Please note that most of our courses require that you are a licensed health
care provider. If you have questions about your eligibility to attend
a course, please contact the school at (520) 623-2160
or email ce.tucson@cortiva.com 
.
Professional Development Series
Professional Development
Maternity and Infant Massage: Module 3: Postpartum
Massage, Part 1
Register Now
November 15 - 16, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $499 if registered
before 11/1/08, $640 thereafter
Students explore the postpartum time period to understand how postpartum
massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness for childbearing women.
Students learn effective postpartum massage therapy techniques and safe
client positions after both vaginal and cesarean births. Students develop
a thorough understanding of precautions and contraindications including
adaptations for client medication use. Students also explore the unique
professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of
postpartum massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during
a practice session with postpartum women and hands on case study presentations.
Instructor: Shelley McGrew
- Shelley has been fascinated with the mysterious nature of the
body, especially the pregnant body, since early childhood. She received
a BFA in Dance from Arizona State University. In 1990, she became a Licensed
Massage Therapist and began teaching massage and anatomy at the Swedish
Institute in New York where she quickly found her passion in doing pregnancy
massage. Her practice was a perfect marriage of the internal experience
of the body learned through dance, the hands- on experience of healing
through massage, and the desire to educate and empower through teaching.
She formed Niara Healing Arts with Susanrachel Condon in 1993, offering
childbirth education, perinatal massage and labor doula services to families.
Shelley became a Certified Childbirth Educator through Childbirth Education
Association of Metropolitan New York and a Registered Nurse. She has taught
perinatal massage courses at Swedish Institute in New York, and at Cortiva
Institute - Desert Institute of Healing Arts (now Cortiva Institute - Tucson)
and Providence Institute
in Arizona. She has presented massage techniques for midwives at the American
College of Nurse Midwives Conference in 2004 and the Midwives Alliance
of North America Conference in 2006. She presently works as a Labor and
Delivery nurse in Tucson, AZ. "I hope for each mother to experience her
own inner strength and wisdom through birthing."
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Module 3: Postpartum
Massage, Part 2
Register Now
November 22 - 23, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $499 if registered
before 11/1/08, $640 thereafter
Students explore the postpartum time period to understand how postpartum
massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness for childbearing women.
Students learn effective postpartum massage therapy techniques and safe
client positions after both vaginal and cesarean births. Students develop
a thorough understanding of precautions and contraindications including
adaptations for client medication use. Students also explore the unique
professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of
postpartum massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during
a practice session with postpartum women and hands on case study presentations.
Instructor: Shelley McGrew
- Shelley has been fascinated with the mysterious nature of the body,
especially the pregnant body, since early childhood. She received a BFA
in Dance from Arizona State University. In 1990, she became a Licensed
Massage Therapist and began teaching massage and anatomy at the Swedish
Institute in New York where she quickly found her passion in doing pregnancy
massage. Her practice was a perfect marriage of the internal experience
of the body learned through dance, the hands- on experience of healing
through massage, and the desire to educate and empower through teaching.
She formed Niara Healing Arts with Susanrachel Condon in 1993, offering
childbirth education, perinatal massage and labor doula services to families.
Shelley became a Certified Childbirth Educator through Childbirth Education
Association of Metropolitan New York and a Registered Nurse. She has taught
perinatal massage courses at Swedish Institute in New York, and at Cortiva
Institute - Desert Institute of Healing Arts (now Cortiva Institute -
Tucson) and Providence Institute in Arizona. She has presented massage
techniques for midwives at the American College of Nurse Midwives Conference
in 2004 and the Midwives Alliance of North America Conference in 2006.
She presently works as a Labor and Delivery nurse in Tucson, AZ. "I hope
for each mother to experience her own inner strength and wisdom through
birthing."
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Basics of Infant Massage
Register Now
December 6, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This one day course introduces basic massage techniques for young infants.
Beginning massage during infancy will help babies develop kinesthetic
awareness, improve nervous and circulatory development and create an opportunity
for parent/child bonding. This introductory course is appropriate for
both parents and massage therapists who are interested in guiding parents
through massaging their babies. During this course you will learn a very
simple massage series which you will practice on a doll or stuffed animal,
babies will not be present for the course. This course will not lead to
certification, further education through our 32 hour Infant Massage Course
(Maternity and Infant Massage Module 5) in partnership with Infant Massage
USA is required for certification as an infant massage instructor.
Instructor: Michelle
Larson - Michelle is the current director of the Maternity and Infant
Massage Program grew up in Seattle, AZ with a passion for health and healing.
Shortly after graduation from the Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute
of Healing Arts in 2001, she found her true calling - pregnancy, labor
and postpartum. Michelle continued her education in oriental medicine,
acupuncture, Tui Na certification, herbology and homeopathy at the Arizona
School of Acupuncture. Michelle's acupuncture research and master's thesis
on the positive effects of a simple acupressure protocol during labor
to decrease pain, anxiety and affect delayed labor was published in her
article, Acupressure During Labor and Delivery in the Spring 2006 issue
of Qi-Journal. Michelle is a Certified Birth Doula with DONA International
and a Certified Childbirth Educator with the Childbirth and Postpartum
Professional Association. She is on faculty the Cortiva Institute-Tucson
and the Asian Institute of Medical Studies in Tucson, AZ. Michelle was
the owner of Catalina Foothills Wellness Center with twelve practioners
offering massage, acupuncture, yoga to the Tucson Community until its
eventual sale in 2005. Michelle now maintains a massage and acupuncture
practice for women and their families focusing on the unique needs during
the childbearing year. "It's an honor to work with women and infants during
this magical time of life and a pleasure to see the blossoming effect
as they grow from one phase of life into the next and moving through the
childbearing year."
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Stones Therapy
Register Now
December 13 - 14, 2008 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 14 hours / $140
Learn about the equipment, techniques, and marketing to provide one of
the most popular massage available today. Come in on your day off, feel
the massage, and practice the techniques for less than the price of many
single hot stone appointments!
Please Bring: 2 flat
sheets, 2 towels
Instructor: Allyn Baker
- Allyn earned her massage certification and license as a 1998 graduate
of the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, AZ. Along with
massage, she practices clinical and spa techniques in her private practice.
