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Courses in 2025

Facial Guasha for Self-care*
Saturday 22 February 2025

Holographic Guasha workshop*
Sunday 23 February 2025

Hara Diagnosis - the basics*
Saturday 1 March 2025

Moxibustion - a practical workshop*
Sunday 2 March 2025

Intro to Thai Tok Sen massage*

Saturday 29 March 2025

Intro to Korean Hand Therapy *

Sunday 30 March 2025

Recorded Courses

Interpreting the zangfu 臟腑 organs
of Chinese Medicine*
learn about the Chinese characters which form a semantic cloud around each organ

 - a great way to deepen your understanding of organ functions

An afternoon with a Jiao*
look at the tripartite division of the trunk - and learn more about acupoints in each jiao

Twenty four Solar fortnights*
these 12 separate 2 hour recordings are applicable to one month or a full year - including astronomy, astrology, food, ceremonies, acupuncture channels, acupoints, seasonal exercises and more

*open to students or anyone with an interest in this area *

His six books which feature Gua sha have been published and translated into six languages and with a clearly defined philosophy in his approach to Gua sha, he organises international projects in the use of Gua sha in communities with underdeveloped healthcare.

         Date          Saturday 22 Feb 2025

        Time         10am - 5pm
        Cost          £100
        Spaces      Max 18
        Tutor        Clive Witham

Facial Gua sha Self-care workshop
 Clive is a world leader in Facial Gua sha and usually teaches Ecology-in-Motion Facial Guasha at a professional level in major cities all over the world but this is a rare chance to learn directly from him in this one day class on how to use Facial Gua sha on yourself as part of your health and beauty routine. 

If you look online, you will find lots of information on Facial Guasha but it is hugely misunderstood and the more you will hear from Clive, the more you will get to the heart of what Facial Gua sha really is. His pioneering work is so different from what most people think and what others might teach. In this class, he will introduce the basic ideas behind what you do and this includes an introduction to Ecology-in-Motion Guasha, a beautiful nature-based understanding of the face and body, and he will spend most of the class showing you how to treat your face and body based on these principles from the ancient Chinese.

The basic structure of the sequences that will be covered is based on his book 'Facial Gua sha: A Step-by-step Guide to a Natural Facelift' but he will bring the information in the book to life with personal stories, tips and tricks and a sprinkling of the sheer magic of the natural world. The class will be full of demonstrations to follow and ample time for questions and answers as well as supervised practice. And, remember, this is not a subject that he normally teaches live so if you miss this, you may have to wait a long time to catch it again.

Note that this is NOT a course which qualifies you to teach Gua sha self-care to others. It is not one of our Institute certificate courses and only designed for your personal self-care.

​Useful pre-class reading
Facial Gua sha: A Step-by-step Guide to a Natural Facelift by Clive Witham
Gua sha: A Guide to Treating People by Clive Witham
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Useful pre-class listening
Facial Gua sha: A Step-by-step Guide to a Natural Facelift by Clive Witham (audiobook)
The Gua sha Show: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/clive-witham

Facial Guasha for Self-care

Clive is director of the Komorebi Institute and teaches Gua sha all over the world. He is a licensed acupuncturist and health promotion specialist and has been using and researching Gua sha for 25 years. He is the creator of Ecology in Motion Gua sha, which developed out of his chronic health clinic in North Africa, and has online and live Facial and Health and Wellness Gua sha teaching programs.