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fozzyo · 2004-06-16T21:00:00Z

Hey there, A month back I did the 2-day Foundation for Gerry Pyve's No Hands Massage and am very excited about doing the Practioner course in September. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced No Hands, receiving, watching a demo, or indeed trained in it - what are you thoughts about it. Is is something you have looked into? I thought I would share my experience of how I discovered it, and am becoming a huge advocate. My first exposure was at the Complimentary Health Expo in ExCEL London in October last year where they were demonstrating the No Hands Chair Massage. I paid to receive a treatment, and it did feel as wonderful as it looked. I was interested in the technique but not enough to want to book onto a course or buy a book, but I did know that one day I was to come back to it. It just clicked for me, the technique the idea of prolonging my hands and the way the company was presented. They had four therapists all choreographed demonstrating the massage - i liked that, something I hadn't seen before. A few weeks later I booked myself onto the Protect Your Career seminar being held by Gerry in London as part of the national tour. It was fascinating, going through the stages of injury and finding out about how we injure ourselves. But also Gerry himself, here is a man with tremendous energy and enthusiasm who loves what he does. The seminar then finished with Gerry's massage performance (not demonstration) - "Come Fly With Me and Bring Your Body Home". Choreographed to the music of Tim Wheater's Incantation album, with lighting effects this is an amazing way to see how you can flow and fly with your massage. Well, I was sold, that evening I signed up for the Foundation, Practitioner, Advanced Practioner and Chair Massage courses. Then in April I did the Foundation course, I was very excited to find out that Gerry was taking the course along with one of the other No Hands Practioners. The two days were run very differently to any other course I had been on, no manuals till be finished, feedback from bodies was only allowed when we had finished practicing stokes, there was a lot more energy and buzz in the room, and it was a large group - 20 of us! The first morning and part of the afternoon was dealing with the introduction, basics and learning how to let go and fall onto your client - the key to No Hands, and also the hardest part to learn. We learnt the seven postural secrets and basic strokes. By the end of it I felt pretty confident of the technique and am now practicing it and also incorporating it into my traditional Therapeautic work with clients. Even now I can still here Suan telling us to "Floooow" and Gerry just giving us soo much energy and excitement. And now I am looking forward to the Practioner Course in September! Thanks for letting me share this with you. Love and Hugs Foz xx :o)

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kpuk

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RE: No Hands Massage

To me as a practising massage therapist, I feel I could not give an appropriate treatment without knowledge of individual muscles.

Piglet, surely part of all of our training as a massage therapist is to learn the name and function of ALL muscles of the body - the A&P part of our knowledge.

I fail to see how you can give any sort of therapeutic massage without this kind of knowledge?

Don't mean to be rude, jusst seems a bit bizarre.........

k
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Posted : 22/07/2004 7:44 pm

Piglet

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RE: No Hands Massage

Hello there K

It seems I have been misinterpreted. The point I was making was that I need the knowledge of the individual muscles which I think is what you are saying. As for knowing the functions of all 600 or so muscles, I cannot claim that but, yes, I obviously learned the main ones during A&P training and am constantly referencing any I am not so familiar with.

No offence taken.

Piglet

Posted : 23/07/2004 5:45 pm

fozzyo

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RE: No Hands Massage

I am a very happy bunny today!! I have just spent the most fantastic four days doing the No Hands Practitioner course ... which I passed I am excited to say.

Over these four days I think I have experienced some of the most amazing touch and bodywork. I can't wait to get on using it, now being fully qualified with No Hands Massage think it will be very rare when I use a traditional swedish stoke. We spent four days hard work learning 70 strokes and integrating them, and the great thing is my body and back feel amazing!! Better then ever before, no pain no twinges just great open muscles.

If you are thinking about No Hands massage, or are in any of the stages of Injury I would strongly encourage you to either go to one of Gerry's Protect Your Career seminars that are coming up or book an appointment with a No Hands practitioner to experience it for yourself.

Love and hugs
Foz xxx
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Posted : 20/09/2004 6:34 pm

Aromababe

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Well done Foz. Enjoy using your new skill.

Lesley

Posted : 20/09/2004 6:43 pm

fozzyo

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RE: No Hands Massage

Instead of starting a new thread I thought I would update this one.

Today I completed my next step as a NO HANDS therapist and completed the Advanced Practitioner course and it was a truly unique and amazing experience that non of us will ever forget or have again I think.

I knew how powerful touch was, but now I really understand how powerful it is. The course was worth twice what I paid to go on it for what I took away with it.

Thanks for letting me share.
Foz xxx

Posted : 07/02/2005 4:56 pm

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