Allyn currently works out of her home offering Aromatherapy, Thai, LaStone,
Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage. After practicing in the spa field for
a number of years, Allyn was first a Teaching Assistant then Teacher at
the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts. She later became an Instructor
at Cortiva-Institute Tucson, where she enjoys sharing her passion for
all aspects of Massage. She also enjoys teaching workshops and continuing
education classes in her fields of expertise. Allyn is a nationally certified
massage therapist (NCTMB) as well and has been certified since 2004.
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Melting Muscles Shortening Phases Massage
Register Now
January 10 - 11, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 14 hours / $250
This class is a prerequisite for Melting Muscles Teacher Training.
Melting Muscles is a conversation you initiate with a person's sub- conscious
brain. Your hands say "safely" through positioning short of the subtle
motion barrier, movements that are slow and steady, pressure that gradually
builds and retires, and by seeking to feel the cranial muscle motion.
The person "hears" through their muscle proprioceptors and pressure sensors.
The person "replies" by reducing muscle contraction, and by reversing
or releasing cranial muscle motion. You keep the conversation interesting
by adding your own personal strokes to the muscles. Whether the person's
forebrain falls asleep, talks about the weather, tries to "help" or resist,
you remain engaged in a lively conversation with the person's subconscious
brain. Because treatments are gentle and thumb-free, your hands are happy.
Their muscles relax more fully and permanently than ever before. Negotiating
directly with the brain does far more than relax muscles: the immune system
finds more joy in supporting the person. The digestive, endocrine, integumentary,
nervous, and cardiovascular systems return to efficient balance. A person
in a state of peace rethinks behaviors and relation- ships. The world
becomes a better place.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online articles
including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com 
. Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Atlas and Axis Release using Melting Muscles Shortening
Phases Treatment
Register Now
January 12, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This class is a prerequisite for Melting Muscles Teacher Training.
You will learn to release the obliquus capitis inferior muscles that rotate
the atlanto-axial joint. Because we begin simple and add only simple steps,
your hands easily digest the maneuvers until you are surprised to see
the complex sequence your hands are doing. I guarantee everyone in class
will get it. Now, your conscious brain is likely to forget what you learn
this day unless you also read the workbook several times within a week
or two. The workbook will be e-mailed to you as soon as you register so
that you may read ahead of you like. After mastering the complex AA joint,
learning to release the occipito-atlantal sidebenders (obliquus superior)
and myodural bridge (rectus capitis minor) will seem easy as pie. Prepare
to be profoundly relaxed when you receive this ultra-gentle maneuver.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Advanced Melting Muscles - Unwinding
Register Now
January 13, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This class is a prerequisite for Melting Muscles Teacher Training.
The cerebellum never sleeps. Night and day, this hindbrain organ stands
guard, monitoring proprioceptors for safety. To maintain awareness of
where the body is in space, the crebellum slowly signals a slightly greater
percentage of contraction to agonist, antagonist, agonist, antagonist,
in a graceful wave that varies in a few times per minute. You can't feel
your own body moving, but you can feel someone else's. Each joint naturally
moves away from neutral in one direction, then coasts back through neutral
and other direction, like a swing in slow motion. The cerebellum also
holds ancient memories, like a jailer. While feeling threatened, it commands
muscles in a particular area to contract more than their share. A trained
therapist senses this guarding because the muscular impulses pull a joint
away from neutral position and stay there, rather than flowing in equal
rhythm. For unwinding, we don't force the joint back toward neutral - that
would trigger the brain to feel more endangered. We want the brain to
feel safe, to trust us. So we assist the joint in the same direction the
muscles are already guarding and hold it there until it feels safe to
let go. So far, we are just doing Unwinding. Now, we stroke and press
the one muscle that is pulling more than its share. With the addition
of this soothing sensation, the hindbrain is joyous to release its guard
much sooner than it would without the muscle work. With practice, we target
the poor puppet muscle and begin melting it even before the joint has
reached its shortest position, so that the movement slows and returns
in one graceful arc. This all sounds complex in writing, but once you
begin doing it your hands find it very simple and familiar. Everyone gets
it! The entire class is spent at the massage tables so you will be receiving
several hours of flowing, graceful massage during your day :)
Prerequisites: Any melting
muscles course, cranio sacral or myofascial release.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Ethics Topics - Creating Equal Relationships
Register Now
January 14, 2009 / 9:00am - 4:00pm / 6 hours / $90 / Fulfills NCBTMB Standard
V requirement
This class is a prerequisite for Melting Muscles Teacher Training.
Rather than a list of "Do's" and "Don'ts" this ethics class explores more
about how to create relationships that are healthier and lighter. Yeah,
we have to cover boundaries and transference, but we'll approach from
a completely different perspective than the textbooks. In practice, we
find many differences in power from one massage relationship to the next,
and the power may even switchd during a massage. In fact, many of us have
experienced a controlling client, where we hold our breath until we can
get them on the table and sedate them into submission, so the power equalizes
or switches. If we could just find ways to begin on equal footing, and
maintain equality throughout, every moment of relating would be a joy.
There are many ways to balance relationships including big adjustments
like: sole proprietor or group coop vs. employee or employer situations,
and small details like; adjusting for equal eye level while doing the
intake conversation, suggestions for how money is collected and lateness
policies, is your tone of voice perceived as fatherly or motherly?, how
you decorate the room, how you dress, and whether to hand the person a
bottle of water vs. pointing where they may get their own. Class includes
group discussion, short talks about Authority, short stories about actual
situations, and plenty of time for your concerns and questions. This relaxed,
interactive class explores solutions to make your therapeutic relationships
more fun and rewarding.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Melting Muscles Teacher Training
Register Now
January 15, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 8 hours / $160
This class gives you no more Reiki attunement - you already received the
highest level attunment in your Reiki III - Master class. This workshop
is for those Reiki Masters who want a little more instruction, support
and confidence in getting their Teacher business going. We will learn
teaching methods and philosophy, pricing, advertising, practice teaching
with feedback and practice giving attunements to each other. Patrick has
been teaching since 1986 and loves teaching teachers more than anything
else!
