The Lauren Berry Method®
of Manual Lymphatic Management.
Lauren Berry Method®
Lymphatic Management
A Hands-On Lymphatic Bodywork Class
13 hours of practical education in whole-body lymphatic massage, fluid movement, visceral relationships, and the Lauren Berry Method® approach to manual lymphatic management.
The lymphatic system is an integral part of whole-body health.
Fluid needs somewhere to go.
The Body Is a Fluid System
Much of the human body is fluid. Every cell lives within that fluid environment, depending on the movement and exchange of fluid for nourishment, communication, and the removal of waste.
The lymphatic system participates in maintaining that internal environment by collecting excess interstitial fluid and returning it toward the circulation.
When we begin thinking of the body as a fluid system, hydraulic principles become part of how we understand and work with it.
More Than Simply Draining Fluid
The Lauren Berry Method® approaches lymphatic work as part of a dynamic whole-body system. Fluid movement is influenced by pathways, pressure, movement, tissue relationships, and the structures through which that fluid must travel.
Rather than memorizing a routine and applying it the same way to every body, you begin learning to recognize what may be interfering with healthy movement and where the body may need assistance.
Before you try to move fluid, ask the more important question: Where is it going to go?
The Lymphatic System Does Not Work in Isolation
Muscular tension, breathing mechanics, movement, the abdominal region, and other structural relationships can all influence the environment through which fluid moves.
This is why lymphatic work fits naturally within a whole-body approach. We are not simply following lymphatic pathways. We are learning to recognize the body surrounding those pathways.
The better you understand the relationships, the more intelligently you can work with the fluid.
The Visceral Component
One of the distinctive parts of this lymphatic class is the integration of visceral work.
The abdominal region is an important part of whole-body fluid movement. Learning to recognize restriction and tissue relationships within this region adds another dimension to lymphatic work.
For lymph to flow, it needs a place to flow.
A Hands-On Lymphatic Class
This is practical education designed to move from understanding into your hands.
Techniques are demonstrated, practiced, observed, and refined. The goal is not simply to remember a sequence. It is to develop a tactile understanding of the tissues and fluid relationships you are working with.
You learn principles and procedures that can become part of the way you assess and work with the body, rather than another protocol that sits unused after class.
What You Will Explore
The class combines lymphatic principles with practical hands-on procedures and whole-body assessment.
How Much Pressure?
Lymphatic work is often associated with an extremely light touch. In this class, pressure is not treated as a single rule that applies equally everywhere.
Different tissues and different regions call for different approaches. The objective is to develop enough tactile awareness to respond appropriately to the body beneath your hands.
Lauren often reminded us:
“Don't give a little old lady a truck driver treatment.”
Two Days. One Week Apart.
Both days of the lymphatic class are rich in hands-on and conceptual material. Rather than placing them back-to-back, the two class days are normally separated by one week.
That week gives you time to absorb what you learned, work with the material, feel its effects in your own body, and return for the second day with questions and a deeper understanding.
Learn it. Use it. Come back and refine it.
Learning Through Your Hands
Understanding the lymphatic system intellectually is important. Being able to recognize what is happening beneath your hands is what makes that knowledge usable.
Through demonstration, palpation, practice, and direct feedback, the goal is to begin developing a tactile relationship with fluid movement and the tissues surrounding it.
I call that tactile vision.
One System Within the Whole Body
The lymphatic system is one part of a much larger conversation. Muscular, visceral, fascial, circulatory, respiratory, and lymphatic relationships continually influence one another.
We learn these systems individually so that we can eventually recognize how they participate together.
Learn the parts.
Begin to feel the whole.
The Lauren Berry Method®
My approach to lymphatic work grew from my apprenticeship with Lauren Berry, which began in 1978, and from decades of practicing, studying, and teaching his work.
Lauren's work encouraged us to see the body as interconnected rather than as a collection of separate systems. Lymphatic work becomes part of that larger understanding.
Our job is not to force the body.
Our job is to listen and help it get unstuck.
Lymphatic Management
Full-Body Lymphatic Massage Class
13 Hours • 13 Continuing Education Hours
Two Class Days • Generally One Week Apart
Prerequisite
Basic massage or other bodywork license/certificate.
Instructor: Taum Sayers
Lauren Berry Method® Teacher and Practitioner
NCBTMB Approved Continuing Education Provider
Provider #152386-00
Questions about the class?
classes@musclemanagement.com • 530-587-9356