Who am I?
This course is set up as a labeling game about the uterus and partners.
There are two lessons associated with the course. The first is about the uterus and other related structures, and the second is about the supporting structures of the uterus.
Each lesson is set up so that you can open a toggle to read the edifying clues and look at images from Visible Body’s Human Anatomy with the particular structure in question highlighted in blue. The next toggle down has the correct answer.
In addition to the images within each toggle, there are some larger images located at the top of each lesson page, which are labeled with numbers so that you can compare different anatomical interpretations of the female reproductive system.
This course will help you better understand Your Abdominal Massage (YAM), a self massage developed by the Abdominal Therapy Collective under the tutelage of Dr. Rosita Arvigo. If you are a bodyworker, it will help you understand the structures you are influencing when you perform abdominal massage. We encourage to study with educators from the Abdominal Therapy Collective.
It is our hope that you enjoy this labeling game as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Dr. Kirsten Kern, PhD, LMTI, co-founded Texas Healing Arts Institute School of Massage (THAI) in 1997. Dr. Kern, known by her nickname “Stan,” is a Clinical Massage Therapy Instructor and was trained and certified as an Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy® Practitioner and Certified Arvigo® Therapy Instructor. She has joined a collective of Abdominal Therapy practitioners and educators: Abdominal Therapy Collective. Clients seek her bodywork for its unique blend of science-based knowledge, intuition, compassion, and humor. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, Southwestern University, and Rutgers University.
During college, Dr. Kern studied biological sciences and worked with marine mammals in Newfoundland and Alaska. As a member of community theater, she has studied movement and bodywork for over 20 years and is passionate about moving bodies out of pain. She designed the first Clinical Massage Therapy Program in Texas. She also teaches continuing education workshops in advanced clinical techniques and Abdominal Therapy. She is an interminable student, educator, and gardener. Lately, she has taken up painting and working with Play’s the Thing, a group of folks performing Shakespeare with children at Dell Children’s Hospital. She lives part time in Austin, Texas and part time in St. John, USVI.