Feet, legs, hips - through our lower extremities we connect to the earth, but we also move forwards in life. Due to modern lifestyle influences (like narrow shoes, sitting on chairs all day etc), we lose a lot of our innate intelligence in our feet and legs, as well as mobility and vitality. This leads to balance issues, inflammation, stagnation, and often lower back pain.
In this workshop we will explore tools and techniques to restore movement and mobility, balance and joint integrity. We will also look at releasing the blocked energy around the joints to allow the receiver’s body to gain vitality and to use it for more effective healing. By bringing attention to the feet, we also establish a sense of grounding and safety, from where life can be expressed more freely.
We will work on:
Massaging the feet
Mobilising the ankle, knee and hip joints
Freeing the sacroiliac joints
Revisiting some Sen lines and specific acupressure points
Boosting liver and kidney energy
Re-aligning the pelvis
Opening the fascial lines along the legs
Releasing muscular tension (leg muscles and hip flexors)
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 a sense of roundedness and vitality in the lower limbs, that you will be able to incorporate into your existing work supporting your clients.
Cost £75 (EARLY BIRD: SAVE 20% if you sign up before 1st November with Promo Code THAIYOGA) Book here
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 (16th November) for 3 hours of nourishing Yoga, Somatics & Meridian Stretching with a 25% discount. When you register for the RESTORING GROUNDING, BALANCE & MOBILITY workshop, you will receive a special coupon code to use for the Kidney Boost for the Winter workshop.
Katrin will also be available for Osteothai treatments on Friday 15th and Monday 18th November. 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.