Prerequisites:
Melting Muscles Shortening Phases Massage, Atlas and
Axis Release using Melting Muscles Shortening Phases Treatment,
Advanced Melting Muscles - Unwinding, and
Ethics Topics - Creating Equal Relationships
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Module 1: Pregnancy
Massage, Part 1
Register Now
January 17 - 18, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $499 if registered
before 1/3/09, $640 thereafter
Students delve into the transformative time of pregnancy to understand
how pregnancy massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness of childbearing
women. Students learn effective pregnancy massage therapy techniques and
safe client positions for healthy pregnancies. Students develop a thorough
understanding of precautions and contraindications including basic adaptations
for client medication use and bed rest. Students also explore the unique
professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of
pregnancy massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during
a practice session with pregnant women and hands-on case study presentations.
Instructor: Michelle
Larson - Michelle is the current director of the Maternity and Infant
Massage Program grew up in Seattle, AZ with a passion for health and healing.
Shortly after graduation from the Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute
of Healing Arts in 2001, she found her true calling - pregnancy, labor
and postpartum. Michelle continued her education in oriental medicine,
acupuncture, Tui Na certification, herbology and homeopathy at the Arizona
School of Acupuncture. Michelle's acupuncture research and master's thesis
on the positive effects of a simple acupressure protocol during labor
to decrease pain, anxiety and affect delayed labor was published in her
article, Acupressure During Labor and Delivery in the Spring 2006 issue
of Qi-Journal. Michelle is a Certified Birth Doula with DONA International
and a Certified Childbirth Educator with the Childbirth and Postpartum
Professional Association. She is on faculty the Cortiva Institute-Tucson
and the Asian Institute of Medical Studies in Tucson, AZ. Michelle was
the owner of Catalina Foothills Wellness Center with twelve practioners
offering massage, acupuncture, yoga to the Tucson Community until its
eventual sale in 2005. Michelle now maintains a massage and acupuncture
practice for women and their families focusing on the unique needs during
the childbearing year. "It's an honor to work with women and infants during
this magical time of life and a pleasure to see the blossoming effect
as they grow from one phase of life into the next and moving through the
childbearing year."
top
Maternity and Infant Massage: Module 4: Advanced Pregnancy/Postpartum
Massage
Register Now
January 17 - 18, 2008 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $499 if registered
before 1/3/08, $640 thereafter
With the foundation of the previous three modules, students are prepared
to explore how pregnancy and postpartum massage can be an integral part
of the compassionate and effective care of women who experience high risk
conditions and complications in pregnancy, labor and postpartum. Students
learn advanced pregnancy and postpartum massage therapy techniques, specific
adaptations for high risk conditions and complications, as well as the
medical treatments used to massage these sometimes life threatening situations.
Students also explore their own self care practices in the face of unexpected
or difficult outcomes. Students integrate their knowledge and skills during
numerous hands-on case study presentations and explore how to expand the
presence of maternity massage in the mainstream.
Prerequisites: Cortiva
Pregnancy and Postpartum Massage Courses
Instructor: Shelley McGrew
- Shelley has been fascinated with the mysterious nature of the body,
especially the pregnant body, since early childhood. She received a BFA
in Dance from Arizona State University. In 1990, she became a Licensed
Massage Therapist and began teaching massage and anatomy at the Swedish
Institute in New York where she quickly found her passion in doing pregnancy
massage. Her practice was a perfect marriage of the internal experience
of the body learned through dance, the hands- on experience of healing
through massage, and the desire to educate and empower through teaching.
She formed Niara Healing Arts with Susanrachel Condon in 1993, offering
childbirth education, perinatal massage and labor doula services to families.
Shelley became a Certified Childbirth Educator through Childbirth Education
Association of Metropolitan New York and a Registered Nurse. She has taught
perinatal massage courses at Swedish Institute in New York, and at Cortiva
Institute - Desert Institute of Healing Arts (now Cortiva Institute -
Tucson) and Providence Institute in Arizona. She has presented massage
techniques for midwives at the American College of Nurse Midwives Conference
in 2004 and the Midwives Alliance of North America Conference in 2006.
She presently works as a Labor and Delivery nurse in Tucson, AZ. "I hope
for each mother to experience her own inner strength and wisdom through
birthing."
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Module 1: Pregnancy
Massage, Part 2
Register Now
January 24 - 25, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $499 if registered
before 1/3/09, $640 thereafter
Students delve into the transformative time of pregnancy to understand
how pregnancy massage therapy can be an integral part of wellness of childbearing
women. Students learn effective pregnancy massage therapy techniques and
safe client positions for healthy pregnancies. Students develop a thorough
understanding of precautions and contraindications including basic adaptations
for client medication use and bed rest. Students also explore the unique
professional and ethical practice management issues in the specialty of
pregnancy massage therapy and integrate their knowledge and skills during
a practice session with pregnant women and hands-on case study presentations.
Instructor: Michelle
Larson - Michelle is the current director of the Maternity and Infant
Massage Program grew up in Seattle, AZ with a passion for health and healing.
Shortly after graduation from the Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute
of Healing Arts in 2001, she found her true calling - pregnancy, labor
and postpartum. Michelle continued her education in oriental medicine,
acupuncture, Tui Na certification, herbology and homeopathy at the Arizona
School of Acupuncture. Michelle's acupuncture research and master's thesis
on the positive effects of a simple acupressure protocol during labor
to decrease pain, anxiety and affect delayed labor was published in her
article, Acupressure During Labor and Delivery in the Spring 2006 issue
of Qi-Journal. Michelle is a Certified Birth Doula with DONA International
and a Certified Childbirth Educator with the Childbirth and Postpartum
Professional Association. She is on faculty the Cortiva Institute-Tucson
and the Asian Institute of Medical Studies in Tucson, AZ. Michelle was
the owner of Catalina Foothills Wellness Center with twelve practioners
offering massage, acupuncture, yoga to the Tucson Community until its
eventual sale in 2005. Michelle now maintains a massage and acupuncture
practice for women and their families focusing on the unique needs during
the childbearing year. "It's an honor to work with women and infants during
this magical time of life and a pleasure to see the blossoming effect
as they grow from one phase of life into the next and moving through the
childbearing year."
