Robin, do you have any thoughts yet on when you might do the 100 hour certification next year? I am saving money!! Hope your trip to Big Sur was eventful only in good ways. Saw where Corey is doing didgeridoo meditation at yogasoup. lucky, lucky people...

What I love most about Esalen massage is the connectedness and flow. It's about simply touching someone deeply. What if that's all we did as massage therapists - simply touched deeply?

Dawn Marie, you remind me of a saying -- "Let me seek then the gift of silence - where everything I touch is turned into a prayer.." and another one - "help the heart to heal, and let the body tell its own story.."
I think that all we ever need to do is touch someone deeply, and let it be whatever it will! I believe you have the heart of a true healer... Namaste'

I am enjoying this Rebecca. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Darcy - I appreciate your support! I find the small amount of Esalen training I've been privileged to receive from Robin is influencing every move I make now. And I had a client to tell me just yesterday that my touch feels sacred to her.. What a joy, what an honor to find out that someone has felt the Great Mystery move thru your touch to purify and renew them! How lucky, lucky, lucky are we!!

You may just see me in ashville Robin, I plan to check out your class schedule. Esalen would be a perfect polish on my personal style.

Hi Robin! Great to see you here! Can't wait to collaborate with you too.

I looked at my calendar for June; I may be able to join Robin and Brita at the Festival. How wonderful for all. I'll be offering two weekends at Educating Hands in Miami, June and September, 2010, and a 100 hour training for professionals in 2011. Perhaps some of you may want to come to Miami.
I'll join Robin for one of her programs in Asheville, as she gets them rolling.
I'm so glad Esalen is making her way east.
From Japan, where Esalen Massage is called Esalen Bodywork, and is very popular. We also have great programs in Bali.
ellen

Good to hear from you Ellen. I am looking forward to meeting you at Festival!

I agree with Henry, if you can aford the time and money go to the source in Big Sur. But if you want to learn from Director, Brita Ostrom and trainer Robin Fann, join us in Berea, KY next summer! Trainer, Ellen Watson may be with us also!

And Robin is currently teaching out of Asheville, now!

Hi,Just joined the group today. I'm a LMT and Trager practitioner, hoping to learn Esalen Massage someday in the near future. Have read and watched everything Esalen I could get my hands on. Ellen W.-any chance of coming close to New York to offer trainings?! Would love to learn from you! Heidi

Thanks for sharing, Henry!

Mike, I've had Robin's series of one day workshops in Esalen techniques. There are four - Intro to Esalen, Head Neck & Shoulders, Hips and Low Back, and Twists & Stretches.. Each one builds on the other. Each one is a one day class with 8 CEU's. If you register early, each class is only $95. It has got to be the best $95 I've ever spent in my life. Hopefully, next fall she will teach the 100 hour professional certification. I am taking it, if I have to borrow the money and move up there! I have clients who get off the table and hug me - say every session gets better and better. There aren't a huge number of physical techniques that I didn't already know, but the emphasis on QUALITY of touch - I think if the National Cert Board really wanted to do something to further the quality of massage and bodywork, that Esalen training should be mandatory before you could sit for their exam. MBLEX also!!! Robin is a tremendous teacher - you feel safe and accepted, and able to explore all she gives you...
I am truly grateful that destiny has brought Robin and Corey to this side of the country, and so close in NC... blah, blah blah, I could go on and on, but I'll shut up - you get the picture!!! = )

Thanks for sharing! Robin and Corey are fantastic leaders and add so much to massage. I will get to a class someday. Hope you get to meet Brita Ostrom at Festival!

Wow, Robin, I couldn't agree with you more about the influence of Esalen's contemplative, holistic form on *quality of touch* I rarely hear MTs say that and I often get a more reductionistic/mechanical approach. I am really looking forward to the workshops in June!

I would like to know more about Robin's Esalen classes and the website.

Robin is Exceptional, very talented, highly knowledgable, warm hearted and a strong and effective communicator. I have been to ESALEN twenty times since 1993 most recently a week with Robin and Corey Feb.2009. Esalen Massage inspired by Didgeridoo and Poetry. She created a safe learning environment discussing and demonstrating effective feedback, compassion, and levels of intention, We worked with some elements of Esalen massage, Slow , Flow,Connection, Pause, Pace, Intuition, Integration,Breath, Movement, Attention to details, 3Dimensional strokes, Listening with the hands...Can't wait to go back! Thank you Robin , Sylvia and Corey. Looking forward to another class!

