Foot to Core
A three-day professional course for therapists and practitioners who want to understand the foot as the beginning of the whole-body story.
12–14 November 2026 · Reforma center, Grosuplje, Slovenia
Registration for the training is closed.
The foot is the link between the body and the ground.
We expect extraordinary things from our feet. They absorb forces on ground contact, adapt to changing surfaces, help us orient in space, and create a stable, efficient base for movement. Yet we often give them surprisingly little attention.
Foot to Core is a three-day professional course that starts with foot function—but doesn’t end at the foot.
We’ll explore the foot’s connections to the heel, pelvis, pelvic floor, and diaphragm, and trace this support system through the body as a whole. We’ll combine modern, evidence-based approaches with hands-on assessment, manual work, and movement.
Foot to Core goes further
It starts at the foot and explores connections that run through the entire body.
The foot and heel
We’ll explore foot function, pronation and supination, and approaches to assessing flat feet, rigid feet, plantar fascia problems, and other presentations that don’t always follow textbook patterns. We’ll pay special attention to the heel and its mobility as an important foundation for body support.
Strength and support
Intrinsic foot strength is one of the foundations of a well-functioning body. We’ll learn ways to assess and develop it, and explore how strong, adaptable feet contribute to efficient support and movement.
From Foot to Core
The foot doesn’t work in isolation. We’ll explore its fascial and neurological connections to the Deep Front Line, the pelvis, pelvic floor, and diaphragm, and their importance for the body’s internal support.
The whole body
We'll follow these connections through the pelvis, thorax, shoulder girdle, neck and head, including the role of the 12th rib and the thoracolumbar junction in creating a continuous internal line of support. We'll explore how foot function can also offer a new perspective on issues involving the lower back, shoulders, neck, and temporomandibular joint.
Knowledge you can apply in practice
In three days, you’ll integrate new knowledge into a broader clinical view of the foot and its role in organizing the whole body.
You’ll deepen your understanding of foot function
and its impact on support, movement, and whole-body organization.
You’ll broaden your clinical perspective
on the connections between the foot, pelvis, pelvic floor, diaphragm, and the body’s organization in relation to gravity.
You’ll sharpen your assessment skills
and more easily recognize functional connections that are often overlooked when treating individual structures.
You’ll explore the importance of intrinsic foot strength
and its role in creating efficient, adaptable body support and movement.
You’ll gain practical manual and movement-based approaches,
which you can meaningfully integrate into your work with clients.
For professionals who explore the body through touch and movement
Foot to Core is designed for professionals who use touch, movement, or a combination of both in their work and want to connect their understanding of the foot with the body’s broader organization.
Physiotherapists · Manual therapists · Kinesiologists · Osteopaths · Movement therapists · Structural integrators
You’ll get the most from the course if you already have some experience working with the body and want to deepen your knowledge and integrate assessment, foot function, movement, and broader body organization into a coherent clinical approach.
Don Thompson
Certified Structural Integration Practitioner
Structural Integration and Dermoneuromodulation Instructor
Don Thompson has been dedicated to bodywork for more than three decades and has worked in the field of structural integration for over twenty years. He is a Board-Certified Structural Integrator (ATSI/KMI course and European Guild of Structural Integration Advanced certification) and holds a BSc in Complementary Therapies and Bodywork from the University of Westminster, London. As a former Lead Teacher at Anatomy Trains and one of the few teachers certified to deliver the full ATSI curriculum, he now teaches his own evidence-based approach that integrates structural integration, dermoneuromodulation, and contemporary pain science.
In his work, he explores a broader understanding of why manual and movement therapies work, drawing on a nervous-system perspective and viewing the body as an interconnected functional whole. He mentors experienced therapists worldwide and teaches across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
All places are taken
Thank you for the exceptional interest in the Foot to Core training with Don Thompson. All available places have already been filled, so unfortunately we can no longer accept new registrations. We are delighted by such a great response and are already looking forward to meeting the participants in November!
Dates and times
November 12–14, 2026
9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Price
Price: €630 incl. VAT
(€516.40 + 22% VAT)
Price includes
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General terms of participation
Registration for the Foot to Core course is valid once the registration form has been submitted.
After receiving the registration, the organizer will send the registered participant or payer a pro forma invoice for payment of the course fee. Your place in the course is fully reserved upon receipt of payment.
Payment must be made within 7 days of the issue date of the pro forma invoice, or by the due date stated on the invoice.
If payment is not made within the stated period, the organizer reserves the right to cancel the registration and offer the available place to another applicant.
Cancellation must be submitted in writing by email to the organizer at info@reformacenter.si. The date of cancellation is deemed to be the date on which the email is received.
In the event of cancellation, the following conditions apply:
- for cancellation up to and including September 30, 2026, the paid course fee will be refunded, less 10% administrative and handling costs;
- for cancellation from October 1, 2026 up to and including October 22, 2026, the organizer retains 50% of the paid course fee;
- for cancellation after October 22, 2026, a refund of the course fee is no longer possible.
In the event of non-attendance without prior written cancellation, a refund of the course fee is not possible.
The participant may transfer their registration to another person at no additional cost. The organizer must be notified in writing at the organizer’s email address no later than three (3) days before the start of the course. The new participant assumes all rights and obligations of the originally registered person.
In the event of illness, injury, or other extraordinary personal circumstances that objectively prevent the participant from attending the course, the participant may request a refund of the course fee upon submission of appropriate official documentation.
In such a case, the organizer will refund the paid course fee, less 10% administrative and handling costs.
The organizer reserves the right to assess the adequacy of the submitted documentation and the circumstances of each individual case.
The organizer reserves the right to change the course date, venue, schedule, or program if required by organizational, logistical, safety, or other objectively justified reasons.
In the event of a change of date or venue, the participant is not entitled to reimbursement of travel costs, accommodation, airfare, lost earnings, or other costs related to attending the course.
If the organizer cancels the course and does not provide an alternative date, the participant is entitled to a refund of the course fee already paid. In this case, the organizer’s liability is limited exclusively to the amount of the course fee paid.
All lectures, presentations, scripts, materials, photographs, videos, lecture recordings, and other content available as part of the Foot to Core course are copyrighted works of the instructor, the organizer, or other rights holders.
Without prior written consent from the copyright holder, copying, reproduction, distribution, publication, sharing with third parties, use for further training, or any other use of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is not permitted.
Photography, audio recording, or video recording of lectures, practical demonstrations, materials, or other parts of the course by participants is not permitted without prior written consent from the organizer and the instructor.
The organizer reserves the right to photograph and record the event for documentation and promotion of its activities. By attending the event, the participant agrees that photographs or recordings in which they may appear may be used for the organizer’s promotional and informational purposes, unless they notify the organizer in writing before the start of the event that they do not agree.
After the course, participants receive a signed certificate of attendance for the Foot to Core program, issued by the instructor Don Thompson.