We are an NCBTMB-approved provider of Continuing Education classes.  In addition we are approved by the Florida Massage State Board and by the Maryland Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners. 

Continuing Education 2012

     This will help you stand out from the crowd of other practitioners and save your hands, wrists and upper backs from being overworked.  In this seminar you will learn a brief history of cupping, the different types of therapeutic cups (suction vs. fire), the different styles of cupping (sliding vs. static), when to use cupping and how to apply cupping therapy.  There will be plenty of hands-on practice!

     Energy releasing treatments such as:  the Internal and External Dragons; 13 Ghost Points and Pernicious Energy Clearing will be performed in order to help  clear clients of negative energy.  Clients in need of these treatments may feel "like someone put a curse on them" or "don't feel like themselves anymore." 

     Students will learn the Earth treatment to help ground clients who "don't have their feet on the ground" or seem to have "lost touch with reality."

     The Trauma or Adrenal treatment will help with clients who have suffered a major physical or emotional trauma or are constantly "burning the candle at both ends."

     We will discuss several different views of negative energy from an Oriental Medicine standpoint.  In addition to the treatments, students will learn how to test for and treat reversed polarity.

     Benefits of Active Isolated Stretching:  decreases or eliminates pain, increases flexibility or range of motion, relieves both physical and mental stress, reduces risk of injury or re-injury, improves posture, eliminates pain and stiffness with many types of arthritis.

What You Will Learn:  * Precision muscle testing * Checking and rebalancing the energy in the acupuncture meridian system * Reflexes to release pain, increase energy, and enhance immune function * Skills to release the negative effects of emotional stress * Tools for performance enhancement, easier learning, better vision, and upgraded brain function * Strategies for determining which foods and supplements best support you

This class is approved to provide continuing education for acupuncturists as well as massage therapists.

     This one is different!  In our time together we will share a combination of lecture and round-table discussions about:  * what concepts and concerns are included under the ethics umbrella? *  the heart of ethical considerations * how to protect your clients and yourself  * tricky situations. . . and much, much more.

     You'll laugh, or cry (but not from boredom) and you'll avoid any unfortunate incidents with angry plastic chairs. Really.

     This course is designed for massage therapists who would like to improve their knowledge of HIV/AIDS, with the end result of improving the services provided to their clients. Participants will learn: the history of HIV/AIDS; the difference between HIV infection and AIDS; the ways in which HIV is transmitted; HIV symptoms, testing procedures, care and treatment; how individuals can protect themselves from infection with HIV; the use of effective infection control procedures in the massage office; therapeutic actions that are appropriate and contraindicated for people with HIV infection; bodywork considerations and modifications; benefits of providing massage; and, bodywork for persons with HIV infection.

     Jeffrey Grabelle is a Nationally and State Certified Massage Therapist, practicing in Baltimore, Maryland, since 2003. He has maintained a private massage therapy office, Eager Street Therapists, for 5 years and has taught massage therapy courses at the Holistic Massage Training Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, for 3 years. As a massage therapist, he is trained and specializes in Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage, Foot Reflexology, and Thai Yoga Massage. He is also a Reiki Master. He has managed an HIV/AIDS community service organization, AIDS Action Baltimore, for 19 years, providing counseling, educational and emergency financial services to people with HIV disease in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

     Note:  You can attend either part, or both - highly recommend both parts.

• Study of Taoist 5 element theory and its practical application in western practice
• Learn and strengthen your communication skills with your client, guiding them through the process (in the clinical setting the practitioner becomes the instructor)
• Learn to integrate Medical Chi Kung practice into your session to support the healing process
• Specific touch techniques to elicit proper breath and client awareness
• Plenty of hands on practice
• Lung/Large Intestine and Stomach/Spleen

     CNT can help with:  Digestive issues, Constipation, Bloating, Weight problems, Headaches, Insomnia, Fatigue and much more. 

Required reading:  "Chi Nei Tsang" by Mantak Chia and "Healing from Within" by Gilles Marin (both available at Amazon).  Basic understanding of Western anatomy required. 

• Be able to perform a one hour treatment to the abdominal cavity using manipulations that affect the various meridians as studied
• Be able to assess and teach the appropriate healing sound to clients as support for specific techniques used
• Liver/Gall Bladder, Bladder/Kidney, Heart/Small Intestine

At the end of this workshop your neck and shoulders will be relaxed. You will breathe more deeply and with less effort.

     This workshop focuses on how you see yourself and think others see you.  We'll explore by moving, breathing, talking and meditation using guided imagery, analysis, metaphor, awareness, process work and grounding.

     Process work happens when a participant feels a strong reaction to one or all of the exercises and material presented and desires to talk about how past experiences are affecting them in the present.

The Myofascial Release Massage seminars include a fully illustrated manual.

