deane was an Esalen Bodyworker for 19 years, and trained in a wide variety of practices and psychological therapy. While there, he met Dr. Milton Trager and was introduced to his innovative therapeutic approach. Deane was personally trained by him over the course of 24 years. As a certified practitioner and teacher of Dr. Trager’s work, Deane became one of his initial students that were entrusted to carry on the lineage of his unique approach to deep mental and physical healing. Deane has been teaching Dr. Trager’s approach around the world for more that 40 years.
Website: jobsbody.com