Part I, Upper Body

Course overview

We know that the body holds tension and repressed emotions. Many of us, however, do not know what specific tissues are responsible for this occurrence. In this workshop will learn to identify, manipulate, and release myofascial tissue that holds chronic, painful, and exhausting stress and tension. By the end of the workshop will know how to release unwanted stress in the chest, shoulders, hands, and back and waist; in other words, over the whole upper body. In addition, you will gain an understanding of the relationship between posture and emotional attitudes and how constricted myofascial tissue leads to creating and reinforcing emotional negativity. This workshop, taken with the Myofascial Release Massage, Part II, Lower Body will enable you to offer a complete head to toe Myofascial Release Massage as well as work on specific problem areas. Imagine how you will feel at the end of the workshop! Your hands will become supple and strong, your neck and shoulders will relax, your chest will be more open, you will naturally breathe more deeply with less effort, and your back and waist will be more flexible. Imagine how your clients will feel after you have mastered these techniques. The strokes will be taught in sequence so that once learned you will be able to give a complete Myofascial Release Massage for the upper body. To ensure that you will be able to use this work immediately your work will be reviewed by the instructor or teaching assistants for each stroke you learned. The neck, shoulders, and hand work is suitable for on-site application as well as clinical practice. We will discuss the conditions and occupations that will benefit most from this work. Contra-indications will also be noted. Please bring sheets and a towel. Women should wear a bra or bikini top. The Myofascial Release Massage seminars include a manual with 150 photos to help you remember what you learned in class. The Myofascial Release Massage seminars are considered eligible for 20 continuing education hours by the NCBTMB, AMTA, ABMP, and the state massage boards of Maryland and Florida.