Your person comes home stressed and you want to actually help — not just offer a two-minute squeeze.
Everyone asks you for massage. You want to do it well without hurting yourself in the process.
You want to understand how bodies hold tension, how to move with intelligence, how to offer real relief.
A fun, skill-building evening with a friend, partner, or even solo alongside new people.
I came in knowing nothing and left feeling genuinely confident giving a massage for the first time in my life. My partner has not stopped thanking me.
The body mechanics section alone was worth the whole ticket price. I finally understand how to use my weight instead of just my hands. Game changer.
My friend and I came together and had the best time. It's surprisingly fun to learn something tactile like this with other people. I used what I learned the very next day.
I was nervous about working with strangers but the container Shiva J creates is incredibly warm and professional. By the end I felt like I'd found a new superpower.
As someone who works in wellness, the floor-based approach is something I hadn't explored and it's completely changed how I work informally with clients.
The breathwork integration was a total revelation. I never understood why I always felt so tired after trying to massage someone. Now I know exactly what I was doing wrong.
I have taught this material long enough to know what happens when someone gives themselves permission to learn with their whole body. I am so confident you will leave with real, usable skills that I'm backing it with a personal promise.
Attend the full workshop and don't feel your understanding of touch, body mechanics, and massage has genuinely shifted — find me before you leave. Full refund. No questions. Just gratitude for showing up.
— Shiva J, FacilitatorArrive, settle in, meet your fellow students.
No late entry after start — please arrive on time.
Leave with new skills and a whole lot of confidence.
Shiva J's journey into bodywork began not in a classroom but in necessity. A severe back injury ended a 20-year career in fitness and forced him to study his own body from the inside out — learning anatomy, body mechanics, and the intelligence of movement through direct experience and years of dedicated study.
What began as personal healing became a professional calling. He teaches massage not as a clinical skill but as a human one — accessible, practical, and immediately useful in the relationships that matter most to you. He has spent over seven years helping everyday people understand how their bodies work and how to offer genuine care through touch.
When he's not facilitating, you'll find him at ecstatic dance, drum circles, or on local trails with a dirty chai in hand.