Manual NVR™ Part 2: Lower Thorax, Pelvis, and Hips - March 20-22, 2026, Bellingham, Washington (USA)

Registration for this in-person class includes video recordings from the online course for your review, bonus lessons, and one-to-one mentoring to support your ongoing study. Prerequisite: Manual NVR Part 1 (Washington sales tax will be added.)

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What you will learn

In Manual NVR Part 2, the second course in this series, we will thoroughly explore techniques and strategies for working with the lower thorax, pelvis, and hips. Our goals are to improve structural balance and comfortable range of movement, while developing your clients' interoception, proprioception, and nervous system regulation. In this class you will:

Expand your map of the neural and vascular networks throughout the lower body.
Understand how asymmetric artery tension in the lower extremities contributes to scoliosis and pelvic torsion.
Refine your ability to free up peripheral nerves, cranial nerves, and dural restrictions.
Combine visual, functional, and palpatory assessments to help you choose where to work and what to do when you are there.
Revisit strategies and techniques from Part 1 as you do integrative work for your class model.

Prerequisite: This course builds on skills learned in Part 1. You do not need to have mastered the Part 1 techniques before attending Part 2, but you do need the foundational concepts and skills taught in Part 1.

In-person format

A 3-day immersion (21 hours) with unlimited opportunity for online review

Benefit immediately from hands-on guidance by Kier
Throughout class, receive this work from Kier and fellow students to help you understand and fine-tune your touch
Receive a ten to fifteen minutes of individualized integrative work from Kier during the last hours of class to settle your systems before you go home.

Additional benefits

Opportunity to schedule a full session with Kier

If you have a complex injury history, you can schedule a full session with Kier for the day prior to class or the day after class.
Spend time in person with colleagues

Get in touch with a close colleague to plan a rendezvous for this course. Connect with new colleagues in person.
Unlimited course review online

Edited and curated recordings of the distance learning version of this course, divided up into short segments, are available online for you to review.

Buddy Scholarship

Recruit a friend to help you deepen your learning

Would you like to receive and practice NVR regularly with a practitioner who lives near you?

• Take care of your body's needs by making sure there is a practitioner near you who also knows NVR.

• Enhance your learning by studying and practicing regularly with someone who lives near you.

Both practitioners must live in close proximity to one another. (This discount is an incentive to build an NVR practitioner community near you.) Let Kier know the name of your practice partner via text (1+503-720-7403). Each of you will receive a 20% discount by registering with the coupon code Buddies2026.

