College of Classical Massage

• Do you want to feel more confident massaging pregnant women?
• Do you feel confident about the contraindications in pregnancy?
• Do you want to learn some acupressure points to use in pregnancy massage?

Many pregnant women require massage, but many massage therapists lack the confidence to offer this service.  This course is designed to improve your professional skills when treating pregnant women and conditions of pregnancy and will comprehensively cover contraindications.  You will leave with the skills and confidence to work happily and successfully with pregnancy.

A one day course looking at how to improve your skills and confidence with working with pregnant women.  Topics covered will be positions of client on couch and how to support and make them comfortable, contraindications will be covered and explained, and some common pregnancy symptoms will be looked at.  Massage techniques and routines will be taught.  You will also learn some acupressure techniques which can be used for nausea, pre-birth preparation, common pregnancy symptoms,  induction of labour and pain relief in childbirth.

This course is taught jointly by Michael Gibbons, College Principal and Elaine Gibbons, a Brighton-based acupuncturist with 17 years experience, specialising in Pregnancy and Fertility Acupuncture.

Course Requirements

For qualified practitioners of Body Massage.

Testimonials

“I had a great day and found it really liberating that you were able to follow your own intuition about the  massage routine. I also found it very reassuring to be giving the information to remove the myth that i had about pregnancy massage.  A very BIG thank you to you both.”    Nikki, Eastbourne.

“I found it very reassuring sharing information I had gained about pregnancy massage with Michael and other practitioners and being able to add to this Michaels wealth of experience in massage techniques. Elaine’s acupressure knowledge is vast . I now feel so much more confident. I feel like I know enough now!”
Heidi Wood , Aromatherapist, Brighton.

“Thank you very much for this fantastic workshop. I really enjoyed the day. It was a good mixture of theory and practice. I especially enjoyed the practical part and being able to be creative with my massage routine. I definitely feel more confident with pregnancy massage and can’t wait to practise on my pregnant friend.”  Ute Kind, Brighton

“ I had a wonderful day at the Pregnancy Massage course, excellent venue – very relaxing and calming as soon as you enter. The course was excellent from start to finish and I really enjoyed it, very impressed at the teaching levels and hand outs for such a reasonable price. Thank you for a very educational but fun day.”  Cheryl Woollard, Eastbourne

“Thank you very much for running your course on Pregnancy Massage.  What a great course in wonderful surroundings and with such warm and friendly people.  The course really does free the taboo of massage while pregnant and shows some interesting and useful techniques which can be applied to many clients, pregnant or not.  The whole day revived my interest, gave me confidence and encouraged me to go further.  I look forward to further courses that you run.  My grateful thanks to you both.”  Liz Rann, Portsmouth

Course Dates and Times

Brighton:

Friday 1st June

Friday 26th October

Bath:

Sunday 23rd September

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Times: 10am – 5pm

Course Fees

Workshop value only £95 plus VAT.  Total £114.

SPECIAL OFFER – book and pay in full 6 weeks in advance and claim 10% discount off  – this makes the workshop cost ONLY £85.50 +VAT.  (Total £102.60).

All massage course materials and complimentary refreshments provided.

Payment can be made by cash, cheque (made payable to CCM Ltd), ebanking or paypal.  Please contact us for further details.  Please note:  if you choose to pay by paypal, we are unable to offer the discounted rate.

Venue

Bath Venue:

The venue we run our courses from in Bath is New Oriel Hall, Brookleaze Buildings,  in Larkhall, Bath. We believe that Oriel Hall, a restored listed Victorian schoolhouse, meets all our needs and offers great space and a beautiful village setting in Larkhall. There are cafes and shops near by and of course is within walking distance of Bath Spa city centre. Click here to see a location map.

Brighton Venues

The Dharma School, The White House, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton  BN1 8TB.  This is a buddhist-based primary school on weekdays and hired by The College of Classical Massage at weekends, with some beautiful teaching spaces and a spacious sunny garden area.  It is in vibrant Patcham village on the outskirts of Brighton with plenty of free parking locally and easily accessible,  just a few minutes from the A23/A27 junction.  Patcham village has a very popular bakery aswell as a deli/cafes and plenty food shops.  The buses to Patcham from Brighton are the 5 and 5a. There is plenty of free parking locally.  Link to map

Unit 4 Natural Health and Yoga Centre, 20-26 Round Hill Street, Brighton  BN2 3RG in the popular Round Hill and Fiveways area.  It is easily accessible by bus numbers 50, 50A, 26, 46.  By train: London Road station is a 7 minute walk.  There is free parking locally.  This is a busy yoga and complementary medicine centre with a bright and spacious studio room which has a very relaxed and calm atmosphere.  There is a range of cafes and restaurants locally and is in walking distance of Brighton town centre and the sea.  Click here to see a location map.

Booking

If you would like to book a place on this course please download a booking form.