MASSAGE TECHNICIAN – 100 Hours
Course Objectives: To produce a qualified technician who possesses a basic understanding of anatomy and physiology,
knows the benefits and contraindications of massage and can give a basic Swedish full body massage. Part one of
Massage Therapist, Massage Practitioner, Myotherapist and Holistic Health Practitioner programs.
Cost: 100 hours Massage Technician Training Program: $1,135.00
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
MASSAGE THERAPIST – 300 Hours
Course Objectives: To train therapist with a strong knowledge in the areas of anatomy and physiology, and prepare the
therapist for the first levels of professional massage using varieties of massage techniques. There is an increased
emphasis on pathology, kinesiology, formula massage; deep transverse friction, myofascial release, stretching, client
assessment and treatment protocol, to assist the student with higher level massage courses.
Cost: 300 hours Massage Therapist Program: $3,795.00
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
SPA SPECIALTY MASSAGE THERAPIST – 200 ADDITIONAL HOURS
PRE-REQUISITE – Massage Technician, Massage Therapist I & II (Totaling 500 Hours)
Course objectives: to provide the student with a working knowledge of spa specialties that would be desired within the day
spa and massage therapy field. These courses will prepare the therapist to be able to work within a day spa atmosphere
or offer their clients the spa atmosphere within their private practice.
Cost: 500 Hours Spa Specialty Massage Therapist Program: $6,360.00
MASSAGE PRACTITIONER – 600 Hours
(Qualification for National Certification)
Course Objective: This program is designed to train the therapist in anatomy and physiology that will qualify the therapist
for National Certification from the Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, and city testing for cities that require 600
hours of Massage Training. This program covers all of the introductory course work with advanced techniques as well as
a specialized training in sports massage applications and an introduction to TCM techniques with our acupressure or
Shiatsu classes.
Cost: 600 Hours Massage Practitioner Program: $7,500.00
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
MYOTHERAPIST – 800 Hours
Course description: The flexibility of these 800 hours of training gives the therapist the ability to explore different
modalities associated with their massage training, while still being able to take the National Certification test and any city
testing that requires the minimum of 800 hours.
Cost: 800 Hours Myotherapist Training Program: $10.065.00
HOLISTIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER - 1000 Hours
Course Description: The Holistic Health Practitioner Program provides the student with many options to complete their
hours for certification. After completing the initial 600 hours of the Massage Practitioner program, the student can take
advantage of our wide variety of elective classes for the remaining 400 hours. Please refer to our Electives (Continuing
Education) list for more details of course options. The additional hours allow the student to either specialize in particular
techniques, or establish an eclectic approach to bodywork. This certification will meet the requirements for all cities in
California and state requirements for the rest of the country.
Cost: 1000 Hours Holistic Health Practitioner Program: $12,500.00
Course Objectives: To produce a qualified technician who possesses a basic understanding of anatomy and physiology,
knows the benefits and contraindications of massage and can give a basic Swedish full body massage. Part one of
Massage Therapist, Massage Practitioner, Myotherapist and Holistic Health Practitioner programs.
Cost: 100 hours Massage Technician Training Program: $1,135.00
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
- Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage - by Mark F. Beck (ISBN: 1401880290)
- The Ethics Of Touch - by Cherie Sohnen-Moe and Ben E. Benjamin (ISBN: 1882908406)
MASSAGE THERAPIST – 300 Hours
Course Objectives: To train therapist with a strong knowledge in the areas of anatomy and physiology, and prepare the
therapist for the first levels of professional massage using varieties of massage techniques. There is an increased
emphasis on pathology, kinesiology, formula massage; deep transverse friction, myofascial release, stretching, client
assessment and treatment protocol, to assist the student with higher level massage courses.
Cost: 300 hours Massage Therapist Program: $3,795.00
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
- A Massage Therapists Guide to Pathology 3rd Edition – by Ruth Werner (ISBN: 0781754895)
- Trigger Point Therapy Workbook – by Clair Davies, N.C.B.T.M.B. (ISBN: 1572243759)
- Basic Clinical Massage Therapy: Integrating Anatomy and Treatment - by James H. Clay and David M. Pounds
(ISBN: 0683306537) - Facilitated Stretching 2nd Ed. - by Robert McAtee and Jeff Charland (ISBN: 0736062483)
SPA SPECIALTY MASSAGE THERAPIST – 200 ADDITIONAL HOURS
PRE-REQUISITE – Massage Technician, Massage Therapist I & II (Totaling 500 Hours)
Course objectives: to provide the student with a working knowledge of spa specialties that would be desired within the day
spa and massage therapy field. These courses will prepare the therapist to be able to work within a day spa atmosphere
or offer their clients the spa atmosphere within their private practice.
Cost: 500 Hours Spa Specialty Massage Therapist Program: $6,360.00
MASSAGE PRACTITIONER – 600 Hours
(Qualification for National Certification)
Course Objective: This program is designed to train the therapist in anatomy and physiology that will qualify the therapist
for National Certification from the Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, and city testing for cities that require 600
hours of Massage Training. This program covers all of the introductory course work with advanced techniques as well as
a specialized training in sports massage applications and an introduction to TCM techniques with our acupressure or
Shiatsu classes.
Cost: 600 Hours Massage Practitioner Program: $7,500.00
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
- Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy – by Mel Cash (ISBN: 0091809568)
- The Web That Has No Weaver - by Ted Kaptchuk, OMD (ISBN: 0809228408)
- The Tao of Pooh - by Benjamin Hoff (ISBN: 1405204265)
- Business Mastery 3rd Edition – by Cherie Sohnen-Moe (ISBN: 0962126543)
- Review Of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Certification – by Joseph Ashton and Duke Cassel (ISBN:
0781734541)
MYOTHERAPIST – 800 Hours
Course description: The flexibility of these 800 hours of training gives the therapist the ability to explore different
modalities associated with their massage training, while still being able to take the National Certification test and any city
testing that requires the minimum of 800 hours.
Cost: 800 Hours Myotherapist Training Program: $10.065.00
HOLISTIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER - 1000 Hours
Course Description: The Holistic Health Practitioner Program provides the student with many options to complete their
hours for certification. After completing the initial 600 hours of the Massage Practitioner program, the student can take
advantage of our wide variety of elective classes for the remaining 400 hours. Please refer to our Electives (Continuing
Education) list for more details of course options. The additional hours allow the student to either specialize in particular
techniques, or establish an eclectic approach to bodywork. This certification will meet the requirements for all cities in
California and state requirements for the rest of the country.
Cost: 1000 Hours Holistic Health Practitioner Program: $12,500.00
2010 Program Descriptions