Credits: 16 CE Contact Hours
9am-6pm both days

$320 when registered at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop; $350 otherwise.

Registration information:
www.SoaringCraneMassage.com
Eric@SoaringCraneMassage.com
206.726.1785

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Prerequisites: None

Learn to give a thorough Thai foot massage on a massage table. This wonderfully fun class blends Chinese and Thai techniques to relax the body by massaging and stimulating the feet and lower legs. Workshop fee includes detailed workbook with photographs, massage tool, foot scrubbie, and reflexology foot charts. The sequence will also include some Thai Yoga Massage poses for the legs and arms.

The course will have lecture, demonstration, and lots of hands-on components. Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for 16 NCBTMB and Yoga Alliance CE hours.

$160 when registered at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop; $190 otherwise.

Registration information:
www.SoaringCraneMassage.com
Eric@SoaringCraneMassage.com
206.726.1785

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Prerequisites: None

Acupressure is a major component in Thai Yoga Massage.  In this one-day advanced workshop, you will learn to locate, palpate, and stimulate 68 of the most frequently used acupressure points in the body.  You will also learn the theory of Yin-Yang, the indications for each point, and when to easily incorporated them into your session, whether you practice on a mat or a massage table.  Class begins with yoga/meditation/breath work. Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for 8 NCBTMB, THAI & Yoga Alliance continuing education credit hours.

Based in the Ayurvedic tradition, Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient healing arts system that combines spiritual practice, acupressure, assisted yoga stretching, compression along energy (Sen) lines, gentle rocking and breathing techniques. In Eric’s classes, you will learn proper body mechanics to effectively use your hands, forearms, elbows and feet to ease tension, bring about relief, calm the mind and balance energy.

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Eric Spivack, LMP/Dipl.Ac., RTT is a nationally certified massage therapist and acupuncturist who is also a Viniyoga and Thai yoga massage instructor.  He has studied with master teachers in Thailand and holds certificates from several Thai institutions.  He has been teaching Thai yoga massage for over 13 years and has an integrative healthcare practice in Seattle.

Eric graduated from the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle in 1994 and received a Master of Acupuncture degree from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2002. Prior to studying healing arts, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Environmental Science.   Eric is a fun  and attentive instructor with a deep passion for his work.

2011 Thai Yoga Massage Workshops with Eric Spivack

Level 2 Intensive (8 CE hrs)
March 13, 2011 | Sun | $250

Thai Foot Massage/Reflexology (16 CE hrs)
March 19/20, 2011 | Sat/Sun | $320

Level 5 Intensive (8 CE hrs)
March 27, 2011 | Sun | $250

Ethics for Bodyworkers (6 CE hrs)
April 3, 2011 | Sun | $120

Advanced Acupressure Points (8 CE hrs)
April 10, 2011 | Sun | $160

Level 3  Intensive (8 CE hrs)
May 1, 2011 | Sun | $250

Integrated Thai Table Massage (16 CE hrs)
May 14/15, 2011 | Sat/Sun | $320

Level 6  Intensive (8 CE hrs)
May 22, 2011 | Sun | $250

Advanced Thai Therapeutics: Upper Back/Neck/Shoulders (8 CE hrs)
June 5, 2011 | Sun | $250

Credits: 6 CE Contact Hours
10:00am-4:30pm

$120 when registered at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop; $150 otherwise.

Registration information:
www.SoaringCraneMassage.com
Eric@SoaringCraneMassage.com
206.726.1785

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Ethics classes don’t have to be boring! In this fun, practical, and engaging 6-hour workshop, we will address various ethical issues that face bodyworkers such as professionalism, legal and ethical requirements, confidentiality, business practices, roles and boundaries, and prevention of sexual misconduct. Real-life issues facing the participants will be discussed.

This class meets NCBTMB’s ethics requirements and exceeds Washington state’s requirements. The course will include lecture, individual journaling, role-playing and group discussion/activities. Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for 6 NCBTMB continuing education hours.

Times: 10am – 6pm
CE Hours: 7
Tuition: $150 two weeks in advance; $175 after
Location: 5762 27th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Registration/Information:
www.presencingsource.com
presencinginfo@gmail.com
206-527-0908

In recent years, people are speaking out more about death, and about compassionate care for the dying. At the same time, the ancient healing modality of massage has been recognized as a viable resource in palliative care, as well as in health care. No other type of massage is as rewarding, or as emotionally involved, as that performed at the end of life.

