Esalen® Massage: Accessing Back Body from the Front

This workshop is ideal for practitioners who would like to apply the principles of Esalen Massage while keeping the client in the supine position throughout the session. Occasionally a client is unable to lie in a prone position (on the stomach), due to personal preference or illness, yet still wants touch and work involving the whole body.

During this week, we will offer the principles of Esalen Massage: the long flowing strokes, passive movement, and quality of touch and contact, while focusing on ways to access the back body with the client lying supine. We will explore how to use passive joint movement and the movement of limbs to access the back body. We will also learn how to work with our hands underneath the body, allowing us to use our client’s body weight and gravity to achieve the proper depth. Working with these tools will allow us to do a complete massage in the supine position, a beautiful addition to our massage repertoire and a wonderful gift for people who are unable to lie comfortably in a prone position.
This workshop is especially useful for those in the helping and healing professions in working with their clients and patients.

CE credit for nurses.

CE credit for Massage Therapists.