Massage Therapy 1

  • Foundational Massage Therapy: Broad Movements

  • 50 Hours / 12 Weeks / $1200

  • Prerequisite Courses: None 

PT PROGRAM Saturday 3:00pm - 7:15pm

FT PROGRAM Thursday 9:15am - 1:30pm

About this course:

This seven part series teaches students a hands-on, head-to-toe, full body massage. Massage Therapy I is the strong foundation of all bodywork taught at the Spirit Wellness Institute. Students will learn the systematic application of touch from one person to another, using manual, Swedish and therapeutic techniques of massaging, stroking (effleurage), kneading (petrissage), Swedish massage, friction, stretching, compression, passive and active joint movements within the normal physiologic range of motion.

Full body treatment includes:

  • Preparing the Body for a Treatment: (Draping and Ethical Boundaries of touch)

  • Supine, Cranium and Face Massage

  • Front of the Body Part I

  • Front of the Body Part II

  • Foot Massage

  • Preparing the Body for a Treatment Prone

  • The Back of the Body