Description
Date: 2nd February 2025
Tutor: Liese van Dam
CPD Cost: £35/£50 members/non-members
| Who | Open to all, come for yourself to learn a new form of self care, or come to be able to share this with friends, family or students in your classes or workshops. Self-massage nourishes or cleanses all the parts of the body, depending on whether you use oil or do it dry. It ‘maps’ different parts of the body in the brain, helping to sense the body truly as a whole. All types of self-massage are a nurturing and beneficial practice for all women but particularly for teachers to share in Well woman classes and workshops. |
| CPD description | Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, has many wonderful ways to support health and well-being. Self-massage is one such element that is easily practised as it can either be done ‘dry’ over the clothes, directly on the skin with oil or as dry-brushing. Each version has different effects on the body and mind.
In this short CPD Liese van Dam, Ayurveda practitioner, teacher at the Ayurveda Practitioner Studies at Ayurveda Academy The Netherlands and Birthlight guest tutor, will teach you a massage sequence which you can do over your clothes. You will also get all the information you need to be able to do this massage as an abhyanga – a nourishing self massage with pleasantly warm oil. And you will learn all about an Ayurvedic lymphatic massage in the form of Garshan massage, an ayurvedic self-massage with special silk gloves to help activate your lymphatic system. All three versions include a thorough breast massage, making it especially beneficial for women. The massage sequence includes different movements, yogic breathing and parts of the fully clothed version can easily be incorporated into a yoga sequence. “Super course. Very enjoyable, very informative and very useful. Thank you!’ 2022 “The mini CPD on ayurvedic self-massage is a great and unique way to learn the technique of dry and oily self-massages. Liese is a great expert of the field and her sweet and grounded personality is very inspirational to study with. After the online course I could practice the new techniques for weeks with the online videos and it really boosted my immune system and gave me a general feeling of well-being and self-care. I highly recommend for all who wants to nourish herself as a yoga teacher or massage practitioner. Also great to share some elements of it in the yoga classes.” Flora 2022 “Insightful, learnt a lot, useful, practical and feel great” 2022 |
| Where | UK / Global Online (via Zoom) |
| When | 2nd February 2025
2-5.30pm UK time |
| How | Format: Livestream via Zoom
Tutor: Liese van Dam The session will be recorded and available for viewing afterwards. Accompanying notes will be accessible from the time you enrol on the Birthlight platform by logging into your account. |
| Qualification | Mini CPD |
| Contact Hours | 3.5hrs with short breaks |
| Equipment Recommended: | Yoga mat, comfortable sitting props/chair |
| Max Participants: | ~ |
| New membership included in price? (y/n) | no |
| Tutor created LearnDash material? (y/n) | |
| Coursework included? (y/n) | no |
