Upcoming Workshops
AYURVEDIC INDIAN
HEAD MASSAGE
Date: 13 & 14 January 2024
Time: 09:30 - 4:30 each day
Cost: €200
Indian Head Massage (Also known as Champissge or Champi) is a holistic massage and marma point therapy that has traditional roots based in Indian culture and Ayurvedic practises for over 3,000 years. This form of massage specifically focuses on the face, head, neck and upper body areas which are important energy centres where tension accumulates resulting in stiff muscles and joints and resulting headaches and jaw/ear pain. This form of treatment combines physical massage with a subtle form of energy balancing. Using the Ayurvedic element of chakra/marma energy balancing, this massage focuses on the three higher chakras. This has a powerful effect and can bring the energy of the whole body back into balance creating a deep sense of calm and well-being.
Benefits of Indian Head Massage:
- Calming and destressing the mind aids in relaxation mentally and emotionally.
- Reduces muscle tension and aches so physically relaxing.
- Stimulates and calms the nervous system, therefore reducing pain and pain symptoms.
- Improves mental clarity and focus.
- Increases circulation, removes energetic blockages, tension headaches, and jaw pain, and reduces sinus issues and tinnitus.
- Exfoliates the scalp and nourishes hair, hair growth and health of the hair.
This 2-day course involves assessment-based learning with case studies to be completed on day 2 and a short MCQ exam.
No prerequisite is required for this course.
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Reiki 1
Date: 14 January 2024
Time: 09:30 - 4:30
Cost: €170
Reiki Level One – One-day Training.
Manual and Certificate provided on completion.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. The word Reiki is a combination of Japanese and Chinese word characters of ri (spiritual or supernatural) and ki ( vital energy). It was founded by a man called Mikao Usui. Reiki is a life force which flows within the physical body through pathways called chakras, meridians and nadis. It also flows around us in a field of energy called an aura. Reiki heals by flowing through the affected parts of the energy field and charging them with positive energy.
Reiki is not a religious cult nor is it a medical practice or treatment. Reiki is a useful complementary theory.
“Patricia has been carrying out Reiki treatments for Eight years. She has become a Reiki Master since 2017 and has trained many individuals and helped them on their own Reiki journey. Many of her past students have now a successful healing practice and run their own courses”.
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Sports First Aid Responder Course
Date: 26, 27 & 28 January 2024
Time: 09:30 - 5:30 each day
Cost: €380
A First Aid Responder may be a healthcare practitioner or a member of the public who has undertaken the education and training of a First Aid Response course incorporating the Cardiac First Response (CFR) standard.
In addition to CFR skills, the First Aid Responder possesses defined practical skills in the further management of a patient who has become
suddenly ill or injured pitch side, in the pre-hospital environment until the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS).
The First Aid Responder can assess and manage these
patients in accordance with PHECC Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs). The First Aid Response Standard adopts a uniform approach to interacting with patients and other emergency medical services in the pre-hospital setting.
FAR Education and Training Standards
Each student will receive a FAR course book. This book is an excellent reference for the first aider. It contains all the necessary information as it has been designed and written with the FAR course in mind.
Tutors: Phil Wrenn and Mary Grehan
Limited numbers: only 8 students per course.
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Reiki 2
Date: 10 & 11 February 2024
Time: 09:30 - 4:30 each day
Cost: €250
Reiki 1 is a prerequisite for this workshop.
Reiki Level Two is a Two-day Training Workshop.
Manual and Certificate provided on completion. This workshop allows a trained student to practise on clients in a clinical setting.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. The word Reiki is a combination of Japanese and Chinese word characters of ri (spiritual or supernatural) and ki ( vital energy). It was founded by a man called Mikao Usui. Reiki is a life force which flows within the physical body through pathways called chakras, meridians and nadis. It also flows around us in a field of energy called an aura. Reiki heals by flowing through the affected parts of the energy field and charging them with positive energy.
Reiki is not a religious cult nor is it a medical practice or treatment. Reiki is a useful complementary theory.