top
Reiki Level I
Register Now
January 31, 2009 / 12:00pm - 5:00pm / 5 hours / $150
Rediscovered in 1914 by Mikao Usui, Reiki is an ages-old healing method
transmitted from teacher to student by an attunement given into your chakras
and plams of your hands. Course is student-centered, focusing on your
questions and concerns, with lots of partner practice and fun. This course
and atttunement are all you need to offer Reiki to the public, either
by placing hands lightly on the body in 12 preset positions, or by holding
your hands 12 to 18 inches above the body. Many LMT's simply add Reiki
energy in to their existing massage sessions. This course is also open
to people who are not body workers, who would like to do Reiki on friends,
family, animals and oneself. Receiving the Reiki attunement and practicing
on yourself is a wonderful healing complement for those undergoing chemo,
radiation or other treatments. Reiki is very effective as self-care for
alleviating physical stresses in your body, and mental, emotional and
spiritual resolution of old patterns. Reiki also empowers goals, abundance,
starts broken cars, assists first aid, connects you with nature, animals,
and boosts creativity. A fun, low pressure class.
Includes: Workbook
that shows hand positions, history, and philosophy of Reiki.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
top
Standing Wave Jostling
Register Now
February 1, 2009 / 10:00am - 3:00pm / 5 hours / $95
People bring heavy emotions and hard muscles into the massage room. Jostling
lightens up the tone of any bodywork session. In the last five years,
research has shown that playful teasing aids a depth of trust and communication.
Jostling is playful and aids depth of nonverbal communication and trust.
Jostling is both an art and a science. The science part is the "standing
wave," which we will diagram. Hands-on exercises include learning to play
"overtones" on a guitar and to jostle a rope into a standing wave. Once
the waveform is seen, heard, and felt proprioceptively, we move on to
create standing waves through your partner on the massage table. We will
also do seven dance/movement exercises to jostle our own bodies free
at the chakras for an "inside" experience of standing wave jostling. Technique
you will learn: By poking the bottom of the foot you will learn to create
a vibration of hip elevation and lumbar rotation. While working the hand
we vibrate the shoulder and neck.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Bob King: Clinical Approaches for Head, Neck and Upper
Back Pain
Register Now
February 20, 2009 9:00am - 5:00pm & February 21, 2009 9:00am - 4:00pm / 13 hours / $250
Cortiva Institute is excited to present Bob King's Clinical Massage Series
at our schools across the country. Bob is the co-founder and past president
of the Cortiva Chicago School of Massage Therapy. He has authored manuals,
books, videos, curricula and dozens of clinical articles in a massage
therapy career spanning more than three decades. This series includes
two workshops: Clinical Approaches for Head, Neck and Upper Back Pain
and Clinical Approaches for Low Back Pain. These exclusive 2-day workshops
are designed for bodyworkers committed to bringing their skills to the
highest standard of excellence. Registration is quick and simple. Please
click here
to see the tour schedule and to reserve a seat at one of our locations.
Register early as places are limited.
Headaches along with upper back pain and neck tension are the primary
reasons why clients seek help from massage therapists. Restricted cervical
range of motion, muscle contraction headache, and relentless postural
strain patterns are common clinical findings in the treatment arena. This
exclusive 2-day clinical workshop is designed for bodyworkers committed
to bringing their skills to the highest standard of excellence. Instructed
by nationally renowned educator Bob King, the course provides you with
hands-on skills and clinical expertise that you can immediately bring
to your practice for quicker and more lasting results. Highlights of this
intensive training include:
- Anatomical Review and Cadaver Video Presentation
- Functional and Structural Assessment Techniques
- Illustrated manuals, research articles, and coursework
- Tableside assistance and supervision
- Anatomically precise clinical hands-on skills
- NCBTMB Certificate of Continuing Education
- Receive and practice skillful bodywork in a safe and relaxing environment
Hand-on skills include myofascial, neuromuscular, and muscle energy techniques
along with self-stabilization measure for optimal clinical results.
Please Bring: Comfortable
clothing, supportive footwear, set of sheets, unscented oil/cream, writing
utensil.
Instructor: Bob King
- Bob is the co-founder and past president of the Chicago School of Massage
Therapy. He has authored manuals, books, videos, curricula and dozens
of clinical articles in a massage therapy career spanning more than three
decades. Bob conducts advanced myofascial trainings throughout the country.
He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement
Therapies and in 2004 he received the Distinguished Service Award from
the Massage Therapy Foundation for visionary leadership.
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Reiki Level II
Register Now
February 21, 2009 / 12:00pm - 5:00pm / 5 hours / $250
Includes Level II workbook that shows how to draw and pronounce the three
level two symbols, and a calligraphed Level II diploma. Level II is offered
for those Reiki Level I graduates who want more precise influence for
mental/emotional assistance and for directing Reiki at a distance. Level
II practitioners may send healing to any moment in the past or future
as well as to anyone at any location no matter how distant. For Level
II, your hands are attuned to three of the four Usui Reiki symbols to
make your access to enhance your awareness of the energy flow. You will
be encouraged to memorize the drawing and pronunciation of these three
symbols, to aid your socialization. Open to all people who want more specific
tools to direct energy for other people, animals, the globe, ones own
healing and goals.
Prerequisites: Reiki
Level I from any instructor.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Treating Tendonitis
Register Now
February 22, 2009 / 10:00am - 2:00pm / 4 hours / $80
Tendonitis is not inflammation, but scar tissue. Reversing tendonitits
is simply a matter of removing the overgrowth with the effects of ice,
massage, and intention. An important part of healing is to redirect the
person's perspective. My extensive experience reversing tendonitis has
allowed me to offer hope to sufferers. Hope, visualization, and expectation,
research has shown, have tremendous influence with the immune system.