Hello, my name is Kelly. I have been in the massage field for only a few years, and have always been interested in Esalen. I do not practice it yet but I am eager to learn and read what other fellow Esalen lovers have to talk about. I am so happy to see so many people know and practice Esalen. In school none of my peers even knew what Esalen is... I look forward to meeting everyone!

Hi Kelly ~ I work at Esalen as a member of the Healing Arts Department and love to practice and teach Esalen Massage. We have wonderful training programs both at and away from Esalen. I would highly recommend the Esalen experience if you can get out to Big Sur, California. If you would like I can have someone send you a catalog if you want to email your address. I'm Laurie Lioness Parizek. It's glp@thegrid.net. We also have a terrific video to give you a sense of the place and practice.

Hi Kelly,

Also if you can make it to the World Massage Festival, this year in KY in June, you can get Introductory, Intermediate and Advance Classesin Esalen! Details at
www.worldmassagefestival.com
http://www.worldmassagefestival.com/2010/ostrom.html

Hi Kelly,
I fell in love with Esalen Massage and Esalen Institute after watching the Esalen video ten years ago while in massage school! Have not made it out to Big Sur yet, but i am determined to do so! Check out Essential Touch videos by Esalen Instructor Ellen Watson- amazing work! Dreaming of Esalen....

Thanks for the supportive words, Heidi. Robin and I are leading a group together at Esalen, September 5-10...I love teaching with Robin; as a team we cover a wide spectrum of approaches to deeply touching and moving body & spirit.
There is an Esalen Massage DVD and I have two Essential Touch DVDs, Volume I & II. Robin offers classes in Asheville. I offer an annual basic certification and in 2011, will offer a 4 week Advanced series, in Bali:))
Also have a weekend intro in Miami, June 11-13 at Educating Hands School.
Were do you live?

I have not personally studied Esalen, but have received it numerous times and watched the DVD over the years. I have also received a session from Robin. Robin is amazing! She is also teaching Esalen and is part of our massage program at Privai Academy, Asheville, NC. While I practice and teach Lomi, we have both shared the immense similarities of the presence and conscious touch both modalities bring to the table. Powerful and amazing. Every massage therapist needs to learn conscious touch.

Hi Ellen!,
I live in Upstate New York,but, I think I was meant to live in Northern Cali. =).Do you know if any Esalen Instructors have made a DVD of the sidelying work? They show just a touch of it on the Esalen DVD .I'm a Trager pract. and find that Esalen massage marries well with Trager..and much more! I will be in your class someday! Thanks for your reply

So great to see all the discussion on Esalen Massage. I have many classes coming up this year in Asheville, NC. Also this fall, 100 hour Esalen Certification program taught by me and Dean Marson in Asheville. We would love to have you join us! It will be held in a beautiful retreat setting at the most beautiful time of year here. You can contact me, or Privai Academey for more information. Thanks! Robin Fann

Privai is a gorgeous place and the mountains are sacred!

Hello everyone. Any chance that a class for training in Esalen will be in Omaha, NE or somewhere in Iowa? I would love to take one as well.

Hello Gail--- I am from Omaha, NE and I would love to come and teach Esalen Massage there. I am good friends with Sandy Aquilla and I will talk with her about teaching at her center. If you have any other ideas, let me know. Thanks for your interest in Esalen massage! Robin Fann

Hello Robin...Getting a class going in Omaha would be great. You would definitely count me in.

Hiedi,
I have a new DVD just out, which focuses on supine and side lying massage.
The client has had a double radical mastectomy with reconstruction, and I focus on breath, freeing the breasts, and opening the heart...with side lying as the primary way of touching the back of the body. Essential Touch, Volume II.
hope this helps. not yet available on line; just let me know.
xoe

Tony,I would ask them directly at http://www.esalen.org/

Tony - contact Jan Sinclair, heading the Esalen Massage and Bodywork Association at Esalen Institute for your inquiry:
emba@esalen.org --or--
Ph (831) 667-3018

Using this language, " Esalen-Inspired" is allowed. Only those who have completed the training and have received a certificate from Esalen or EMBA may use the name, "EsalenR Massage". I'm glad you will be taking further classes with Robin in N.C. She's a wonderful person and skilled teacher and bodyworker. All the best to you in your practice and continuing education.

