SpiritDance SoulSong: Shanghai
& A Taste of Esalen® Massage, Touching Essence
​& SDSS: Hangzhou

​​​Teachers: Ellen Watson, Klaus Schmitt, Andrew Rosenstock, & Phonik Angel
Private Sessions Available
Date: 15th - 16th September
Location: Shanghai
Date: 18th - 25th September
Location: Flower Whisper Spa, Hangzhou
Do Something Every Day That Scares You: A SpiritDance SoulSong expressive arts intensive with Ellen and Klaus. 

SpiritDance SoulSong, developed by Ellen Watson, Daphne Tse, and Ashley Johnson,is a dancing and singing meditation practice, an expressive arts practice, based on the map of the 8 chakras.  Ellen, a veteran teacher of The 5Rhythm Practice, developed SpiritDance SoulSong to include sound and song with the dance.  Woven into the fabric of SD SS are the wisdom and teachings of Ellen’s experience leading thousands of classes and workshops in the 5Rhythms practice. From the mid 80’s to the mid 2000’s, Ellen directed Esalen’s Movement Arts program, shared her love of dance, yoga, qi gong, with thousands of people who joined her during their visit to Esalen. Klaus certified as a teacher of SpiritDance SoulSong in 2015, and leads classes and workshops in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Europe. Klaus is available for Gestalt Coaching sessions in Shanghai and Hangzhou.

During their time at Flower Whisper, Hangzhou, Ellen, Andrew, Phonik, and Klaus will introduce a series of Mindfulness and Moving Meditation Practices  developed over the last 55 years at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA. Among the offerings will be a two day introduction to Touching Essence and Esalen Massage & Bodywork, Sensory Awareness Meditation, Gestalt Communication Practice, Personal Inquiry Exercises, Holotropic Breathwork, SpiritDance SoulSong, The 5Rhythms Dance Meditation, Continuum Movement, and Releasing Trauma. Ellen is available for private sessions in Touch, Movement, & Spiritual Healing. Klaus is available for Gestalt Coaching and SD SS classes. Phonik is available for Esalen Massage & Bodywork & Touching Essence sessions. Andrew is available for Thai Massage Sessions, Partner Yoga coaching (with Ellen) for a pair of people, yoga classes. Sessions, classes, and some workshops will take place at Flower Whisper’s new studio and spa, Hangzhou. A three day residential workshop will take place in the mountains at Haihua Manlong Resort, Longjing Mountain.
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Esalen® Massage & Bodywork, well-known for its long flowing strokes over the whole body, helps release the stresses of everyday life, leaving the receiver feeling whole, integrated and deeply relaxed, in a natural state of well-being. The Esalen Massage is best described as the interface and integration of form, energy, structure, and soul. Esalen Massage & Bodywork is the international benchmark for conscious, caring and skilled touch. Our signature ‘long stroke’ is both an art form and a scientifically validated healing art form. 

Touching Essence™, developed by Ellen over the last 30 years, is a multi-sensory, multi-cultural, touch based shamanic healing art. Combining skilled and caring massage, with sound healing, essential oils, the use of mantra, visualization and affirmation in support of desired outcome.  We work with deleting old, limiting, data from our internal dialogue, and replacing these old, limiting messages with new software.  Our brains are the best computer we’ll ever own; we learn to use our brains in support of enhancing our life experience. Touching Essence works with the map of the 8 Chakras.

  

依沙兰按摩，因其流畅的行游全 身的长推而广泛被人们所知，它洗释人们的日常生活的压力与紧张，还给受按摩者一个通畅合一的感受和深深的放松——回到最自自然然的健康与舒服的状态。依沙 兰按摩整合人的物质身体、能量、身体结构和灵魂，让它们得以交流和互相作用。通过富有滋养感的触摸，给予身体整体感的长推，关照全身而又细致入微的专注， 依沙兰按摩给人深度的放松体验和疗愈。依沙兰按摩的操作者专注于与每个个案的深度连结，并且灵活运用依沙兰按摩之方式为个案进行个性化的订制。按摩的操作 者会结合全然专注当下的整合性长推，以及慢而深的作用肌肉的手法，为个案抒压，安神，找回身体的舒畅感，进入深度的放松状态。
The healing art form of Esalen® Massage has become the international benchmark for contactful,caring, sensuous, and heartful touch. Birthed over 50 years ago at the Esalen Institute’s Hot Springs Spa, to the rhythms of the mighty Pacific, our practice remains timeless as it continues to evolve.

依沙兰按摩的疗愈艺术被国际公认为是充分接触的，充满关爱的，诗意优美的，以诚相待的触摸。半个世纪多之前，伴随着浩瀚的大海之韵律，她在依沙兰学院的温泉SPA诞生，她也在不断地精进和发展，生生而不息。
What exactly is classical Esalen® Massage? Ellen invites you to come and discover for yourself the essential elements that are the foundation of our approach to touching another person. Slow, slower, & slowest are the pace; flowing stillness best describes how we dance & move around the table.  Our art form, guided by ours and our client’s breath, includes timely pauses for integration; during these pauses, our intuition, imagination and inspiration beckon us from hip to foot, foot to knee, hips to heart, until we pause again.

究竟什么是依沙兰按摩呢？Ellen 邀 请你来探索和发现触摸这件事，发现它的关键点。慢，慢一点，再慢一点是对于触摸的节奏的要求。从而能在流动中享受凝神，和个案围绕着按摩床的舞蹈和流动。 让治疗师和个案的呼吸来引领整个按摩，那些为整合而生的停留点，在空的空间里，让直觉、想象和灵感又来牵引我们的双手行云流水，从骨盆流向足，从足至膝， 从骨盆又涌向心，直到下一次的停留。

This moving meditation practice is poetry in motion, a playing of the body as one plays amusical instrument. Classical Esalen® Massage is said to elicit the relaxation response of the autonomic nervous system. Once engaged, this branch of our nervous system takes us from fight/flight to a state of relative peace and wellbeing. Once deeply relaxed, the human organism is designed to self heal.

依沙兰按摩这个移动的冥想练习，是一首动作构成的诗歌，我们像演奏一个乐器一样来演奏身体。经典的依沙兰按摩被认为可以为自主神经系统带来放松反应。一旦放松反应被诱发，我们的神经系统会把我们带离紧张（fight/flight）,回到安宁和祥和中。这个放松的状态里，人的脏器便开启自我修复的功能。
Teacher: Ellen Watson

Ellen started teaching in Esalen® School since 1984. Decades ofin-depth somatic arts study inform Ellen’s teachings: Esalen® Massage &Bodywork, Touching Essence™, SpiritDance SoulSong™ and other moving meditation practices. She is one of only 30 teachers authorized to teach Esalen® Massage.


授课老师：EllenWatson
Ellen Watson自1984年开始在伊沙兰学院授课。她以吟唱、舞蹈、身体自由的律动来唤醒身体的疗愈力，并持续在伊沙兰学院授课，1996年她建立了Moving Ventures学校进行身体工作者的教学。她是世界上具备伊沙兰教学资格的仅有的30位老师中的一位。

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