Thai Yoga Therapy

An international fusion trend; consisting of a series of interactive, flowing movements, stretches and rhythmic massage, along all the body's energy lines and pressure points. The course is taught by Deon de Wet from USA, and will provide you with the opportunity to offer a therapy that is deeply meditative, resulting in a complete release from mental and physical stress and a therapy that is stimulating when performed vigorously, causing the same after-exercise, "blissed-out" feeling of a good Yoga class. Courses available in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
 

Bamboo Massage

The bamboo massage is regarded as a body, face and limb massage that incorporates bamboo stalks of varying lengths and diameters to provide drainage, relaxation and reshaping, simultaneously. Bamboo symbolizes suppleness and resilience, straightforwardness and simplicity; and the massage satisfies two major needs: relaxation and well-being.

Bamboo Massage Course 
 
Johannesburg Dates:

26 & 27 June 2007

Venue:

Sandton, Johannesburg

Costs:

2-Day Course: R2400

Bamboo Sticks: R 600     
(required for course completion)

- 2 fine rods 15 cm length

Gil Amsallem (France)

Gil Amsallem is a Kinesiotherapist for 24 years, creator and trainer in France and throughout the world, for a number of therapeutic massages, such as “sensory massage, ” which involves a balanced combination of massage techniques and Bamboo Massage. He additionally consults with a number of international spas on new techniques and signature treatments, he is the program director of Vital TEAM, and co-founder of Academy Massage, to name a few of his international accolades. (www.gilams.fr)

2-Day Course: 

From the end of the fingers to the root of the wrist, the hand is an expert system, and when the accessory “Bamboo” prolongs the fingers or gives to the hand another way of being expressed, then we enter a new dimension of the massages to feelings.
 

First day:
- Techniques and operations of Massage 
- Musical theory of the massage 
- Development of the techniques with the bamboos 
- Technical exercises and sequences
 

A 1 day workshop presented by Motti Essakow from Canada. The course will cover top-down, bottom-up awareness with the eventual goal of moving towards a greener spa industry in South Africa, with improved sustainability - One Planet Living. You will be presented with the keys to areas such as planning and development; design and architecture; construction; management, operations and marketing with the focus on eco-consciousness.

Reducing The Ecological & Carbon Footprint of Spas & Wellness Centres 
 
Johannesburg Dates:

26 June 2007

Venue:

Sandton, Johannesburg

Costs:

1-Day Workshop: R550

 

A strategist with 6 years practical hands-on experience and insights, where he raises eco-awareness in all sectors of travel and tourism including, spas, wellness centres, sustainable hospitals and medical centres. A respected international speaker, Motti founded OmWard Bound in 2002, a global oriented, locally focused, free & forward thinking organisation whose core uniqueness is challenging mainstream thinking, living, working and playing in a greater sustainable capacity. (www.omwardbound.net)

1-Day Workshop:

How does the Footprint connect with spas and wellness centres and what / how are the methods needed on order to reduce the Footprint of all the different catagories of spas and wellness  / medical centres? The workshop will cover all aspects of the Ecological  & Carbon Footprint and methods needed to achieve overall and integrated Sustainability (social, cultural, economic and environmental) into all aspects and components of spas, wellness and medical centres.

Topics to be included:
- What is the Ecological Footprint?
- What is a Carbon Footprint?
- Why is it needed and how is it different / complimentary?
What is the connection between The Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint and spas, wellness and medical centres
- How to implement the Ecological Footprint models into all components of planning & development, Indigenous / Biomimicry (another new science of  sustainability) design & architecture (exterior & interior), construction, management (including operations) and marketing.
- Practical solutions for reducing The Ecological and Carbon Footprint and maintaining balance (Sustainability) of spas and wellness / medical centres
- Practical Examples of Sustainability Best practices  for spas, wellness and medical centres.

Hopeful conclusions:
- To support a sustainable spa and Wellness / medical  industry by advancing the Ecological Footprint measurement and Sustainability management  tool that makes the reality of planetary limits relevant to decision makers throughout the spa and wellness / medical  industry
- Planetary health + Economics + real wealth =  well being
- To reduce the Ecological and Carbon Footprint of the spa and Wellness / medical industry, decision makers need to review strategies related to  marketing of spa and wellness products to international markets. Instead, new form of “regional marketing” should be examined (ie reducing the  Ecological and carbon Footprint of marketing)