“Patricia has been carrying out Reiki treatments for Eight years. She has become a Reiki Master since 2017 and has trained many individuals and helped them on their own Reiki journey. Many of her past students have now a successful healing practice and run their own courses”.
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Dry Needling
Date: 1, 2 & 3 March 2024
Time: 09:30 - 4:30 each day
Cost: €500
This 3-day course offers you the opportunity to qualify and practice in the area of trigger point dry needling and will give you 21 CPD hours.
It is a comprehensive course covering basic to advanced needling techniques from head to toe.
You will be able to treat patients immediately and with confidence the very next day after you’ve completed the course.
- This educational programme will prepare healthcare practitioners to treat myofascial trigger points by dry needling.
- Participants will learn various dry-needling techniques
using solid filament needles.
Please note that all techniques are purely dry needling
techniques, that are effective, evidence-based and have been researched and proven to help treat musculoskeletal dysfunction.
This is a training programme with immediate clinical applicability upon completion.
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Dynamic Cupping
Date: 31 March 2024
Time: 09:30 - 4:30
Cost: €200 (Includes a full set of plexi glass cups)
Dynamic cupping is fast becoming the new modality that clients are asking all about. When Michael Phelps appeared poolside at the Olympics with his cupping marks, everyone started looking at this Chinese technique as the new modality to boost recovery and maintenance for the body. Jump on a few years and Cupping for sports recovery, deep tissue tension and detox has moved on to a more modern technique for managing musculoskeletal issues for the more active clients.
This workshop also includes:
- Marma point cupping is also included in this workshop. This is using cups on Ayurvedic Marma Points for overall health and wellness and to treat specific conditions.
Immediate benefits to your clients include:
- Muscle and fascia tension release
- Softening and eliminating adhesions and areas of scar tissue
- Detoxing waste and toxins from specific body areas
- Dynamic cupping movements to lengthen tight and constricted muscles. This is cups in movement through muscle and fascia lines.

Taping & Strapping
Date: 20 & 21 April 2024
Time: 09:30 - 4:30 each day
Cost: €300 (includes kit)
Zinc oxide, cohesive, kinesio, compression, EAB, Hyperfix..and more
Different tapes, different benefits and different roles. From managing the acute phase of an acromioclavicular subluxation to chronic chondromalacia patella right down to pitch-side strains and sprains.
Taping and strapping have been an integral components in every Sports therapist's toolkit.
This 2 day workshop is packed full of information on the various types of strapping, methods used and benefits of use. Also tons of practical skills to boost your toolbelt of knowledge and techniques
to use pitch side, dressing room or in a clinic environment.
Sports athletes, therapists and medical professionals have been using various types and methods of taping for many years as a protective support within existing injuries, preventative with old or suspecting injuries and also as a psychological crutch during rehabilitation exercise programs.
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Hot Stone Massage
Date: 21 April 2024
Time: 9.30-4.30
Cost: €200
Location: Urban co-op, Limerick, V94N7D3
Tutor: Joy Logan of Logan Joy Massage & Beauty Clinic
A few years back when I was at a yoga festival, I received my first massage, it was amazing, both physically and psychologically. I was blown away with the power of massage, this therapy is such a powerful healer. So, the minute I came home, I signed up for a holistic massage course. I believe massage is one of the most powerful healing practices out there. Since then, I have trained in many different disciplines including Hot Stone Massage. My clients love the relaxation and feel of the stones and return time again for this discipline.
In the world of wellness and relaxation, the use of hot stones has become increasingly popular over the years.
This therapeutic technique is not only soothing, but it also offers numerous health benefits:
- Aids in detoxification
- Improves relaxation, reduces anxiety and insomnia.
- Heats at a deeper level so relieving from osteoarthritic pain.
- Shifts stagnant lymph from old injuries.
- Increases circulation, and healing of old injuries.
- Balances and unblocks meridian lines and energetic channels.
- Removes cold and damp, heating and relieving for muscle pain.
This one-day workshop is an ideal skill to have in your toolbelt as a massage, beauty or sports therapist.
Prerequisite for this workshop: Anatomy & Physiology, Holistic or Sports Massage qualification needed.
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