Nina Ottenheym

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Nina Ottenheym

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Deepen Your Practice, Expand Your Awareness – Esalen® Massage Trainings & Embodied Coaching. Let’s connect — book a free 30-minute coaching session to explore!

Embodied Coaching &
Esalen® Massage Teacher

18/09/2026

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Over the past few days, I’ve been assisting Perry Holloman in his Deep Bodywork training at Kientalerhof, and I’ve been thinking a lot about how we actually learn bodywork.

We can study anatomy, techniques and principles, but at some point the learning has to move from understanding something with our minds to knowing it through the body.

We receive the work ourselves, we practice, we get feedback, we try again. And over time, something that once required concentration begins to feel more natural. Our hands become more sensitive. We sense more. We begin to respond to the person in front of us instead of simply following what we have learned.

For me, this is one of the most beautiful parts of learning bodywork. Knowledge gradually becomes experience, and experience becomes something we can draw from without having to think about every single step.

In four weeks, we begin our 100-Hour Esalen® Massage Professional Training in Portugal, where we’ll spend two weeks learning in exactly this way: through seeing, receiving, practicing, sensing, reflecting and doing it again.

A few places are still available.

17–31 October 2026
Portugal

More information via the link in my bio.

21/06/2026

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It’s been a week since I returned from China, and I am still carrying so much gratitude.

For Jingni and the incredible care with which she organized everything.

For the students, their openness, curiosity and dedication.

For the conversations, the shared meals, the laughter and the learning.

Teaching in China was once again such a beautiful reminder that touch really is a universal language.

Thank you to everyone who made these weeks so meaningful. 🤍

14/06/2026

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Last week we completed Module 2 of the 175hr Esalen® Massage Training in Jiaxing, China.

What touched me most was witnessing students gradually trusting their hands, their perception and their own way of working.

Again and again I am reminded that teaching is not only about sharing skills and knowledge. It is also about creating a space where experience can deepen into understanding and confidence.

Grateful for this beautiful group, for Jingni’s vision and for everyone who brought their curiosity, courage and presence into the room.

Looking forward to what unfolds next.

08/06/2026

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Today is a pause between endings and beginnings.

Yesterday we completed the second module of the Esalen® Massage Certification Training here in Jiaxing, China. Tomorrow I begin teaching a two-day Bodywork Introduction.

Today, there is time to slow down.

Tea. Matcha. Notes spread across the table. Revisiting the manual. Looking out over the lake and reflecting on the week that has just passed.

There is something bittersweet about these moments. The completion of a module always carries a sense of ending. Relationships have deepened. Trust has grown. Students have stretched beyond what felt familiar. And then suddenly, it is complete.

At the same time, there is the excitement of what is about to begin. A new group. New questions. New discoveries. A fresh field of possibility.

I find myself feeling deeply grateful to Jingni for inviting me to come here. What began with a conversation has become an experience that I will carry with me for a long time. It has felt very special to share this work so far from home and to witness how deeply the principles of Esalen® Massage resonate across cultures.

Today also happens to be my son’s birthday. Being able to speak with him from the other side of the world is the highlight of my day.

For now, I am enjoying this in-between space.
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29/05/2026

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Traveling after major abdominal surgery and stoma reversal still comes with uncertainty for me.

Every new place does.

Where is the next bathroom?
How far am I from my place?
What if my body suddenly says no?

What helps me travel is not pressure or pushing through.

It is creating enough safety for my nervous system.

A calm apartment.
No expectations.
No strict plans.
Food that feels safe.
A neighborhood where I can walk slowly and know I can always return quickly.

And strangely, the less pressure I put on myself, the more becomes possible.

Today I wandered through Shanghai, sat in the park, had dinner outside, explored little streets.

Not because I forced myself to.

But because my body finally felt safe enough.

I think sometimes freedom does not begin when uncertainty disappears.

It begins when we learn how to meet it.

07/05/2026

a few moments from london last week

19/04/2026

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I notice how my attention begins to gather again.

After the past weeks, with a lot of movement and decisions, something in me is settling.

And with that, my focus turns more and more towards the spaces I will be holding next.

London is coming up next weekend.

And further ahead, Portugal in October.

I can already feel how my attention starts to move towards the group that will gather there.

Not as a plan.
More like a direction.

If you have been feeling a pull towards this work,
this might be a good moment to listen a little closer.

10/04/2026

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Esalen® Massage is more than a technique.
It comes from a place.

A place where touch, presence and awareness meet.

This is the lineage I’m part of
and what I share in my workshops and trainings.

08/04/2026

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The body is not a collection of parts.
It’s a whole.

Long, flowing strokes
create continuity, connection,
and a sense of being held.

This is something we practice step by step
in the Intro workshops
and deepen in the trainings.

06/04/2026

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What is Esalen® Massage?

Not something you perform.
Something you listen into.

A practice of presence,
awareness,
and connection.

If you’d like to experience this,
you can find upcoming workshops and trainings in my bio.

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https://www.ninaottenheym.com/

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