Learn to explain to clients how and why their immune system is now reversing
the scar tissue, as your hands massage the mundane tendon and muscle work.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Hot Stones Therapy
Register Now
March 1, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
The roots of stone massage can be traced in any direction back to many
and varied cultures. Scandinavians used sauna stones to sooth arthritic
joints. Hawaiian lava stones have been used for warmth and healing. In
Asia, hot and cold therapy, which includes the use of stones has been
used for thousands of years. Lastly tribal medicines from all over the
world have traditions of shamans using stones in healing ceremonies. It
is also said that cowboys used to heat stones in the fire and used them
to warm their bedrolls on cold desert nights. All over the world, stones
are useful tools. They have been and continue to be used to cook food,
heat water, or make steam. Think about what you do if given a warm towel.
It is not hard to imagine someone using a warm stone to warm their hands
or sooth a tight muscle. In 1993, Mary Nelson (a graduate of the Desert
Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, AZ) formalized a technique for
using hot and cold stones to massage the body and open energy channels,
facilitating self-healing and body-mind awareness. She named her modality
LaStone Therapy and continues to teach it in Tucson and all over the world.
Since LaStone Therapy's inception the use of heated and chilled stones
as a therapeutic treatment has become widespread and is now a popular
therapy at many spas.
Instructor: Allyn Baker
- Allyn earned her massage certification and license as a 1998 graduate
of the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, AZ. Along with
massage, she practices clinical and spa techniques in her private practice.
Allyn currently works out of her home offering Aromatherapy, Thai, LaStone,
Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage. After practicing in the spa field for
a number of years, Allyn was first a Teaching Assistant then Teacher at
the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts. She later became an Instructor
at Cortiva-Institute Tucson, where she enjoys sharing her passion for
all aspects of Massage. She also enjoys teaching workshops and continuing
education classes in her fields of expertise. Allyn is a nationally certified
massage therapist (NCTMB) as well and has been certified since 2004.
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Reiki Level III - Reiki Master
Register Now
March 14, 2009 / 12:00pm - 5:00pm / 5 hours / $400
Includes Level III workbook with step-by-step instructions how to give
Attunements. Reiki Master diploma is printed on special heavyweight canvas.
Considered the "Master" level of Reiki, offered to those people wishing
to commit to a lifestyle of service. All four Usui symbols are given into
your hands during your attunement. This empowers you to then give attunements
to others, both Reiki Level (I, II, and III) attunements and "healing"
attunements. You will be encouraged to memorize three more symbols for
a total of four Usui Reiki and two Tibetan symbols. Reiki is the sweet
and gentle way to change your life and the lives of others!
Prerequisites: Reiki
Level II from any instructor.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Aromatherapy in the Bodywork Setting
Register Now
March 15, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
Aromatherapy is the skilled and controlled use of essential oils for their
healing properties. Holistic aromatherapy restores physical, mental, emotional
and spiritual health. Essential oils, when properly used, can address
such conditions as anxiety, depression, muscle aches, headaches, PMS and
menstrual problems, back pain, injuries, and insomnia to name a few. Essential
oils give a plant its fragrance and have been known throughout history
for their healing effects on body and mind.
Instructor: Allyn Baker
- Allyn earned her massage certification and license as a 1998 graduate
of the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, AZ. Along with
massage, she practices clinical and spa techniques in her private practice.
Allyn currently works out of her home offering Aromatherapy, Thai, LaStone,
Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage. After practicing in the spa field for
a number of years, Allyn was first a Teaching Assistant then Teacher at
the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts. She later became an Instructor
at Cortiva-Institute Tucson, where she enjoys sharing her passion for
all aspects of Massage. She also enjoys teaching workshops and continuing
education classes in her fields of expertise. Allyn is a nationally certified
massage therapist (NCTMB) as well and has been certified since 2004.
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Reiki - Teacher Training
Register Now
March 15, 2009 / 10:00am - 3:00pm / 5 hours / $95
This class gives you no more Reiki attunement - you already received the
highest level attunement in your Reiki III - Master class. This workshop
is for those Reiki Masters who want a little more instruction, support
and confidence in getting their Teacher business going. We will learn
teaching methods and philosophy, pricing, advertising, practice teaching
with feedback, and practice giving attunements to each other. Patrick
has been teaching since 1986 and loves teaching teachers more than anything
else!
Prerequisites: Reiki
Level III - Reiki Master from any instructor.
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Maternity and Infant Massage: Module 2: Intro
to Childbirth and DONA* Approved Birth Doula Workshop
Register Now
March 19 - 22, 2009 / 9:00am - 6:00pm / 32 hours / $499 if registered
before 3/4/08, $640 thereafter
Cortiva is pleased to offer this Introduction to Child birth and DONA
International Birth Doula Workshop - two of the requirements to become
a DONA International Certified Birth Doula. In this module, students learn
the art of supporting women in labor, as well as the anatomy and physiology
of the female reproductive system, the three stage of labor and some common
medical interventions and tests that may occur during labor. Students
learn the benefits of labor support by a trained birth doula, as well
as specific emotional and physical support techniques for the woman and
her partner during labor and immediately postpartum. The course also provides
information on running a successful birth doula business.
*Students who do not intend to become Certified Birth Doulas benefit from
this module by improving their understanding of the birth process to provide
pregnancy massage clients and their partners with helpful techniques for
labor and delivery, as well as to apply this understanding to more effective
postpartum massage. Completion of his DONA International approved course
provides two requirements towards becoming a DONA International Certified
Birth Doula- completion of a DONA International approved Birth Doula Workshop
and a childbirth education course. After this module, students complete
DONA International's Birth Doula Certification by attending three births
and completing required and written work.
Instructor: Penny Bussel-Stansfield -
Penny is a Certified Childbirth Educator with the
National Childbirth Trust and has over twenty five years of teaching experience
in Scotland, England, France and the United States. She has been a DONA
International Certified Birth Doula since 1997. She is a graduate of Cortiva
Institute-Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, Arizona where
she specialized in pregnancy massage, childbirth education and birth doula
services. She currently teaches pregnancy massage at the Cortiva Institute
- Somerset School of Massage Therapy in New Jersey and is a partner in
Hillsborough Massage Therapy LLC. Having witnessed the power of compassionate,
therapeutic touch during pregnancy and labor, Penny is committed to empowering
women to have positive birth experiences. Working in many different cultures
has profoundly affected the way that she works with clients. With great
respect for individual beliefs, ideas and customs, Penny knows that childbearing
women across the globe have similar concerns and respond to individualized,
compassionate care. "Our relationship with these women may only last for
a few weeks or months, but the effects travel through the centuries in
the image that these women have of themselves, their abilities and their
worth."