Become Certified in Esalen Massage here on the East Coast. I am teaching a 100 hour Esalen Massage Certification in Asheville, NC. Contact me for more information at fannrobin@gmail.com

Guys, listen to Robin! This is one of the great modalities and has sold out at two World Festivals! Jump on this chance to be one of the first certified on the East Coast... start your journey!!!!

Hey Folks, I'll be in Charleston, SC, at The Sophia Institute, offering a 3 day series of Introductory programs in ESALEN MASSAGE & THE ART OF ESSENTIAL TOUCH. Click here to read about it: I hope you'll join me. http://movingventures.org/workshops/esalen_massage_intro/

Ellen Watson is a wonderful teacher, adventurer, and inspired spirit... her workshops will change you life and inspire your bodywork practice. Don't miss this!

I would love to be able to do this but can not at the moment. Will this be held in the spring as well. With some advance planning I can hopefully be able to make it. This is a modality that is in my top 5 list to learn, in fact it is no. 1.

The Esalen Certification is going to be held in March, April and May, 2011... I believe Ellen's workshop is this fall, however, we both will be teaching Esalen massage throughout the year in the southeast. You can go to my website: www.esaleninstructor.com or Ellen's (see below) for more information.

When is there a class coming to Omaha, Ne?

Introduction to Esalen Massage, Thursday, September 23 in asheville, NC. Contact me for more information.

Weekend workshop "Nature and Nurture - an Esalen Massage Retreat" this September 24th - 26th offered at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California and taught by Laurie Lioness Parizek and Oliver Bailey. Come join us for a weekend of healing, massage and fun: bring your healing hands and hearts and share Esalen massage in beautiful Big Sur. Soak in our hot mineral baths. Soothe your body and soul. Still some space available. Call Esalen Reservations at
831 667-3005. If you have further questions email Laurie at glp@thegrid.net

If Esalen is too far for ya'll on the East Coast, come to Miami, Sept. 24-26, for a weekend of Dancing with and on the Body. Educating Hands School of Massage, www.educatinghands.com
I'm sure Robin also has intros in Asheville...I have a 3 Day series, January 24-26, 2011, at Seeking Indigo, Charleston, S.C. visit:www.movingventures.org for details. Looking forward to seeing you in one of these wonderful places

Wow everyone! There you have three wonderful choices to experience an introduction or refresher in Esalen massage. I hope you are able to join Ellen,
Robin or Laurie and Oliver toward the end of this week as we all explore and share the beautiful and effective healing art of Esalen massage. We hope to see you there!

I would like to extend an invitation to list in my holistic wellness
directory. The basic listing is free. The premium listing is $20/year
which allows you more exposure, links,  and submission of articles.
Looking forward to networking with you. The link is http://www.synergisticcenter.com/Directory-listing-form.html.
I have a separate directory for massage therapists and also for energy workers.
http://www.synergisticcenter.com/Directory_massage.html

I'll be in Charleston, SC, Jan 20-24, offering an Immersion in EsalenR Massage & The Art of Essential Touch, at Seeking Indigo,an Urban Wellness Oasis in the heart of downtown Charleston.To read description, click:http://movingventures.org/workshops/esalen_massage_intro/

Come for one or all the programs, and enjoy Charleston, too!

I just got back from 10 days as Esalen. What happened?

 

I spent 7 days in an excellent abdominal/core class: deep work on the iliopsoas, rectus abdominus, QL, hip rotators, etc. Learned a cool self-care technique called TRE . Soaked a couple times a day in the baths. Met with my mentor for the 500-hr certification. Gave and received massages. Met Robin's brother, Jayson, and played congas with him on the deck. Was faced daily by my own emotional static. Danced tango one night around the tables in the dining hall with another seminarian. Received a transcendent massage from a long-time crew member . Sang some kirtan. Ate great food, hung out with people and made some new friends.

 

All in all, another transformative experience. Any body worker who's interested in Esalen massage really should sign up and go out there for a class. There's so much going on!

Sounds like Esalen Lee.  Glad you had such a rich time.  I will be teaching there in May with Ellen Watson if you would like to join us for a transformation experience you can contact me or Ellen for more information. 

 

I am also teaching many Esalen massage workshops in Asheville this year.... come play with me!

Hello everyone....my partner and I are heading down to Asheville for one of Robin Fann's classes, June 17 weekend.I'm getting excited.

 

Is anyone else here going ?