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Raisa dedicates her work to helping fellow humans in returning to their innate nature. This nature is wholesome, alive, passionate, joyful and innocent. Using the tools of meditation, massage, movement and energy practices, her speciality is in bringing Eastern knowledge (Taoism, Classical Chinese medicine and Tantra) to the Western therapeutic/healing framework, bringing together esoteric philosophies and practices with the grounded and simple processes that challenge us to become more present and more surrendered to the present moment, with all that it brings – the joys and vulnerabilities of being a human.

Combining her artistic background, and current therapeutic approaches since 2013 Raisa has been holding space for groups and individuals helping people get a greater understanding of themselves and find more self-compassion in the process of doing so. For the past 5 years she has focused on her massage practice with her speciality being on educating clients on touch and ways we can be more effective with the quality of our touch. We are a touch illiterate society. We assume we know it all, or, terribly doubt ourselves at every step of the way, when it comes to touching another human or ourselves. The question is really one of how we relate to what is taking place. How do we hold what is taking place? Touch is a great tool to reveal what is truly taking place.

The beauty about us humans is that we can help one another heal. Imagine a society in which we could trust one another and feel safe in? Well… what if we could do all we can do to create that society by embodying the necessary skills, go through the necessary healing, ourselves, so that we can also be a trustworthy and even healing influence on others, let alone, ourselves? There’s a multitude of things we can do with our attention and if we have the power to help others heal, why not learn to master those skills or at least commit to our own healing initially?

Raisa lives and works in Devon, Totnes, UK, and is also offering groups to attend in which we learn about intimacy and relating through learning about how we relate with the body. Her next workshops will be focused on how to unbind the tissue of the body, releasing the tissue/tension that constrains us.

To visit Raisa’s website, please visit: www.raisabreslava.com