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Advanced Topics - Releasing Cellular Memory
Register Now
March 29, 2009 / 10:00am - 3:00pm / 5 hours / $95
Cellular memories may be stored in an organ, muscle, fluid, or any tissue.
A man receiving a kidney transplant found his taste in reading material
changing from tabloids to Jane Austen. Long Term Genetic memory includes
the inheritance of tendencies that aid survival of the species, such as
recognizing tigers as something that might want to eat me, and deer as
something I might want to eat. These patterns have been in place for a
million years, created through natural selection - those who had the memories
lived (long enough to pass on their DNA) more frequently than those who
did not get the memories. Human male group strategies for having more
DNA in the next generation lean toward impregnating multiple females,
while female group strategies lean toward enticing one man to stay loyal
to protect her offspring. The human body has only become lactose tolerant
in the last five thousand years, when dairy farming began, and now lactose
tolerance is passed on to most human offspring. Short Term Genetic Memory:
Charles Darwin believed that genes changed only randomly and could only
be selected by survival of populations over thousands of generations.
In fact this belief remains prominent even with experts like Stephen Jay
Gould. However, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744 - 1829) argued against Darwin
that each being changes intelligently in response to life events and passes
these altered genes to their children. In 2007 research finally proved
him accurate. Male mice exposed to a particular pesticide were avoided
by females, and so were the exposed mice's children and children's children
for several generations, showing that the genes changed and passed into
offspring. This means each of us may have genetic predispositions, aversions,
skills, or other adaptations to events that our parents, grandparents,
or great-grandparents experienced. Pathogens are remembered by the immune
system so that immunity remains lifelong. It is widely believed that mothers
may pass immunity to many pathogens through breast milk. Archetypal memory,
postulated by Carl Jung, would explain the symbolism that has meaning
and value for most or all humans such as rites of passage, interpretations
of dreams, the deeper meaning of animal symbolism like the eagle, the
coyote, the bear, and the snake. Traumas create a very strong imprint
that may stay in the body for years, decades, or longer. The Gulf War
alone has produced 10,000 Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders. When suffering continues after physical and mental healing
modalities have been exhausted, many therapists are now allowing the possibility
of past life traumas. About the course: Using scanning techniques borrowed
from Reiki (Byosen Scanning) and John Upledger (Arcing), students learn
to locate trauma in the body and brain. Using a combination of visualization,
symbolism, hands-on energy, hands-above energy, breathwork, and intention,
we coax the patterns free of the body, often with immediate changes in
muscle tension, breathing, and positive comments from the recipient. This
course is in the "Advanced Topics in Energy" series is for those practitioners
who have previous education and experience using energy work, craniosacral,
osteopathic technique, shamanism, faith-based healing, or other ways of
detecting and releasing unwanted patterns.
Prerequisites: Any energy
work, craniosacral, faith-based healing or shamanism training.
Recommended Advanced Reading:
Cell Talk by John Upledger, p. 1-36, 110-186. Can be
purchased at amazon.com or read online for free .
Instructor: Patrick Moore
- Patrick's love for science, nature, and spirituality was apparent from
an early age. In Oregon, he was a Boy Scout camping every month, snow,
rain, or shine, for four years. In 1977, he attended his first energy
work training through the Silva method and completed 320 hrs by 1987.
During this same time he completed a degree in Math from Whitman College
and began teaching Math at Western Washington University, Patrick received
five Tibetan attunements including Medicine Buddha from Jigdal Dagchen
Sakya and Chenzezi (compassion) from the Dalai Lama in 1992. He attended
the legendary Brian Utting School of Massage from 1992-94 in Seattle and
since has completed over two thousand hours of continuing education in
Cranio Sacral, Osteopathic Techniques, Medical Massage, Healing Energy,
and Therapeutic Relationship. He has published about Melting twice in
Massage & Bodywork and Massage Therapy Journal and numerous online
articles including those at http://meltingmuscles.blogspot.com . Patrick also
loves writing poetry and fiction.
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Traditional Thai Massage
Register Now
April 3, 2009 4:00pm - 9:00pm & April 4 - 5, 2009 8:00am - 6:30pm / 25 hours / $350
Upon completion of the 25 hour course, the student must be able to:
- Discuss the history of Traditional Thai Massage and Medical Practice and
its benefits and uses today
- Describe the Thai Sen (Meridian) Lines and acupressure points of the body
- Describe and perform proper etiquette for Traditional Thai Massage
- Prepare the place and equipment for Traditional Thai Massage
- List precautionary indications for Traditional Thai Massage
- List prohibitions for Traditional Thai Massage
- Assess a client before Traditional Thai Massage is performed
- Describe and demonstrate the preparation of the therapist for Traditional
Thai Massage, including: mediation, yoga stretches, body mechanics and
breathing
- Describe and demonstrate the techniques utilized by the therapist for
Traditional Thai Massage
- Describe the Thai Sen (Meridian) Lines and acupressure points of the body
- Perform with a client a full two hour protocol of Traditional Thai Massage
utilizing proper sequence of positions, timing and body mechanics
Instructor: Robert van
Overdijk, BS, LMT, CYT - Robert is an instructor and Master Practioner
of Eastern and Western Massage Modalities. He is Certified in Traditional
Thai Massage at the Wat Po Traditional Medical and Massage school in Bankok
Thailand (NCBTMB #450197-06, Approved provider).
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Professional Ethics
Register Now
April 5, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 6 hours / $140
The intent of this workshop is to define the broad scope of ethics, empower
each therapist with a personal Code of Ethics, and explore possible ethical
situations which will challenge participants to make good decisions about
how they respond.
Instructor: Melita Quance
- Melita is a licensed massage therapist, a facilitator, consultant, trainer,
and healer with over 10 years of experience working with survivors of
domestic, sexual, and hate violence and their service provides. Melita
has been a supervisor, manager and currently co-owns Cayalyst Healthy
Solutions, LLC, a business specializing in working with people living
with chronic pain. She provides national diversity trainings as well as
working with several local, state and national agencies on organizational
wellness. She currently serves in the role of president of a local organization
and has served on several other boards. She is a member of the American
Massage Therapy Association. Melita has found that the spirit needs a
healthy body and mind in order to break free into a renewed love of life.