The Myofascial Release Massage seminars are considered eligible for 20 continuing education hours by the NCBTMB, AMTA, ABMP, IMF, AMMA, and NATABOK.

*Please bring sheets and a towel and wear clothing that exposes as much of the leg as possible.  Women should wear a bra or bikini top.

What You Will Learn:  * Foot reflexology landmarks and techniques * Hand and ear reflexology techniques * 4-theory approach to reflexology (structural alignment, zones, Asian meridians, and proprioceptors) * Cautions and contraindications for reflexology * Structural alignment exercises * Anatomy of the lower leg and foot * Elements of spa reflexology * Marketing reflexology * Working with special populations 

***Please bring a set of sheets, 2-3 pillows, and 2-3 towels.

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• Safe and effective use of heated basalt rocks and aromatherapy during reflexology session.

• Techniques to use the rocks both in the affected area and as a wrap or pack on the feet.

• Therapeutic aromatherapy with eight essential oils targeting common discomforts.

• Students will learn how to combine the oils and then add to a carrier foot balm for the reflexology session.

What you will learn: How to Create Rapport and Grow the Client Relationship  *consciously create a structure of safety/respect from within the client's subconscious structure * develop strategies to manifest and recognize deep rapport, quiet resistance * grow in openness to healing/change * use the clients' learning style to develop practical exercises to continue the healing process.  Exquisite Language Skills for Customer Retention and Change * simple rules to remove personal bias and truly listen effectively * questioning strategies that take us to the source of the problem * using the 'core' problem to establish clear goals for treatment so that the client can easily see the change that has occurred in the session * understanding your clients' decision-making strategies -- using this to create effective healing and change * strategies to grow and retain the customer long term.

     This one is different!  In our time together we will share a combination of lecture and round-table discussions about:  * what concepts and concerns are included under the ethics umbrella? *  the heart of ethical considerations * how to protect your clients and yourself  * tricky situations. . . and much, much more.

     You'll laugh, or cry (but not from boredom) and you'll avoid any unfortunate incidents with angry plastic chairs. Really.

The focus is on: Increasing the flow of oxygen and blood to the facial area, neck and shoulders, toning, tightening the skin and fascia, lymphatic drainage and detoxification of skin and organ systems, better mental alertness, focus and relaxation for the client, emotional cleansing through the application of essential oils, preventive maintenance for aging and skin blemishes, and skin lift and facial rejuvenation manipulations.

Traditionally, through the use of acupressure and special manipulative massage strokes, the treatment goes beyond Swedish massage and concentrates on opening up the acupuncture meridians that energize the face, head and shoulders to achieve a balancing and grounding effect.

Additional physiological relief is obtained for all types of headaches, TMJ dysfunctions, sinusitis and emotional balancing.

This is a hands on course where the student learns to incorporate theory with working with Qi gates, using penetrating techniques, field awareness and intention. The practitioner goes beyond the superficial beauty of the client by bringing out the radiance of inner health.

You will learn: The causes of skin diseases and aging according to the Chinese medical model, many soft tissue strokes for rejuvenation and prevention of aging, the function of acupressure points, their location and evaluation of he face, neck and shoulders, special uses of essential oils for the face, ears, and constitution that rejuvenate skin, act as analgesics and revitalize the circulation and lymphatic's, and facial skin life Qigong massage strokes.

Chinese Craniosacral Therapy with Visceral Manipulation- Internal Organ Massage and Medical Qigong

     Chinese Craniosacral Therapy is a non-confrontational, safe and indirect approach to the body’s physical and psychological imbalances. We use a subtle blend of Chinese Acupressure meridian therapy and psychophysiologic  craniosacral therapy. Together we get a self-regulated and self -regulating system of energy medicine. The body is guided and taught to harness its own bio-electric immune system or “ Inner Intelligence”. By working on the mind and para - and sympathetic nervous systems first, we turn inflammation and blockages  around and lay the groundwork for further myofascial release as well.

In Chinese Craniosacral Therapy the body is a holograph!  We learn how to treat problems  on the left  or right side with the contralateral side first. The issues on the top or bottom of the body with the opposite side. Organ-related issues that are inflammatory with internal organ massage , because all chronic diseases in T.C.M. start in the Digestive system. You will not simply be taught a protocol but how to treat specific dysfunctions.

You will learn: The craniosacral system and its connection to the Acupuncture Meridian System, the location of important Gate acupressure points and meridians and how to identify tender and “ still points", the use of certain essential oils to open up these gate points, palpatory skills for evaluation and therapeutic use of manipulation and stretching the fascia, how to identify congestions and “ sick “ energy that affects the organs and fascia, how to treat imbalances by addressing the contralateral side of the body, and the release of toxic viscera through visceral manipulation and their subsequent tonification self-treatment for the therapist and patient.

