Come to Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island for a late June 2010 workshop "Tui Na Massage for the Tom Tam Healing System - Level 1".
While here, plan to spend some vacation time exploring this beautiful Island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada - perhaps a few days in Victoria, Tofino / Long Beach, or Parksville / Qualicum - all located within easy driving distance from Nanaimo.
Date: Sat June 26 and Sun June 27, from 9:00am to 4:30pm
Cost: $315 Cdn (includes $15 GST)
Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Class size: limited to 6 to 8 students.
Included: is an overview manual and certificate of completion.
This is a hands-on workshop - you will receive treatments and be giving treatments on each of the other students.
Contact Pat McLeod - (250) 756-4721 or email p89_mcleod@hotmail.com for more information or to register for the workshop.
Additional Information
Tui Na is a Chinese massage therapy. In the Tom Tam Healing system, Tui Na plays an important role in opening up physical blockages in the muscular/skeletal framework of our bodies in order to reduce resistance in the nervous, circulatory, hormone, and lymph systems. As these blockages are opened, then the body can do the healing work it needs to do.
If you are currently an RMT or holistic body worker - you can incorporate these concepts into your existing practice.
If you know about Tong Ren - you can use these techniques on your family and friends, in addition to Tong Ren treatments, to locate and open up physical blockages.
By understanding the physical location of Acupoints as listed in the "A Lazy Bum's Healing - Tong Ren Therapy Cross Reference" - your focus and intention will be much clearer when doing Tong Ren treatments. These points and the anatomy located below them will give you the foundation to really understand the blockages being released by Tui Na and Tong Ren treatments.
This workshop will cover -
- basic review of the Tom Tam Healing system and the concept of blockages
- location of common Acupoints that are used in Tong Ren treatments and Tui Na sessions
- basic Tui Na techniques
- spinal system - cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacrum
- central nervous system - sympathetic nerves and parasympathetic nerves and what they control
- basic anatomy of muscles, bones, circulation and lymph
- when you should not use Tui Na and instead should only use Tong Ren to treat someone
- the Tai Chi Dao Yin form by Tom Tam as we do warm up exercises each morning.
Saturday starts with the overview of concepts and the rest of the day is spent working on the Neck, Head and Collar Bone points while the "client" is seated. I also include a group Tong Ren treatment for all of the students.
Sunday is spent working on the Back, Sacrum, Hips, and Neck while the "client" is lying on a massage table.
This 2 day workshop is given by Pat McLeod. Pat took her training in this style of Tui Na with Mauro Pontarollo, R.AC, R.TCMP and has been providing Tui Na Therapy treatments since 2002. In Dec 2003, Pat took her first Tong Ren Therapy training with Tom Tam and has pursued self directed studies in anatomy and physiology of the human body, continued her training with Tom in Boston and Nanaimo, and treated many clients both in her studio and over the telephone ever since. In the spirit of the Tong Ren community, Pat has been offering free Tong Ren GP Healing sessions in the Nanaimo area since 2004. Recent Tui Na workshops were held in the Edmonton/Two Hills Alberta area in April 2010 and another one will be held in Nanaimo in May 2010.
