// Please use this to make your deposit payment for the Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) Level 1 Training program, please.  For details about the 46-hour program, please click HERE. Program Dates: April 10-12 and May 15-17,...

// This workshop is about helping practitioners to address client hip/pelvis pain and disfunction, in an effective pain-less manner. Participants will demonstrate basic understanding of the hip and pelvic structures and how they functionally relate...

// Stress is reflected in the face when facial muscles become tense and contract. Unconsciously, we contort our face and creases appear across the surface of the skin as the pressures of the day intensify. This class includes a blend of facial...

// As massage therapists we have the honor of applying our craft in the direct service of improving people’s lives. Within this relationship between massage therapist and client, the client offers an extremely deep level of personal and...

// A lot of our clients suffer from chronic rotator cuff injuries that seem to stubbornly persist using conventional massage techniques. Learn precise and specific techniques to identify and successfully treat some of the most common injuries to the...

// The shoulders are meant to float freely on the ribcage, held in elegant suspension by 16 muscles, but very often they are restricted, stuck down and in pain. In the morning, you will learn to effectively liberate some of the major anterior...

// Students will learn massage of the ribcage, chest, and breasts, intended to support healthy, full breathing and overall well-being. This massage commonly benefits clients experiencing stress, musculoskeletal neck, chest and shoulder related...

// Massage Cupping (MC) -- What is It?Simply defined, "cupping" is a reverse pressure massage. When used in conjunction with positive (compressive) pressure it brings to your practice a well-rounded and thorough approach to holistic bodywork. Via...

// What are chakras? In Sanskrit, the word "chakra" means "disk" or "wheel" and refers to the energy centers in your body. These wheels or disks of spinning energy each correspond to certain nerve bundles, organs or glands in the particular area in...

// Massage Cupping (MC) -- What is It?Simply defined, "cupping" is a reverse pressure massage. When used in conjunction with positive (compressive) pressure it brings to your practice a well-rounded and thorough approach to holistic bodywork. Via...

// Regardless of your role in the business of massage, this course is for you. Explore ethical issues and responsibilities relating to being a business owner, contractor, employer or employee. Examine the differences between employees vs...

// Treat your client’s feet with Myofascial, Energetic and Structural Decompression techniques. Explore the structure and function, of the arches, retinaculum, ligaments and tendons, bones and joints and how they relate to function of the...

// Students will learn massage of the ribcage, chest, and breasts, intended to support healthy, full breathing and overall well-being. This massage commonly benefits clients experiencing stress, musculoskeletal neck, chest and shoulder related...

// This class is a follow up to the prerequisite lecture class "PTSD, Mood Disorders, Mental Health, and the Role of the Body Worker". In this class you will learn how to apply massage therapy for soft tissue symptoms related to mood disorders and...

// In this class you will learn the clinical definitions and presentations of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD (CPTSD), and other prevalent mental health conditions. Discussions and lectures will be led on brain chemistry for...

// Massage Cupping (MC) is a highly effective selfcare tool as well an integral part of preventing the two most common challenges LMT's face; burnout and injury. Whether you use Massage Cupping primarily for selfcare or integrate it into your...

// Facial Cupping, combined with Gua Sha, is a powerful ancient healing and beautification technique. For clients focused on the therapeutic healing benefits, it addresses the most common source of pain (tension and stress) in the upper chest, neck,...

// "She massaged under my armpits very near my breasts in a way that made me feel like she was trying to touch them, and which also made my breasts move against the table. Later, when doing work on my glutes, she was working in a way that made me...

// Nurturing mothers as they successfully feed their babies is a highly rewarding practice that supports families in our communities at a profound level. Breast massage and manual expression of breast milk is highly effective in increasing milk...

// What does it means to be a humanist?Humanists stand for the building of a more humane, just, compassionate, society using a pragmatic ethics-based outlook and practice of human reason, experience, and reliable knowledge.In this class, we will...

// A trap of the healing arts professions is feeling that we do or must have all of the answers to help with the full spectrum of our clients needs. Our clients, often convey many personal and somatic issues to us in the treatment room that are...

// We embrace with our arms, we get a grip with our hands and let our fingers do the walking especially in this technological age, all of which often cause stress pain and dysfunction "forcing our hand" to seek treatment. These highly mobile and...

// Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, dynamic and holistic approach to accessing the human capacity for health and vitality, using generally light touch to interface with the nervous system and fluid body. The Craniosacral Introductory Workshop...

// Take a tour of the cranial nerves, identifying their connections central brain structures, passages through the cranial base and their pathway around the cranium and torso. You learn gentle balancing techniques — both for neural motility as...

// In this class, discover the approach of Chinese Medicine to balancing the nervous system. A tense nervous system is Chi Constraint (explored in this class); while a weak nervous system (explored in Day 2) is Chi Deficiency. Chi Deficiency may...

// In this class, discover the approach of Chinese Medicine to balancing the nervous system. A tense nervous system is Chi Constraint (explored in this class); while a weak nervous system (explored in Day 2) is Chi Deficiency. Chi Constraint may...

// In this class, you will gain the skills and confidence needed to work with prenatal clients. You will learn the adjustments needed to positioning, and practice healthy body mechanics as you work on clients in side-lying position and upon...

// Poor air flow contributes to many health challenges, including sinus congestion, narrow palate, and sleep apnea. Manual methods can mobilize the facial bones that comprise the sinus passages. When these structures have appropriate position and...

// Ida Rolf used to talk about freeing a structure “from above” as well as “from below”. Most treatment of the TMJ involves strategies “from below”: working with the muscles that surround the mandible. This is...

// Instructor: Lauren Christman, LMT, CCST, CBSI/ATSI assisted by Richard Polishuk, LMT This class prepares you not only to receive the state's intraoral endorsement, but also to offer your clients excellent work in intraoral and anterior neck work...