Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure® Intensive Retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs
October 23 - 28, 2024
Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure® Intensive Retreat at Breitenbush Retreat Center
October 23 – 28, 2024
Early Bird Pricing Ends Sept. 1st!
Learn Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure® on the beautiful sacred lands at Breitenbush, near Detroit, Oregon. Nourish your body, mind and spirit with us at this relaxing retreat with time to also commune with nature and soak in the healing hotsprings. Enjoy three delicious vegetarian meals daily.
“Jin Shin Do” means “The Way of the Compassionate Spirit.” Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure® uses gentle yet deep finger pressure on specific acu-points and verbal Body Focusing techniques, to help release “armoring” or chronic tension, balance the “Qi” or energy, and improve vitality. This clothes-on method helps to relieve stress- and trauma-related problems.
A unique synthesis of a traditional Japanese acupressure technique, classic Chinese acu-theory,Taoist philosophy, Qigong (breathing and exercise techniques), Reichian segmental theory and principles of Ericksonian psychotherapy, Jin Shin Do® is recognized as a major form of Asian Bodywork Therapy. Originated by psychotherapist Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, Jin Shin Do® acupressure promotes a pleasant, trancelike state, in which one can relax, explore, ease tensions and move out of the head and into the body, accessing feelings, inner wisdom, and one’s creative and self-healing potential.
Jin Shin Do can easily be integrated into your healing practice, and is appropriate to use with diverse populations in varied settings, such as with athletes, the elderly, children, and onsite in offices, hospitals or chair massage events, at home or anywhere.
Instructors: Becky Smith, LMT, assisted by Liz Cooley, LMT
In this 40 hour Basic Jin Shin Do class, you will learn:
- the location and function of 55 points, Qigong and hara breathing
- assessment and bodymind focusing skills
- acupoint combinations to address the energy of the whole body that might help relieve headaches, neck and backaches, digestive ailments, menstrual tensions, insomnia, fatigue, the immune system and more.
Our mornings will be filled with Qigong and breathing exercises, short lectures, experiential exercises and learning points. In our afternoons, we’ll demonstrate and give and receive relaxing practice sessions.
Required text: Acupressure Way of Health: Jin Shin Do by Iona Marsaa Teeguarden
CEs: 40 (NCBTMB approved. Includes 4 CEs OBMT Ethics & Communications.) This class can stand alone and it is the first 40 hours of the 250 hour Jin Shin Do professional training program to become a registered JSD practitioner.
Open to all: health practitioners (LMTs, L.Acs, PTs, OTs, RNs, MDs, NDs, counselors, estheticians etc.) and anyone interested in learning this healing method for themselves and their friends and family.
Class size 10 – 18 students.
Schedule
Wednesday
Check-in: 3pm
Dinner: 6pm – 7pm (included)
Class: 7pm – 9pm
Intensive continues through Monday lunch.
Cost
$875 ($825 if paid in full by Sept. 1, 2024)
Lodging cost will vary depending on single or double occupancy.
Registration is on the Breitenbush Retreat Center website.
Special Needs?
When you register you will be asked about your dietary needs. Please include any special needs you have in the registration form and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Questions?
Please contact Becky Smith at: beckysmithlmt@gmail.com, 541-345-7189.
About Becky Smith LMT
Becky Smith, LMT License #2396, is a seasoned bodyworker with a thriving full-time practice in Eugene, OR since 1986, Certified Hakomi Practitioner and Authorized Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure® teacher for over 30 years and whose teaching style has been described as patient, knowledgeable, focused and nurturing.
About Liz Cooley, LMT
Liz Cooley, LMT, License #10324, is a registered Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressurist® in private practice since 2003 in Springfield, OR, and has taught in the Lane Community College Massage Therapy Licensure Program for the past ten years.
