Description
Esalen-inspired massage
Soul of Skin - Touch & Massage Training
with Roman Söllner
This Esalen-inspired massage is a sensitive, gentle full-body oil massage. Slow, flowing strokes over the whole body, gently swaying movements and passive joint work in harmony with breathing create deep relaxation, harmonious balance and a sharper perception of your own body.
Esalen-inspired massage supports the body’s and mind’s natural ability to heal itself and improves blood and lymph circulation. The special, present way of touching increases the body awareness of both the giving and the receiving person. The massage is more of an inward journey than a therapeutic treatment.
The workshop teaches a full body massage sequence. Basic aspects of giving massages are also taught. This includes the inner attitude, how your own body and your own presence can be used optimally during the massage and how needs and limits on both sides are taken into account.
Roman Söllner started his career as a modern dancer in New York. Injuires forced him to give up the life of a dancer, and pushed him into becoming a massage therapist and bodyworker, trained in many massage techniques. Many residential trainings in Lomi Massage in Hawaii followed and opened a new world, where healing touch, dance, and spirituality became one. Over the years, Roman has been giving many trainings in Lomi Lomi. For 16 years now, the love and respect for the “Queen of Massages” have been a fundamental part of his life. Apart from offering bodywork in his private practice in Nuremberg, Roman is a writer, singer, ritual worker and gives lectures about myths and fairy tales.
What is SOUL OF SKIN?
SOUL OF SKIN is a holistic massage training in a two-year cycle and consists of eight weekend workshops. The eight weekends/methods can also be booked individually.
Professional and experienced practitioners teach a method in each module. Discover the massage as a form of intimate encounter! Expand your possibilities as a professional, lover and partner!
Who is SOUL OF SKIN aimed at?
The workshop cycle is aimed at GBTQ+ men*, beginners, those with massage experience or those who work professionally with bodywork.
How can I participate in SOUL OF SKIN?
The modules can be booked individually. They don’t build on each other. Each method stands for itself and can be an enrichment for you. You can start at any time and combine or catch up on the modules as you wish.
Why SOUL OF SKIN?
You will learn and experience effective methods for healing, relaxation and enjoyment. You discover the massage as a form of intimate encounter. You expand your possibilities as a professional, lover and partner! You will learn concrete grips and techniques, but also how to “read” a body and be guided by intuition and sensitivity.
• Touch nourishes.
• Touch calms, heals, stimulates.
• Touch communicates.
• Touch is immediate.
• Touch transfers to body, mind and soul.
• Touch balances and creates connection.
• Touching with presence and heart is a powerful agent for transformation.
What makes SOUL OF SKIN unique?
1. OUR TEACHERS: You benefit from international experts with extensive training who have many years of experience with bodywork.
2. VARIETY: You will get to know a wide range of methods with different focal points. If you take all the modules, you will receive comprehensive massage training.
3. FULL BODY: For us there are no “untouchable” parts of the body. We give attention and respect to the whole body, including the anus and genitals – areas normally avoided by traditional or conventional massage schools.
4. SECURITY: We want to offer a framework in which you can feel safe and secure. We invite you to new experiences. But there is no peer pressure. Your boundaries are respected. It is about you.
5. BEING IN A GROUP: The beauty and power of respectful touch in a group setting can be a unique experience. Participants who participate in multiple modules or the whole program advance to a deeper level of trust and openness with each other. You have an experience that many long for: you experience closeness and security in a community.
Overview of all upcoming dates
Modules can also be booked individually
| March 2025 – Hune 2026 | Entire Training | Soul of Skin Massage & Touch Training Team |
| 1 March – 2 March 2025 | Esalen-inspired Massage | Roman Söllner |
| 7 June – 8 June 2025 | Deep Tissue Massage | Marc Buscha |
| 30 August – 31 August 2025 | Bodyflow | Maevon Carter |
| 22 November – 23 November 2025 | Intuitive Erotic Massage | tba |
| 24 January – 25 January 2026 | Art of Anal Touch | Maevon Carter |
| 21 March – 22 March 2026 | Lomi Lomi | Roman Söllner |
| 13 June – 14 June 2026 | Sensual Thai Massage | Zahiro Ji (Be) |
