classes & workshops
Upcoming Workshop5 Element Intro to Shiatsu for Every Body
4 Session Series: 1.5 Hrs/session.
Price: $150/person for all 4 classes
Dates: Saturdays 3:00 - 4:30 (10/3, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14)
Come as you are, no partner needed, to deepen your understanding of touch and connection using Shiatsu technique, basic 5 element theory & your own intuition. Develop skill and confidence in your hands-on technique, give your nervous system a moment to drop down and your body a chance to give and receive warm, intelligent shiatsu-style massage. Classes designed to keep you feeling safe as both giver and receiver, with open lines of communication, clear instruction and space for you to breathe! Designed as a series -– classes will build upon each other and you will come away with a solid groundwork in the 5 elements and basic shiatsu technique to be used in home massage, self massage, and any other contexts for contact.
Compassionate & Skillful Touch: for individuals, couples & groups
Would you like to feel confident in your touch? Would you like to have tools and practical skills such that you can provide nurturing, compassionate, satisfying and engaged contact with another person or yourself? Are you experiencing difficulty in your partnership because of different expectations or touch histories? Are you feeling clumsy or uncertain? Or maybe you would like some routines and exercises for self care and self healing.
Touch is a fundamental sense but one that we do not often prioritize cultivating. These lessons will be tailored to you to give you specific tools and fundamentals of technique including: listening touch, pressure gauging, body alignment, breath support. My goal is for you to come away with confidence and a sense of delight in how much fun it is to be empowered in the art of touch.
These can be arranged for individuals, couples, or groups and can take place in person or on zoom.
Hara Abdominal Massage & Healing Hand Mandalas
In this 2.5 Hour workshop, we hone in on the hara or abdominal region and learn how to give an effective self-massage to soften the nervous system and stimulate efficient, clean digestion. Working on your own Hara is a tool that will give you confidence to work on those you love, and to support your own journey to the center. After centering through self-massage, we will each create an illuminated hand mandala using black paper and white pencils. This workshop focuses our energy into the form of a circle. As a group we will create a living mandala of healing and creation.
Would you like to host this workshop? Contact us.