Bodywork, Breath & Energetic Release
Three Days of Nourishing the Nervous System
with Crystal River Kim
Our daily life is often dominated by overstimulation, tension, and accumulated coping patterns that gradually disconnect us from our natural rhythm. These three days give us an opportunity to slow down, re-center, and listen inward — to the language of the body itself with it's own subtle intelligence.
Together we will learn and explore deep bodywork based on the MER approach, as well as intuitive stretches inspired by qi gong and yogic movement, breath awareness, and gentle unwinding processes that support the body’s own capacity for self-healing – all through guided practice.
We will not only work through layers of muscle and fascia, but also through layers of sensation, emotion, and lived experience. As the body feels supported and safe, the whole body–mind system can gradually settle, soften, and return to a more natural and regulated state.
You do not need any prior experience in bodywork to attend this workshop. However if you are a massage, somatic or body-oriented pratictioner, the unique MER approach will add new understanding and depth to your practice.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have experienced and practiced simple yet effective techniques that can be used as a basis for a professional bodywork session.
What We Will Practice
• guided deep bodywork strokes • myofascial energetic release • myofascial unwinding
• intuitive and supported stretching • breath-based self regulation practice
• partnered practice
The bodywork and strokes are intented to sensitize and connect to felt sense.
The Approach
This workshop is based on Myofascial Energetic Release (MER), developed by Satyarthi Peloquin.
MER is a holistic, trauma-sensitive bodywork method that addresses chronic pain and musculoskeletal imbalance and their link to emotional and nervous system held tension.
The work integrates soft tissue and joint connective tissue manipulation, conscious breathing, myofascial unwinding, assisted stretching, and emotional awareness. Rather than forcing change, it creates conditions in which the organism can reorganize naturally.
Timetable: 9am-1.30pm, 2.30pm-5pm
About Crystal River Kim
Crystal River Kim was born in Seoul, Korea. The direct translation of his Korean name, Jung Ha — 김정하 (金晶河) — is “Crystal Clear River Flow.”
His early professional years were spent in international finance, working as a senior executive investment banker with Morgan Stanley (Wall Street, NY) and Lehman Brothers (Hong Kong/Korea), after completing a Master’s degree in Finance and Economics.
Over time, his interest shifted from economic systems to the deeper questions of how human beings live, regulate, and relate.
For the past twenty years he has been living in spiritual communes around the world, practicing meditation, yoga and QiGung. His trainings include Bikram Yoga Teacher Training (2001), studies at the Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Mysore, India, and a Tantra Yoga Teacher Training certification (Kho Phangan) and his bodywork education spans Sexual De-Armouring (Berlin), Thai Yoga Massage (Chiang Mai), Traditional Thai Massage (Koh Samui), Alchemy of Touch (Goa), and most significantly, extensive training in Myofascial Energetic Release (MER), which has become the foundation of his current work.
Today he works as a motorcycle meditation facilitator, conscious economic and living advisor and trauma-informed bodyworker and trainer, supporting individuals and groups in Korea, India, Germany, Greece, and beyond.