Well... The trick is realizing the particular level of palpation you need to
be working with. Ideally, taking a class will get you on track, and then
you can expand from the book or DVD. It would be like learning SI from a
book - are you on the right tissue? Using the right degree of touch? I
would think that you could learn a tremendous amount about what the
structures and contents of the cavities are that one rarely touches on in a
regular class, if nothing else. I got the book years before I ever did a
class and I learned a lot from it.

For future reference, I post here when I hear of visceral classes that are
being held. Didier Prat, DO (France) who is a good buddy of Barral will be
teaching in the US in late summer. The details aren't hammered out yet.

Allan




On 1/27/06 9:27 AM, "Structural_Integration@yahoogroups.com"
<Structural_Integration@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:45:23 -0800 (PST)
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> Allan,
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> Is it hard to learn if one has a lot of experience and a good feel
> for structural manipulations?
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> Lou
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>> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:45:03 -0800
>> From: Allan Kaplan <kaplanam1@...>
>> Subject: Sale on new Barral products
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>> Until January 31, the new revised edition of Barral's first book,
>> Visceral
>> Manipulation, as well as a DVD of Jean-Pierre Barral doing
>> lecture-demos are
>> sale-priced at $10 off each item. The new book has some revisions,
>> but its
>> biggest feature is that 134 photographs and color illustrations
>> replace the
>> drawings from the older edition. The DVD runs 140 minutes and
>> covers the
>> each of the major organ systems.
>>
>> Samples from the book and DVD can be viewed at
>> <www.eastlandpress.com>.
>> Orders can be placed online at the site.
>>
>> From the blurb: "If you are new to visceral manipulation, now is
>> the perfect
>> time to begin your study by adding these excellent publications to
>> your
>> professional library. And if visceral manipulation is already part
>> of your
>> practice, this is a great opportunity to upgrade."
>>
>> I'm getting copies of both.
>>
>> Allan
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