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Five Filaments Specialist | Spiral Syllabus

Why specialize in SPIRALITY?

 

Bold Statement: Progressively loading spiral motion is the single most powerful lever we can pull for optimal health outcomes.

Five Filaments Specialist | Spiral Syllabus

THEORY and PRACTICE, INTEGRATED

 

Build a clear, embodied understanding of spirality in anatomy to support your confidence as a teacher.

The Five Filaments Specialist training offers a structured framework for bringing the power of spiral motion to your movement community.

 

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What are the Five Filaments? | Spiral Syllabus

The Five Filaments

Five Filaments (5F) is a fascia-forward movement rubric grounded in rotationally coupled motion—the understanding that no joint moves in isolation.

Drawing on the latest research in hyaluronan (HA), we use the 5F to work with the body's inner ocean: the fluidic, water-infused bioelectric signaling matrix.

Training Pathway

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The Five Filaments: The Curriculum | Spiral Syllabus

Curriculum

This professional online training pathway is uniquely based on spiral anatomy as applied to movement.

JOURNEY into SPIRALITY: 

The 5F Repertoire

Learn the foundations of spiral motion with this live online experience that includes:

  • 10 live sessions inside Spiral Syllabus + lifetime access to recordings

  • Access to the 5F Repertoire library

Five Filaments Specialist | Spiral Syllabus

The Spiral Motion Pathway: Entry Points

🌀 Spiral Motion Lab

Group Mentorship sessions with Dr. K include group facilitation and support for personalized development on alternating Thursdays. These sessions are mostly practical, exploring the 5F Repertoire, followed by an informal chat. These group sessions are designed around supporting your personal practice as well as bringing new language and sequencing to your offering. Perfect for teachers looking for insight and inspo for ideas that keep your practice grounded in spirality, safe progression and authentic presence. All sessions are recorded and hosted for easy access in the Spiral Syllabus community.

ÂŁ28.00 GBP every month +
ÂŁ10.00 GBP setup fee

Experience Spiral Motion: The Five Filaments Repertoire

The Five Filaments Repertoire is the practical syllabus of movements for learning the Five Filaments spiral motion rubric. Across 10 sessions, we will move methodically through the full repertoire, exploring the coupled motion units through physical practice. The repertoire contains 5 families of spiral snacks: movement sets that embody the Five Filaments framework. Each of the 5 Filaments contains 10 movement sets, and each set is usually composed of 3 movements, giving approximately 150 movements in total. Sessions are recorded and featured on your account for lifetime access.

ÂŁ165.00 GBP

Five Filaments Specialist (5FS)

This anatomy-inspired professional certification in will give you all the tools you need to understand and implement the biomechanical basis of spiral motion. The training is suitable for all movement professionals, especially Yoga and Pilates teachers interested in deepening their confidence in the theory and practice of spirality in motion. The Five Filaments Pathway is an online journey from Foundations to Specialist, working at your own pace of discovery. Get started right away! Once you've registered, you'll get all the access information emailed to you with a link to log into your account on spiralsyllabus.com. 

ÂŁ1,750.00 GBP
The Five Filaments: spirality in motion for all movers | Spiral Syllabus

The Five Filaments: who is it for?

 

The Five Filaments rubric is non-denominational and can be applied across movement disciplines. The 5F Specialist Training is open to anyone with a prior qualification as a movement professional. While the framework is not tied to any single method, it will feel particularly familiar to those working in yoga and bodyweight-based practices.

This training is suited to practitioners who are ready to re-examine how they understand anatomy, refine their perceptual skills, and develop a more integrated approach to movement. The emphasis is on deepening professional competence and clarity in how you work with clients, rather than replacing your existing modality.

This training will best serve you if:

  • You are deeply curious about new paradigm anatomy, holistic/wholistic physiology and fascia.
  • You have a previous movement or therapy qualification and/or you love to move.
  • You are a self-initiated lifelong learner passionate about movement as healing.
  • You would like a strong anatomical foundation and evidence-based rationale for your offering.
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This training is not for you if...

  • You are not interested in renewing your anatomy from a fascia-focused perspective.
  • You are content with the nuts-and-bolts model of classical biomechanics.
  • You are attached exclusively to a predefined system of movement.
  • You prefer an entirely didactic approach.

The Five Filaments approach to

Anatomy

The Five Filaments approach to anatomy invites you into a curriculum where learning is a lived, creative process. The foundations of 5FS are rooted in anatomy, where you are invited to learn at your own pace and explore anatomy body painting, model-making, and visual/kineasthetic methods.

 

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Five Filaments Specialist | Spiral Syllabus
Five Filaments Specialist | Spiral Syllabus

Take your 3D ANATOMY education to the next level in LIVING colour

Move beyond static models and explore anatomy as something dynamic, relational, and lived in motion. Through the Five Filaments framework, you’ll work with fascia, rotation, and spirality as organising principles in real bodies ~ supported by innovative, hands-on approaches such as body painting and model making. The aim is to deepen understanding in ways that are practical, memorable, and directly applicable to your teaching.

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Spiral Bound Integrated Anatomy for Yoga by Karen Kirkness | Spiral Syllabus

Passionate about your PROGRESS   

You’ll be hard-pressed to find someone more invested in spiral motion than Dr Karen Kirkness. 

In the Five Filaments training, Karen works closely with you to refine your understanding of spiral motion and develop your own teaching voice.

Whatever your background, if you’re looking for an online pathway to deepen your anatomy, learn through mentorship, and grow as a professional movement teacher, the Five Filaments offers a structured and supportive place to do that.

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