100
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The Esalen® Massage 100-hour Professional Practitioner Training offers comprehensive bodywork education in the skills necessary to become a recognized Esalen® Massage practitioner. This class is tailored for certified massage practitioners seeking to add the resources of Esalen® Massage to their repertoire. It focuses on critical skills relevant to giving a full Esalen® Massage, including centering and grounding, self-care, and reflection, application of the long flowing strokes punctuated with detail specific to each segment, and an integrated experience of body-mind-spirit.
Additional points of the curriculum include work in the side-lying posture, passive joint movement, gentle stretching, and ethics of massage. Students will learn and practice communication skills to enhance deep self-reflection and to address emotional release that may arise during a massage session. The instructors offer ongoing support at the table as well as assessment through receiving.
This course is designed to link body, mind, and spirit in a professionally oriented, hands-on training. Successful completion includes full attendance (100 classroom hours), one 30, and one 75-minute massage assessment session, fifteen documented off-site massage sessions, and payment of the certificate fee ( $150). Graduation grants the practitioner full Esalen® Massage privileges, including listing on the website and use of the brand to promote their work as Esalen® Massage as long as they remain in good standing.
Students will receive a resource book that includes the class schedule and curriculum, forms, and assessment guidance plus multiple articles by leaders notable in the Esalen® Massage legacy. Attendance is kept daily; If health reasons prevent a student from attending a class, a student may arrange with the instructors to make up the class time.
