Beginner's Swedish Massage

Over an eight week period of weekly 2-hour lessons and practise, you will learn the skills you need to give enjoyable relaxing and effective massages.

Massage courses and activities run by the ChillOut Society.

You do not have to be a member of Edinburgh University to join ChillOut Society, but the Student’s Association insists that we charge members a fee. And if we let people go on courses without being members, we wouldn’t have any members! So yes you must be a member of ChillOut. It costs only £3 to join ChillOut society for life (we never remember to re-charge you)!

No. Our massage courses are not certified and this page provides a further explanation.

No. We run courses during university term only.

Indian head massage and Reiki courses run according to demand. If you wish to do one, please let us know. As for Swedish massage (Beginner’s/Intermediate massage), please do not email us asking us when our next massage course is.

Once we announce courses on the email list, you can ask for a place using the email address given in the announcement email. Beginner’s massage courses are started in the first few weeks of each semester and Indian Head Massage would be announced a few weeks before it is planned to run (in either semester). Intermediate massage courses are normally announced towards the end of the first beginner’s course of the year (near the end of the first semester).

The beginner’s classes often run on Wednesdays and Sundays, and one-off workshops like Thai massage and Indian Head Massage are mostly on the weekend. Each class is different, however, and when the class runs will be worked out depending on what days and times the participants can make. We announce new courses on the website and mailing list and will give an idea of the days and times at this point. After people have signed up, we work out when is best for everyone.