This is the foundation of her passion for passing on the tools necessary
to a sucessful, ethical journey as a massage therapist. Melita is honored
to have you join her for this course.
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Basics of Pregnancy Massage
Register Now
April 19, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
Six million American women become pregnant each year, so it is likely
that in the course of a massage therapist's career, he or she will have
the opportunity and privilege to massage a pregnant woman…but, the massage
therapist may not remember or may have never learned the client positions
and massage therapy techniques that are safe in each trimester of pregnancy.
Whether you want a thorough review of the basics or an introduction to
the specialty of pregnancy massage, in The Basics of Pregnancy Massage,
you will learn safe and effective pregnancy massage client positioning,
draping and pregnancy massage techniques, as well as precautions and contraindications
to support women through their healthy pregnancies.
Instructor: Michelle
Larson - Michelle is the current director of the Maternity and Infant
Massage Program grew up in Seattle, AZ with a passion for health and healing.
Shortly after graduation from the Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute
of Healing Arts in 2001, she found her true calling - pregnancy, labor
and postpartum. Michelle continued her education in oriental medicine,
acupuncture, Tui Na certification, herbology and homeopathy at the Arizona
School of Acupuncture. Michelle's acupuncture research and master's thesis
on the positive effects of a simple acupressure protocol during labor
to decrease pain, anxiety and affect delayed labor was published in her
article, Acupressure During Labor and Delivery in the Spring 2006 issue
of Qi-Journal. Michelle is a Certified Birth Doula with DONA International
and a Certified Childbirth Educator with the Childbirth and Postpartum
Professional Association. She is on faculty the Cortiva Institute-Tucson
and the Asian Institute of Medical Studies in Tucson, AZ. Michelle was
the owner of Catalina Foothills Wellness Center with twelve practioners
offering massage, acupuncture, yoga to the Tucson Community until its
eventual sale in 2005. Michelle now maintains a massage and acupuncture
practice for women and their families focusing on the unique needs during
the childbearing year. "It's an honor to work with women and infants during
this magical time of life and a pleasure to see the blossoming effect
as they grow from one phase of life into the next and moving through the
childbearing year."
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Deep Tissue Massage
Register Now
April 26, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This course is designed to focus on the skillful application of soft tissue
techniques that will allow deeper to the fascia and muscular layers of
the body. This comprehensive combination of techniques will create long
term results and generate a greater sense of relief from chronic muscular
tension. Chronic muscular tension patterns can reduce blood flow and restrict
the removal of metabolic wastes, resulting in pain and loss of function.
Typical syperficial and passive massage techniques often do not provide
the desired relief; this can be frustrating for the client as well as
the therapist and it can actually cause more reflexive muscular tension.
This practitioner will learn treatment strategies that are direct, purposeful,
and easy to apply with the intended purpose of releasing these muscular
tension patterns. The practicing therapist will learn how to use tissue
recognition, cross-fiber friction, passive movement, neurological inhibition,
breath and positioning to enhance the overall effectiveness of each technique.
The ultimate goal is reaching the desired treatment outcome, securing
longevity and feeling a sense of personal satisfaction from bodywork that
is "practitioner friendly" and effortless to apply.
Instructor: Ginger Castle
- Ginger is a Licensed Massage Practitioner in Arizona
and Washington State. She is a practicing therapist with 15 years of experience,
specializing Ginger is currently a massage therapy instructor with eleven
years of experience in instruction. She was a member of a Washington based
Clinicians workgroup whose purpose was to assist in the integration of
complementary and allopathic medicine. She participated in a Skill Standards
focus group identifying Skill Standards for Professional - Technical,
College instructors, and Customized Trainers. Ginger's passion with bodywork
and education encourages students to bring their work to a new level of
expertise, by igniting their passion for massage and the benefits of skillfully
applied bodywork.
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Basics of Infant Massage
Register Now
May 10, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This one day course introduces basic massage techniques for young infants.
Beginning massage during infancy will help babies develop kinesthetic
awareness, improve nervous and circulatory development and create an opportunity
for parent/child bonding. This introductory course is appropriate for
both parents and massage therapists who are interested in guiding parents
through massaging their babies. During this course you will learn a very
simple massage series which you will practice on a doll or stuffed animal,
babies will not be present for the course. This course will not lead to
certification, further education through our 32 hour Infant Massage Course
(Maternity and Infant Massage Module 5) in partnership with Infant Massage
USA is required for certification as an infant massage instructor.
Instructor: Michelle
Larson - Michelle is the current director of the Maternity and Infant
Massage Program grew up in Seattle, AZ with a passion for health and healing.
Shortly after graduation from the Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute
of Healing Arts in 2001, she found her true calling - pregnancy, labor
and postpartum. Michelle continued her education in oriental medicine,
acupuncture, Tui Na certification, herbology and homeopathy at the Arizona
School of Acupuncture. Michelle's acupuncture research and master's thesis
on the positive effects of a simple acupressure protocol during labor
to decrease pain, anxiety and affect delayed labor was published in her
article, Acupressure During Labor and Delivery in the Spring 2006 issue
of Qi-Journal. Michelle is a Certified Birth Doula with DONA International
and a Certified Childbirth Educator with the Childbirth and Postpartum
Professional Association. She is on faculty the Cortiva Institute-Tucson
and the Asian Institute of Medical Studies in Tucson, AZ. Michelle was
the owner of Catalina Foothills Wellness Center with twelve practioners
offering massage, acupuncture, yoga to the Tucson Community until its
eventual sale in 2005. Michelle now maintains a massage and acupuncture
practice for women and their families focusing on the unique needs during
the childbearing year. "It's an honor to work with women and infants during
this magical time of life and a pleasure to see the blossoming effect
as they grow from one phase of life into the next and moving through the
childbearing year."
