Description:

This class will show how massage can be enhanced both for the giver and receiver using the techniques of "touch relaxation", "seeing fingers" and "focused intention". Individuals and couples are welcome (you'll pair up for practice either way). The class will emphasize healing rather than sensual massage, but the techniques are equally applicable to both.

1) Touch relaxation: often the receiver is ignored in massage classes, and I think that's a shame, because all of the really important work has to be done by them, and the giver is but a guide and assistant. This technique is based on focused intention to relax in response to touch. The technique is practiced in pairs during the class.

2) Seeing Fingers: I tend to not even bother with my eyes when giving with massages, because all the important things you can perceive you "see" through your fingertips. This is a skill that can only be learned through practice, and it ties in strongly with the previous concept.

3) Focused Intention: I do some practical demonstrations of what happens when your attention (and therefore intention) wanders during massage, then have a discussion and practice regarding how intention shapes all of what you accomplish during a massage.

In the past, people who have attended, especially massage therapists, have been very appreciative of the emphasis on connection between the the giver and receiver vs. specific techniques.

Taught by Dreamweaver in the 4th Chakra Temple at Sacred Spaces.

I have taught this class with Ascension Tribe several times in the past. I'm self-taught but have been giving and receiving massage for most of my life, and have accumulated my knowledge from a variety of sources, experiential, scientific, and spiritual.