Mellow afternoon of grounded and focused practicum for bodywork therapies.
Students of this program may enter for a February 2012 start date, or an October 2012 start date.
This unique program combines traditional, national educational standards with teachings and protocols designed to integrate natural therapeutics, energy medicine, and herbal/botanical teachings with conventional bodywork services- as the faculty and curriculum as Naturopathic School of the Healing Arts is uniquely qualified and passionately dedicated to teaching.
NSHA is an Approved School by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: http://www.ncbtmb.org/
Energy Medicine- Many students are naturally drawn to energy work- the study, the practice, the outcome. We strongly feel that integrating this study with the technical, grounding, anatomical study of soft tissue work (massage therapy) is ultimately more productive, and will lead to deeper understanding of the dynamics at work.
Our teachers are trained and experienced in a variety of classical types of energy medicine and energy balancing - Polarity, Therapeutic Touch, MariEl work, Reiki, and more. Ultimately they are all of a piece, much like a composition of music. Our teachings are designed to bring about richer understanding and more effective practice, while developing inner strength for the student.
Students wishing to pursue an additional diploma in naturopathy (ND) after successful completion of this massage therapy licensure level program will be eligible to enter the program as Second Year Students- having completed their First Year as integrated into the massage therapy program.
TUITION FOR STUDENTS ENTERING FALL 2012: $9,900.00
TUITION SUPPLEMENT FOR Current ND students: 2,700.00
“The secret something that is shared by all effective healing methods is the process of leading the patient to an honest and truthful self-discovery. This self-discovery is required for the initiation and continuation of self-healing; for it is only through self-healing- in contrast to curing- that patients can experience both permanent recovery and spiritual growth…the closer our perception of self approaches, the deeper our capacity for self-healing becomes. When there is a very close correspondence between self-image and truth, our self-healing powers may be virtually unlimited.” - John Upledger
Naturopathic School of the Healing Arts
Presenting our 2011
INTEGRATED MASSAGE THERAPY /ENERGY MEDICINE PROGRAM-
integrating classical and conventional Massage Therapy training with the principles of natural medicine: herbal applications, energy medicine, foundational herbal therapeutics, medical massage protocols, indications, and contraindications; applied hydrotherapy, and holistic healing models.
Our Massage Therapyprogram is unique to the area, designed to dovetail with the bodywork, anatomy, and energy medicine training during first year of the Naturopathy diploma program. We offer a much needed fresh new perspective for learning in the field of therapeutic massage. See our page on this site for current information about attending free demonstrations and talks about this program: http://www.naturopathicschoolofannarbor.net/3/contactus.htm
Contact us at 734-769-7794. Web: www.naturopathicschoolofannarbor.net
e mail: naturalmedicinecollege@gmail.com
See the biographical information of our director and staff, below and on our Page on this site "Faculty and Staff".
The program begins this fall, and is available with a payment plan option. The schedule of this program is at : http://www.naturopathicschoolofannarbor.net/3/poll.htm We offer this program as a choice to those who are drawn to the foundational bodywork aspect of healing arts practice, and who may wish to expand their education while moving through theNaturopathyprogram.
This program has a co-requisite of Anatomy and Physiology, which may be completed via a basic non-cadaver on premises community college program, or one of the following approved online programs
Our mission is to mentor sensitivity, compassion, traditional clinical skills, awareness, and the integration of prominent healing arts into traditional and conventional massage therapy, to support students to meet today's needs, and those of our emerging healing arts future.
The Massage Therapyprogram has been developed out of demand from our students, and as a choice for massage therapy education which incorporates training in applications and theory of natural medicine and herbal therapeutics. This curriculum is designed to offer:
General knowledge of holistic body systems
Medical Massage Protocols : Indications, Contraindications, methods
Detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology and kinesiology
Pathology
Therapeutic assessment/treatment of orthopedic problems
Therapeutic application of massage, natural therapeutics, hydrotherapy, and herbal therapeutics relevant to soft tissue and orthopedic healing as applied during bodywork sessions.
Special emphasis on the development of a professional yet compassionate therapeutic presence, through training and practice in communications, ethics, inner development and role practice.
Integration of energy balancing as taught by experienced practitioners
Professional standards, ethics, business and legal practices
The curriculum is concurrent with the first year of the Naturopathy Diploma program, and students may, if they wish, continue on to earn a Naturopath Diploma within two more years.
700 hour program as follows, and according to the standards of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, which has been utilized since 1994 as a nationwide standard for individual state licensure, and completely adopted by most states which require and enforce licensure:
125 hours of body systems (anatomy, physiology and kinesiology)
200 hours of massage and bodywork assessment, theory and application,
in-class and supervised
40 hours of pathology
10 hours of business and ethics (minimum of 6 hours in ethics)
225 hours of additional instruction in an area or related field that theoretically completes the massage program of study.
100 hours of field work
In our program, the curriculum includes theoretical and practical applications of energy balancing methods, applications of natural therapeutics, foundational herbal medicine with bodywork applications, communications development, and holistic ecology. Our program is uniquely suited to the student who seeks a massage therapy education which integrates a variety of natural healing approaches, while maintaining traditional scientific standards of practice set for the massage therapy profession.
SCHEDULE: The program will begin in fall 2011.
Instructors: Mary Light, Carole Florence, Gana Wilson, Parker Whitaker, Rowena Conahan
MARY LIGHT directs this program and teaches some content, along with other staff. She began her bodywork education over 25 years ago, apprenticing under a graduate of New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics, and then went on to successfully complete the Kripalu Bodywork Certification program ( Lenox, Mass), and a 1,000 hour program at Florida School of Massage (Gainesville, FL).
The specific massage therapy modalities she is trained in include basic foundational Swedish massage and its derivatives, Esalen massage, connective tissue massage, Kripalu bodywork, and adjunct techniques such as neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, Pregnancy (pre/post natal) massage, sports massage, and infant massage. She has gone on to develop her work through creativity, listening to each body, and hands-on work with over 10,000 private sessions.
She then became Nationally Certified, (1996) as well as an Approved Provider of Continuing Education through the National Certification Board. (1998).
Her own continuing education includes Certification in Pregnancy Massage (60 hours CE, plus 15 years of direct practice), the development of a 32 hour certification workshop of CE in pregnancy massage for nationally certified therapists, as well as the development of a successful massage therapy technique for effective and gentle C-section scar reduction.
She has advanced certification and training in : Polarity Therapy (400 hours), Neuromuscular Therapy (60 hours), Intraoral Neuromuscular bodywork, Healing Mastery ( Lily Dale), Hydrotherapy (40 hours) Reiki, (all levels) Therapeutic Touch, Multidimentional Healing, Reflexology, and Lymphatic Massage. She has developed continuing education workshops in all of these areas and administered over 100 workshops conveying CE since 1998.
Currently, as a practicing and teaching naturopath, massage therapist with past licensure in 4 states, and master herbalist, Mary Light integrates numerous healing arts into bodywork therapies, including energy work.
