Bodies Helping Bodies is a four-full-day, in-person, small-group training immersion in skillful human-to-human helping: talk, touch, movement, listening, communication, breath, presence, leverage, experimentation, prayer, play & embodied relationship.
It comes out of 16+ years of bodywork practice but it isn't only for bodyworkers.
This person. This body. This moment.
A sequence tells us at start where to put our hand next, but what about what the person & body in front of you is asking for.
So this training is technique & intuition, it's learning the relationship between the two.
Learn the pattern. Meet the person.
Watch
Past students on the training - 2 min 46 sec. Plays right here when you tap.
Inside the four days
Four full days of doing, of giving and receiving of being led and leading
Roughly 9am to 6pm each day spending time giving, receiving, practicing, repeating, communicating, experimenting, being coached & encountering different bodies not sitting through lectures.
Learn practice & memorize a traditional Thai massage sequence a real structure you can begin from & fall back on
Rotate partners, so you meet many bodies, not just one
The honest version: four full immersion days can be enough to begin practicing and to get your body and your hands in the momentum of the moment & to genuinely change what you notice, what you can do & how you keep learning afterward too.
Who it's for
Two main doors in
The professional door
Current massage therapists, bodyworkers, movement teachers, trainers, coaches, aspiring practitioners anyone whose work involves bodies, care, or human relationship and those who want to start in such services or to add a tool to their belt
The simply-human door
Partners, friends, family anyone who wants to get better at helping, touching, listening to & caring for the people they love.
Some people come to start a profession. Some come to expand one. Some will never charge anyone for this work professionally but will change the way they are with their beloved close friends and family. All three are legitimate.
A note on physical capacity: this is an embodied, floor-based, participatory training. Participants want enough baseline capacity for hands-on floor practice across four full days - but nobody needs to be young, athletic, extremely flexible, extremely strong, or completely pain-free. Adaptation is part of the practice.
The teacher
Joey Lundgreen
Joey came to this work unusually. After a heart surgery in his early 20s, he walked into a three-hour introductory Thai massage class & had the immediate experience: "Oh. This is real. I'm actually doing something useful."
With little money for formal training, he spent the next year & a half learning through service, curiosity & honest experimentation. Sixteen years & thousands of hours of hands-on work later, he has trained roughly 150 people as practitioners & simply-humans alike.
"He's your body's friend."
Gary Malkin - Emmy Award-winning composer & longtime client
"I spent five years as a preschool teacher and have been a dancer since I was five... my work has always come back to the body: how we move, feel, process, and connect. Now I'm following that thread into psychosomatics and bodywork, something I've been wanting to do for a long time. Along the way I've been learning from someone who's become a very good & trusted friend and teacher, Joey Lundgreen."
Lydia - tea server at the Wu Wei Tea Temple, Fairfax
The details
November 12-15, right in Marin just north of San Francisco
When
Nov 12-15, 2026
Where
Marin County, CA
4 Days
9am to 6pm
Group
Max 10 people - 2 already
The group is intentionally small this is a real training with a real limit of ten people, & 2 places are already taken. Enrollment is about both availability & fit: before confirming your place, we'll have a conversation to see how this could be a great fit for you & the group right now. Reach out to connect & see if it's a fit. A deposit claims your spot before they're gone.
What this training is - & what it isn't: four full days is a real beginning. Enough to start practicing, to build real skill with partners, friends & family, & to keep learning from there. It is not a massage licensure or certification program, & it doesn't by itself qualify you to practice massage professionally - California & your local city or county have their own rules for professional hands-on work, so please check what applies where you plan to work. Everyone who completes the four days receives a certificate of completion: an honest acknowledgment of the work you did, not a license or a credential.
Private sessions
Work with me one on one
A private session is a deeply personalized approach to bodywork, movement & human connection. This person. This body. This moment. Just the two of us, listening.
Online bookings are for sessions where you come to me in Marin County, near Mill Valley.
I'll confirm the address with you after booking.
If you'd like me to come to you, call me at 408-750-7173 so we can arrange it directly.
Length
90 minutes
Rates
$300 standard $200 Marin pre-training special
Where
Marin County, near Mill Valley
Booking & cancellation: sessions are booked in advance & paid in full at booking to hold your spot. Life happens - reschedule or cancel with 24 hours' notice & there's no charge. Inside 24 hours, or for a no-show, the session is charged in full. For cancellations or changes, text me at 408-750-7173.
Start with the pre-session agreement, then choose your time and pay through Square.
Before your first session, please read the pre-session agreement - a few things worth knowing about how this work goes.
If something in you has been thinking that come say hi & tell me a little about yourself. No pressure, no countdown timers. Just a conversation about whether this is a fit.
Reach out to connect & see if it's a fit. A deposit claims your spot before they're gone.
