The ChillOut Society

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ChillOut has been teaching massage since its beginnings many years ago, and massage remains the activity for which we are best known. Zeb Shaw has, for many years, developed the massage courses to suit the way students learned best and allow students to learn an enormous amount of useful applicable techniques and knowledge in a short evening course. None of our courses are certified and the teaching provided is intended to be informative, but we advise our students not to treat anybody without being a insured as a massage therapist and trained in an approved, certified course.

Courses 

ChillOut society currently offers three different massage courses.

• The Beginner’s Massage Course teaches the basics of swedish masage and covers most of the body over 6 weeks.
• The Intermediate Massage Course takes this much further, teaching advanced therapeutic techniques in an intensive 8-week course. Many of the ‘graduates’ of this course go on to train professionally or help teaching in the society.
• Indian Head Massage is a very simple, beautiful and relaxing form of massage which we teach in a one-day workshop.

More Information

Please read the detailed pages about the above courses before going to the Questions and Contact section.

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No. The beginner’s massage course and indian head massage course are introductions to the techniques only. Our intermediate massage course teaches you skills well beyond many professional massage courses in Swedish Massage, but all of our teaching is for your personal use only. This is not a professional qualification and ChillOut does not accept any responsibility for the way in which you use what you have learned at our courses. There is no certificate of completion, no qualification, and we offer no guarantee that any of our students are fit to practice.

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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.

Swedish Massage is a classical European massage technique of the muscles with special oils by therapeutic stroking and kneading of muscle tissue to promote stress relief. It is used to improve circulation, relieve muscle pain and tension, increase flexibility and induce relaxation. It combines three basic strokes to the skin: long, firm strokes; kneading strokes; and small circles. This is the most requested and one of the most enjoyable massages.

Syllabus

The course teaches the following massages (not in this order):

• Arm & hand
• Foot
• Leg
• Shoulders
• Face & neck
• Back
• Putting it all together, catch-up and revision

Cost

Details of costs finalised shortly before sign up and included in the email to the email list inviting people to the sign-up session. It is normally around £35 for EUSA members, £45 for non-EUSA students and £55 for non-students. This includes high-quality sweet almond oil in a pump dispenser, massage mat and a full set of notes in an oil-resistant folder.

Next course

Check the news page for news of the next course. Stay subscribed to our mailing list to receive notification of new courses.

Contact details

Please check the Questions & Contact section to see if your question has already been answered before emailing us. Thank you.

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Welcome to the ChillOut Society where you can learn various forms of massage, healing, chilling and living life to the full!

We’re a chilled out group of people at Edinburgh University (Scotland) whose sole pursuit is that of relaxation. We teach and share swedish massage, therapeutic massage, Indian Head Massage, Reiki, EFT etc. as well as good food, good hugs and good friendship. The ChillOut Committee are normally a great bunch to hang out with and open to new people and new ideas.

Massage courses

Most of the expertise and activity of ChillOut Society currently revolves around our massage courses. We teach different courses, including a one-day Indian Head Massage course, a 6-week beginner’s Swedish Massage Course and an intensive 8-week intermediate course in therapeutic & remedial massage techniques for students who wish to learn some of the tricks used by advanced practitioners without paying the full price for a professional course.

Reiki healing

We run Reiki attunements one or twice a year for those who wish to learn Reiki, and you can receive healing on a drop-in basis on Thursdays at Tollcross healing group, all year round (not organised by ChillOut, but many of us go there). The ChillOut healer’s group usually meets weekly- join the Reiki email list if you would like to swap healings with other healers.

Events Massage Service

The events massage service is available for societies, charities and private functions in Edinburgh doing seated shoulder massage (or even Reiki) - at ceilidhs, balls, fundraising events, parties, club nights- its all been done. Find out more…

Other activities

We run retreats in Roslin Castle a few times a year. EFT, timeline therapy, reflexology and hypnotherapy and many other workshops are all possible, depending on interest.

Most of the courses take place at Teviot House, Bristo Square, Edinburgh. To take part in the courses, you need to be a member of the ChillOut Society. The cost of joining is £3 for the year.

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