Rejuvenate and restore with Gua Sha facial warm-up and lymphatic drainage techniques. 

Sunday, June 4 | 3-4:30pm
Led by Donna Ohama, PTA, C-AIYT, RYT-500
Cost for the workshop only $36. (Bring your own Gua Sha to class)
Cost for the workshop with a purchase of Gua Sha $47. (must register by May 25)

During this workshop, we will practice techniques that are known to improve the health of your skin and tissues. Done with a clean face and face serum. Afterward, we will settle into a mini restorative practice with restorative poses, guided meditation, and breathwork to enhance your relaxation and self-care journey.

Gua Sha is an ancient Chinese therapy tool used to stimulate microcirculation and lymphatic drainage of the skin. It allows for lifting, firming, sculpting, and decongestion. The techniques improve the health of skin and tissues by promoting blood flow and lymphatic decongestion and are used in chronic pain to promote healing. 

Benefits of Gua Sha

• Increased microcirculation

• Floods skin with nutrients

• Removes toxins through the lymphatic system.

• Reduces puffiness and congestion.

• Releases tension

• Reduces the appearance of fine lines

• Sculpts and contours cheeks and jawline.

• Relaxing deep facial massage.

• Improves muscle tone.

• Improves levels of collagen

Discover the natural lifting and relaxing benefits of this ancient self-care tool!

Bring your favorite facial oil & your Gua Sha tool. If you do not have a Gua Sha tool, you can purchase one for $11 with registration below*.

Donna Ohman, PTA, C-IAYT, is a certified yoga therapist, licensed physical therapist assistant, and Yoga Among Friends’ teacher who fell in love with yoga in 1999. She intertwines Eastern and Western healing modalities by integrating physical therapy, yoga therapy, and facial yoga. She is certified in Face Yoga (2020) and Gua Sha (2023). Her classes are alignment-based, blending therapeutics and rhythmic movement, emphasizing the breath. She aims to inspire and empower others to reach their health and wellness potential in mind, body, and spirit with the philosophy, “Come as you are; do what you can; and grow from there.”

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