Val Guin’s Forearm Dance Massage - ORIGINAL Program
Val GuinDiscover the ORIGINAL practitioner-friendly, instructional massage program that will transform your career. This 2+ hour massage video features Val Guin's invigorating, ground-breaking massage technique that combines efficient body mechanics with the use of the Forearm and Olecranon (elbow) as tools. Every working massage therapist - beginner or experienced - will benefit from the tried and true exercises and instruction presented in this program.
WHAT YOU GET
A variety of techniques in easy-to-access chapters, presented in a captivating coastal setting and accompanied by an inspiring musical score. Val designed the massage techniques in Forearm Dance to benefit therapists with varying degrees of experience in their own massage careers, regardless of their personal health status.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Saving your hands by using the forearm and olecranon (the bony prominence of the elbow) as your massage tools.
- Supporting your health and well-being through the use of improved body mechanics. Opening your body and increasing your energy with Val’s step-by-step, ‘Spiral’ exercise.
- Customized techniques individualized to meet client needs using the the forearm for broad superficial work and the olecranon for deep work.
- Continuity of strokes encourages client to de-stress, relax deeply and enjoy the healthy benefits of massage and bodywork.
PRACTITIONER BENEFITS
- Saving your hands by using the forearm and olecranon (the bony prominence of the elbow) as your massage tools.
- Supporting your health and well-being through the use of improved body mechanics.
- Opening your body and increasing your energy with Val’s step-by-step, ‘Spiral’ exercise.
CLIENT BENEFITS
- Customized techniques are individualized to meet client needs using the the forearm for broad superficial work and the olecranon for deep work.
- Continuity of strokes encourages client to de-stress, relax deeply and enjoy the healthy benefits of massage and bodywork.
THE EXERCISES:
Learn Val's special exercises (including Spiral) to keep your body STRONG, give you more ENERGY, and PREVENT INJURY.
THE TECHNIQUE
Val teaches you to utilize your entire body, beginning with your feet and moving through the pelvis. With Val's technique, you'll be strong and balanced, your work more effective and enjoyable.
THE FLOW
Watch Val perform a full body choreographed massage combined with the depth and muscular separation found in deep tissue work using the Forearm and Olecranon as tools.
VIEW AND LEARN OPTIONS
Choose your preferred view! View the complete program with Val's instructional voiceover OR choose the program with Val doing the program to music only - it's your choice.
VAL'S MISSION
Be creative. Stay healthy. Your clients will come back for more. Enjoy the dance!
Val Guin
Val Guin is recognized as a leader and innovator in the massage industry, through the creation of her bestselling DVD series, Val Guin's Forearm Dance™ Massage, Original and Essentials. She has been an instructor and a therapeutic body worker for almost three decades, focusing her private practice of 8 to 10 people a day on creating better posture and structural function, which creates more mobility and less pain within her students and clients. A popular seminar presenter nationwide, Guin also conducts educational seminars locally at her studio in Santa Monica. Val is a frequent presenter at AMTA conferences and she is an approved provider for the NCBTMB for continuing education hours.
"Val Guin is well-known and respected in the massage profession for her dedication to pain relief, for both massage therapists and clients. Her Forearm Dance Technique is a proven method of addressing client tightness and pain, while at the same time it alleviates the stress that a massage therapist's body can experience from doing multiple sessions in a day. Val's contribution to the massage profession is an important one."
—Karen Menehan, Editor in Chief, MASSAGE Magazine
Val Guin's Forearm Dance® Training class attendee reviews:
I loved Val and her presentation. Very professional in her delivery and very thorough!
Val is amazing, very entertaining, and informational. I wish the class was longer! This is a wonderful technique that should be implemented into massage schools. Thank you!
High energy, new perspective, great teaching. I am so glad that I joined this workshop. This will be very useful and save my body.
Excellent, excellent, excellent! I have been looking for a smarter way to work harder versus my harder way of working hard.
Thank you so much. I can’t wait to get the DVD and practice, practice, practice!! Val is a fabulous, dynamic and caring teacher.
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