Deep Connection Massage & The Somatic Touch Training

About this event

Deep Connection Massage & The Somatic Touch
A six-day immersive training in Ibiza

Level 1 — Deep Connection Massage
9–11 October 2026

12 October DAY FREE

Level 2 — The Somatic Touch
13–15 October 2026

Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza

web: https://www.deepconnectionmassage.com/
IG: @deepconnectionmassage

Deep Connection is more than a massage training and more than a technique to learn.

It is an invitation to transform the way we touch, listen and meet another human being.

Throughout the training, touch becomes a language: a way of listening through the hands, recognising the intelligence of the body and creating a space in which another person can slow down, breathe, feel and be met without being forced or directed.

We move from simply working on the body to learning how to work with the body.

From doing to feeling.
From technique to presence.
From where we touch to the place within us from which the touch begins.

Level 1 — Deep Connection Massage

Level 1 is the beginning of this language.

During three intensive days, participants learn more than 50 movements and techniques that can be woven into a complete massage session of between one and two hours.

You will explore how pressure, rhythm, depth, speed, stillness and intention can completely change the quality of a movement. Rather than following a rigid sequence, you will begin to develop a touch that is fluid, intuitive and responsive to the person receiving it.

The training includes:

-massage movements and full-body sequences;
-healthy posture and the conscious use of body weight;
-rhythm, slowness, depth and stillness;
-basic anatomy and an understanding of the fascial system;
-how to open, develop and close a complete session;
-grounding, presence and quality of contact;
-listening through the hands and the whole body;
-boundaries, consent and the negotiation of touch;
-recognising and gently supporting emotional or physical processes that may arise during a session.

You will learn how to remain connected to yourself while being present with another person, without losing your centre, rushing to change what is happening or imposing an expected result.

Level 1 gives you practical tools and a strong foundation from which to offer a complete massage session with greater confidence. At the same time, it opens a personal exploration of how you give, how you receive and how you relate through touch.

Because when the quality of our touch changes, the quality of our relationships can also begin to change.


Level 2 — The Somatic Touch

Level 2 takes the experience deeper.

If Level 1 teaches the language of the hands, Level 2 explores where that language comes from.

During these three days, we enter more deeply into the world of the nervous system and its different states. We learn to recognise signals of activation, openness, protection, withdrawal and collapse—not as problems to fix, but as intelligent responses of the body that need to be listened to and supported.

We explore:

-the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems;
-ventral and dorsal states;
-regulation and co-regulation;
-breathing and the subtle signals of the body;
-grounding and somatic listening;
-how two nervous systems communicate during a session;
-how to create safety, trust and deep listening;
-how to accompany emotions and physical responses without forcing them;
-advanced deep-tissue techniques;
-new sequences for the hips, sacrum, sacroiliac area, rotators and sciatic nerve.

The touch becomes slower, subtler and more precise.

The focus is no longer only on what the hands are doing, but on the internal state of the person who is touching. We begin to understand that our presence, breathing, grounding and ability to remain with what emerges are part of the session itself.

Rather than adding more and more techniques, we refine our capacity to listen and stay.

The body guides. We learn to follow.

The complete journey

Taking both levels creates a very different experience from attending one level alone.

Level 1 offers the foundations: the movements, the structure of a session and the first exploration of presence, intuition and quality of contact.

Level 2 allows these foundations to settle more deeply into the body. It gives you the understanding and sensitivity to recognise what may be happening beneath the surface and to support another person with greater clarity, stability and care.

Across the full week, there is time for the learning to move beyond the mind and become embodied.

The movements begin to feel more natural.
The hands become more receptive.
The listening becomes finer.
The group becomes a shared field of trust, practice and support.

We massage, move, breathe, dance, exchange, rest and learn together. Through giving and receiving, each participant has the opportunity not only to develop new professional skills, but also to experience the work from within.

The complete training is therefore both a professional education and a personal journey.

It can change the way you accompany clients, but also the way you meet your partner, your children, your friends and yourself.

Deep Connection is not about learning how to control the body or make something happen.

It is about creating the conditions in which the body can feel safe enough to speak, soften and reveal what it is ready to express.

An experience of touch beyond the skin.

A return to the body, to presence and to a more human way of meeting one another.