Fascial Exploration & Care for Bodyworkers
Feral Fascia
Retreat & Workshop
October 2nd-4th 2026
Warsaw, Missouri
Welcome, Dear Bodyworker
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This retreat is for Licensed Massage Therapists and Licensed Estheticians that feel “stuck” in their bodies and routines (both in and out of the treatment room).
What if the most important thing you could do for yourself as a bodyworker doesn’t involve another $1000+ Continuing Education Course?
What if play, low-stakes learning, and deep attunement to self could bring the change you are looking for?
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Together we will explore new forms of playful movement, remember how to care for our own bodies as it relates to bodywork, and gentle myofascial techniques you can integrate into your sessions back home.
We will host Contact Improv Jams, Foundational Movement classes , and Fascia Workshops. Other group activities like nature walks, fire circles, and body remembering Art will be sprinkled in as well!
Our goal is to learn through experiencing & sensing, rather than strict protocols and technique.
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Feral Fascia will be held in Warsaw, Missouri tucked away in the rolling hills of the Ozarks. Roughly 1.5 hours north of Springfield, Missouri!
Beautiful views, fresh air, and access to Turkey Creek are available to all attendees. Two AirBnb’s sit on the land and will house attendees, as well as provide enough space for shared meals, fire circles, dancing, and workshops.
We will gather Friday October 2nd and depart Sunday October 4th.
Meet your Teachers
KElsey Esther
Contact Improv & Somatic PracticesIntegrative Somatic Trauma Therapy practitioner
E-CYT500 YACEP
Jenna Thredgill
Foundational Movement for Bodyworks & Self Care PracticesLicensed Massage Therapist - LMT
CYT - 200
Myofascial Workshop & HostKelsey Henderson
Licensed Massage Therapist - LMT
Licensed Esthetician - LE
an opportunity to move from habitual patterns of body & mind
into spaces of connection, restoration, and play
here’s what we’ll explore:
Contact Improv
with Kelsey Esther
Contact Improv: Intuitive movement meets collaborative care.
Contact Improv is non-choreographed dance focused on
Shared weight
Momentum,
Deep listening
& Reciprocal touch with others.
This intuitive movement can inspire feelings of deep connection, and play while honoring of your inner “yes”. And don’t worry, there’s no “doing it right”, I promise ;)
We’ll start with personal embodiment, build simple frameworks then expand into safe, supportive, spontaneous and often silly collaboration. CI can introduce a new sense of freedom, inner authority and a new level of interactive listening. All of which can to integrated back at home and in your offices.
Fundamental Movement
Fundamental Movement for Bodyworkers:
Practices for creating longevity & prosperity within your hands-on career
In this course series you will learn how to protect and prepare your body in a way that allows you to fully immerse yourself in your work without sacrificing your own health and well being.
Utilizing movement practices such as:
Joint Mobilization
Grounding Techniques
Fundamental Strength and Activation
Yoga & Restorative Movement
This course is designed to not only inspire bodyworkers different ways to prepare their bodies for a days work but also how to utilize proper body mechanics during sessions and how to recover after sessions.
with Jenna Thredgill
Myofascial Workshop
Together we will explore the basics of gentle myofascial massage.
Listening: to the fascia in our own bodies and our clients’. Learn to “follow the wave” & “be the wave”
Trust building: communicating “I’ve got you” to your client using just your body and pace.
Lengthening: create a “lengthening” sensation in your clients tissue while simultaneously extending the time of your sessions.
We don’t always get the time to slow down and run experiments with our own bodies while we work! Let this be the place for this. The focus for this workshop will not be on fixing or doing, rather sensing and experiencing.
This workshop is open to beginner and intermediate levels, and is not a certified continuing education course.
with Kelsey Henderson
This is a Sober event. If you have more questions about what this entails, please reach out to me directly!
We encourage all attendees to spend as little time on their phones as possible to get the most out of the experience.
We will only accept 6-8 attendees to keep the classes small and intimate.
If we do not have enough sign-ups by mid-September Feral Fascia will be canceled and all payments, including deposits, will be refunded.
Acceptance into Feral Fascia is first come first serve. After filling out your application, we will contact you with further instructions.
You will have one week to pay your deposit ($80) to secure your spot and you must be paid in full by September 21st to attend.
Feral Fascia will not cancel due to inclement weather unless it is life threatening.
There are two AirBnb’s on the property that will house attendee’s. Each house has 4 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.
Options for private rooms ($80) and camping ($20) are available.
Meals are provided for all attendee’s for the entire weekend ($55).
Base: $280, Room: $80, Food $55 = Grand Total of $415
Overview:
Feral Fascia Details
october 2nd-4th
Next Dates
3 days, 2 nights
Retreat Duration
$415
Grand Total
If you have more questions that need answered or are curious if Feral Fascia is the right fit for you, please contact Kelsey Henderson directly
@ 660-723-2016
WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES
by Mary Oliver
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”
