Deep Tissue Massage (inc. mobilisation), Esalen® Massage, and Massage (Holistic)
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Having previously been a farmer, natural builder, Japanese translator, a sergeant in the US Marine Corps & Army, a hippy… Ayres Gipson, CMT, EMBA, NCTMB (US) is nationally-certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork in the US. A native of Northern California, Ayres lived at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, working as a massage therapist and apprenticing as an Esalen® massage instructor. He has practiced various bodywork forms in spas, healing centres, clinical settings, and in private practice for over 18 years. Ayres has led and assisted professional certification courses and professional development courses for bodyworkers in the US and the UK. He now calls Pembrokeshire, West Wales his home, with practices in Narberth, Bristol & Bath, and St. Margaret’s, London.
Sessions Offered
Insight (about an hour of table time): includes a full-body check-in with time to focus on a specific area or structure of the body. I use insightful assessment and effective therapeutic techniques such as postural integration, sports massage, trigger point, craniosacral and myo-facial work, followed by skilled deep tissue and flowing Esalen massage for those troubled areas.
Integrative (about 1.5 hours): very popular and truly holistic, this session includes a full-body check-in and a multi-approach, full-body, flowing Esalen massage. Plenty of time to focus on specific areas and integrate all into a complete whole – a bespoke, spontaneous, multiple-modality, eclectic, and explorative, bodywork experience.
Deep Integration (2 hours): this session is for all lovers and connoisseurs of massage and bodywork. Plenty of time for including therapies such as deep lymphatic drainage, craniosacral work, energy balancing, and more. Lots of time to enter timelessness – therapeutic and deeply integrative.
Qualifications
Certified Massage Therapist & Craniosacral Therapist, assistant tutor & tutor for both Polarity Therapy and Professional Training Course ~ Monterey Institute of Touch, Carmel Valley, CA
Esalen massage Therapist ~ Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
MTI ‘conversion’, assistant tutor for Professional Training Course ~ Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork, Bristol, UK
Professional Bodies
In the process of re-joining Esalen Massage and Bodywork Association.
Days at Neal’s Yard
Occasional weekends.
Website
Book an appointment
Call us to book – 01225 466 944