When you have reduced the body’s subconscious need to protect the neural and vascular networks, your client will have more efficient movement, better proprioception, more productive stretching, and greater freedom, and will likely experience less pain.


Are you an experienced massage therapist, structural integrator, physiotherapist, or movement teacher looking for your next adventure in continuing education?

We teach techniques and strategies for freeing the neurovascular web from fascial restriction. Our Manual NVR courses integrate whole body structural strategies and perspectives from structural integration with concepts, techniques, and subtle touch skills borrowed from osteopathy. Our Movement-Based NVR courses develop interoceptive awareness and apply the osteopathic concept of "first barrier" to stretching and self-applied treatment.
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Quick Links to upcoming Manual NVR courses

These courses are for all licensed manual therapists, including massage therapists, structural integrators, osteopaths, physical therapists, and physiotherapists.  


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Introduction to Manual NVR™ for Structural and Functional Balance

This course allows you to begin the Manual NVR course series by working with the whole body before diving into regional studies. It is an ideal starting point for structural integrators and practitioners who work with whole body structural patterns. It can stand alone or prepare you for the deeper dive you can take in the next five courses of the Manual NVR curriculum.

Spring 2027 - Portland, Oregon (USA)


Fall 2027 - Atlanta, Georgia (USA)



Manual NVR™ Part 1: Neck, Upper Thorax,  “Roots of Arms”

Explore the upper thorax, shoulder girdle, neck, and thoracic outlet in great detail. If your work focuses on rehabilitative massage, MVA neck injuries, the residual effects of whiplash, brachial plexus impingement symptoms, and shoulder issues, this course will be a game-changer for you.


Part 1

September 18-20, 2026 - Taos, New Mexico, USA



Manual NVR™ Part 2: Lower Thorax, Pelvis, Hips

This course builds on skills learned in Part 1 and allows you to complete your work with the spinal column. Your clients will thank you for taking Part 2! You need not have mastered the Part 1 techniques before attending Part 2, but you will need the foundational concepts and skills taught in Part 1. The Masterclass in Taos is an optional but recommended integrative fourth day that provides you with assessment practice.


Part 1 Review (prerequisite: Part 1)

June 11 - Bremen, Germany

Part 2

June 12-14, 2026 - Bremen, Germany 



Part 2

November 13-15, 2026 - Taos, New Mexico, USA

Integrative Masterclass

November 16, 2026 - Taos, New Mexico, USA


Part 2 plus Masterclass, four-day class bundle

November 13-16, 2026 - Taos, New Mexico, USA



Manual NVR™ Part 3: Lower Extremities

This course marks the beginning of the more advanced courses, emphasising applications, assessment practice, and working with full-body patterns. In Parts 3 and 4, we add details for the extremities, and we review techniques and concepts from Parts 1 and 2.




Part 3

July 31 - August 2, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington, USA 



Integrative Masterclass


August 3, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington, USA


Part 3 plus Masterclass, four-day class bundle

July 31 - August 3, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington, USA




Manual NVR™ Part 4: Upper Extremities


Part 4

October 9-11, 2026 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA


Integrative Masterclass

October 12, 2026 - Atlanta, Georgia


Part 4 plus Masterclass, four-day class bundle

October 9-12, 2026 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA




Manual NVR™ Part 5: Assessment and Strategy Practicum


Part 5

July 10-12, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington, USA


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About Your Instructor

Head Instructor/Program Director Kieran Schumaker

Kieran Schumaker (they/them) is a Board Certified Structural Integrator who specializes in freeing myofascial restriction of nerves and vasculature, with the goal of helping clients enjoy moving with greater comfort, ease, and agility. Their gentle and specific work can resolve longstanding issues with posture and function. They began practicing massage in 1998 and completed their structural integration training in 2005 (ATSI), they have studied with Jeffrey Burch and several other practitioners who teach osteopathic methods, visceral manipulation, and neural manipulation, and they have a deep appreciation of the science and art of manual therapy. Kier offers advanced training for manual therapists, structural integrators, and movement educators through their in-person and online courses in Neurovascular Release.