Healing Massage Course in Goa, India
Energy work and healing massage — how emotion is held in the body, and how to work with it safely.
- Runs for
- 3 weeks
- Each day
- 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
- Taught by
- Gagori Mitra
- Where
- Agonda Beach, Goa, India
- Taught inEnglish, every course
- Teaching since2005, on Agonda Beach
- Group sizeSmall enough to correct every table
What comes up on the table
This massage lets go of things people have held for a lifetime. Sadness, fear, joy, a memory that seems to arrive from nowhere.
It happens to your clients. It will also happen to you, because for three weeks you are on the table as often as you are beside it.
You are not asked to be positive about any of it, or to explain it. Only to notice it, and stay steady. Learning that is what makes the technique worth anything.
When it runs
- Upcoming
Courses run October to April. Places are limited because every afternoon is hands-on practice in pairs.
What you will learn, part by part
Tai Chi
You pay attention to what your body is doing, and to what you are doing to the body on the table.
You learn to push against the ground with your legs to make force. The more of it comes from the legs, the less your back and arms have to give — which is the difference between a practice you can sustain and one that injures you.
Anatomy
Every day you colour in the muscles you will be working on that day. It sounds like a schoolroom exercise; it is the fastest way anyone has found to actually know a body rather than recognise a diagram.
Body psychology
The relationship between mind and body, and what the strokes release. Held tension and stress come out on their own, and body awareness comes up with them.
This massage can trigger stored emotion. That is not a side effect — it is the point, and you learn to be steady when it happens.
Body reading
You learn to read a body and hear what it is saying: where emotion is stored, what poor and good posture look like, and how to release what is stuck.
Sharing circle
You sit in a circle and say what is going on inside, however you want to say it. Doing this work without somewhere to put it is how therapists burn out.
How the day is shaped
- 8:00 – 9:00Tai Chi — grounding, and opening the energy channels
- 9:00 – 10:00Breakfast
- 10:00 – 12:30Theory: the massage, emotions, and anatomy
- 12:30 – 14:30Lunch
- 14:30 – 17:30Practical sessions — giving and receiving
The Aithein Healing Massage Course
What students say about Aithein Healing Massage Course
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Aithein Healing Massage Course — students speak
What the energy healing training looks like
Communicating through your hands
The emphasis is on communicating through your hands while you give a massage. You learn to work the body in a way that frees muscle, using techniques that let a lifetime of chronically held emotion let go.
As your hand moves over and into the body, the person on the table responds — sadness, fear, joy, memory that appears to come from nowhere. Learning to meet that calmly is most of the course.
Why study it here
The core of the Aithein Healing Massage is bringing people together through compassion and touch. We teach the technique, and alongside it the tools to restore some balance in a person’s life.
That means the anatomy and physiology, and it also means the art of interweaving body, mind and spirit. Students often describe the change afterwards in terms of their career, how they meet the world, or what happens for their clients — usually all three.
Examinations
The school examines you near the end: sixty minutes of theory, thirty minutes of practical. You finish able to give a full two-and-a-half-hour Aithein Healing Massage.
How to book a place
Complete the application form and you will hear back within 48 hours. If you do not, tell us through the contact page — it means something went astray.
Accepted students confirm with a deposit; the balance is due on arrival. There is an early-bird discount if you book at least a month ahead, and accommodation is allocated first come, first served, so early is genuinely better.
How booking works, and what you are agreeing to
- Step 1
Complete the online application form (you will hear from us within 48 hours). If you do not receive a reply within the above mentioned period please get in touch.
- Step 2
If you are accepted for the course, you will be required to pay a deposit to confirm your booking (various payment options are available). Your place on the course will be confirmed only upon receipt of the deposit amount.
- Step 3
Your balance is due on arrival at the Aithein Healing School.
- Early bird discount
- An early bird discount is offered if you book your seat atleast 1 month in advance.
- Accommodation
- We will provide your requested accommodation on first come first serve basis. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
- Welcome meetings
- Welcome meetings are generally held between 4 – 5 pm on the day before the course start date. Please read the enrolment instructions carefully. These will be sent to you after your place has been booked on your chosen course.
- Check in
- One day before your chosen course start date.
- Check out
- Before 11.00 am on the day after your chosen course end date.
- Deposit
- The initial deposit is strictly non refundable and non transferable in any case.
- Language
- All the courses are in English.
- Model
- You need not get anybody with you as model. Your trainer or students in your batch becomes your model, and students practice on each other.
Code of ethics
You are expected to adhere to the guidelines set out below:-
- Zero tolerance of sexual harassment, innuendo, language and any form of discrimination on the grounds of sexuality.
- Zero tolerance of racist attitudes and language.
By Submitting the Application Form, I hereby agree to the following:
- I understand that the initial deposit amount for the course is non-refundable in any circumstances.
- I understand, if I decide to cancel, re-schedule or not take part in the courses or retreats I have signed up for, the initial deposit amount will not be refunded.
- The deposit amount is non-refundable even if it is due to travel restrictions, lockdown, or any similar or non-similar reasons due to a world-wide pandemic or war or anything else of the similar nature, any act of God, or any other unforeseen circumstances.
- Incase, due to personal reasons I want to choose another date, I understand that the deposit amount stays forfeited. If I meet with an accident, become pregnant (women only), and I am unable to join the course; I will need to provide a valid doctors certificate stating the reason. I am fully aware that I will have to inform Aithein Healing School via an email atleast 30 days before the start of the event. Failing to inform the school atleast 30 days before, will result in forfeiting the initial deposit. In such a case, the decision of transferring the course to another date lies with Aithein Healing School.
- I understand that once I have physically joined the course or the event I have signed up for, I shall become obligated and responsible to pay Aithein Healing School the complete fees of the course or event. This fees becomes non-refundable, non-cancellable, and non-transferable.
- I understand that if I fall sick due to Covid or any pandemic or if the course has to be stopped due to such restrictions or similar reasons, the school may consider transferring my pro-rata balance fees to any future course of my choice. The decision lies with Aithein Healing School.
- I understand and agree that once I have joined the course physically, Aithein Healing school is not liable to refund me the course fee if I choose to drop out of the course due to my personal issues or circumstances.
- I understand that I will have to pay the balance course fees (minus the initial advance deposit) upon arrival at Aithein Healing School, by cash or via transfer atleast 15 days before the course begins.
- Aithein Healing school reserves the right to end my participation or continuation in the course if it finds my presence disturbing to the group process.
- I also understand that if Aithein Healing School has to cancel the course for any situation beyond its control such as covid related restrictions or any other reason prior to the beginning of the course, then I am entitled for a full refund, except the initial advance deposit. In such a case, Aithein Healing School will not be liable to cover any other losses I might incur such as travel, insurance, etc. due to any such cancellations.
Any and all disputes will be subject to the jurisdiction of Canacona, Goa, India.
What the fee covers
Included
- The course manual
- Oils used throughout the course
- Massage tables and sheets
- Your certificate on completion
Arrange separately
- Flights and travel insurance
- Airport transfer
- Accommodation and food
We help every student find a room within walking distance of the school — tell us your dates and budget when you enquire.
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Come and see what happens
Tell us roughly when you could travel and we will write back within two working days. If we think a different course suits you better, we will say so — we would rather you came to the right one.