What you'll learn
These sessions are for couples and I run them myself.
What I teach are the foundations of a full body massage. Long strokes, kneading, when to apply pressure, when to ease off. You learn the pace and pressure that actually relaxes someone. It isn't a qualification course. It's enough for you to give your partner, or a friend, a proper hour of massage that genuinely helps.
Sessions usually run 60 to 90 minutes. The pace we work at fits whatever you're picking up, no rush no panic. Just imagine relaxing on a sunny afternoon, that's the speed.
The spa is naturist, but tuition is whatever you're comfortable with. Some couples work fully naked, some keep underwear on, some stay clothed for the demonstration and undress for the practice. We'll talk through it before we start.
How a session runs
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1
Settle in
Tea or coffee, brief chat about what you're after, any health issues to be aware of, what kind of pressure each of you tends to like. A few minutes, no more.
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2
I demonstrate
One of you on the table, the other watching for a few minutes while I work through a sequence on your partner and explain what I'm doing as I go.
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3
You take over
Whoever was watching now works on their partner with me alongside, correcting hands, pressure and pace until it starts to feel right.
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4
You swap
So you both leave knowing how to massage each other, not just one of you.
Why it works the way it does
I've spent three decades massaging couples, and the tuition is the fun part. It's a chance for a couple to properly enjoy each other, and for most it opens up something new between them.
We use the same room as the couples massage, more space, large sofa to relax. Lots of room to breathe.
It's not a group class. No strangers in the room, no rushing to keep up with anyone else. We go at the pace that suits you.
By the end you'll have enough technique to give your partner a proper hour at home. Not a recital of moves. Real, useful massage.
Tantra tuition
This is a separate session, not part of the full body workshop. The two are different work. You can decide which when you book.
If you and your partner want to learn the foundations of tantric massage together, it's slower work, and the touch matters more. Couples come for a range of reasons. Some want to bring something back into a long relationship. Others want a shared practice they can take home. A few are simply curious about the work and want to try it together.
One thing worth saying plainly. Tantric work can surface real emotion, even in a teaching session, and sometimes for the person giving rather than receiving. That isn't a problem. It's part of why couples often find this changes something between them. But it helps to know in advance.
If you aren't sure which workshop fits, call and ask.
Coming in for a look first
You can pop in during opening hours, have a coffee with whoever's on reception, and we'll show you around the spa and answer anything you want to ask. You'll see the rooms you'd be using, meet whoever's working that day, and there's no obligation either way.
Some couples find that easier than committing over the phone. It costs nothing and there's no pressure to book at the end of it. But please call first.
About me
I'm Antonio, and I run The Workshop. I've worked as a qualified therapist continuously since 1995. Over several years of training I studied aromatherapy, reflexology, acupressure, essential oils and oriental diagnostics, with my formal training rooted in the Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy. I hold membership of the International Federation of Aromatherapists.
I run the couples tuition myself rather than passing it to the rota. Three decades of practice means I can spot what your hands are doing wrong and tell you how to fix it without breaking the flow of what you're learning.
I also take couples for sessions by request, usually with a day or two's notice, if after the tuition you'd like receive a treatment, that is also available.
If you want to talk through what you're looking for before booking, I'm usually around. Just call the spa and ask for me.