November 21-23, 2008
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Esalen® Massage is a healing art form, evolved over 45 years at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Influenced by the rhythms of the Pacific Ocean, this form of touch engages all the senses and offers deep connectedness and relaxation to both giver and receiver. This workshop invites participants to explore the world of Essential Touch, incorporating the basic principles of a good massage: grounding & centering, moving from the core, quality of touch, and using breath to bridge the connection between giver and receiver.
One of the key elements of this art form is to access one's vital essence, then tap into the flowing, creative energy present in a living body and let one's massage rhythm emerge from that experience. We will include technique, especially the Esalen signature moves, along with deeper work, as participants are ready.
In addition to the primary goals of learning to touch essence and move energy, gaining knowledge of anatomy and physiology greatly enhances students' understanding of how bodies change when touched, and why slow, flowing work is one of our most effective tools in releasing pain and restoring vitality.
This is an introductory class, and yet it is designed for all levels of massage experience. The novice will gain a sense of what it is like to give a flowing Esalen® Massage, grounded in the awareness of one's own body. The experienced practitioner will discover how to break from routine and work from deeper, more essentially guided principles of healing and touch.
Ellen believes that the path to becoming a skilled bodyworker includes developing a personal movement practice. Each session will begin with a movement session to give us new, creative, and sometimes playful ways to dance with and on the body.
Ellen Watson is celebrating her 25th year on staff at Esalen Institute, where she studies, practices and teaches various modalities of moving meditation practice. She is a teacher of Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms™, Esalen® Massage, Holotropic™ Breathwork, Partner Yoga, SpiritDance, The Art of Essential Touch, and Your Body is a Musical Instrument. Being on campus at Esalen has afforded Ellen the opportunity to study with many gifted teachers, all of whom have influenced her life and her teaching. Ellen offers workshops, retreats, and trainings at Esalen and at other inspiring locations around the globe. She is a licensed minister, and believes that the core of all healing begins in the realm of the heart and the Spirit. From 1984 thru 2003 she administered & developed the Movement Arts Program at Esalen.
18 hours CEU credits for bodyworkers and nurses, please request upon reqistration.
Location: Educating Hands School of Massage, Miami, Florida
For details and registration contact:
Educating Hands School of Massage
www.educatinghands.com/contact.html
Michael Brechtel, Programming Director
120 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, FL 33130
Phone: 305-285-6991
Toll Free: 800-999-6991
Fax: 305-857-0298