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Dunedin
Luann Overmyer
BA, LMT, NCBTMB
Advanced Ortho-Bionomy®
Practitioner and
Advanced Instructor.
Trained by British osteopath, founder Arthur L. Pauls.
Registered with SOBI, OBA
and OBNZ.
Ortho-Bionomy® Classes
Ortho-Bionomy® Classes
Leading Wellbeing Educator
Luann Overmyer has over 40 years of practical experience with Ortho-Bionomy® and has trained and taught extensively in the field of body awareness, structural balance and wellbeing throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand and other countries throughout the world.
Luann trains practitioners, mentors instructors, and has developed new approaches to address pelvic stabilisation, frozen shoulder, and neuritis conditions of the arm, and her book, Ortho-Bionomy, A Path to Self Care (available through Amazon.com) empowers and assists clients with self care exercises for pain relief.
Her training programs incorporate a wide spectrum of techniques designed to promote structural balance and healthy functioning. Luann creates an ideal climate for comfortable learning, balancing her workshops with respectful leadership and delightful spontaneity.
She is an amazing teacher with an incredible depth of knowledge and experience. Her classes are engaging, informative, tremendously practical, and really a lot of fun. You will leave with skills that you can use immediately in your practice.
Dunedin Classes March 2026:
Pelvic Stabilisation Class 21st-22nd March, 16h
Study Day Class 23rd March, 6h
Self-Care Class 25th March, 8h
Invercargill Class March 2026:
Free introduction evening 27th March, 6:30pm, 1h
Fundamentals - Phase 4 class 28th- 29th March, 16h
Session with Luann 30th March, by appointment, 1h
You're warmly invited to register for any of the events listed below using the Google Form.
Class descriptions are listed below.
Ortho-Bionomy® and the Sand Dollar design are registered trademarks of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy® International, Inc. and are used with permission.
All content on this page has been provided by Luann Overmyer.
Dunedin Classes
March 2026
Pelvic Stabilisation Class
with Ortho-Bionomy®
Dunedin, 21st-22nd March, 16h
The pelvis is the foundation of postural alignment.
The pelvis carries, balances and translates the weight of the spine when standing, sitting and walking, and modulates the gait patterns coming from the feet and legs. This balance is achieved through the flexibility of the lumbar spine, the stability of the 5th lumbar and sacrum connection, and a dynamic movement balance at the illio-sacral joint.
This class presents the Ortho-Bionomy approach to evaluating and working with the pelvis. Protocols for assessment and positional release techniques for re-establishing dynamic balance in the pelvis will be presented and practised.
Prerequisites: Phase 4 is recommended.
Please register using the Google Form below.
Ortho-Bionomy®
Study Day Class
Dunedin, 23rd March, 6h
Bring your questions and your body. This class offers an opportunity to observe and discuss the whys, the hows, and wherefores of a session, receive a session, and have your questions about structuring a session answered. 3 hours of study group in the morning with observed sessions and discussion in the afternoon. Credit toward study group, consultations, and session received.
Prerequisites: Phase 4 or Exploration of Movement
Please register using the Google Form below.
Self-Care Class
with Ortho-Bionomy®
Dunedin, 25th March, 8h
Ortho-Bionomy, an osteopathic based bodywork, supports the fundamental concept of the body’s natural self corrective capacity. Comfortable positions release tension and remind the body of its natural ability to come to balance. The body is smart. It tends to organise around functionality. Releases and changes that support functionality and balance are recognised and integrated naturally. Through the practice of Self Care we empower ourselves in the process of self-healing and well-being.
Learn to adapt the effective positional release techniques of Ortho-Bionomy to relieve pain and tension in your own body. Self-Care addresses chronic aches and pains as well as ways to work with injuries. This class is appropriate for anyone wanting to explore comfort, and, also for health care practitioners looking for specific techniques to share with clients.
This class offers an opportunity to slow down, take some time to drop into the body, explore comfort, and rediscover healthy upright posture, ease of fluid movement, and the positions your body can use to relieve pain and tension.
Learn to:
✔ Relieve pain and tension with positional release.
✔ Create new patterns of pain-free movement.
✔ Increase flexibility and range of motion with isometric and
isotonic exercises
✔ Strengthen muscle tone through isotonic exercises
✔ Improve posture for relief of strain and stress.
✔ Discover the ways your body uses positions and movement to reclaim comfort and well-being.
Prerequisites: NONE
Please bring:
✔ a mat, a pillow, 2 small kitchen towels, 2 tennis balls and a sock.
Please wear:
✔ loose comfortable clothing – we will be on the floor.
Please register using the Google Form below.
Invercargill Class
March 2026
Fundamentals - Phase 4
Class
Invercargill, 28th- 29th March, 16h
Ortho-Bionomy is a positional release modality based in osteopathy that gently and effectively addresses muscle spasm, structural imbalances, joint pain, and restricted range of motion. The techniques are profound in simplicity and effectiveness. Due to the gentleness of the work, acute pain can be addressed as well as chronic conditions that require an ongoing process of rehabilitation.
It combines well with massage and other bodywork therapy to facilitate new patterns of structural alignment, balance, flexibility, and ease.
This foundational class covers the history and principles of Ortho-Bionomy, and extensive hands-on practice of specific positioning techniques developed to stimulate proprioceptive, self-correcting reflexes for all areas of the body. By working with the proprioceptors at the joints, we assist the body to bring a more balanced tone to the muscles surrounding the joints, facilitating the release of pain and tension patterns in seconds, and resulting in expanded range of motion, and a greater sense of well-being. This work is easy to learn, easy on your body, highly effective, and combines well with any system of health care.
✔ Learn non-invasive, indirect, gentle
releases for the
Psoas, Ilium, and Sacrum
Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine
Ribs, Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist
Knees, Ankles and Feet
✔ Enhance the client’s self healing ability
✔ Gentle on both client and practitioner
✔ Easy to Learn, Practical, Hands-on
Class
Prerequisites: NONE
Please register using the Google Form below.
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Ortho-Bionomy® and the Sand Dollar design are registered trademarks of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy® International, Inc. and are used with permission.
All content on this page has been provided by Luann Overmyer.
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