Course curriculum

1. Nerve and Artery study guide - NVR Part 2
2. Checklist - what to do after registering
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1. 2025-11 NVR Part 2 - technique manual, pages 1-12
2. 2025-11 NVR Part 2 - technique manual, pages 13-22
3. 2025-11 NVR Part 2 - technique manual, pages 23-42
1. Research articles on iliac vein compression syndrome (internal iliac artery compresses common iliac vein, restricting return blood flow from lower extremity)
2. Bonus: 2023-06-15 NVR Community Seminar - session 1
3. Bonus: 2023-07 NVR Community Seminar - Session 1
4. Bonus: 2023-07 NVR Community Seminar - Session 2
5. Bonus: Mentoring session on Listening and Questioning
6. Bonus: Demonstration session - Working with a client post hip replacement, session 2
1. Part 2 Class 1 Video 1: Introduction to pelvic torsion
2. Part 2 Class 1 Video 2: Anatomy - anterior pelvis
3. Part 2 Class 1 Video 3: Demo - anterior pelvis
4. Part 2 Class 1 Video 4: Guided practice - anterior pelvis
5. Part 2 Class 1 Video 5: Question about c-section scars
6. Part 2 Class 1 Video 6: guided practice -2 - anterior pelvis
7. Part 2 Class 1 Video 7: Anatomy clarification - anterior pelvis
8. Part 2 Class 1 Video 8: Anatomy atlas use during a session
9. Part 2 Class 1 Video 9: Demonstration - lateral circumflex femoral artery to TFL
10. Part 2 Class 1 Video 10: 2nd Demonstration-guided practice - lateral circumflex femoral artery to TFL
11. Part 2 Class 1 Video 11: Guided practice - lateral circumflex femoral artery to TFL
12. Part 2 Class 1 Video 12: Practice recommendations - using technique manual and listening practice
13. Part 2 Class 1 Video 13: Demonstration - general listening while client is standing
14. Part 2 Class 1 Video 14: Guided practice - general listening while client is standing
15. Part 2 Class 1 Video 15: Demonstration - Artery supply to Spinal Erectors
16. Part 2 Class 1 Video 16: Guided practice -1- artery to spinal erectors
17. Part 2 Class 1 Video 17: Guided practice -2- artery to spinal erectors
18. Part 2 Class 1 Video 18: Intro and demonstration - artery supply to lower extremity
19. Part 2 Class 1 Video 19: Guided practice - artery supply to lower extremity
20. Class 1 Q&A session - Cohort 1 - 2024-04-30
21. Class 1 Q&A session - Cohort 2 - 2024-05-01
1. Part 2 Class 2 Video 1: Anatomy - posterior pelvis
2. Part 2 Class 2 Video 2: Demonstration - superior and inferior gluteal artery
3. Part 2 Class 2 Video 3: Clarification on hand position - superior and inferior gluteal artery
4. Part 2 Class 2 Video 4: Demonstration -2, teaching student - superior and inferior gluteal artery
5. Part 2 Class 2 Video 5: Anatomy clarification - superior and inferior gluteal artery
6. Part 2 Class 2 Video 6: Guided practice - superior gluteal artery
7. Part 2 Class 2 Video 7: Anatomy - introduction to nerves in posterior pelvis
8. Part 2 Class 2 Video 8: Demonstration - superior gluteal nerve
9. Part 2 Class 2 Video 9: Guided practice - superior gluteal nerve
10. Part 2 Class 2 Video 10: Homework assignment - superior gluteal artery and nerve
11. Part 2 Class 2 Video 11: Technique description - artery to piriformis
12. Part 2 Class 2 Video 12: Anatomy - perforating arteries at posterior hip
13. Part 2 Class 2 Video 13: Demonstration - perforating arteries at posterior hip
14. Part 2 Class 2 Video 14: Guided practice - perforating arteries at posterior hip
15. Part 2 Class 2 Video 15: Guided practice, second leg - perforating arteries at posterior hip
16. Part 2 Class 2 Video 16: Overview - where we are in the list of techniques
17. Part 2 Class 2 Video 17: Anatomy - obturator nerve and artery
18. Part 2 Class 2 Video 18: Demonstration - obturator nerve and artery
19. Part 2 Class 2 Video 19: Guuided practice - obturator nerve and artery
20. Part 2 Class 2 Q&A session - cohort 1
21. Part 2 Class 2 Q&A session - cohort 2
1. Part 2 Class 3 Video 1: Check-in and questions regarding practice of last week's techniques
2. Part 2 Class 3 Video 2: What do we do first? - SI perspective
3. Part 2 Class 3 Video 3: What do we do first and next? - NVR perspective
4. Part 2 Class 3 Video 4: How to get more comfortable with questioning while practicing Part 2 techniques
5. Part 2 Class 3 Video 5: How to practice listening with client supine
6. Part 2 Class 3 Video 6: How soon after surgery can we do this work?
7. Part 2 Class 3 Video 7: Anatomy - lateral psoas technique
8. Part 2 Class 3 Video 8: Demonstration #1 (skeleton) - lateral psoas technique
9. Part 2 Class 3 Video 9: Demonstration #2 (person) - lateral psoas technique
10. Part 2 Class 3 Video 10: Questions about demonstration - lateral psoas technique
11. Part 2 Class 3 Video 11: Guided practice - lateral psoas technique
12. Part 2 Class 3 Video 12: Working with individual student (Gilda) - lateral psoas technique
13. Part 2 Class 3 Video 13: Working with individual student (Tessa) - lateral psoas technique
14. Part 2 Class 3 Video 14: Working with individual student (Ong) - lateral psoas technique
15. Part 2 Class 3 Video 15: Working with individual student (follow-up with Gilda) - lateral psoas technique
16. Part 2 Class 3 Video 16: Working with individual student (Michelle) - lateral psoas technique
17. Part 2 Class 3 Video 17: Working with individual student (Tuck) - lateral psoas technique
18. Part 2 Class 3 Video 18: Followup with individual students (Emily, Gilda, Monique, Tuck, Ong) - lateral psoas technique
19. Part 2 Class 3 Video 19: Collaborative exploration with Monique, Kier, and Christina - lateral psoas technique
20. Part 2 Class 3 Video 20: Anatomy - flossing lumber plexus nerves
