Continuing Education for Licensed Massage Practitioners

Workshops at Passages Retreat Center

Exceptional Instruction at Reasonable Rates
 

These classes are the regular offerings of our gifted instructors.  Our curricula is truly world class and unique to Washington State.  Passages is a serene workspace in a natural woodland setting where class time or lunch time can be spent outdoors in our organic gardens.  Our goal is to provide instruction to allow bodyworkers to further transition into true artisans of their craft. 

Continuing education coursework satisfies Washington State Health Department licensure, AMTA, and NCBTMB requirements.  Instructors are all NCBTMB providers.  Passages Retreat Center is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork as a continuing education Approved Provider.

Please let us know what you'd like to see on the schedule for continued expansion in 2012.  The next certification in Facial Fitness Massage begins in April.  Please check out www.facialfitnessmassage.com  Brian Utting plans to return in May for Evaluation & Treatment of Shoulder Injuries.  In June, Acutonics Level I & II will be offered.  All instruction may also be delivered to other private teaching sites for groups.  Your continued support of quality bodywork education in North Central Washington is gratefully acknowledged. 

To register for a class, please send a $50 deposit to Passages Retreat Center.  Itemize your name and address with the requested class.  It is most helpful if you do not pay in full; please send only the $50 deposit.  Upon receipt, we will mail you a confirmation along with supplies list.  Deposits are fully refundable if class is full or needs to be cancelled by the instructor.  If you find you are unable to attend after registering, deposits are refundable ONLY if request to withdraw is received in writing 3 weeks prior to class.

Certificates of Completion are presented at the end of the workshop and kept on file for 5 years.  In the event you need another copy, we are happy to mail you a new one for a fee of $15.

2012

April

Facial Fitness Massage Certification

This certification requires 9 complete days of attendance over three sessions.  All sessions required; none are stand-alone.  See www.facialfitnessmassage.com for more information.  Registration is by application in order to maintain integrity of this lost art and to prevent market saturation. 

In this program you will learn:

• to firm muscle tone

• to restore muscle memory

• a review of the muscles and anatomy of the face and neck

• how to support the skin through increased circulation in muscles

• how to work with drooping eyelids and scarring

• the historical development of Dr. Campbell's technique and the Renna Method

• a "lost art" treatment method to help clients age gracefully

• trade secrets more dramatic than any anti-aging products

• a complete protocol for an unrivaled new service offering

• to enhance relaxation for increased brainwave activity

Class size limited to 8.  Each person receives a complete  treatment per day from instructors, as part of training fee.  Certification total cost is $1,990.

Session I
April 28, 29, 30
10 to 5 daily

Session II
June 1, 2, 3
10 to 5 daily

Session III
July 7, 8, 9
10 to 5 daily

May

Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Injuries with Brian Utting

Many clients and practitioners have greater success with injuries once they identify the specific lesions that are at the source of many rotator cuff injuries.  This class provides treatments and results for overuse or trauma injuries to layer in with other conventional bodywork modalities that are in our current toolkit.  Learn precise and specific techniques to treat some of the most common injuries to the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor.  The class will include a review of rotator cuff anatomy, palpation of the rotator cuff muscles and related structures, and instruction in appropriate treatment techniques. 

May 14, 10-7
8 CE hours, NCBTMB Provider # 451040-09
Cost:  $150 if registered by May 1/$175 after.

June

July

Active Client / Focused Applications
Learn techniques to deal with chronic pain from injury and tendonitis.  Focus on individual muscles of the upper and lower body to start the client on the path to optimal function.  Methods include assessment, Pin & Stretch, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and increasing range of motion.   
Instructor Sheila Morris, LMP 
July 15, Upper Body, July 16, Lower Body, Cost $125 per day:   8 CE hours per day. 

September

Ethics
The issues surrounding the ethics of touch and caring within our profession, especially as we work with clients in "altered states of consciousness".  An interactive day with real-life scenarios, self-examination, and case studies from our practices.
Instructor Sheila Morris
September 10, 9-5                 Cost $125 8 CE hours

Hot Stone Massage
This one day workshop includes everything you need to practice immediately.  Heater unit and stone set that you hand select included in price.  We cover safety, choosing stones, & set up.  Learn, practice and receive a full body procedure, plus how to use stones as treatment tools.  Marketing tools to “make it your own”.  This class has established Hot Stone Massage practices for spas & independent practitioners in Alaska, Oregon, Washington & Idaho since 1998.   
Instructor Sheila Morris, LMP              Cost:$250 All inclusive    8 CE hours
September 11,  9-6

Esalen Massage & Self Care
This weekend will offer an introduction to the elemental skills of Esalen massage with an additional focus on self-care for the practitioner.  Through demonstration and hands-on practice, participants will learn the long, flowing strokes that define Esalen style.  This approach emphasizes body awareness and quality of contact so the work is easy on the practitioner while bringing a sense of integration and connection to the receiver.  In addition to table work, group members will learn ways of attending to their own bodies using movement, touch and breath awareness.  Simple self-care techniques will be presented in a way to help rediscover flexibility and ease of movement in your practice and your life.  Instructor Dean Marson, LMP
Coming late summer!