Structural Integration

Melanie Burns LMT ATSI E-RTY500 YACEP is the CEO of Anatomy Trains, Director of Anatomy Trains Europe and UK, and board member of the Ida P Rolf Research Foundation and member of IASI. She is producer of Anatomy Trains MasterClass Series, Anatomy101 and Science of Stretch with Yoga Journal, and co-founder of the Australia Fascia Symposium and Australia Women's Health Symposium. She has practiced yoga and bodywork for 25 years and is a graduate of Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI). She has assisted Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers in international manual therapy, trauma, and cadaver dissection courses, and in livestream webinars.  Melanie created course materials and co-produced Anatomy 101, the Science of Stretch for Yoga Journal, and several online programs for Anatomy Trains.  She is on the faculty of the Liberation Institute and delivers yoga teacher training and 40 days programs in the Maine State Prison, as well as running international retreats, teacher trainings, and teaches Polyvagal Theory and Yoga with Deb Dana at Kripalu in Lenox Ma.  She teaches yoga and practices Structural Integration in Maine.     David Lesondak BCSI ATSI FST VMT FFT IAHE is a member of the allied health professional staff in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is a board-certified structural integrator, visceral manipulator, fascial stretch therapist, and more. His first book, Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters, now available in nine languages, led to his being asked to architect and edit the first-ever textbook on fascia designed for the medical and healthcare field – Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications. His most recent venture is the podcast BodyTalk with David Lesondak. Helping people recover their resilience and live a more pain-free life is at the heart of his clinical work. His personal need to understand why things work and why sometimes they don’t drives his continuing search for the latest scientific knowledge and innovative approaches.  Before entering the healthcare field in 1991 David’s various career incarnations were in television, advertising and the funeral arts. These included  a stint over more than a decade as a DJ on WYEP-FM in Pittsburgh. He maintains an avid interest in music and can be heard at Pittsburgh’s singer/songwriter Open Mic scene.