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Volcanic Hot Stone Massage Course

	AAMT Approved Provider
	Earn 20 PME points

Hot Stones massage has become a standard spa treatment and can be a truly wonderful or also very disappointing experience for the client. A good Hot Stones massage works
wholistically and is a deeply relaxing and restorative treatment, which heals not only the body but also addresses blockages in the energy system, forming an energetic grid on the body to realign the flow of chi.

Volcanic Hot Stones massage as I teach it, is a flowing full body treatment. We massage the body with and without stones, energize, balance and connect chakras, place stones in specific patterns and use deeper techniques to relax contracted muscles.

Clients regularly report that they fall into a very deep relaxation state after only a few minutes and even the students in the courses can also not relax the pull into a deep letting go.

 

For you as a practitioner learning this modality has many benefits:

Offering your clients an exciting alternative treatment, which everyone seems
to be curious about!

Setting yourself apart from other therapists

Adding interesting, creative techniques and tools for you to play with

Stimulating and expanding your intuitive channels

Giving you hands and wrists a break

 

Curriculum:

- Qualities of different stones and temperatures, handling equipment
- The Chakra Map of the body
- Chakra functions and disorders
- Energy flow and –blockages
- Stone placement
- Whole body routine
- Deep Tissue massage techniques with stones
- Placement patterns for common problems
- Use of aromatherapy oils in conjunction with the stones

The Hot stones sets consist of a heater with 3 different heat settings and a set of 25 handpicked and oiled Australian Basalt stones.

I am especially happy to be able to offer you Australian stones, as they are high quality volcanic stones and hold the energy of our beautiful continent.

Please contact me with any queries you have

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Cost:
$ 320.00 , 2 days 9 am - 4 pm
(+ optional: $260.00 Hot Stones set & heater, $190 set only)

Dates:

June 8/9, 2013, September 21/22

Location:
Mullumbimby, NSW

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Lymphatic Drainage review course

	AAMT Approved Provider
	Earn 20 PME points

This course is designed for massage therapists who have at one point in their lives studied Lymphatic Drainage, but through lack of use don’t feel confident in offering it to their clients now.

We will repeat

- Basic Lymphatic anatomy and principles

- Timing, rhythm and weight

- How to correctly use all the hand movements

- Routines for neck, chest, belly, legs, lower back, upper back and back of the neck (face optional if time permits)

- Treatment planning for common conditions

- Discussion about delivering the most effective treatment

The aim of the weekend is to refresh and top up your knowledge and practical application so you can offer this immensely valuable technique to your clients and attract new clients with it.

Cost: $320, 2 days 9 am -4 pm

Dates: July 6/7, 2013

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Ayurvedic Yoga Massage

(AYM foundation course over 2 weekends)

	AAMT Approved Provider
	Earn 20 PME points

Ayurvedic Yoga massage is a very effective fusion of Ayurvedic massage with passive yoga stretches. I have studied this fantastic method in India with the founder, Kusum Modak, who has been a lifelong student of Iyengar and the daughter of a traditional Ayurvedic physician.

This deep form of bodywork is a brilliant fusion of passive Yoga stretches with a deep and invigorating Ayurvedic massage. It is practiced on a mat, with the practitioners using their hands, arms and feet as well as walking on the back of the client if appropriate. The natural massage oil used is complemented by an Ayurvedic herbal powder, which stimulates the detoxification process through the skin.

The course will introduce you to Ayurvedic philosophy, concepts and healing methods as well as the underlying principles of Yoga and cover all practical aspects of planning and delivering a full Ayurvedic Yoga Massage. Ayurvedic Yoga massage has proved quite popular, especially for people who like being worked on deeply.

The course includes an assessment for quality assurance and you will be able to give a series of treatments to your clients and use the name Ayurvedic Yoga massage practitioner.

