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Bamboo Fusion
Born in Nimes, a Roman city located in Provence (South France), Nathalie Cecilia is your Bamboo Massage Therapy instructor. With a master's degree in Philosophy and Languages from the Universitee Des Lettres De Montpellier, she began her career as a teacher and a translator.
Traveling from the age of 16 around Europe--and later around the world--she pursued her passion for discovering new horizons, and crossed the Atlantic in order to explore the United States and experience life here. It was here that she decided to change her career.
Keeping her goal to help people in mind, she attended the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy. Three months following her graduation in 2004, she opened Two Touch Company--a Thai studio and massage therapy office in Sarasota, Florida. Many of Nathalie's clients were asking for deep tissue treatment. She soon began to experience pain and fatigue in her hands and wrists. When she started using bamboo to assist her with deep tissue work, she noticed that her pain subsided and her clients loved it.
She developed an innovative way to give bamboo massage on the table (Bamboo-Fusion) and in the chair (Bamboo-2-Go), meanwhile creating her own bamboo set to give the massage. Her goal today is to help therapists provide deep massage without hurting themselves. This technique aids in avoiding repetitive injuries, such as carpal tunnel, and reduces the stress on thumbs, wrists and hands.
Traveling from the age of 16 around Europe--and later around the world--she pursued her passion for discovering new horizons, and crossed the Atlantic in order to explore the United States and experience life here. It was here that she decided to change her career.
Keeping her goal to help people in mind, she attended the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy. Three months following her graduation in 2004, she opened Two Touch Company--a Thai studio and massage therapy office in Sarasota, Florida. Many of Nathalie's clients were asking for deep tissue treatment. She soon began to experience pain and fatigue in her hands and wrists. When she started using bamboo to assist her with deep tissue work, she noticed that her pain subsided and her clients loved it.
She developed an innovative way to give bamboo massage on the table (Bamboo-Fusion) and in the chair (Bamboo-2-Go), meanwhile creating her own bamboo set to give the massage. Her goal today is to help therapists provide deep massage without hurting themselves. This technique aids in avoiding repetitive injuries, such as carpal tunnel, and reduces the stress on thumbs, wrists and hands.
Bamboo Fusion Therapy
8 CE Credit Hours
During this workshop you will be introduced to the Art of Bamboo Massage.
It is an innovative way to provide Swedish or deep tissue full body massage on the table while reducing stress on your hands. Learn a new way to give effleurage and petrissage with warm bamboo/rattan of different shapes and sizes in the hand.
The Bamboo set is so lightweight and easy to carry, it will be the only way you will ever want to massage again. By introducing a new tool, you will increase the amount of clients you can apply deep tissue to, give longer full body massages, and save your hands from repetitive injuries and fatigue.
You will learn the origin of the Bamboo-Fusion, benefits of, contraindications of and the care of bamboo sticks. The class will be dedicated to the application of the new technique, including proper body mechanics of this deep tissue modality.
Lecture 20% Hands-on 80%
Supplies for class: Table, Linen ( 2 sheets), 1 pillow case, Also curiosity, motivation and smiles are required :)
It is an innovative way to provide Swedish or deep tissue full body massage on the table while reducing stress on your hands. Learn a new way to give effleurage and petrissage with warm bamboo/rattan of different shapes and sizes in the hand.
The Bamboo set is so lightweight and easy to carry, it will be the only way you will ever want to massage again. By introducing a new tool, you will increase the amount of clients you can apply deep tissue to, give longer full body massages, and save your hands from repetitive injuries and fatigue.
You will learn the origin of the Bamboo-Fusion, benefits of, contraindications of and the care of bamboo sticks. The class will be dedicated to the application of the new technique, including proper body mechanics of this deep tissue modality.
Lecture 20% Hands-on 80%
Supplies for class: Table, Linen ( 2 sheets), 1 pillow case, Also curiosity, motivation and smiles are required :)
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