Special Events
Current Events
A Unique Science-Based and Resource-Oriented Mindbody Integration for Working with Tension and Trauma
When | 19 - 21 June 2023 |
Where | Kurhaus Bergün, Switzerland |
Presenters | Joeri Calsius and Karin Gurtner |
Education investment | Regular course price: CHF 1200 Early bird course price: CHF 950 Accommodation: Individual |
24 June 2023
Kreuzlingen, Germany
Presenting at the event
Stephanie Ludwig
Slings Myofasziales Training
FEEL Body & Mind Day
Lörrach, Germany
Presenting at the event
Karin Gurtner and Stephanie Ludwig
Slings Myofascial Training
Past Events & Conferences
Reflections after 50 Years of Orthopaedic Practice April 1st 2023, 9am–6pm in Berne, Switzerland
1 April 2023
Bern, Switzerland
Presenting at the event
Simone Jakob
What about the forgotten fascia?
When: | 9 - 11 December 2022 13 - 15 December 2022 |
Where: | Hotel Ermitage Wellness & Spa, Schönried, Switzerland |
Presenters: | Tom Myers & Karin Gurtner |
Language: | English |
Investment: | CHF 1200 (includes only course fee) |
Equipment: | Yoga or Pilates mat |
Learn more about the Mountain Retreat
Because we believe in empowering people to empower themselves, we are offering 3 distinct and brand-new webinar series that aim to benefit you professionally and personally alike.
8 experts from the fields of fascia research, psychology, structural integration, physical therapy, sports science and medicine, and resource-oriented integrative movement are coming together to interweave science and practice, cognition and inner wisdom, contemporary knowledge and experience-proven applications.
1. Series: Up and Running
2. Series: Kinaesthetic Intelligence
3. Series: Core Vitality
Learn more about our Webinar Series 2022
Purchase your Vimeo on Demand Webinar album
A science-informed and practice-relevant online continuing education series by Karin Gurtner for movement professionals and therapists.
The Webinar Series 2021 was streamed and recorded from January to June 2021. The 12 webinars are bundled into 3 topics:
- Functional Anatomy Spotlight
- Simply Profound
- What Moves You
Learn more about our Webinar Series 2021
Purchase recordings as Vimeo On Demand album
When: | 4 December 2022 |
Where: | Live Online (Zoom) |
Presenters: | Robert Schleip and Karin Gurtner |
For whom: | For all movement professionals who are interested in fascial training |
Education investment: | Regular price: CHF 160 Early Bird price: CHF 140 until 20 Oktober 2022 |
Equipment: | 2 soft massage balls, for example Slings Massage Balls |
Recording: | You will have access to the course recording for 30 days. |
Já pensou você junto de 21 grandes referências mundiais do Movimento e Educação Somática no conforto da sua casa com todas as aulas ao vivo?
When: | 24 - 27 November 2022 |
Language: | Portuguese |
Organiser: | Inner Balance |
art of motion presenter: | Karin Gurtner |

Back Health: Functional Myofascial Anatomy, Pain & Health-Oriented Teaching
For Whom: | Movement professionals and therapists interested in the topic of back health |
When: | 28 - 30 October 2022 Friday + Saturday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Sunday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Time zone: Switzerland (CEST, UTC+2) |
Format: | Live Online (Zoom) |
Investment in Education: | CHF 560 (CHF 500 for payments until 28 September) |
Educator: | Karin Gurtner |
Training Equipment: | 1 Pilates/Yoga mat 2 soft massage balls (Ø 12cm), for example: Slings Myofascial Massage Balls |
Recording: | Access for 30 days |
Learn more about the Back Health course

Bodensee Event
Location: | Kreuzlingen |
Language: | German |
Date: | 25 June 2022 |
Program: | Agenda Bodensee Event |
Presenter: | Stephanie Ludwig |
Organisation: | Bodensee Event |

aerokongress Freiburg (D)
Location: | Freiburg (D) |
Language: | German |
Date: | 14 May 2022 |
Program: | Schedule aerokongress |
Presenter: | Stephanie Ludwig |
Organisation: | aerokongress |

Master Class for Inner and Outer Peace
Join Karin:
Saturday 19th of March from 11:00 – 12:30 Switzerland time
DONATION
Whatever you want to give. All donations will fully go to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in support of the people of the Ukraine and others affected.
Good to know: You get 30 days access to the Masterclass recording after the live streaming.

