This is a 2-day fast-paced course with advanced Fascial Stretch Massage techniques suitable for the massage table, for everyone to learn. Learning the technique of Fascial Stretch Massage alongside your therapeutic background of Swedish Massage, manual therapy, bodywork, yoga or personal training, FSM offers you a well-rounded way to approach the body.

Learning positions and techniques of how to stretch the muscles and when to address the body on all planes of movement while applying massage techniques allows the fascial lines connected to realign and maintain the ROM of the joints, helping to keep the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy. The goal is for you to understand your own body, the power of your breath, and the connection you bring when you listen to what your clients need. What you will receive are specific pressure points, massage techniques, and tools on how to position the body to work with the fascial lines on all planes of movement.

Alecia comes with 20 years of experience working one-on-one with many clients and pathologies. After 15 years working as a Thai massage and yoga teacher in the film industry, she ran her own yoga studio and 200hour yoga teacher training program before continuing her studies as an RMT.

Traditional Thai Massage originated in India and was created by Shivago Komarpaj, the doctor to Buddha and the King of India. It is said, when Buddha moved to Thailand, Thai Yoga Massage followed him with the movement of Buddhism. The practice is passed down through families and is performed daily for the leading health benefits.

It is performed fully clothed, while the recipient lays down, and relaxes on a natural fiber mat. The practitioner performs a layer of rocking, firm compressions, trigger point releases and massage techniques which are synthesized with breathing and appropriate gentle stretches to complete the release of the myofascia. Researchers concluded that Thai massage increase people's physical energy levels, promotes the circulation of both blood and lymph through the use of gentle stretches which helps promote cell growth and heart health. (1) The gradual, gentle stretching will enhance fascial release - an end result is deeply relaxed muscles with energy and invigoration to the mind and body.

In a Randomized crossover trial, Researchers concluded that Thai massage showed specific energizing and psychological stimulation. (1) Furthermore; it increase’s people's physical energy levels, promotes the circulation of both blood and lymph through the use of gentle stretches which helps promote cell growth and heart health (2A/2B/2C). The gradual, gentle stretching will enhance fascial release - an end result is deeply relaxed muscles with energy and invigoration to the mind and body.

Your breath can tell you a lot about your state of being at any given time. A child who is excited will have a breath full of bounce and rhythm. In meditation you will have a long relaxed breath. A stressful breath will be short and sharp. Learn how to breath deep, take the weight of the world off your shoulders and bring it into your core. Your core is the place of willpower and where you hold your truth, and breathing into this space charges your life, and in fact helps to digest what’s happening in your world.

Breath awareness and daily breathing techniques can alleviate many common but serious health issues, among them:

Chronic tension

Anxiety and depression

Digestive disorders

Circulatory disorders

Poor postural habits