Event time:
8.10.2025. 16:30 – 18:30;
9.-12.10.2025. 8:30-18:00;
13.10.2025 8:30-13:45
Location: Riga
Register here -
https://www.mittoevents.com/bbat-ENG/register
Teacher: Kirsti Niskala, Finland, first BBAT trainer with international education, occupational physiotherapist, NLP trainer, assistant trainer Madara Sirmace, BBAT physiotherapist, BBAT trainer candidate
Target audience: physiotherapists
Course fee:
LFA subgroup Physiotherapy in Mental Health member 350 EUR
LFA member 400 EUR
Non-LFA member 450 EUR
Language: English
TIP: to be specified soon
Minimum number of participants: 10. We encourage you to apply early.
About the courses:
The course is intended for physiotherapists and physiotherapy students who are interested in understanding movement, movement quality, and the practice of developing and teaching movement awareness. According to Skjaerven et al. (2010), physiotherapists ability to create conscious movement and apply this knowledge in practice is one of the key prerequisites for promoting movement quality in their work.
What is BBAT?
BBAT (Basic Body Awareness Therapy) is an evidence-based physiotherapy approach. We work through movements in lying, sitting and standing. We practice movements in pairs, use of voice and touch. It is used in rehabilitation, stress reduction and occupational health improvement. Studies confirm the positive effects of BBAT in cases of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, pain, fibromyalgia, trauma, personality disorders and schizophrenia. BBAT also helps physiotherapists take care of their well-being.
Content:
Theory: how the connection between balance, free breathing and awareness is reflected in the quality of movement on the physical, physiological, psycho-socio-cultural and existential levels
to learn and imbody BBAT movements and internalizing them to support well-being. Inner ergonomy.
Salutogenicity
Experience based learning
Use of words
Guidance for 45 hours of independent practice after in-person training, BBAT literature familiarization (in English) and writing a report on all this by 30.5.2026.
The Aim
Participant knows the theoretical starting points and practical application possibilities of the BBAT through personal experience
participant learn and know the basic exercises of the BBAT method and how to use them
participant gain knowledge of the BBAT method, its basics and the quality of movement
After the training, participant is able to tackle a learning assignment and write a report about it
Part 2 of the training is planned for the summer of 2026.
Contact details: Kirsti Niskala,
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Madara Sirmace,
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Kursi: Basic Body Awareness Therapy I, BBAT I
Norises laiks:
8.10.2025. 16:30 – 18:30;
9.-12.10.2025. 8:30-18:00;
13.10.2025. 8:30-13:45
Vieta: Rīga
Pasniedzējs: Kirsti Niskala, Somijas pirmā BBAT pasniedzēja ar starptautisko izglītību, fizioterapeite arodveselībā, NLP trenere; trenera asistente Madara Sirmace, BBAT fizioterapeite, BBAT pasniedzēja apmācībā
Mērķauditorija: fizioterapeiti, fizioterapijas studenti
Kursu maksa (ar PVN):
LFA apakšgrupas Fizioterapija Psihiskajā veselībā biedrs 350 EUR
LFA biedrs 400 EUR
Nav LFA biedrs 450 EUR
Valoda: angļu valoda
TIP: drīzumā tiks precizēti
Minimālais dalībnieku skaits: 10. Aicinām pieteikties laicīgi.
Pieteikšanās -
https://www.mittoevents.com/bbat-apmacibas-pieteiksanas-2025/pieteikties
Plašāka informācija -
https://www.fizioterapeitiem.lv/lv/notikumi/basic-body-awareness-therapy-i-bbat-i
Kirsti Niskala,
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Madara Sirmace,
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