From Heart to Hands: Discovering Inner Ease, Courage, and Belonging
Come home to your body and right into the heart of your core expression at the exclusive mountain retreat with Tom Myers and Karin Gurtner.
Through inspiring lectures and intelligent movement practices, you will discover and experience the distinct kinaesthetic qualities of each of the Anatomy Trains lines in our ’neuro-myo-fascial’ web, therefore greater vitality within yourself.
1 - 3 December 2021
6 - 8 December 2021
About the congress | Website |
Where: | Online |
Language: | English |
Date: | 18 - 19 September 2021 |
Program: | Program |
Movement break | Karin Gurtner, Alan Herdman, James D'Silva, Michael and Ton, and many more |
Organiser: | The Pilates Platform |
The World Congress of Fascia is aiming to share knowledge about fascia in its various aspects: microscopic, embryological, anatomical, evaluation, treatment and movement.
About the congress | |
Where: | Online |
Language: | Presentations in different languages, simultaneous translation Brazilian-Portuguese. |
Date: | 12 - 15 August 2021 |
Program: | Program |
Movement break | Karin Gurtner, Thomas Myers, Robert Schleip, Andrzej Pilat, Carla Stecco, David Lesondak, Catarina Fede und viele mehr |
Organiser: | Fabiana Silva (Cirklo), Cristiano Queiroz and Leonardo Sette (ABFascias) |
Interested in updating your fascia knowledge related to sports and movement?
The 4-annual congress ‚Connective Tissues in Sports Medicine‘ will be conducted as an online event this year, thereby allowing for a much wider international participation.
Hosted by our faculty member Robert Schleip PhS and his colleagues at the Technical University of Munich/Germany, the focus of this high quality educational event is on the latest insights about the role of fascial tissues in sports and movement. The impressive list of keynote speakers includes Daniel Lieberman (Harvard Univ.), Carla Stecco (Padua), Paul Hodges (Brisbane), Keith Baar (Davis Univ., Calif.), Irene Davis (Harvard Med. School), Mette Hansen and Michael Kjaer from Copenhagen, Adamantios Arampatzis (Berlin) and many more.
Participants can attend in real time during the two online event days March 26th-27th 2021, but can also watch the related recordings with any time delay between a few minutes later and up to 6 months afterwards.
Where: | Online |
Date: | 26 - 27 March 2021 |
Program: | Program |
Movement break | Slings Myofascial Training lesson by Karin Gurtner |
Organiser: | Conservative and Rehabilitative Orthopedics Technical University of Munich |
15% discount | Coupon code: connect-aom Special bonus: when mentioning the coupon code ‚connect-aom‘ at registration, you will receive a 15% discount. |
Women for Women. Join internationally renowned female presenters and learn more about the wonders of the female body from fascia research and fascia-focussed movement.
Presenters
Karin Gurtner, Carla Stecco, Caterina Fede, Melanie Morin, Guan Ling, Alison Slater, Anna Maria Vitali, Jo Phee, Beatrix Baumgartner, Daniela Meinl
Where: | Online |
Date: | Saturday, 20 March 2021 |
Program: | Schedule (PDF) |
Organiser: | Fisciamente Formazione |
Join a host of international and highly regarded educators for this years Anatomy Trains Australia & New Zealand Summer School!
Presenter: | Karin Gurtner |
Where: | Online |
Date: | Saturday, 20 February 2021 |
Times: | 3.00pm - 5.00pm AWST |
Topic: | Structural Integration Through Resource-Oriented Movement |
Organiser: | Anatomy Trains Australia & New Zealand |
Tom Myers and the Anatomy Trains team have created a special event to show deep appreciation, and are thrilled to invite you to the Anatomy Trains 12 Days of Christmas Masterclass Series, showcasing world-renowned thought leaders in fascia, anatomy, and body-minded movement. With this amazing lineup, it will be hard to pick just one to attend!
Presenters
Tom Myers, Karin Gurtner, David Lesondak, Dr. Jaap Van der Wal, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Dr. Peter Levine, Andrzej Pilat, Dr. Neil Theise, Dr. Carla Stecco, Wojtek Cackowski, Dr. Meredith Stephens, Eric Franklin, Julie Hammond, Dr. Robert Schleip, Jill Miller, James Nestor
Where | Online |
When | 26 December 2020 - 6 January 2021 |
Organiser | Anatomy Trains |

