Save your hands and support your clients with this powerfully transformative therapeutic massage modality from South India
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Learn Chavutti Thirumal
Save Your Hands
Incorporating foot massage techniques in your massage routine can distribute pressure and leverage, resulting in a deeper massage experience and less strain on your hands and body. By using your feet, you can reduce the risk of injury from repetitive strain and cover larger areas of the body, making the massage more efficient. Foot massage also adds versatility to your practice and enhances your ability to tailor massages to individual needs. Clients can benefit from deeper tissue penetration, tension relief, and an improved overall massage experience. Overall, foot massage techniques bring numerous advantages to both the practitioner and recipient, making it a worthwhile endeavor.
Help Your Clients
Chavutti thirumal, also known as Indian rope massage, is an ancient technique that offers numerous benefits and can be customized to meet various client needs. For athletes, it provides deep muscle targeting, tension release, and faster recovery. In postpartum massage, it promotes relaxation, relieves pain, and helps women reconnect with their bodies. For pain alleviation and enhanced mobility, it targets specific areas, stimulates blood flow, and breaks down scar tissue. Overall, Chavutti thirumal is a versatile and transformative massage technique that can be a valuable addition to any practitioner's repertoire.
Be Inspired
Learning chavutti thirumal, an ancient South Indian massage technique, will introduce you to a diverse range of therapeutic massage techniques. This unique foot pressure massage uses the practitioner's feet to deliver deep strokes, targeting specific areas and releasing tension. Chavutti thirumal offers a variety of methods and variations to address different conditions and promote overall well-being. It incorporates elements of yoga and energy work, providing a holistic approach to healing. By learning chavutti thirumal, you can tap into centuries-old wisdom and enhance your skills as a practitioner, opening doors to endless possibilities in therapeutic massage.
Outcomes of This Course
Level 1 - Chavutti Thirumal
After completion of this 10-session course, the student will have the knowledge and ability to confidently perform a basic South Indian barefoot massage therapy (chavutti thirumal) sequence, and apply techniques to address all major muscle groups.
The student will be able to identify the necessary equipment to perform chavutti thirumal with integrity, along with thorough equipment sanitation procedures.
The student will be able to discuss the historical context within which chavutti thirumal developed. They will have the ability to distinguish the types of people and conditions for which it is indicated today, as well as identify contraindications to the application of this treatment.
Upon completion of all 10 sessions (8 lessons + two practical exams), 19 CE in person hands-on hours will be awarded automatically for Florida LMTs. Out of state LMTs are welcome to apply for this course, but please understand that no CE credit will be awarded unless you are licensed in Florida.
Student Experience
Classical Method
This course in chavutti thirumal will be given in the traditional Indian style of teaching/learning known as Guru-Shishya Parampara. This approach is characterized by a significant investment of attention and care on the part of both the teacher and the student in order that the method will be transmitted as purely and accurately as possible.
This training will be offered in cohorts of 2 students learning together to facilitate interactive learning. One student learns to apply the techniques on the other (kinesthetic learning), while the other pays attention to how the techniques feel (proprioceptive learning), and then the roles are switched. The period of initial training is rigorous and exacting, wherein the methods and techniques are imparted from teacher to student in collaboration through demonstration and mirroring (working in tandem, side by side), along with direct hands-on guidance and correction by the teacher (wherein the teacher uses her hands to literally guide the student’s foot along the correct lines of contact with the recipient’s body).
Expository instruction, lecture and a short documentary video, is given to impart a basic knowledge of key features of Ayurveda, and the historical context within which chavutti thirumal was developed.
After the initial training is complete (in this case, a series of 8 lessons + two practical tests), the student is supported and encouraged to continue practicing in the manner in which she learned until, over time and with experience, she discovers through her own process of inquiry the best ways to adapt the application of this modality to the unique features of her own body, environment, and in response to her clients’ particular bodies and the issues they present.
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SUMMER 2024
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Write a letter of introduction to Rachel Garcia. Introduce yourself, and describe your interest in learning chavutti thirumal. Include some info about your background as a Licensed Massage Therapist, such as how long you've been practicing and what your goals are. Be sure to ask any and all questions you have about the training!
