Upcoming Deep Bodywork® Workshops
Explore upcoming workshops in the official Deep Bodywork® learning pathway.
Find Deep Bodywork® workshops and introductory courses. Whether you’re taking your first step or continuing your learning journey, you’ll find all upcoming offerings here.
Upcoming Workshops
Explore the current Deep Bodywork® workshop offerings. Each workshop is part of the official Deep Bodywork® learning pathway. Follow the links below to learn more about each course, upcoming dates, and registration information.
New workshops will be added as dates become available.
Introductory Workshop
Hamburg • London • Amsterdam • Portugal
Experience the principles of Deep Bodywork® in a two-day introduction. Through demonstrations, hands-on practice, and guided exploration, you’ll discover how gravity, presence, refined body mechanics, and sensory awareness create a different approach to depth.
Duration: 2 days
Suitable for: experienced bodyworkers
An introduction to the official Deep Bodywork® learning pathway.
Experience how depth begins with presence.
Deep Bodywork® 1
Spine, Shoulders & Hips
Jiaxing, China
Next offering: January 2027
Develop the foundations of Deep Bodywork® by exploring the spine, shoulders, and hips through slow, precise, and responsive touch. Learn to recognize patterns of restriction while refining your ability to support the body’s natural capacity for organization and ease.
Duration: 5 days · 30 training hours
Suitable for: Experienced bodywork practitioners
Counts toward the official Deep Bodywork® Certificate.
Discover how depth emerges through slowing down.
Deep Bodywork® II
Knees, Psoas & Deep Visceral Work
Jiaxing, China
New workshop dates are currently in planning.
Explore the body’s central support system through the knees, thighs, psoas, and abdominal space. Refine your palpation skills while deepening your understanding of how these structures influence posture, movement, balance, and overall organization.
Duration: 5 days · 30 training hours
Suitable for: Experienced bodywork practitioners
Counts toward the official Deep Bodywork® Certificate.
Explore the body’s deepest support system.
Deep Bodywork® III
Rotator Cuff, Forearm & Hand
Jiaxing, China
New workshop dates are currently in planning.
Develop greater confidence working with the complexity of the shoulder girdle, forearm, wrist, and hand. Learn slow, precise approaches that cultivate mobility, responsiveness, and refined perception in some of the body’s most intricate structures.
Duration: 5 days · 30 training hours
Suitable for: Experienced bodywork practitioners
Counts toward the official Deep Bodywork® Certificate.
Precision grows from perception, not force.
Deep Bodywork® IV
Neck, Chest & Breath
Jiaxing, China
New workshop dates are currently in planning.
Explore the relationships between the neck, chest, ribs, and breath. Discover how restoring organization and mobility throughout the upper body can support freer movement, improved posture, and a greater sense of spaciousness.
Duration: 5 days · 30 training hours
Suitable for: Experienced bodywork practitioners
Counts toward the official Deep Bodywork® Certificate.
Where breath becomes freer, movement often follows.
Deep Bodywork® V
Advanced Hips, Feet & Lower Legs
Jiaxing, China
New workshop dates are currently in planning.
Deepen your work with the hips while exploring the feet and lower legs as the body’s foundation. Refine your understanding of how grounded support, balanced movement, and efficient body mechanics influence the entire body.
Duration: 5 days · 30 training hours
Suitable for: Experienced bodywork practitioners
Counts toward the official Deep Bodywork® Certificate.
The body’s foundation influences everything above it.
About the Deep Bodywork® Learning Pathway
Deep Bodywork® was developed by Perry and Johanna Holloman over more than three decades of teaching and practice at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.
The learning pathway combines slow, precise connective tissue work with principles of presence, gravity, sensory awareness, and embodied perception. Rather than relying on force, practitioners learn to work deeply through responsiveness, refined body mechanics, and careful listening through their hands.
The introductory workshop offers a first experience of this approach. The five advanced workshops presented here form part of the official Deep Bodywork® curriculum and count toward certification as a Deep Bodywork® Practitioner.
Nina teaches these workshops as an authorized Deep Bodywork® teacher in collaboration with Perry and Johanna Holloman.
Certification
Successful completion of five different Deep Bodywork® workshops, comprising at least 150 training hours, together with the required practice sessions and final review, qualifies participants to apply for certification as a Deep Bodywork® Practitioner.
Certification requirements are supervised by Perry and Johanna Holloman and their authorized teaching team.