Saturday, July 12, 2-6pm

To attend any class on Saturday (morning or afternoon), you must arrive on Friday.

4 CE hours, NCBTMB-approved for hands-on CE credit

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Total tuition: $100

Deposit: $50 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit required to register. Balance of $50 due at time of class by cash, check or money order made out to the presenter.

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Body mechanics for bodyworkers is often presented in the context of self-care and longevity. But how can you develop your quality of touch? How do you increase your effectiveness with every stroke and modality that you apply? This class will focus on all three dimensions and make your massage more three-dimensional as well.

Cultivating presence and awareness in your touch are key elements of authentic bodywork. The focus of this class is on HOW we work, not learning a new technique. The emphasis is on developing YOU, the practitioner, the wielder of techniques, with every stroke, every assessment and every placement of your hands. We will develop and explore “soft contact” so that you can practice with more ease and optimize your client’s ability to receive the work. When we have ease and minimize our effort, we are able to feel more, which has a cascading, synergistic effect in the outcome of our sessions.

These principles will be reinforced by experiential exercises in class, as well as hands-on practice using a variety of foundational techniques you already know, including Swedish, neuromuscular and deep tissue. You will learn to clarify your intention and optimize your angle of entry with any style of technique. You’ll also have a chance to bring in your own unique challenges with body mechanics and to apply the principles you learn in a supervised exchange, receiving individual table-side attention due to the intimate nature of the class.

Mask policy: Surgical masks are optional.

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Instructor: Benjamin Lee, LMT (WA license #MA21698)

Benjamin Lee graduated from the Brian Utting School of Massage, where he also began teaching. He then taught for several years at the Cortiva Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music (classical guitar) and loves to weave a sense of artistry into his work. Benjamin also has certifications in craniosacral therapy and reflexology, with additional studies in injury treatment, fascial release and neuromuscular and positional release techniques. He is a self-proclaimed geek in all things bodywork, and he brings his genuine passion, knowledge and fun into his teaching. His work is deeply informed by his own profound healing experiences through bodywork and movement therapies. He thinks exploring what it means to be an embodied human being is a kick in the pants, and he loves to dance and hike barefoot and to feel the earth beneath his feet with all 33 joints in each foot.