Aromatic Acupressure, Meridian Massage & Essential Oils
In-Person Workshop in Sebastopol, California
with Gabriel Mojay
Aromatic Acupressure, Meridian Massage & Essential Oils Advanced Course:Â Sat & Sun, July 26-27, 2025 from
9 am â 6 pm in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California
Meridian Massage is the hands-on manual stimulation of the bodyâs Jing Luo network of channels of vital energy, or Qi, through applying techniques of effleurage, petrissage, and tapotement along the muscular meridians integral to the main bilateral Organ Channels.
Incorporating plant essential oils in the massage base excipient, Meridian Massage becomes in addition Aromatic Acupressure â the therapeutic application of essential oils along the Meridians and, in particular, their Tsubos (acupoints).
Applying the healing potency of essential oils and their olfactoryâsensory dynameis in tandem with the power of the bodyâs inherent vital energeia can transform oneâs effectiveness as an aromatherapist and/or massage practitioner.
In this hands-on workshop, Gabriel instructs participants in the treatment of common types of pain and psychological disharmonies through the Meridian Massage and Aromatic Acupressure application of a selection of major essential oils.
Increasing the effectiveness of the aromatic formula
Incorporating the stimulation of selected Channels (âMeridiansâ) and Tsubos (acupoints) in the whole-body massage application of essential oils increases the overall effectiveness of the aromatic formula and the treatment as a whole. Where there is insufficient time or space to carry out a whole-body massage treatment, a single essential oil or blend of essential oils, diluted in a massage oil, cream or gel base excipient, can be applied to specific prescribed Channels and Tsubos.
The Five Elements as an energetic diagnostic tool
 As an energeticâdiagnostic tool of assessment, the time-honored TCM theory of the Five Elements provides an intuitive yet practical framework of mental-emotional health assessment. Classifying conditions according to disharmonies of the Intellect (Earth), Heart (Fire), Soul (Wood), Will (Water) and Vital Spirit (Metal), Gabriel provides participants with a basic but sound TCM-diagnostic approach to addressing therapeutically not only the symptoms of psychological disharmony but their constitutionalâenergetic causative roots.
Major essential oils
Gabriel applies the Five Element approach to Aromatherapy and essential oil therapeutics by considering the fragrance dynamics, traditional therapeutics and primary research evidence associated with a number of major essential oils and their aromatic plants, elucidating their psychological properties and uses in a way reveals the unity of body and mind.
Join Gabriel for this in-person weekend workshop in the 'wine country' of beautiful Sonoma County, California - 90 mins from San Francisco International Airport.