 You will be able to help clients with:  Chronic Fatigue / Fibromyalgia and inflammatory viral conditions, *Migraines / tension headaches, *Emotional imbalances: anger, frustration, resentment, anxiety, and nervousness, *Chronic back pain, *Cervical pain, *Post-traumatic stress disorders, *Depression, *Gastrointestinal problems, *Sinusitis, *ADHD/hyperactivity, *Autism, *all forms of arthritis.

This is a great adjunct to Myofascial Release and can take you further than Neuromuscular Therapy

     CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the function of the CranioSacral System (the physiological body system comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. Developed by John Upledger, DO,OMM, this work is used to enhance the body's natural healing processes, to improve the operation of the Central Nervous System, dissipate the effects of stress, enhance general health and strengthen the immune system in its resistance to disease. Craniosacral therapy is highly effective for the treatment and relief of a number of ailments, including: migraine headaches, TMJ syndrome, neck and back pain, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and sciatica.

This introductory course was designed by the Upledger Institute to provide students with hands-on training and a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of CST. For practitioners who wish to continue their CranioSacral training, $125.00 of the tuition for this course may be applied to the Upledger Institute Craniosacral Level I course.  

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Kansa Vatki Foot Massage is one of the best ways to balance the tri-dosha.  This training tells you how to give a supremely relaxing and dosha-balancing foot massage using the unique Kansa Vatki bowl.

The aim of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive grounding in the practical application of the Kansa Vatki (KV) Foot Massage.  On successful completion of the one day training, students will be able to use the techniques as a principle or subsidiary part of their practice.  This course is ideal for experienced therapists and beginners alike. 

Through gentle massage of the face, we can help to delay the aging process.  This is achieved by using simple massage techniques and energy balancing, thereby giving the facial muscles a lift and a new lease on life.

This is a precise healthcare modality, working the face systematically, releasing deep-seated tensions, freeing layers of muscle and connective tissue so that there is space for the muscle to relax, encouraging an opening so that micro circulation and elimination can begin again and the tissues can glide smoothly over the deeper layers of muscle and bone.  Although it is difficult to stave off the aging process, we can do much to extend the appearance of youth and beauty by using simple, natural and effective massage techniques and energy balancing to take care of the assets we possess.

The Nurturing the Mother® Certification 24 CEU seminar includes lecture, massage demonstration, and hands-on practicals.  Students will also get to practice on a pregnant volunteer, following the Nurturing the Mother manual written by Claire Marie Miller.

The lecture discusses pregnancy-related contraindications such as pre-term labor, pre-eclampsia, and DVT's.  Massage and support is also discussed in correspondence to the various stages of labor.  The books Mother Massage by Elaine Stillerman, Massage During Pregnancy by Better Waters, Natural Childbirth the Eastern Way by Wataru Ohashi, and Childbirth Wisdom by Judith Goldsmith are referenced.  Finally, basic protocols for a newborn massage are addressed, from Baby's First Massage, Loving Your Newborn by Teresa Kirkpatrick Ramsey.

Claire Marie Miller's teaching method is both warm and frank - which has created lifelong followers of her courses and continued education.  Claire Marie Miller, NCBTMB provider #6417-00, became inspired to work with women throughout their pregnancies when she received massages during her pregnancies, starting with her first child in 1981. Claire worked alongside a midwife in California from 1983-1987, supporting her clients and attending home births.  To this day, Claire brings her personal story and interconnected philosophy to all of her courses.

Claire has been in healthcare since 1972, massage therapy since 1979, and is one of the original NCBTMB providers. 

Students will learn the anatomy of both male and female reproductive systems and will understand the process to be able to support a couple using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).  The student will know how to refer and network with other important healthcare practitioners and be able to market this ground-breaking technique successfully in their community.

The Fertility Massage Specialist Certification 16 CE seminar includes lecture, massage demonstration, and hands-on practicals.  Other fertility media is referenced, including the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler and The Miracle of Life DVD from Nova and Lennart Nilsson.

Claire has been in healthcare since 1972, massage therapy since 1979, and is one of the original NCBTMB providers. 

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Classes will be held at 1 E University Pkwy, Suite 106, Baltimore, MD 21218 (University One).  As you face the building, go in the door to the right of the main entrance marked "Professional Entrance."  Go down the hallway to the 4th door on your right.

Directions from 95:
Take Downtown exit. Stay left toward Inner Harbor. Take right onto Conway St. Take left onto Charles St. Go approximately 4 miles. Take right onto University Parkway. University One is the first building on your right.

Directions from 83:
Take 83 South into the city. Take Cold Spring Lane East. Take right onto Roland Ave. When the road forks, continue left onto University Parkway. Cross Charles St. University One is the first building on your right.

Meals: There are several restaurants and markets in the area, and there is a kitchen at the school.

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