Therapeutic Yoga Massage Ireland
ireland and online
Become a Massage Therapist
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and deep healing with foundational knowledge and practical skills for those wishing to integrate yoga, massage, hands-on techniques, ayurvedic principles, and various nervous system-based healing modalities into their professional practices or personal lives. Therapeutic Yoga Massage is rooted in the traditions of yoga and Ayurveda. Through a mixture of deep tissue massage, assisted yoga stretches, marma therapy (ayurvedic acupressure) and breath awareness we have the ability to rewrite old habits, generate conscious postural alignment – and ultimately create a deeper sense of relaxation and presence.
Course Structure
June 2026 – We will meet throughout June for online zoom lectures and workshops.
- 5 Online Lectures focused on Functional and EmotionalAnatomy, Ayurveda, Breath and Nervous System healing
- 4 yoga workshops (more below)
In our Residential Immersion in August 2026:
- Daily Yoga and Meditation Practices
- Massage Tuition
- Marma Therapy
- Body Reading
- Two Sauna Nervous System Healing Sessions
The certification is for 100hr training – so we have structured the course around online content for lectures and immersion for learning practical massage skills.
Learn how the body responds to conscious touch – to deep tissue massage – to heart-opening yoga-based stretches – to breath awareness – help people find liberation from long-held tensions within their own breath, within their own bodies
Our Curriculum
With 50 hours of practical massage tuition, you will learn how this deep tissue massage releases long held tensions, realigns the whole body and assists in calming the nervous system. You will develop the ability to create therapeutic massage and yoga sequences tailored to individual needs and health concerns. You will learn a comprehensive massage sequence but there will be additional movements, modifications or more advanced stretches to work with your clients in the long-term.
Essential anatomy for massage therapists that will enhance your understanding of the body and yogic movement theory. We will also look at the physiology of stretching – Learn how working with specific sensory receptors helps deepen both yoga asana in your individual practice, but also the assisted yoga stretches within the massage protocol that help break through long-held patterns. We will have core lectures on functional and emotional anatomy as well as the evolution of the nervous system online and an introduction to body reading – these will serve as a foundation for the practical residential immersion. Adam will then dive deeper during the in-person massage immersion.
Build your knowledge of Ayurveda – Work with Ayurvedic herbs to detox, exfoliate and destress the body. Learn about the marma points – Ayurvedic acupressure. Find out more about the crossover between ayurveda and the vagus nerve by looking at the gunas and polyvagal theory. We will also look at the body’s subtle energy system – Prana and Nadis – Similar to Thai Massage and Ayurvedic treatments, there is a focus on opening the body and energy channels (nadis) to enhance the free flow of prana (energy). Again two foundational lectures online in June – we will then integrate this with practice and focus more on Marma Therapy when we are together at the immersion.
Your body sculpts itself around your experiences, feelings and personal history. Create a deeper awareness of body armouring and our stress triggers. Gain a deeper understanding of the nervous system with a focus on the vagus nerve and polyvagal theory. Learn simple hands-on techniques and immediate mind-body calming protocols. We will look at this both online and in-person and will take our awareness of nervous system regulation into our two sauna sessions at the beach in Kerry.
You Will Learn:
A 1.5 hr deep tissue and acupressure massage sequence using hands, feet, elbows, thumbs, forearms
As both Adam and Viriam are yoga teachers – you will learn assisted yoga stretches to invigorate and realign the whole body 3 dimensionally
Adam will introduce Body Reading and Postural Assessment to help generate structural awareness and help you tailor make massage sessions for your clients – or sequences for your students
Introduction to Marma Therapy – Ayurvedic Acupressure
The Neuroscicnce of therapeutic touch
- By both giving and receiving the massage – you learn the techniques at a core level – you understand the felt-sense of the massage
- Nervous System regulation techniques
- Yoga Therapy to enable you to give homework to clients,
By understanding the neuroscience of conscious therapeutic touch and learning how to hold space – we practice with respect, intuition and grounded presence
Beyond learning this deep tissue massage there will be yoga and meditation as well as some restorative yoga and yoga nidra sessions, we will look at the importance of our own well-being as embodied practitioners. You will have group yoga therapy sessions with Adam where he will introduce “yoga” homework for clients. Our course focuses on creating conscious massage therapists by practicing research-informed nervous system and restorative breathwork techniques and movement practices as well as our unique sauna-based practices.
Of vital importance to us is making this work experiential -We aim to share with you these nervous system balancing techniques so that you can share them with your clients and students – as well as being able to give them yoga or breath-based homework can prolong the conscious effects of the massage. We want you to create an awareness of the body’s receptivity to different practices – both massage and hands-on techniques – so that you can create your own unique healing tool kit for you and your clients.
We are so excited to be bringing this training to Ireland… hosted in a beautiful yoga retreat centre hugging the Wild Atlantic Way… Derbhla is our host and her family have been on this land for 5 generations – it’s a sanctuary – a peaceful, immersion in nature with epic views and opportunities for hikes, beach walks and sea dips … Rooms and bathrooms are all shared. Inside there is a cosy space with stunning views for yoga sessions and our massage practice. Derbhla is passionate about conscious food and we will be nourished – the meals are locally sourced as much as possible. We will have two sauna nervous system/meditation sessions – in recent years, Adam and Viriam have created sauna experiences based on nervous system regulation and ayurveda – it’s exciting that we can include this as part of our training.
Ultimately, this retreat venue is an invitation for us to tune into ourselves, find space and devote ourselves to becoming conscious bodyworkers.
100 hr Therapeutic Yoga Massage Training
Join us online throughout June 2026 – then we meet in-person in Dingle, Ireland for our 8 Day Residential Immersion…
Investment:
Earlybird price until March 20th Prices will increase by £250 after…
£1475 earlybird price includes…
- 7 nights/8 days Residential Immersion
- Delicious nourishment – conscious food
- 2 sauna sessions
- 5 online lecture/ workshops
- 4 online yoga workshops
- Bonus pre-recorded videos
- Manual
- Access to Google Drive for extra handouts and insights
- Certification upon completion (meeting graduation requirements)
All travel info and insights available on request.
Deposit of £350 will secure your place – but we would like to have a chat with you prior to booking – so let’s be in touch…
Looking forward to speaking with you.
Naturally, payment plans are available…
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