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Esalen Massage [VHS]

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This video is purely for massage music lovers and is just an advocation for the Esalen massage method. It's a video for tourist to visit the spa at best! They give you advice, but, it's divided between more than one individual and body parts are scattered. The main point is- it isn't as instructional as it is peaceful scenery/music, whilst observing others be massaged. I guess it's perfect then for the "massage voyeur" and "foot-fetishist" but not for those seeking to learn good massage techniques.

I have been a massage practioner for over 10 years, and have studied many stlyes. This is a great tool for those who want to intergrate there styles together and create a whole.
It allows you to see that each body is diffrent therefore they have several diffrent practioners and clients in this video giving and recieving massage.
It's also a 75 minutes video which is a perfect pace.
It also tells you the the history of Esalen Massage and where the practice developed.
It is the best video I've purchased throughout my practice. The price is the lowest one for this quality of work don't let this fool you. All the best to you Debra

This video is fantastic for those who don't want to do militarily rigid cookie cutter massage. This video shows how to give a complete whole body massage for complete relaxation and healing. Although draping was minimal at times, boundaries were stressed and everyone was professional. Dawna

The Esalen Massage Video DVD was filmed on location at the Esalen Institute. Esalen is located at the coastal center of the breathtakingly beautiful, rugged Big Sur region of California. Some indoor and several outdoor spots are shown with demonstrations on massage tables in the Huxley meeting room, at the cliff-side Hot Springs Bathhouse overlooking and forty feet above the Pacific Ocean on both the ground floor and the upper deck, on the cliff-edge swimming pool deck one hundred feet above the ocean surf, similarly on the nearby spacious luxuriant lawn, and within one of the lush gardens on this harmonious landscape rendering of the wild and the manicured. In this exquisite production, there are many spectacular scenes taken from a helicopter, as well as still pictures of Esalen's founders: Michael Murphy and Richard Price, and noted early Esalen presenters: Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Ida Rolf, Joseph Campbell, Sam Keen, Christine Stewart Price, and others; a fleeting view of the rustic redwood Lodge, views of the cascading Hot Springs Creek with redwood trees on its banks, a favorite charming meditation spot: the landing on the stairway from the Big House to the beach, and of other awe-inspiring spots on this magical property.

In this 85-minute production, nearly all thirty-six members of the Esalen Massage Crew appear, if not as givers, then as receivers, with some as both. Twenty-two, as givers, appear with first names on the screen, with ten as commentators supplementing the mellifluous, informative voice-over that guides the viewer through the total body massage. The world-famous classic Esalen massage moves are demonstrated in stepwise fashion with amazing grace and beauty. The idea of producing an instructional massage video at Esalen dates to at least February 1977, but not until May 1997 was such a product released. The viewer is completely captivated by the presentation in the same way as actually being at Esalen, for both are works of art. Delightful to the eye and uplifting to the spirit, one never tires of repeated viewings.

Said of this award-winning best-selling video production - "gorgeous, wonderful, beautiful, enlightening, the next best thing to learning at Esalen, the best instructional video on the market, for beginners and professionals alike!"

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN OR GIVE SOMEONE DEEP RELAXING MASSAGE, THIS IS IT.

I found the soundtrack and the scenery very soothing and found the tape very easy to watch. Even with the "cuts" to different sessions, everything flowed well together. The narrator repeated information when necessary, so if you were performing a massage while following along, you wouldn't miss anything. I find this video to be a good introduction to a technique of massage or couple's massage. There are a few problems that I had with the video:

While all of the therapists behaved professionally on the video during each phase of the massage session, several of them were dressed inappropriately. And I also question the abdominal massages where there was no chest draping for the female clients. The "T" factor is not necessary in order to learn this technique!

The massage presentation was very good, despite those couple of drawbacks. I give it 3-1/2 stars.

Beautifully excuted. i enjoyed the lush scenery of Big Sur,CA. and the sound track is so soothing. I bought the music as well and listen to it all the time.