Curriculum:
- History and principles of Ayurveda
- History and principles of Yoga
- Ayurvedic treatment methods
- Ayurvedic constitutional assessment
- Principles and biomechanics of stretching
- Ayurvedic massage techniques
- Correct alignment and passive stretching techniques
- Back walking, using your feet
- AYM Sequences for every body part
- Client analysis
- Planning a treatment
- Planning a series of treatments
- Keeping yourself flexible and fit and centred with yoga

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Course fee: $ 590.00

Dates: Oct 19/20 &Nov 2/3 (4 days), 2013

Location:
Byron Bay or Mullumbimby, NSW

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Fluid Bodywork
Weekend course

	AAMT approved provider
	earn 20 PME points

 

 

 

Fluid Bodywork has its roots in a technique called ‘Shifting’ and foremost in ‘Trager’ a comprehensive method developed by Dr Milton Trager. It is a rhythmic, flowing rocking technique of the whole body, which is applied simultaneously with pressure point work and short deep tissue strokes. Fluid Bodywork facilitates deep relaxation of the Bodymind and aims to break up neuromuscular holding patterns, while rocking the client into a freer and lighter feeling. This workshop is suitable for anybody with an interest in touch and healing, the professional therapist and the inexperienced beginner. Fluid Bodywork is easily integrated in any other massage routine, is fun to practice and delicious to receive.

Something to inspire you:

Just one touch can change a world. As Milton Trager said, in effect, if you want to change, you have to have a new experience. Words refer to new experience. But touch is new experience.

You will learn:
- History, development and theory of Fluid Bodywork
- Fluid Bodywork techniques for all parts of the body
- Hook up and Recall
- Creating and varying rhythm and depth
- Targeting specific problem areas
- Practitioner’s ideal posture and inner approach
- Dealing with resistance
- Learn to incorporate playfulness and fluidity into your massage
- Effective and effortless spinal release
- Creating results with less effort

Course fee: $ 290.00

Dates:
July 13/14, 2013

Location:
Mullumbimby

Advanced Fluid Bodywork: 17/8, $160

 

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Triggerpoint Treatment

1 day course

This course covers the definition, physiology and causes of triggerpoints,

theories of referred pain,manuals and maps to find relevant Triggerpoints,

the therapeutic Triggerpoint treatment protocol and self-help exercises and tools for clients to use

Course fee: $160 per day

Dates: May 25 ; October 5 2013

Location: Mullumbimby

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Pregnancy Massage

10 PME points

1 day course

During pregnancy women’s bodies go through drastic changes. Massage during the second and third trimester of pregnancy is very helpful in helping women cope with both the physical and emotional changes that happen.
There are a lot of cautionary issues though to be understood to massage safely during this important time.
During this weekend you will learn about the relevant physical changes and how to accommodate them in your massage and you will be able to deliver a enjoyable, relaxing, safe and remedial pregnancy massage.
You will also learn how to perform postpartum massages.

Topics:
- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy
- Understanding of the stages of pregnancy
- How to help alleviate non pathological discomforts during pregnancy
- Contraindications to massage
- Safe and comfortable positioning of client
- Adaptation of massage strokes, areas to avoid
- Massage routine for pregnancy
- Post partum massage

Course fee: $160, 1 day 9 am - 4 pm

Dates:

June 15, November 30 2013

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Psychosomatic Bodywork- More than massage
Weekend course

This course explores and identifies the connections between tensions in the myofascial layer of the body with attitudes, past experiences and mental patterns that we have developed and methods of releasing them.

You will learn about different character types and bodytypes, how they develop and their correlations. You will learn how to identify them in bodyreading, and how to best work with each body type to help the client to become aware of them and release them. We will address trauma and its effects on the body-mind.

As somatic patterns develop mostly in the pre-verbal stages of our development, informed bodywork is well suited to assist people in letting go of dysfunctional old patterns and facilitate change towards more choice and freedom in the body-mind. To work effectively and compassionately with the psychological aspects of the body, practitioners need to have experiences of their own holding patterns and their emotional content, so one part of the weekend will focus on experiencing your own embodied self.

We will work with body-reading, myofascial release techniques, the use of breath, energy- massage techniques, developing sensitivity and intuition, adequate communication/counseling techniques and the art of “giving space”. This course is for practitioners only.

Course fee: $ 320.00, 2 days 9 am- 4pm

Dates: July 27/28 2013

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