Classes and Workshops
Winter Class Schedule
Massage 101: Massage Education
with Jessica LaGarde and Mary Szegda
Let us demystify massage and provide you with the tools you need to feel safe and confident in giving and receiving bodywork.
We teach through demonstration and hands-on practice, leaving you with the tools you need to share the nurturing, relaxing, therapeutic benefits of massage with your loved ones. The lesson will include a brief overview of anatomy, the basic mechanics of giving massage (no more ‘weak hands’) and an easy to follow protocol for working on the back, neck, shoulders, hands and feet. All supplies are included. Semi Private (limited to three pairs) and private sessions are available, both are 90 minutes.
Private Sessions: $200 per couple
private sessions are listed under “massages” not “classes” when booking online
Semi-Private Sessions: $100.00 per couple
Friday February 10th @ 7:30
Friday February 17th @ 7:30 with Mary
Friday February 24th @ 7:30 with Mary
Friday March 9th @ 7:30
Relaxation 101: Restorative Stretch Class for Partners
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Our daily lives can cause aches and pains such as tight shoulders, aching backs, and headaches. In these stressful states, how do we relax? Relaxation 101 is designed as a take home program of stretches to loosen your joints and release tension. The goal of this session is to clear your mind, spend time with your partner or friend, and get your body moving. The instructor provides individualized attention for a fully integrated and relaxing experience. At the end of the class, you will leave with a handout outlining the movement sequence to then repeat in the convenience of your own home. Perfect for beginners. Semi-Private sessions are limited to three pairs.
Private Sessions: $200 per couple
private sessions are listed under “massages” not “classes” when booking online
Semi-Private Sessions: $100.00 per couple
Sunday February 26th @ 5:30
Awareness Through Movement (ATM)
with Daniel Burkholder
For more information about our Somatics program, visit our Feldenkrais microsite.
All group ATMs are 50 minutes and $25. Please be sure to wear comfortable clothes (as if you were going to a yoga class) and be prepared to lay on the floor. Your teacher will verbally guide you through a series of movements designed to help you explore the way your body moves and ways it might move more easily.
Register for all four sessions in a monthly series for just $85.
BEGINNERS- No Experience Required
Mondays 6:00
March 5th: Intro to Relieving Low Back Pain
Level 2- Experienced ATM Students or permission of the instructor required
Mondays 7:30
February 6-27: A More Supple Spine
March 5-26: Relieving Lower Back Pain
Interested in an ATM class at a different time? Want to take a class topic that you’ve missed? Add your name to our class request form. Once three or more people express interest in the same class and/or time, we can form a new group.
Total Body Tune-Up: Improve Your Sitting
80 Min. $50 per person
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Mondays 6:00-7:20
Fridays 10:15-11:35
Wednesdays 7:00-8:20
Saturdays 11:30-12:50
*schedule varies week to week, click here for the most updated class schedule
This 80 minute workshop is designed to allow you to find optimum comfort while sitting at your desk. You will be guided through a series of gentle movements that will allow you to gain awareness of your lower back, arms, and head so that you can find comfortable positions at your workstation. A take home guide will be provided so that you can remember how to apply the skills that you learn.
Reiki Share with Patricia Bonnard
March 15
7:30-9:30pm :: $10
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Reiki shares are for Reiki practitioners of all levels. Shares are opportunities to give and receive healing, practice, exchange and connect with the local Reiki community. Spa Room offers shares every 3rd Thursday of the month from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Infant Massage Instruction
Infant massage is an ideal way to bond with your baby and instill a sense of relaxation in both child and parent. Through the use of handouts and demonstration on dolls, a trained infant massage instructor will teach you to massage your little one from head to toe, and present specific techniques for addressing issues and discomforts common to new babies. Infant massage is best suited for children who have not yet begun to crawl. No child is too young to receive the work. Ideally, infant massage instruction is presented in a series of at least three classes, but there is an advantage to even a one-time introduction to the work.
Private Sessions: 110.00* :: Semi- Private Sessions: $45*
*Please call or email info@sparoommassage.com to schedule.
Restorative Yoga with Katie Harris Banks
$20 per person
classes will resume in April 2012
What is Restorative Yoga? Many of us run around morning, noon, and night with never-ending to-do lists, rambling minds and fidgety, tight bodies. Restorative yoga invites the body and mind into deep relaxation and gives us a chance to put our to-do lists on hold for a while. Poses are held for long periods of time so the body can truly relax and surrender. We are able to hold these poses for long periods with the support of props, such as blankets and blocks. We’ll begin with a gentle warm up and stretch to get the body warm and prepare it for relaxation. Then you’ll be lead through a sequence of yummy poses that will surely leave you nourished and calm.
What to wear: Comfortable clothes (no jeans). Since we will be holding poses for long periods of time and won’t be moving the body a lot, layers are recommended so you don’t get cold.
