175 hr. Esalen® Massage Certification in Okinawa, Japan July1-15,2025
2025-07-01 08:00 - 2025-07-15 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pontevedra, Galicia
175 hr. Esalen® Massage Certification in Okinawa, Japan July1-15,2025
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Deep Bodywork: Healing the Shoulder and Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome in Barcelona, Spain - Aug 29-Sept 3, 30 CEU's available!
2025-08-29 08:00 - 2025-09-03 17:00 | Can Mas, Can Mas, Tordera, Barcelona, Spain
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Aug 29th – Sept 3rd 2025

Perry Holloman and Johanna Holloman
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Integrative Gestalt Practice™: Presence, Authentic Connection, and Trust in Times of Change
2025-10-06 17:00 - 2025-10-10 09:30 | Esalen, 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, 93920, United States
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October 6–10, 2025

Perry Holloman and Johanna Holloman
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Gestalt is, at its heart, an awareness practice — one that invites us to be fully present with what is. This presence becomes the portal through which insight, inner guidance, and emotional regulation naturally emerge.
Gestalt practice allows us to connect with what is real and true for us — beyond old patterns, assumptions, habitual self-judgments, or the need to fix ourselves. Integrative Gestalt Practice™, developed by Perry and Johanna Holloman over the past 30 years, combines deep awareness with embodied exploration, offering practical tools to navigate life’s transitions, relationships, and inner questions with greater clarity and authenticity.
In this immersive workshop, we’ll guide you step by step in Integrative Gestalt Practice, a deeply experiential approach that engages body, heart, and mind. Through structured inquiries, breath practices, and movement, you will explore how awareness unfolds in real time and how it can bring clarity and a deeper connection to yourself and others. Group exercises, dyadic and triadic explorations, and guided self-inquiry will provide a dynamic space for transformation.
During this workshop, you will:

Learn Gestalt-based self-inquiry practices that deepen awareness and connection.
Engage in breath and movement-based exercises to access embodied wisdom.
Work in dyads and triads to practice deep listening to one another and your own soul’s unfolding wisdom.
Participate in guided group processes that create a dynamic space for transformation.
Some participants will also have the opportunity to engage in individual “open seat” sessions with Perry and Johanna, supported by the group’s presence.

By deepening your capacity for presence and authentic connection, you cultivate trust in yourself and life itself, even in the midst of uncertainty. Join us for an immersive experience to create a stronger sense of agency, clarity, and connection to your own inner wisdom.
Recommended Reading: Gestalt Therapy Verbatim by Frederick S. Perls and Steve Andreas and The Unfolding Now by A. H. Almaas
This workshop includes an additional $50 in faculty tuition.

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Deep Bodywork® with Perry and Johanna returns to Esalen! Healing the Back, Shoulders and Hips January 25-30, 2026
2026-01-25 17:00 - 2026-01-30 12:00 | Esalen, 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, 93920, United States
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January 25–30, 2026

Perry Holloman and Johanna Holloman
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Deep Bodywork®, when applied with great sensitivity, is one of the most effective healing modalities available to the professional bodyworker. It combines the integrating qualities of flowing massage with therapeutic deep tissue work to promote relaxation, restore tissue health, and support long-term structural change. Developed by the Hollomans over the course of 40 years, the form emerged from the knowledge brought to and created at Esalen in the ’60s and ’70s by early bodywork masters.
Through Deep Bodywork techniques, practitioners can enter the deeper soft tissue layers, freeing previously dense, hardened areas that may be chronically painful due to a lack of fluid exchange and energy flow. As these areas soften and “re-organize,” chronic tension patterns release, revitalizing living tissues with blood, lymph, and “Chi” (life) energy.
With a clear curriculum and moves designed for easy integration into any current practice, we’ll focus on intermediate and advanced deep tissue techniques to enhance the therapeutic skills of practicing bodyworkers, including massage therapists, acupuncturists, physiotherapists, and chiropractors. Our primary intent is to deepen participants’ understanding of how to apply effective deep work on the back, hips, and shoulders, utilizing practical methods for treating acute and chronic pain in these areas.
Emphasis will be placed on proper body mechanics so practitioners can learn to work with a sense of inner ease and avoid placing unnecessary stress on their own bodies. We’ll also explore how these techniques can complement other healing modalities in the treatment of soft tissue pain for a multidisciplinary approach to pain relief and functional restoration. Previous massage experience is recommended for this workshop.
Recommended reading: Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra
*30 CEU’s are available through the NCBTMB, provided by Deepbodywork® LLC for bodyworkers. There is an additional $50 fee for CEUs. Please contact johannaholloman@gmail.com or phollomanconsulting@gmail.com with any questions.
This workshop includes an additional $30 for materials.

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The Heart of Relationship: A Weekend of Gestalt Inquiry for Couples and Friends at Esalen
2026-05-08 17:00 - 2026-05-10 21:30 | Esalen, 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA, 93920, United States
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May 8–10, 2026

Perry Holloman and Johanna Holloman
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Fostering close and connected relationships is one of the most important things affecting the quality of our lives. Cultivating trust and openness with a loved one, whether with an intimate partner or friend, is an essential aspect of any successful, supportive relationship.
This weekend, Perry and Johanna Holloman, intimate partners and friends for over 30 years, will share the most effective tools and practices they have developed to nurture their connection to each other.
The primary tool Perry and Johanna will share is called Gestalt Inquiry. This easy-to-learn, powerful practice provides a safe context for exploring the most meaningful and sensitive aspects of relationships. Perry and Johanna like to think of it as a practice that becomes a continuing part of any successful long-term relationship because it places high value on compassion, respect, and love of truth. As we learn to discover and safely express what is true for us, individually, as a couple, or as friends, we deepen our heart’s capacity for intimacy and connection, which leads to a more fulfilling and meaningful shared life.
During our time together, you will learn practices and resources to integrate into your everyday life, such as:

Embodied practices involving movement, breath, meditation, and awareness to develop a sense of palpable presence as the foundation upon which your relationship can flourish.
The Art of Conscious Communication: learning to care as much about understanding our partner and what they’re communicating as we care about being heard and understood by them.
How to express needs, feelings, and appreciations in an attuned manner to deepen relational trust.
Understanding the “distancing behaviors” we engage in, usually as an unconscious form of defense against vulnerability and contact.
Learning to co-regulate each other in structured exercises, emphasizing compassion and respect so presence-based relating naturally arises.

This workshop is for couples of all genders and sexual orientations. A couple may be any two people with a history who desire a better future together, e.g., friends, partners, married or divorced spouses, parent and child, siblings, and others.
This workshop includes an additional $50 in faculty tuition.

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100 Hr. Esalen Massage Professional Training in Galicia, Spain June 15-29, 2026
2026-06-15 08:00 - 2026-06-29 17:00 | Centro Punta de Couso, Pontevedra, Galicia
GALICIA (SPAIN)
15 – 29 June 2026
The 100-Hour Professional Certificate in Esalen® Massage Course offers a comprehensive training for certified bodyworkers
who wish to add the Esalen approach to their professional repertoire.
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