Supportive Touch: partner massage class
Description
This event invites couples, partners, friends and/or family members to engage in guided bodywork within a group setting. Join this class with one other person you feel comfortable connecting closely with, and learn some tips and tricks in sharing supportive touch. You and your partner will both be guided through exercises aimed at connection, massage, and breathwork that are simple enough to take home to enhance your care practice.
Each person will have a chance to hold space for the other with a variety of massage techniques and adaptations. This class is guided both from a standing position with your partner seated in a chair and a kneeling position with your partner lying on the mat.
“My wife and I left this class feeling pleasantly relaxed. Rachel helped us feel welcome and at ease. She demonstrated many helpful massage techniques at an easy to follow pace. We both learned so much and are grateful for the experience.”
Class Details
Who: this class is adaptable to most folks who can get up and down from the ground and work in the kneeling position. During class there will be multiple options and adaptation for movements. If you are limited in the range this class invites or you are tending to an area of your body, please let me know before class so I can offer support that meets your specific needs.
Wear: clothing that allows easy movement with little restriction.
Bring: yourself and one other! Many props to include blankets, blocks, and bolsters will be provided for comfort.
Class Size: Limited to 6
Cost: At Empowered Spaces, we value community care. Given the systemic injustice in this world which affects each of us differently, this equity pricing scale acknowledges that our ability to pay for services, and access those services, varies. We offer a self-determined sliding scale based on the ways that your identity grants you access to privilege and to social capital, e.g. race, gender & sexual identity, socio-economic status, educational background, able-bodied-ness, etc.
Sustainer Rate - "I can pay my way" - $36 per person
Supporter Rate - "I can help support my community" - $48 per person
Community Rate - "I can use support from my community" - $24 per person
*Full and Partial Scholarships available
Building Accessibility: There is a 10 car parking lot adjacent to the studio that can be accessed from the side street Exeter Ave with less than 100 steps to a ground level studio. There is additional free parking on neighborhood streets, but please be mindful of neighbors. Restroom is wheelchair-accessible & ramp-accessible in the main building. Please reach out to Kelly at kkcaul@yahoo.com if there is anything more we can do to make our offerings more accessible. Empowered Spaces is committed to accessibility, and strives to be accessible and inclusive of all abilities and all individuals.
Health and Safety Precautions: masks are requested to be worn when in the main house and moving about the studio space.
Note:
each person is required to sign up and fill out their own information for class
Once you select sign up, you will be directed to save your spot in class, create an account, and fill out a brief intake form for class
please reach out if you have any difficulties with this process
*If you want to learn how apply general massage technique with your person(s) in a smaller group, schedule a private class!
*If you desire to approach partner work with specific needs, I offer a 1:2 session for previous clients and referrals! Reach out to coordinate this appointment.