Instructors

Jean-Pierre Barral

Osteopath and physiotherapist · creator of Visceral Manipulation

Creator of the method on which the Barral Institute programme is based. Teaching since 1985.

Christoph Sommer

Rolfing® instructor and manual therapist · Munich

Rolfing® instructor and experienced manual therapist, in practice in Munich since 1986. He trained with, among others, Jean-Pierre Barral, Peter Schwind, Peter Levine and Ron Kurtz, developing an approach based on precision and “listening” to the tissues. For more than 25 years he has co-developed and taught the method within the Munich Group and the Barral Institute, specialising in visceral and neural manipulation.

Nabil Lahlouh Gonzalez

Licensed instructor of The Barral Institute · Toledo, Spain

Licensed instructor of The Barral Institute, teaching Visceral Manipulation (VM1–VM5), listening techniques, the articular approach and systemic work. Since 2002 he has worked in his private clinic in Toledo (Spain), specialising in visceral and cranial therapy and the systemic approach. He combines an in-depth knowledge of anatomy with practical experience, and his courses are clear, precise and grounded in real clinical cases.

Mark Bloemberg

Barral Institute instructor · Zwanenburg, the Netherlands

Experienced manual therapist and respected Barral Institute instructor, in practice since 1994 in Zwanenburg (the Netherlands). A physiotherapy graduate from Amsterdam, he has specialised since 1996 in Manual Visceral Therapy and CranioSacral Therapy, combining a holistic approach with a deep understanding of the anatomy and function of the organs and fascia. He also teaches his own course on visceral therapy for children.

Alex Fugallo

Osteopath · Neural Manipulation instructor

Experienced osteopath and Neural Manipulation instructor at the Barral Institute. As a former athlete with an international record, he understands the needs of competitors very well, which has translated into his medical work with, among others, football and rugby squads, at ATP tournaments and with the Paralympic team. Sharing his knowledge is also a great passion: since 1998 he has taught osteopathic techniques at universities and runs numerous postgraduate courses.

Kåre Nielsen

Osteopath DO · Barral Institute instructor · Copenhagen, Denmark

Physiotherapist (Copenhagen Physiotherapy School, 1995) and osteopath DO (International Academy of Osteopathy, Belgium, 2006). Since 2008 he has been associated with Jean-Pierre Barral, whom he invited to teach in Denmark. Approved to teach for the Barral Institute since 2016 and Denmark Satellite Director since 2017. He teaches VM1–VM4, MASP and MALE. He lives in Copenhagen, where he has co-owned an osteopathic clinic for 10 years.