Time to Pamper Yourself Again!

It’s that time again to treat our minds, bodies, and spirit to a relaxing therapeutic massage by California Holistic Institute’s students.
Our student clinic is starting Wednesday Feb, 29th and will run through April 3rd this term.  

Choose from the following dates and times:
    Monday’s -March 5, 12, 19, 26, & April 2
    Tuesday’s – March 6, 13, 20, 27 & April 3
    Wednesday’s – Feb. 29, March 7, 14, 21 & 28
    Thursday – March 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29

• All of the appointment times available for the dates above or at 1:30 pm & 3:30 pm

Saturday’s – March 10, 17, 24 & 31

• Saturday appointment times are: 9:00 am, 11:00 am & 12:30 pm

For our students and alumni of CHI, the cost is $ 20 per hour session!
Please come out and support the students currently enrolled in the 200 hour program.  They are eager and excited to provide a relaxing massage to meet your therapeutic needs!

        Call us at (805) 786-4808 to schedule an appointment.

Thanks,

CHI Staff

Hawaiian Lomi Lomi

Just a friendly reminder that the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage class is coming up with Marilyn Draper next weekend February 25 & 26 (Sat/Sun) from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.  There are just 2-3 seats still available, so  call the school at (805) 786-4808 if you have any questions, or if you would like to enroll.  Lomi Lomi is a great modality that compliments your massage/bodywork sessions. 

Class Description:

Lomi Lomi, a form of ancient Hawaiian Bodywork was originally done in sacred temples as a rite of passage.  This transformational massage was performed by a “kahuna” (master teacher or medicine man) for many hours, or even days, until the receiver felt cleared and aligned on all levels – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

The Lomi Lomi we will be learning in this workshop is a type of massage that encompasses breath and dance.  The movement is an active meditation for the practitioner, opening up and freeing holding patterns within his/her body.  

Training in this bodywork style can bring about balance, fluidity, and coordination.  It teaches us to work from a place of presence.  You will learn to use your breath with the movement and bodywork.  When both giver and receiver are focused in the movement in a heartfelt way, as well as being attuned in their breath, this experience can accelerate change and create expansion on all levels. 

Thank You,

CHI Staff

Sports Massage Class

The upcoming Sports Massage class with Leslie Cotham is coming up on Friday Feb. 10th - Sunday Feb. 12 at the school.  Please see class description below for more information.  If you are interested in enrolling, there are a few available seats for the class.  Class time begins at 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm on Friday the 10th, and from 9 am - 5 pm on Sat & Sun.  Please call the school at 786-4808 to register.

Sports Massage techniques are used with clients ranging from serious athletes to the moderately active for injury prevention, performance enhancement, and faster recovery. This course will cover the main applications of sports massage (pre-event massage, post-event massage, maintenance, and rehabilitative), assessment of clients (verbal, visual & palpation), range-of-motion, and P.N.F. stretches. We will review common sport injuries, and discussion on the psychology of working with athletes. You will learn how to use these tools effectively to benefit clients of all activity levels.

Techniques reviewed: Applications of various techniques from Western Massage (i.e. tapotement, vibration, petrissage, etc.), Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Massage, Hydrotherapy (heat & cold), PNF and stretching.

*please dress in flexible athletic attire; women wear sports bras

Zen Touch Shiatsu

Just a friendly reminder that the Zen Touch Shiatsu class with Seymour Koblin is coming up in less than one week!  The class begins on Friday January 27 (5:30 - 9:30 pm); Sat & Sun. January 28 & 29 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.  There are seats still available if you would like to enroll, please call the school at 786-4808.

Thank You

CHI Staff

Zen Touch Shiatsu in January!

 An amazing class with an Instructor with a wealth of knowlegde in Traditional Chinese Medicine.  Mr. Seymour Koblin has studied in Japan and developed his own style of Shiatsu. He has written two books in the Eastern traditions and on Zen Touch Shiatsu, and travels the world teaching his work.  If you have an opportunity to take this class, we would recommend learning from Seymour!  The class is coming up quickly....January 27 - 29; 20 hour class in Eastern studies; cost is only $300.00. Please call the school at 805-786-4808 to register.                             

              

Zen Touch Shiatsu

ZT shiatsu, a form of energy meridian acupressure, is both an effective form of health assessment and therapy as well a nurturing form of body/energy work that mutually enhances the health of both the receiver and practitioner..... Yes,  Zen-Touch™  Shiatsu is equally beneficial for both practitioner and client. The theoretical background  is founded on balancing or integrating  our health condition with the  forces  of  nature described in Eastern Philosophy as t Yin/Yang and the 5 Movements or Elements.

People most frequently report enhanced vitality, pain relief, and heightened health awareness accompanied by a sense of freedom and peacefulness. 

 ZT practitioners draw from a wide range of improvised techniques that make each session a uniquely personalized experience. When appropriate, a session can resemble a yoga- like dance that is choreographed by the practitioner to initiate increased range of movement for body mind spirit. At the opposite extreme a session may look very simple and passive when the practitioner finds it necessary to hold "points" for extended periods of time. 

 Most often, sessions, like a symphony  ebb and flow with varying tempos and movements. In addition to the Zen-Touch™ "Moves", practitioners provide lifestyle recommendations actively, through verbal discussion or passively, through the "energetic  empathy " attitude of the practitioner that initiates "osmosis"-like changes for the client . The overall effect of a Zen-Touch session is a state of body/mind balance where a person is better equipped to  transform her/his  health condition  from within.

CHI Staff