Ayurvedic Massage & Bodywork
Continuing Education [12 hours / 2 days]
Class Details
This Ayurvedic Therapy takes about 75 minutes. Garshana is a Sanskrit word meaning “dry brushing”. Abyhanga is a Sanskrit word meaning “to rub the limbs”, usually with warm herbal oil. Exfoliating the skin in a traditional Ayurvedic sequence just before oil massage, allows the oil to penetrate the skin deeper and truly nourish the body. Clients love this!
This treatment starts with fresh lemon & salt on the feet to encourage systemic cleansing, followed by a dry lymphatic skin brushing with a silk glove, followed by an personalized herbal oil massage. The brushing (garshana) increases circulation, alkalizes the blood, helps create negative ions (which are the good ones!) and cleans the skin so herbal oil can penetrate deeply. Warm, herbal-oil massage (abhyanga) nourishes the skin, aids in removing impurities, stimulates both arterial and lymphatic circulation, and calms the central nervous system, promoting a blissful sensation. Garshana enhances the potential of nutrients to reach starved cells and also eliminates stagnant waste. You can charge your clients $90 or more this is a form of Ayurvedic bodywork and healing.
In this two-day class, students can expect to learn:
Student/teacher Sanskrit Blessing
Overview of course
History & theory of Ayurveda
Defining 8 forms of Ayurvedic Bodywork
Silent demonstration
Garshana-only Practicum
Benefits/contraindications
Discover your Ayurvedic Imbalance
Garshana/abyhanga practicum
Integration/sharing circle
Graduation ceremony
Swedhana Therapy induces a light sweat, coaxing toxins to leave the body through the pores of the skin. Sacred Stone has designed a non-bacterial steam tent made from sailboat canvas to fit over a massage table. Before the steam, the skin is exfoliated with silk gloves, then purifying ayurvedic essential oils are applied to the lymph points. The client steams in savasana (stillness) for about 15 minutes. Swedhana relieves stiffness, coldness and heaviness in the body. As a result of perspiring, the agni (fire) within the body is increased and fatty tissue and toxins are mobilized, then eliminated.
Expect to learn:
History of Swedhana
Precautionary measures
How to operate the steam tent
Ayurveda made simple
Learn about Ayurvedic purifying essential oils
Learn lymph drainage techniques
Learn how to exfoliate the body with silk gloves
Learn the Sacred Stone Swedhana sequence
Guided practicum: practice on each other on the second day
Benfits of Steam Therapy:
Removes impurities and melts toxins within the body so that they move more readily into the gastrointestinal tract, supporting elimination.
Ignites digestive fire, metabolic fire and the immune system of all the cells within the body.
Brings deep relaxation, removes stress and crystallized negative emotions.
Relieves muscle and joint pain.
Promotes wieght loss.
Reduces cellulite.
Works well with clays, muds, scrubs and essential oils.
Eliminates the need for body wraps.
Transforms your massage table into a spa!
What to bring?
(Swedhana) Massage table, bolster, sheets, two towels, and any purifying essential oils you will want to use on the day of practice. (Please contact us if you don't have a massage table.)
Who should come?
Massage therapists, healers, nurses, aestheticians, helping professionals. No prior knowledge of Ayurveda necessary.
What to bring?
Massage table, bolster, one set of sheets, face cradle cover, two large towels, two white hand towels, twelve ounces of refined sesame, sunflower, safflower, olive, grape-seed or jojoba oil (or any other consumable oil) in a squeeze/squirt top plastic bottle, four ounce bottle of castor oil, pen, and a pillow if you enjoy sitting on the floor.
Cost
Please click on the location on the Calendar page where you would like to participate for the cost of this workshop.
