Part 1: Feet and Hands Marma (Acupressure)

According to both Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine, the hands and feet are like a map of the entire human body. Pressure points on the soles of the feet and palms of the hand connect to all the major organs, glands and parts of the body. By applying pressure on specific points of the hands and feet, practitioners activate regeneration and vitality in corresponding parts of the body. For the first week of the Marma immersion we'll learn how to give a full foot and hand marma massage.

Part 2: Akhada Oil Massage & Belly Treatment

Akhada massage is a full body light oil massage used for and by the warriors of ancient South Asia. It involves the application of slow and deep pressure across the front and back of the body, focusing on the nadis, or energetic lines of the body. In ayurveda the source of all ailments in the body can be connected to the stomach. Reigniting the digestive fire through healing pressure is a powerful practice of marma. We will be learning how to give a belly massage to ignite the digestive agni and foster deep healing.

Part 3: Marma Body Walk & Face, Head & Neck Marma

Similar to Thai massage, in the body walk section we'll learn how to safely walk on the human body, vary our pressure and release tension along the main marma points in the legs, arms and back. We'll end this session by covering the especially powerful marma points on the face, head and chest. Recipients enter a deeply relaxing and healing state of mind, followed by savasana and a wake up sequence of bodywork to sensitively bring the recipient to consciousness.

Part 4: Prana Vidya

For the final session, we will begin by learning how to position another person's body into yoga positions as they lay on their fronts and backs, in order to get the Prana flowing, passively before entering into a Prana Vidya practice. During Prana Vidya - we will learn how to psychically circulate the energy in our own bodies & guide the energy in the others body through their energy vortexes & pathways in each of the body's major systems. In this practice, we will tap into a subtler attunement to ourselves & our partners' presence, resulting in most easeful & profoundly connecting experience of a healing exchange.

The last learning workshop leaves participants with both the knowledge of offering body work & being a conduit of subtle healing.