End of Life Care Being Present Without an Agenda will provide an introduction to the fundamental components of caring touch. Basic information on massage in the end of life setting will be shared. We will begin to explore our role in working with the dying and examine our own perceptions by asking “who do I become in the presence of the ill/dying.” We will discuss how we can “just BE” with our clients, identifying ways to let go of our need to fix. Our collective experiences & stories will reminded us that caring touch can profoundly transform another’s suffering; and add an unexpected dimension to our own lives.

This workshop will focus on the questions:

• “What is Palliative Care and Hospice work?”
• “How do I fit into the process of a person’s transition t the end of life?”
• It will also introduce the fundamental concepts of Care, Comfort, Connection, Compassion.

Meg Robsahm, M.Ed., LMP, NCBTMB, has been practicing since 2001 with a focus on chronic pain, stress relief, oncology and hospice massage. Her business, Compassionate Therapies, is located in Everett and Monroe, WA. In addition to teaching Massage for People Living with Cancer, she is a regular presenter for many organizations, on topics such as Oncology Massage, Hospice and Caring Touch. Trillium Institute is honored to be sponsoring this new class series with such an accomplished instructor.

Times: 10am-6pm
CE Hours: 7
Tuition: $150 if paid 2 weeks in advance
Location: Seattle

Registration/Information:
www.presencingsource.com
presencinginfo@gmail.com
206-527-0908

This day-long class, Being Present without an Agenda: Sacred Moments, will focus on fundamental concepts of massage and Palliative Care. We will review various hospice settings and clinical considerations to work safely. It will give the practitioner an opportunity to clarify their own perceptions and identify methods for self care. Helping them move beyond their concerns in working with this population. The intention of this class is it to help practitioners find peace in being present without an agenda, and open to sharing sacred moments with another.

The following questions are among those for reflection and personal growth:

• What brings me comfort in difficult times?

• What beliefs do I bring to my work in end of life care?

• How do I “let go of” my need, my agenda to fix?

• How can I ‘just BE” with my clients?

• How do my clients shape me?

• What are my personal and professional boundaries in this work?

• What are my support systems and self care methods?

Whether you attend for professional or personal considerations, this class will expand your awareness of one of the great transitions in the lives all human beings.

Times: 9am-6pm
CE Hours: 16
Tuition: $280 if paid 2 weeks in advance
Location: Seattle

Registration/Information:
www.presencingsource.com
presencinginfo@gmail.com
206-527-0908

This class is about the power of touch that bodyworkers have and how it can change people’s lives. Learn ways to safely discuss this possibility with clients in a neutral, non-religious way. Learn also how the development and changes in your life can deepen your relationships with your clients. This class will transform the way you view and honor the lifework that you have chosen to make a change in this world.

Power of Presence: It is hard to communicate about this experience because the words are not adequate. But I believe now that what I experienced was a preview of the awakening that will eventually come to all humans. It is as if all the bad things we read about and sometimes experience are part of a collective fearful dream we are all having. Slowly we are having short awakenings as when someone unexpectedly smiles at us, or says something complimentary. In all of my classes I teach presencing because that is the practice that we will all awaken with… and it is free, simple in concept, and produces immediate change towards peacefulness and a lessening of fear. And I believe that our bodies will become instruments of awakening because we can link directly to the awakened state of presence by attending to the body’s signals. I know that some of you have had similar experiences to mine and I know that you are equally surprised by the individual healings that occur when you or your client becomes present.

When you are presencing in your work,

you are reaching a layer of Mind that is normally not available.

You are bypassing the “thinking mind.”

Awakening of Humanity: I believe that bodyworkers and other persons who learn to help clients to awaken into presence are becoming agents of change for the awakening of humanity. It is obvious that we cannot go further in the unawakened state of fear, war, and hatred without destroying ourselves and many of the other species on Earth. People are suffering and other people are so afraid of suffering that they follow a never ending path of accumulating more and more wealth, power, and technological control. This is not the real world… we are not automatons… we’re not killers of other species… we are not destroyers of the world. There is so much beauty and harmony designed into life if we can just awaken. So I’m telling you my real reasons for teaching presencing; not to have power over our pains or illnesses, those things happen naturally when we learn to presence. No, it is so that you may learn to presence yourselves and bring those forms of presencing and awakening to your clients and friends.

