Born in Nimes, a Roman city located in Provence (South France), Nathalie Cecilia is your Bamboo Massage Therapy instructor. With a master's degree in Philosophy and Languages from the Universitee Des Lettres De Montpellier, she began her career as a teacher and a translator.

Traveling from the age of 16 around Europe--and later around the world--she pursued her passion for discovering new horizons, and crossed the Atlantic in order to explore the United States and experience life here. It was here that she decided to change her career.

Keeping her goal to help people in mind, she attended the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy. Three months following her graduation in 2004, she opened Two Touch Company--a Thai studio and massage therapy office in Sarasota, Florida.

Many of Nathalie's clients were asking for deep tissue treatment. She soon began to experience pain and fatigue in her hands and wrists. When she started using bamboo to assist her with deep tissue work, she noticed that her pain subsided and her clients loved it.

She developed an innovative way to give bamboo massage on the table (Bamboo-Fusion®) and in the chair, meanwhile creating her own bamboo set to give the massage. Her goal today is to help therapists provide deep massage without hurting themselves. This technique aids in avoiding repetitive injuries, such as carpal tunnel, and reduces the stress on thumbs, wrists and hands.

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The class will be dedicated to the application of Advanced Bamboo-Fusion® clinical deep tissue and therapeutic techniques applied in the prone, supine, and lying position.

Nathalie will teach specific strokes using warm bamboo pieces to help your clientele with neck, shoulder, back and hip joint pain. After taking this class you will be able to offer pain management treatments to your clients to reduce the level of ache in their body.

What to bring: Massage Table (2 therapists per table), Linens, Your favorite massage lubricant, 1 Pillow

No prerequisite: Everyone is welcome to the class!

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUME, COLOGNE OR ESSENTIAL OILS TO CLASS.