Slings Master Class with Karin
Presenter: | Karin Gurtner |
Date: | Friday, 18 December 2020 |
Times: | 16:00 – 17:30 (Swiss time) |
Price: | CHF 35 (+ CHF 2.69 fee) |
Recording: | Access for one week |
Don’t miss this incredible online event:
18 International presenters from Europe and America will drive you through the new researches on the role of Fascia in Movement and Sport.
Robert Schleip, Carla Stecco, Karin Gurtner, Antonio Stecco, Adamantios Arampatzis, Andrzej Pilat, Bernardo Neme Ide, James Earls, Jan-Paul Van Wingerden, Jan Wilke, Mette Hansen, Keith Baar, Sérgio Fonseca, Anna Maria Vitali, Divo Muller, Johannes Freiberg, John Sharkey, Laurice Nemetz
Where | Online |
When | 12 - 13 December 2020 |
Organiser | Fisicamente Formazione |
Program | Schedule (PDF) |
15%-Discount Code | art-of-motion |

Move or Glue - Congresso 100% Prático da Fáscia
Where: | Live Online |
When: | 5 December 2020 |
Organiser: | moveorglue.com.br |
Presenter: | Stephanie Ross-Russell |
Topic: | Slings Myofascial Training |

Webinar Tom Myers & Karin Gurtner
Join Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers and pioneer of Anatomy Trains in Motion and Slings Myofascial Training Karin Gurtner for this exciting one-day event where you will explore the Deep Front Line and a new concept of core connection. Sharing their profound understanding of structural integration and resource-oriented movement, Tom and Karin will weave their unique collective wisdom together providing an experiential immersion into myofascial anatomy.
Where: | Live Online by Practica |
When: | 22 November 2020 |
Presenter: | Karin Gurtner, Tom Myers |
Topic: | The Deep Front Line - A New Concept of Core |
Oganiser | anatomytrains.ru |

The Embodiment Conference
Making embodied wisdom available to everyone, everywhere, free of charge. An online conference and more than that…
a kickstart to a global movement. Embodiment is about making friends with your body, and feeling at home in your skin. The conference will give you free access to the top teachers in the field, offer a community of support, and be a huge global party to be remembered.
Where: | Online |
When: | 23 October 2020 |
Presenter: | Karin Gurtner |
Organiser | theembodimentconference.org |
Topic: | Interoceptive Soundscape: Fine-Tuning Inner Ease |

Australian Fascia Symposium
Globally renowned Fascia Research presenters. Pre & Post conference workshops.
Where: | Online on Zoom |
When: | 18 - 20 September 2020 |
Organiser | fasciasymposium.com.au |
Presenter: | Karin Gurtner |
Topic: | Adductor Magnus: Pathway to the Pelvic Floor |

Summer School München
Auch 2020 werden wir wieder das Ende des Sommers nutzen, um intensiv zu lernen, uns auf den neusten Stand der Wissenschaft zu bringen und die aktuellen Trends zu erfahren.
Where: | online |
When: | 21 September 2020 |
Organiser: | Summer School München |
Presenter: | Stephanie Ludwig |
Topic: | Zeitgenössisches Pilates Flow - dynamische Stabilität Slings Myofasciales Training - Anatomy Trains In Motion |

Conscious Movement Conference
These weekends are about expanding our knowledge within our respective disciplines… but also about exploring other movements and concepts, networking with other professionals, learning and growing, evolving ourselves in the process and above all…. having fun!
Where: | Cape Town, South Africa |
When: | 21 - 23 February 2020 |
Organiser: | consciousmovement.co.za |
Presenter: | Anneke Kruger |
Topic: | Slings In Motion: Vitality with Fascial Movement |