Massage and Bodywork – With 50 hours of practical massage tuition, you will learn how this deep tissue massage releases long held tensions, realigns the whole body and assists in calming the nervous system. You will develop the ability to create therapeutic massage and yoga sequences tailored to individual needs and health concerns. You will learn a comprehensive massage sequence but there will be additional movements, modifications or more advanced stretches to work with your clients in the long-term.
Applied Fuctional Anatomy – Essential anatomy for massage therapists that will enhance your understanding of the body and yogic movement theory.
Physiology of stretching – Learn how working with specific sensory receptors helps deepen both yoga asana in your individual practice, but also the assisted yoga stretches within the massage protocol that help break through long-held patterns.
Understanding the Intelligence systems of the body – belly brain, nervous system, fascia – (connective tissue matrix). Discover the importance of fascia for both bodywork and yoga by exploring the fascial chains and fascial release techniques.
Neuroscience of Pain and Relaxation – Discover the surprising new science of chronic pain and its revolutionary implications for mind-body re-integration and the healing potential of deep relaxation
Vagus nerve – Gain a deeper understanding of the nervous system with a focus on the vagus nerve and polyvagal theory. Learn simple hands-on techniques and immediate mind-body calming protocols.
Build your knowledge of Ayurveda – Work with Ayurvedic herbs to detox, exfoliate and destress the body. Find out more about the crossover between Ayurveda and the vagus nerve by looking at the gunas and polyvagal theory.
Prana and Nadis – Similar to Thai Massage and Ayurvedic treatments, there is a focus on opening the body and energy channels (nadis) to enhance the free flow of prana (energy).
Emotional anatomy – Your body sculpts itself around your experiences, feelings and personal history. Create a deeper awareness of body armouring and help people re-write their patterns and inhabit their bodies more wisely through TYM techniques and yogic homework.
Yoga Homeworks – Looking at how asana and pranayama can prolong the conscious effects of the massage.
Working with breath – Breath awareness is an important part of this massage technique. As therapists, we need to understand the breath pattern of our clients, where they hold tension and guide them to breathe to enhance certain movements or stretches.
Being an Embodied Therapist – Learning how to hold space and practising with respect, intuition and grounded presence.
Keeping Yourself Nourished – With daily yoga and meditation as well as some restorative yoga and yoga nidra sessions, we will look at the importance of our own well-being as embodied practitioners. Our course will include a full day devoted to creating conscious massage therapists by practising research-informed nervous system and restorative breathwork techniques and movement practices.
Getting Out – There will also be a day off during the course – and we will do some group trips for meditation and ayurvedic food.
