The heart space is the centre of our compassion and emotion, and deserves special care and attention in our treatments. So often people carry a heavy heart and feel actual pain and pressure. Grief, loneliness, separation, unprocessed trauma can lead to strong habitual protective patterns around the heart. So much so, it will effect people’s posture and breathing and lead to lack of mobility in the shoulders, arms and neck.
In this workshop we will explore tools and techniques to free up the whole upper thorax and back and restore the vitality of heart and lungs. And we will cultivate a deeper level of presence to help us connect with this usually more sensitive part of our Being.
We will work on:
Mobilising the shoulder girdle and ribcage
Freeing the thoracic spine
Releasing tension in the diaphragm
Restoring vitality in the liver (the king of the organs supporting the heart)
Freeing the fascia surrounding the heart and lungs
Approaching different emotional blockages
Connecting with the energy of the heart
Integration with the structure and wholeness of the body
This workshop is for floor-based bodyworkers (Thai Yoga Massage, Shiatsu, Ayurvedic massage etc). Most of the workshop will be spent practicing the techniques on each other. Throughout the workshop we will be modelling how to create a safe and trauma-informed space for people to receive this healing modality.
By the end you will have a sequence/selection of techniques for restoring mobility and vitality in the thorax and heart space, that you will be able to incorporate into your existing work supporting your clients.
Be part of the Care & Self-Care weekend! As important as it is to keep learning and developing professionally to care for others, it’s even more important to take care of ourselves. We invite everyone attending the Thai Yoga Massage workshop to join us on the Saturday (22nd June) for 3 hours of nourishing Yoga, Somatics & Qi Gong with a 25% discount. When you register for the FREEING THE HEART SPACE workshop, you will receive a special coupon code to use for the CELEBRATING SUMMER SOLSTICE - FROM AND TO THE HEART workshop.
Katrin will also be available for Osteothai treatments on Friday 21st and Monday 24th June. For more info and to book a session, please email her directly on kat@hadadithaimassage.com
About Katrin
For Katrin, her work is about the never-ending exploration of the body and mind, and a way of discovering the beauty of life. She holds a 500h Level 4 NVQ Yoga Teaching qualification, trained in Manual Lymph Drainage and has studied extensively in Thai Yoga Massage and Osteothai, including a Master Osteothai qualification, over the past years. Through her work as a bodyworker comes also her understanding of trauma, chronic conditions and pain, as well as the influence of working with fascia, the craniosacral system, structural support and regulation of the nervous system. Since 2015 she has lived in Lisbon and runs Little Yoga Space, where she teaches and gives Osteothai treatments, and she is the director of Hadadi, offering foundation and advanced training courses in Thai Massage and trauma-informed Yoga worldwide.
Cost: £75 (20% discount for bookings before June 10th with discount code THAIYOGA) Book here.