Intermediate/Advanced Esalen® Massage (21 CE)

As we move our clients, we awaken a three dimensional sense of the body. Please join Dean for a weekend focusing on the integration of movement into your massage session. In this class we will explore possibilities for utilizing passive movements to assess and address patterns of tension and restrictions in the body. We will learn gentle rocking and shaking techniques as well as joint articulations as a means of freeing and connecting the entire body. When adding movement into our massage toolbox, our focus will be on making smooth transitions between these movements and the flowing Esalen approach.

This class is open to experienced Esalen massage and other massage professionals.

Tuition: $450 Early Bird/ $475 Regular
*Early Bird rates end one month before course start date

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Your Instructor

Dean Marsen

Dean is a Senior Instructor of Esalen® Massage who has been teaching workshops and trainings at Esalen Institute and internationally for over 40 years. 

He trained in other bodywork styles before becoming fascinated by the flowing, wholistic Esalen style and has since learned from and collaborated with numerous teachers at Esalen and elsewhere. Dean is a Registered Yoga Teacher and long-time meditator and he weaves presence and connection, the essence of these practices, into all of his groups. Whether teaching Massage, Yoga, Self-care or Meditation, Dean incorporates a variety of somatic methods into his eclectic approach to teaching the art of massage.

Dean lives with his wife, Ginger Holladay, in Leavenworth, Washington nestled in the beautiful Cascade Mountains and he leads classes and trainings at Esalen Institute, in Japan, China and elsewhere.