21. Part 2 Class 3 Video 21: Demo, guided practice - flossing common fibular and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves
22. Part 2 Class 3 Video 22: Clarifying question leading to anatomy for iliohypogastric nerve
23. Part 2 Class 3 Video 23: Demo, guided practice - flossing saphenous nerve
24. Part 2 Class 3 Video 24: practice tips - flossing lumbar plexus nerves
25. Part 2 Class 3 Video 25: questions and discussion - flossing lumbar plexus nerves
26. Part 2 Class 3 Video 26: Anatomy - cutaneous nerves in posterior and lateral hip
27. Part 2 Class 3 Video 27: Demo, guided practice - cutaneous nerves crossing posterior and lateral iliac crest
28. Part 2 Class 3 Q&A session - cohort 1
29. Part 2 Class 3 Q&A session - cohort 2
1. Part 2 Class 4 Video 1: Intro to middle and inferior cluneal nerves
2. Part 2 Class 4 Video 2: Anatomy - middle and inferior cluneal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves
3. Part 2 Class 4 Video 3: Demonstration #1 - middle and inferior cluneal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves
4. Part 2 Class 4 Video 4: Demonstration #2 and anatomy clarification - middle and inferior cluneal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves
5. Part 2 Class 4 Video 5: Guided practice (Tuck) - middle and inferior cluneal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves
6. Part 2 Class 4 Video 6: Guided practice (Michelle) - middle and inferior cluneal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves
7. Part 2 Class 4 Video 7: Guided practice (Ong) - middle and inferior cluneal and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves
8. Part 2 Class 4 Video 8: Questions, wrapping up - middle and inferior cluneal nerves and lateral half of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
9. Part 2 Class 4 Video 9: More anatomy - posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
10. Part 2 Class 4 Video 10: Anatomy and technique on skeleton - posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
11. Part 2 Class 4 Video 11: Demonstration on person - posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
12. Part 2 Class 4 Video 12: Guided practice - posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
13. Part 2 Class 4 Video 13: Checking in with students - posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
14. Part 2 Class 4 Video 14: More Anatomy (from Complete Anatomy) - posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
15. Part 2 Class 4 Video 15: Demonstration - (medial thigh) posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
16. Part 2 Class 4 Video 16: Anatomy - (ischiopubic ramus) posterior femoral cutaneous and pudendal nerves
17. Part 2 Class 4 Video 17: Guided practice - three medial thigh techniques
18. Part 2 Class 4 Video 18: Questions after guided practice - three medial thigh techniques
19. Part 2 Class 4 Video 19: Guided practice - seated self treatment for PFC n and pudendal n
20. Part 2 Class 4 Video 20: Demonstration - artery supply to proximal adductors
21. Part 2 Class 4 Video 21: Guided practice - artery supply to proximal adductors
22. Part 2 Class 4 Video 22: Guiding a student (Tuck) in using listening and questioning to do one last thing to end the session
23. Part 2 Class 4 Video 23: Guiding a group of students through one last thing to end session
24. Part 2 Class 4 Video 24: Short review of lung work, because it is the one last thing to end the session (Tessa and Emily)
25. Part 2 Class 4 - cutaneous nerves in lower extremities (from Bodyworlds exhibit in Bremen)
26. Part 2 Class 4 Q&A session - cohort 1
27. Part 2 Class 4 Q&A session - cohort 2
1. Part 2 Class 5 Video 1: Overview - where we have been, where we are headed, working with patterns and symptoms
2. Part 2 Class 5 Video 2: Question (Tuck) - working with prolapse of pelvic organs
3. Part 2 Class 5 Video 3: Question (Michelle) - working with somatic charge when using medial thigh techniques
4. Part 2 Class 5 Video 4: Question (Gilda) - working leg length discrepancy, considering bigger patterns
5. Part 2 Class 5 Video 5: checking in with Monique - integrating these techniques into sessions
6. Part 2 Class 5 Video 6: Anatomy for abductors - superior gluteal nerve and artery at lateral hip
7. Part 2 Class 5 Video 7: Demonstration - functional assessment of abductors
8. Part 2 Class 5 Video 8: Demonstration - NVR techniques for abductors
9. Part 2 Class 5 Video 9: Guided practice - NVR techniques for abductors working with individual students
10. Part 2 Class 5 Video 10: Discussion after guided practice
11. Part 2 Class 5 Video 11: Demonstration - seated artery technique for QL region
12. Part 2 Class 5 Video 12: Guided practice - seated artery technique for QL region
13. Part 2 Class 5 Video 13: Traditional SI perspective- Comment about 12th rib
14. Part 2 Class 5 Video 14: Anatomy - artery supply to hamstrings
15. Part 2 Class 5 Video 15: Demonstration - artery supply to hamstrings
16. Part 2 Class 5 Video 16: Guided practice - artery supply to hamstrings
17. Part 2 Class 5 Video 17: Demonstration (self-treatment) - artery supply to hamstrings and quads
18. Part 2 Class 5 Video 18: Anatomy - artery supply to quadriceps
19. Part 2 Class 5 Video 19: Demonstration and recap - artery supply to quadriceps
20. Part 2 Class 5 Video 20: Guided practice and summary - artery supply to quadriceps
21. Part 2 Class 5 Q&A - cohort 1
22. Part 2 class 5 Q&A - cohort 2

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$920.00
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