Visceral Manipulation according to Jean-Pierre Barral

Official Institute trainings in Lithuania — from the foundations of the abdominal cavity through to international certification.

The only Barral Institute representative in Lithuania

Upcoming trainings Course levels

What it is

“Only the tissues know”

So says Jean-Pierre Barral — the French osteopath who developed Visceral Manipulation. The method works with the mobility of the internal organs: the liver, the kidneys, the intestines, the bladder, the lungs — and with the way they move in relation to one another and to the surrounding tissues.

With a very gentle touch the therapist looks for the tensions, adhesions and scars that restrict that movement. When a restriction is released, the function of the organ improves, pain subsides and the overall balance of the body is restored. The method is used for back and pelvic pain, digestive and respiratory disorders, post-surgical scars and the after-effects of trauma — in adults and in children alike.

1987

the Institute has been training therapists since then

50+

countries where the Institute’s practitioners work

directions: visceral, neural, articular, brain

Representation

The only Institute representative in Lithuania

Integrative Therapy and Training Center is the official and sole representative of The Barral Institute in Lithuania. This means that the trainings held in Vilnius are the same ones held in fifty other countries: the same program, the same Institute-certified instructors, the same certificates.

Graduates are listed in the international practitioner directory IAHP.com.

When choosing a training it is worth checking whether it belongs to the Barral Institute program: only its levels are credited when you continue your studies in other countries, and only they lead to CVTP and CVMP certification.

Program

Course levels

The levels follow one another — each builds on the previous one. All trainings are held in person, in English with translation into Lithuanian; the course materials are so far available in English only.

VM1

The abdominal cavity 1

4 days · 38 hrs — the fundamentals of palpation, abdominal anatomy, evaluating organ mobility

VM2

The abdominal cavity 2

4 days · 38 hrs — kidneys, pancreas, spleen, peritoneum, diaphragm; planes of restriction, mobility and motility

VM3

The pelvis

4 days · 38 hrs — bladder, urethra, prostate, uterus, ovaries

VM4

The thorax

4 days · 38 hrs — rib biomechanics, heart, lungs, mediastinum, thymus, sternum

VM5

Thermal evaluation and viscero-emotional connections

4 days · 38 hrs — manual thermal evaluation (MTE), the links between emotions and organs

VM6

Advanced level

A deeper look at emotional processes and their effect on organ function

The certification path also requires LT1 — the Listening Techniques level. The Institute also teaches Neural Manipulation (NM), the New Manual Articular Approach (NMAA) and the Manual Approach to the Brain (MAB).

A training with René Assink — Jean-Pierre Barral on screen, René Assink and the interpreter Gintarė — a training in Vilnius.

Schedule

Upcoming Barral trainings in Vilnius

The abdominal cavity 2 · VM2

3–6 September 2026 · 4 days · René Assink

The pelvis · VM3

26–29 November 2026 · 4 days · René Assink

The thorax · VM4

20–23 May 2027 · 4 days · René Assink

The date of the introductory VM1 level has not been announced yet. If you would like to start from the beginning — sign up here or write to us, and we will let you know as soon as the date is confirmed.

Full schedule

Certification

How you become a certified practitioner

CVTP — Certified Visceral Techniques Practitioner

A valid healthcare license, VM1–VM4 and LT1 completed, five case studies, a theory test and a practical and oral examination with an Institute examiner.

CVMP — Certified Visceral Manipulation Practitioner

A valid CVTP, VM5 and VM6 completed, five more case studies, a theory test and a comprehensive practical, oral and written examination.

To maintain certified therapist status, at least 24 hours of Institute-approved continuing education must be completed every four years. Both levels are entered in the international practitioner directory IAHP.com.

Contact

Where it takes place and who to talk to

Training venues

Vilnius, Naujamiestis
Vytenio g. 4 / Šviesos g. 5a

Vilnius, Antakalnis
Nemenčinės pl. 4c

Registration and questions

mokymai@integratyviterapija.lt
+370 647 92925

Part of ITC

These trainings are part of the Integrative Therapy and Training Center

barral.lt is one of the ITC training paths. The whole program — CranioSacral Therapy as taught by Dr. John E. Upledger, osteopathy, body psychotherapy, birth therapy — together with the therapies and the therapists, lives on the main site.

Go to integratyviterapija.lt