Join licensed massage therapists Emma Thompson and Josh Williams for a rejuvenating restorative yoga class synced with intuitive touch to shift into a sacred space of stillness.
In this workshop, participants are guided into postures completely supported by props in a peaceful environment while massage therapists offer gentle massage inciting deep rest. The combination of restorative postures with the soothing touch of therapeutic massage, gentle aromatherapy and pranayama will invite the body and mind to be addressed holistically. The event concludes with a savasana sound bath to tune the breath to a parasympathetic rhythm.
Leave feeling refreshed and renewed after this unique experience. Due to the intimate and therapeutic nature of this experience, space is limited and preregistration is required.
This Offering includes:
• Guided restorative yoga sequence attuned to summer
• All yoga props—any additional personal items such as eye pillows are welcome.
• Therapeutic massage integrating Swedish, Thai and marma points to encourage ease and relaxation
• Gentle aromatherapy and breathwork
• A soothing sound bath during savasana to quiet the mind and guide the nervous system into a state of deep calm
Emma is a dynamic facilitator and healing practitioner for the inquisitive spirit to arrive to moments of presence and vibrational resonance with the natural world expressed through body, mind, and sense of source. She shares her devotion to Ayurvedic healing arts through her private practice, Ritual Wisdom, offering counsel, bodywork, meditation and sound to create a platform for self-transformation and healing. Outside of her practice, Emma teaches Ayurveda, bodywork modalities and yoga in the form of college level classes, retreats and trainings.
Josh has twenty-five years of experience in clinical bodywork, with roots in traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi. As a doctoral candidate, his research explores chronic pain and nervous system regulation. His massage instruction has been featured in Massage Magazine, and he teaches equine bodywork locally. Josh and his wife, Victoria, run My Horse Journey, an equine-assisted somatic wellness center outside Bend.