Tutor: Clare Hill
In-house Location: Surrey
Summary:
Combining light lymphatic drainage techniques with body and face sculpting methods helps to reduce bloating, enhance definition in the areas being worked and leaves clients feeling lighter and more relaxed. Light drainage techniques are used to reduce puffiness of the face followed by brisk massage movements, facial wooden tools and vacuum cupping to sculpt the face. On the body, light drainage techniques first prepare the lymphatic pathways. Deeper sculpting movements using the hands, wooden tools and vacuum cupping, contour and shape the body.
Overview
Brought to us by Clare Hill, this course teaches light lymphatic drainage techniques combined with body and face sculpting methods and includes the use of wooden tools (Maderotherapy) and Vacuum Cupping.
Clare is a multi-disciplined therapist who has previously taught for Gateway.
Body Sculpting lifts, warms and stretches the fascia, contours the body, releases stress and anxiety and deeply relaxes. "The whole body is guided to have a sigh" - Clare Hill.
Unlike classical MLD, which is very light and slow, Brazilian Body Sculpting blends lymphatic-style drainage with faster, firmer massage, deeper tissue work and acupressure. The aim is to support fluid movement and reduce temporary water retention which then creates a more sculpted appearance.
Maderotherapy Tools
Maderotherapy, often referred to as Wood Therapy or Colombian Wood Therapy, is a bodywork technique that uses specially carved wooden tools designed to work with the natural contours of the body and, combined with lymphatic-style massage, contours the body.
Silicone Cups
Vacuum Cupping is documented in early medical texts like Egypt's Ebers Papyrus (1550 BCE) and practised by traditional healers in China, Greece and the Middle East to clear blockages and expel toxins.
These techniques can be used as a standalone body drain & sculpt treatment, as part of a facial or combined.
For Qualified Massage Therapists
Course Content
Studies commence at 9.30 a.m. and finish at 5.30 p.m.
On the face, muscles are gently released using massage movements. Light drainage techniques are used to reduce puffiness. Finally, brisk massage movements, facial wooden tools and facial vacuum cupping sculpt the face.
Facial Lymphatic Drainage drains trapped fluids around the jawline and fresh oxygenated blood is brought to the epidermis creating a wonderful glow. Sculpting creates mild, safe micro-trauma that triggers cellular repair and elasticity.
For the body, light drainage techniques are used first to encourage lymphatic flow and prepare the lymphatic pathways. These are followed by deeper sculpting movements using the hands, wooden tools and vacuum cupping to contour and shape the body.
The treatment finishes with further light drainage movements to help relax the system and guide interstitial fluid towards the lymph nodes.
Topics addressed include:
- Overview of the Lymphatic System
- The Importance of Breath Work
- How Manual Lymphatic Drainage has a positive effect on the Parasympathetic Nervous System and Gut
- The relationship between facial muscle tension, fluid build-up and skin appearance
- Facial Massage
- Face Drainage
- Face Sculpting using Hands and Wooden Tools
- Vacuum Cupping
- Body Drainage
- Body Sculpting using Hands and Wooden Tools
- Vacuum Cupping
Please note: This Course is a post-graduate qualification course, during which the student is assessed for competence.
Certificate of Qualification awarded to successfully completing Therapists
Many Associations accept our Courses for CPD including the IFPA (12 Category A Points).
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