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Rotator Cuff
Register Now
May 17, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
This course serves to focus on the pathology, assessment, treatment, and
self-care of the shoulder region with specific focus on the glenohumeral
joint and rotator cuff musculature. Integrating assessment with the application
of various soft tissue treatments will dramatically reduce the severity
of pain and limitation while minimizing the impact this condition may
have upon training, participation, and athletic performance. The therapist
will learn the basic anatomy and function of the glenohumeral joint and
the rotator cuff musculature; and based on this foundation, will better
understand the possible causes and contributing factors associated with
rotator cuff shoulder dysfunction. Contributing factors such as postural
or structural misalignment, muscle imbalance, trigger points and movement
dysfunction will be identified. The application of basic orthopedic assessments,
active, passive and resisted ROM, as well as palpation assessment, serve
to help isolate and determine the location and type of dysfunction. The
findings of these assessments are utilized to form the most effective
application of treatment techniques to reduce painful symptoms, and return
the athlete to optimum function. The techniques taught in the course include
Myofascial release, Trigger Point Release, Cyriax Cross Fiber Friction,
and Muscle Energy Techniques.
Instructor: Ginger Castle
- Ginger is a Licensed Massage Practitioner in Arizona and Washington
State. She is a practicing therapist with 15 years of experience, specializing
Ginger is currently a massage therapy instructor with eleven years of
experience in instruction. She was a member of a Washington based Clinicians
workgroup whose purpose was to assist in the integration of complementary
and allopathic medicine. She participated in a Skill Standards focus group
identifying Skill Standards for Professional - Technical, College instructors,
and Customized Trainers. Ginger's passion with bodywork and education
encourages students to bring their work to a new level of expertise, by
igniting their passion for massage and the benefits of skillfully applied
bodywork.
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Body Mechanics
Register Now
May 31, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
The purpose of body mechanics is to gain personal awareness of our body's
natural design and learn how to work within it. Once we become familiar
with the basic principles of body mechanics we can feel the difference
between relaxed effort and physical strain. With this awareness as a foundation,
we can create proper body mechanics for any activity at any time.
Instructor: Ginger Castle
- Ginger is a Licensed Massage Practitioner in Arizona and Washington
State. She is a practicing therapist with 15 years of experience, specializing
Ginger is currently a massage therapy instructor with eleven years of
experience in instruction. She was a member of a Washington based Clinicians
workgroup whose purpose was to assist in the integration of complementary
and allopathic medicine. She participated in a Skill Standards focus group
identifying Skill Standards for Professional - Technical, College instructors,
and Customized Trainers. Ginger's passion with bodywork and education
encourages students to bring their work to a new level of expertise, by
igniting their passion for massage and the benefits of skillfully applied
bodywork.
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Lower Back Pain
Register Now
June 7, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
Unraveling the cause of low back pain can be a daunting situation when
your client walks in your office like a crab shuffling through sand. In
this course you will learn many of the common causes of low back dysfunction,
as well as useful assessments to determine possible causes for the discomfort.
Low Back Pain and Treatment will also give you the tools and techniques
to assist you in relieving the discomfort and decreasing pain. This one
day workshop is designed to review the anatomy of the low back in addition
to major pain pathologies and dysfunctions of the low back. This workshop
offers a multi-modality approach to treatments and stabilization techniques
for low back dysfunctions.
Instructor: Ginger Castle
- Ginger is a Licensed Massage Practitioner in Arizona and Washington
State. She is a practicing therapist with 15 years of experience, specializing
Ginger is currently a massage therapy instructor with eleven years of
experience in instruction. She was a member of a Washington based Clinicians
workgroup whose purpose was to assist in the integration of complementary
and allopathic medicine. She participated in a Skill Standards focus group
identifying Skill Standards for Professional - Technical, College instructors,
and Customized Trainers. Ginger's passion with bodywork and education
encourages students to bring their work to a new level of expertise, by
igniting their passion for massage and the benefits of skillfully applied
bodywork.
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Spa 101
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June 14, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
Theoretical and practicial techniques are offered in this course designed
to build your competency and confidence in providing basic spa treatments.
Participants will learn spa history, terminology and concepts focusing
on the theory behind Pelotherapy (Mud), Thalassotherapy (Seaweed) and
full body exfoliation. Upon completion participants will perform and receive
an 80 minute spa treatment that includes a full body exfoliation, body
wrap, and face and scalp massage.
Instructor: Jesseca Maglothin
- Jesseca earned her massage certification and license as a 2004 graduate
of the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts in Tucson, AZ. Immediately
after her graduation she opened her own clinic (Oasis Massage Clinic),
which she has been successfully running for the last 4 years. Where she
offers Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage, Hydrotherapy, Spa tratments, Aromatherapy,
Cupping therapy, Detoxification Therapy and Reiki. Along with massage,
her love and passion for water and earth-based therapies led her to study
and be mentored by Ann Mihinia, LMT for the last few years. Jesseca began
as a Teaching Assistant at Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute. She has
been a TA for courses such as Spa Foundation & Hydrotherapy. Since then
Jesseca has become an instructor for those classes at Cortiva Institute - Tucson.
As an instructor at Cortiva - Tucson she delights in sharing her knowledge
& passion for all aspects of Massage, Spa and Hydrotherapy. She also enjoys
teaching workshops and continuing education classes in her field of expertise.
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Trigger Point Therapy
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June 28, 2009 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / 7 hours / $140
A focus of hyperirritability nodular spot in the tissue that when compressed
is locally tender and if sufficiently hypersensitive, gives rise to referred
pain and tenderness, and sometimes to referred autonomic phenomena and
distortion of proprioception. Often it exhibits a predictable pain referral
pattern and causes a shortening of the affected muscle.
Instructor: Ginger Castle
- Ginger is a Licensed Massage Practitioner in Arizona and Washington
State. She is a practicing therapist with 15 years of experience, specializing
Ginger is currently a massage therapy instructor with eleven years of
experience in instruction. She was a member of a Washington based Clinicians
workgroup whose purpose was to assist in the integration of complementary
and allopathic medicine. She participated in a Skill Standards focus group
identifying Skill Standards for Professional - Technical, College instructors,
and Customized Trainers. Ginger's passion with bodywork and education
encourages students to bring their work to a new level of expertise, by
igniting their passion for massage and the benefits of skillfully applied
bodywork.
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