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Touching Essence™​ 250 Hour Certification Training 

With Ellen Watson, Elena Gilli​, And Daniela Urbassek

August 20 - September 16, 2023

 Residential, Centro d’Ompio, Lake Orta, Italy
Touching Essence in German
Touching Essence is a multi-sensory, multicultural, Neo-shamanic approach to healing through touch. Touching Essence combines the physical with the metaphysical, engaging the energies of chakras, meridians and the cosmos. We engage the five physical senses, the three subtle senses of imagination, intuition and inspiration, specifically chosen essential oils, sound, song and mantra creation. Each session is individually crafted in support of highest good and desired outcomes of the client.
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Touching Essence™

Developed over the last 30 years at Esalen Institute, California, Centro d’Ompio, Italy and Bali, Indonesia, Touching Essence is  inspired and nurtured by Ellen’s plant medicine work, sound healing, and breathwork practices and teachings, by Elena's (founder of Tactus), art of touch and energetic work, and by Daniela’s study and practice  Esalen Massage and of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Daniela, Elena and Ellen have a combined total of 75 hears of study, practice and teaching Esalen®Massage & Bodywork, along with various healing, somatic and expressive arts practices.

Touching Essence uses the Indian Map of 8 Chakras, the Chinese map of 12 meridians, along with specific essential oils, vocal and sound healing, visualization and affirmation in support of desired outcomes.   These act as conductors through which the body, mind, emotions and energy interact as an integrated system. Any imbalance at the level of the chakras and meridians is closely correlated with tensions and disharmonies on the physical level. 
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The focus of the work is to access these powerful energy centers through a combination of  the five physical senses and the three subtle senses.  We teach students how to direct breath and sound to release holding patterns throughout the physical and metaphysical bodies.

The intention of this course, is global fusion of highly effective approaches and protocols that address  patterns of holding in the physical, emotional, and energetic bodies.
This Program perfect for :

Everyone!!  Whether for personal development or professional training, this healing and somatic arts program, will enhance your life. If you are new, a novice, perfect. A great way to begin. If you are a seasoned professional, this continuing education program will add to your likely more clinical and traditional training in massage and bodywork.  Those previously certified in oil based massage, are eligible to take Modules I & II: The Metaphysics. Those without previous training will want to register for the entire 250 hour training. For EU members: Upon graduation, you are eligible to apply for the Holistic Operator certification. Click here for details.
Our Goal :

Give and receive an effective, enjoyable and transformative Touching Essence session. Cultivate deep listening skills, personal presence, awareness and attentiveness. Develop your vocal skills through breath and sound exercises, craft mantra based on client’s desired outcomes. Enhance Awareness of your 8 Sensing Centers. Use our specifically chosen essential oils in support of desired outcomes. Learn the basics of Gestalt Communication Practice. Develop and practice appropriate professional boundaries.  Fall in love this Touching Essence as a practice. Open your heart, engage your breath and free your spirit. 
 

Teacher Profile

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Ellen Watson

Celebrates her 35th year in the staff and faculty of the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California, where she studies, practices and teaches various ways of meditative practice, massage and movement. Ellen is a teacher of Esalen® Massage & Bodywork, 5Rhythms by Gabrielle Roth, Holotropic Breathing, SpiritDanceSoulSong®, Vibrance®, Touching Essence ™, Wake Up & Roar. From 1984 to 2003, Ellen developed and administered the Movement Arts Program in Esalen. In 1996 she founded MovingVentures (www.movingventures.org), which offers workshops, retreats and training courses in Esalen, Bali, China and other parts of the world.  Visit: www.TheVibranceCollective.com, to learn more about Vibrance.
 
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​Elena Gilli

Since 1995 deals with self-knowledge and personal growth in Italy and abroad, today more than ever strongly interested in disseminating the experience of contact. Founder and President of the TACTUS Social Promotion Association (www.cumtactus.it); PI398P-OP Holistic Operator and PI223-CO Professional Counselor registered in the national Siaf Italia registers; Reiki Master; Vibrance® operator; Teacher in training of Esalen® Massage at Esalen Institute – Big Sur, California; Certified in Touching Essence ™ at MovingVentures- Bali, Indonesia; Graduated in Political Sciences, Social Address; Massage Operator in Schools Program; Bodyworker & Aquatic Bodyworker.
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​Daniela Urbassek

Has 30 years of professional experience as a licensed massage therapist and instructor, specializing in Esalen Massage, Meridian Massage, Aroma Therapy, Cranio Sacral Therapy,  and Hatha Yoga. Her services have been offered at internationally renowned holistic and healing centers, 5 star hotel resorts and spas in the US, Europe, Asia and through private practice in Carmel, California. She is passionate about the powerful impact of somatic and holistic practices.

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 Venues

Centro D'Ompio (Lake d'Orta)

Modules I, III & VI, take place at Centro D'Ompio.  Centro is an "international wellness retreat center”.  The setting, above Lake Orta, wrapped in natures’ embrace is perfect for our three residential modules. Centro offers us the opportunity to live together in community, to share meals together, and fully devote our time to learning, resting, restoring and abiding in nature…surrounded by 17 varieties of bamboo, herbal and permaculture gardens, hiking trails.  A short 15 minute drive to Lake Orta, gives us access to Ille Saint Giulio, a boat ride around the lake, local markets, and the villages surrounding the lake. ​
 

Accomodations

Our three modules at Centro, are residential; housing prices vary from dorm style sharing, to ‘bringing your camper van’, to private or twin shares.  All housing options include three vegetarian meals daily, with fruit snacks available throughout the day.
The average price daily for housing and meals is 100 Euro per person, per day. The pricing for room choices will be listed on our Registration and Payment page.
When in Torino, all of us stay in AirBB, Hostels, or Hotels, or commute via train or car daily.  Tactus has a “Welcome To Tactus and Torino’ document that Tactus sends to you upon registration.
 

Pricing & Payment

Please click here for pricing and payment options
For Members of the EU: Upon satisfactory completion of the 250 hour training, you are eligible to enroll in the 250 hour training for licensure as an Holistic Operator.

The Holistic Operator is an interdisciplinary professional who supports people to regain psychophysical harmony and a new awareness of the self. The Holistic Operator works with holistic, corporeal, energetic and creative holistic techniques. With its activity it favors the natural process of transformation and empowerment for the improvement of the quality of life, of the psychophysical balance and of self-awareness. The holistic view of the specialized operator takes into consideration the whole person in his entirety of body, mind, emotions, energy and his ability to relate with himself and with the other in the society in which he lives. The Professional intervenes in the process of personal well-being, stimulating the best expression of its vital resources and favoring its bio-energetic rebalancing. The cultural model of reference lies in the holistic-systemic approach, which provides a key to understanding where everything is interconnected, specifically: dexterity, environment (setting), empathic and relational abilities, language. The Professional does not aim at the cure and resolution of medical / health care pathologies, nor does he carry out treatments for aesthetic purposes.

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Contact us with any questions you may have & we will be sure to get back to you within 48-Hours.

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