When persons develop a different relationship with their bodies it seems to follow that their lives become freer and more fulfilled. Many persons come to us to relieve their pain and suffering. I believe that when we work from a state of presence we offer them something they were not expecting; we offer them a preview of life to come which is not overshadowed by fear or judgment. We offer them an easier life, and the possibility of personal transformation. The tools we are learning are very powerful and perhaps can transform humanity. In Japan there is a long history of welcoming presence into daily activities. Many of those activities have changed because of the exigencies of modern life. I believe that by finding ways of incorporating presence into our work we can reclaim some of the deeper aspects of life and move all persons towards healing and awakening.

Blessings from Jack.

A Rare Weekend Event!

Two Extraordinary Women, Mia Segal and daughter,
Leora Gaster in Seattle to Present the Work of

Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc.

Sat.-Sun. Sept. 11-12, 2010

Find out how moving with very little effort while discerning small differences can literally create new neural pathways and increase your potential and vitality. Learn about using non-habitual patterns, which will enable you to use your untapped resources. Improve your quality of movement and improve your quality of life!

Fine tuning your ability to observe and respond to each person individually increases their sense of comfort and safety and their enjoyment of the massage experience. Also your self use improves preventing injury and strain.

Often referred to as ‘Awareness Through Movement’, which was translated from the Hebrew word Shichlul Ha’Yecholet, a clearer meaning is actually “Honing/tuning/refining ability to excellence”.

Mia Segal, world renowned Master Trainer, Moshe Feldenkrais’s first assistant and collaborator, has been practicing and training for over half a century. Mia, together with her daughter Leora, who learned this work beginning in early childhood under the guidance of Moshe and Mia will share their knowledge in a way that is easy to grasp yet reflects the complexity and effectiveness of The Feldenkrais Method. ‘Functional Integration’ lessons will also be demonstrated.

Mia Segal – Functional Integration Lesson

$300 10am – 4pm. Bring a friend! You receive 1/2 off. 2 for $450.

The Dance Studio – Room 266 – 3rd floor Meany Hall – University of Washington

To register call: 206 545 1740 or go to www.mbsacademy.org Click on Course Descriptions then Introduction then scroll down to Seattle

Introductory Courses and Advanced Trainings also in San Francisco and LA  this August and September

Massage and Prostitution

Wednesday, August 25, 6:30-10:30pm

Old Redmond School House Community Center, Room # 105 – 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA. 98052

One of the great frustrations legitimate massage therapists face is the confusion in the public eye between massage therapy and prostitution. We like to believe that there is less of this confusion than there used to be, and that massage is much more accepted as legitimate therapy by the general public. The truth is that in one significant area, the overlap has gotten worse– there are more prostitution operations fronting as massage businesses in Washington than ever before. Some of these businesses are engaged not only in sexual massage, but in human trafficking.

Come and learn why the problem has gotten worse and what we can do about it. Our instructor will be Lavon Watson, a massage therapist and retired police detective who has been studying the problem for the past 3 years. The situation we find ourselves facing is a perfect storm of legal, legislative, enforcement, and economic issues. This class is a call to action– our response to the problem will need to be organized, nuanced, and multifaceted if we are to disentangle our profession from prostitution.

This class satisfies the new Washington State Ethics requirement, and fulfills 4 hours of the NCBTMB Ethics requirement.

Tuition: $75 if registered and paid by August 20; $100 thereafter

Registration: Send checks to Pacific Northwest School of Massage, 7511- 25th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117 ]]> http://wa-massage-therapy.com/ce/2010/08/massage-and-prostitution-aug-20-redmond/feed/ 0 http://wa-massage-therapy.com/ce/2010/07/massage-for-people-with-cancer/ http://wa-massage-therapy.com/ce/2010/07/massage-for-people-with-cancer/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:28:38 +0000 Julie Onofrio http://wa-massage-therapy.com/ce/?p=1265 Massage for People with Cancer

Gayle MacDonald, LMP

Oct 1, 2, 3rd 2010

Pt Townsend School of Massage
24 CEU’s, (NCB Approved) $435 by Sept. 18, after $465

People with cancer need to be touched. Bodyworkers should be at the forefront in embracing them and in teaching family and friends about the needs for touch. In the hands of touch therapists and bodyworkers is the potential to ease pain, nausea or fatigue, to rebuild hope, to provide a forum for expressing feelings, or to give a moment of relaxation. The simple act of attentive touch is good medicine for the multitude of physical and emotional discomforts that accompany cancer and treatment.

Gayle MacDonald, LMT is author of the book, Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People With Cancer. Since 1994, Gayle has worked with oncology patients at Oregon Health & Science University. She has also supervised and trained massage therapists and students on the oncology unit in chemo infusion, radiation oncology and the bone marrow transplant unit.