Continuing Education Workshops
Pre-registration is required for all workshops
To reserve your space, a non-refundable $50 deposit* is required. Balance of workshop tuition must be paid in full ten (10) days prior to the start of class. Please follow the appropriate link below to register online or feel free to call the school at 415-474-4600.
Cancellation Policy
If you have registered for a workshop and need to cancel, you must do so one week prior to receive a full refund or credit. If you cancel less than one week prior to your scheduled workshop, you will receive credit only. There will be no refund or credit for no shows or day-of-workshop cancellations.
Trigger Point Release
This class is designed for the massage therapist wanting to take their skills to the next level of precision. Trigger points are area of extreme tenderness within muscles that are often involved in chronic pain and dysfunction. Students will learn to assess, identify and assist the client in releasing long-held patterns and areas of stubborn potential in the body. Increase you effectiveness by working smarter, not by working harder.
Prerequisite: 100-hr massage certification. Bring two sheets to class.
Tuition: $270.00 ($250.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance).
Massage For Couples
In this class, students will learn some of the basics for providing massage for their partners, friends, and family. Areas covered will include: massage techniques for the back, shoulders, neck and feet, techniques to prevent fatigued and sore hands, massaging through clothing, and an introduction to seated massage techniques. We will also cover a few easy to perform spa style techniques to enhance your partner's relaxation. Just bring yourselves and we'll take care of the rest!
No Prerequisite Tuition: $150.00 per pair
- Saturdays, Sundays & Monday
February 18, 19 & 20, February 25 & 26, 2012
- 9am to 6pm - 40 credit hours
Deep Tissue Massage & Myofascial Release I
More than just "hard" massage, our Deep Tissue I workshop introduces myofascial therapy techniques to supplement basic massage skills to work effectively with localized tensions, injury and emotional holding patterns. This extended 5 day class is designed to be immediately incorporated with present massage skills to allow you to work deeply, safely and with ease. This class also includes instruction in range of motion and palpation techniques.
Prerequisite: 100-hr massage certification. Bring two sheets to class.
Tuition: $725.00 ($675.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance). Price includes "Deep Tissue Manual: A Visual Guide to Techniques".
Sports Massage
In our three-day sports massage workshop, students will actively explore the concepts and techniques of sports massage through class discussion and lots hands-on work. The classes will provide tools and a framework to assist clients in preventing and minimizing the effects of injuries and overuse syndromes. This workshop will cover pre-event, post-event and training aspects of massage, and will approach common client injuries in a goal-oriented way while allowing a great deal of hands-on practice.
Prerequisite: 100-hr Massage certification. Bring two sheets to class.
Tuition: $450.00 ($420.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance).
Dynamic Stretching & Mobilization
Our bodies were designed to move. Modern life, however, is increasingly sedentary, limiting our natural types and ranges of motion and creating restriction in our bodies. Traditionally, massage is performed on a passive, static body rather than actively involving the client on the table. This two day intensive workshop is designed to give the therapist practical tools for actively engaging their clients in the process of opening their bodies from within. Topics will include visual assessment, contract/relax, PNF, reciprocal inhibition and practice integrating these dynamic approaches into the Swedish massage format.
Prerequisite: 70 hours of training. Bring two sheets to class and wear appropriate underclothes for visual assessment.
Tuition: $270.00 ($250.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance).
Successful Marketing
In order to start and run a successful practice, a brand and a business identity needs to be established. This is the core element that feeds into all other marketing techniques. This is the crucial and key ingredient to meeting your monetary goals. A branding process will normally cost the practitioner well over $1,000 but here's your chance to go through this process for a fraction of the cost. This workshop will help you reveal your current identity and desired position as a bodyworker, create a tagline for your business, discover your ideal client, and identify your design aesthetic for your website and business cards.
Prerequisite: 100-hr Massage certification. Tuition: $150.00
Massage For Couples
In this class, students will learn some of the basics for providing massage for their partners, friends, and family. Areas covered will include: massage techniques for the back, shoulders, neck and feet, techniques to prevent fatigued and sore hands, massaging through clothing, and an introduction to seated massage techniques. We will also cover a few easy to perform spa style techniques to enhance your partner's relaxation. Just bring yourselves and we'll take care of the rest!
No Prerequisite Tuition: $150.00 per pair
Ortho-Bionomy©
Ortho-Bionomy is a unique body therapy. It uses gentle and comfortable positioning of the clients body to facilitate the release of pain and tension. It is incredibly effective for those "hard-to-release" places in the body. Ortho-Bionomy is completely painless for the client AND for the practitioner. It deeply integrates the mind / body connection. Fun and easy to learn, Ortho-Bionomy has wide practical application and can be used with any client. Previous students rave about this workshop and Jim's teaching.
Prerequisite: 70 hours of massage training. Bring two sheets.
Tuition: $295.00 ($275.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance). Price includes "Ortho-Bionomy: A Practical Manual".
Working with the TMJ
Commonly referred to as the TMJ, over 10 million Americans experience temporomandibular joint dysfunction from mild to totally disabling. Every time we bite down, chew food, talk, or swallow we activate the TMJ, making this one of the most active joints in the body. In this class, students will learn the fundamentals of working with the temporomandibular joint and the muscles of mastication. Students will be instructed in a system for assessing and balancing the muscles involved in TMJ dysfunction, emphasizing locating and releasing trigger points, the anatomy of the TMJ, client self care techniques, and external and intra-oral hands-on techniques.
Prerequisite: 70 hours of training, trigger point training, or instructor permission.
Tuition: $135.00
- Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays
April 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 2012
- 6pm-10pm (Thurs)
- 9am to 6pm (Sat & Sun) - 40 credit hours
Thai Massage Intensive Series Level I
Northern Style Nuad Bo Rarn is taught in close approximation to current teaching available in Thailand. This 40-hour intensive course provides students with the skills to perform a basic 90-minute Thai Massage treatment in traditional style. Bodywork skills are built up in a step-by-step fashion with plenty of practice and time for review and refinement. Body mechanics, awareness of placement, use of breath and relaxation are integrated into the practice at every level, as is the importance of learning through receiving. In addition, there are lectures on the medical theory, cultural background and history of Thai massage. Participation in daily Thai healing ceremonies completes the experience of traditional training in this unique healing art.
No prerequisite. Tuition: $725.00 ($695.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance).
- Saturday, Sunday & Monday
April 21, 22 & 23, April 28 & 29, 2012
- 9am to 6pm - 40 credit hours
Deep Tissue & Myofascial Release II
This five-day workshop is offered to students who have completed Deep Tissue I. Subjects will include: Specific treatments for the feet, ankles and legs including the abductors, IT band, knee, quadriceps and psoas muscles and treatments to address the rotators of the hip, and the diaphragm. Techniques for the back, arms, rotator cuff and chest, anterior and posterior thoracic outlet; fascia/muscles of the skull and external muscles associated with the TMJ. Soft tissue strategies and rehabilitation techniques for the injuries frequently encountered in a professional massage practice including common injuries to the ankle, knee, hamstrings, rotator cuff, tendonitis of the elbow and overuse injuries of the wrist.
Prerequisite: 100-hr massage certification and Deep Tissue I completion. Bring two sheets to class. Tuition: $675.00 ($625.00 if registered 2 weeks in advance).