All school courses are issued with a Nationally Recognised Statement of Attainment once the practical and theory components are completed.
Anatomy and Physiology (1 & 2) These units provide the student with an understanding of the structure, function and components of each system within the human body. They provide knowledge of how each system is linked through the concept of homeostasis.
Balinese Therapeutic Massage 1, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills to perform a relaxation, stress relief or pain relief massage according to the philosophy and practises of a Balinese Massage in a therapeutic or relaxation massage practice.
Balinese Remedial Massage 2, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills to perform a remedial massage for more complex presenting conditions according to the philosophy and practises of Balinese Remedial Massage in a remedial therapies practice.
Client Services This unit provides the student with the theory and practice knowledge necessary to work with clients and to communicate effectively.
Clinical Pathology for the Massage Therapist, 40 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the theory and practical knowledge of how to work with clients who may present with a wide variety of disorders.
Day Spa Applications, 10 hours face to face and 10 hours home study. This unit provides the student with techniques in how to perform of different methods of body exfoliation and body wraps. The practitioner will understand how to make their own natural body masks for specific applications depending on their clients’ desired results.
Hawaiian Ka Huna Therapeutic Massage Foundation Level, 75 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills required to perform a massage treatment according to the philosophy and practise of Ka Huna Massage for increased well being, stress or pain relief in a therapeutic massage or relaxation massage practice.
Hawaiian Ka Huna Remedial Bodywork Advanced Level, 60 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills to perform a Ka Huna Bodywork treatment for more complex presenting conditions and remedial treatments according to the philosophy and practise of Ka Huna Bodywork within a remedial massage practice.
Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Therapeutic Massage, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills required to perform a massage treatment according to the philosophy and practise of Lomi Lomi Massage for increased well being, stress or pain relief within a therapeutic or relaxation massage practice.
Hot Stone Massage, 10 hours face to face and 10 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills required to perform a massage treatment using stones of all shapes, sizes and varying temperatures to bring about release of tension both physically and mentally and may enhance our spiritual connection to the earth energy. Stones can be placed on various areas of the body including trigger points. Heated stones encourage blood and lymph flow and provide soothing heat for deep tissue massage. Chilled stones aid with inflammation, moving blood out of the area and balancing male/female energies. The stones can also be held in the practitioner’s hands and used for massaging tight muscle areas or for relaxation massage.
Intuitive Awareness 1 and 2, each totals 40 hours home study each. Intuitive Awareness is a way of incorporating the ‘perceived and received’ information that extends beyond our five senses, transcending what are considered ordinary thinking patterns and reasoning processes. As intuitive awareness develops, received and perceived information develops. This information comes with knowingness, impressions or inspirational thoughts. The challenge for bodyworkers is how to respectfully incorporate intuition into their work while maintaining responsibility/respect towards the client. While the scientific aspect of bodywork focuses on the technique of touch (information accessed through the left hemisphere of the brain), the artistic aspect of bodywork focuses on how to touch with care and sensitivity (information accessed through the right hemisphere of the brain). Used as tools for listening, the hands touch with the intent to hear and see (information accessed through the temporal lobe). These three parts of the neurological system are considered the intuitive network and are explored further in these essential units for all those who recognise the profound impact bodywork can have on any recipient.
Island Chair Massage, 10 hours face to face and 5 hours home study. This unit is also called Seated Massage Island Chair Massage uses soft and deep tissue techniques to provide a fully clothed seated chair massage. This style is excellent for corporate, business, market and festival settings. Island Chair Massage provides massage for back, neck, shoulders, arms, hands and scalp. The techniques can be used in a normal chair or a specially designed massage chair.
Manual Lymph Drainage Massage, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. MLDM is intended to stimulate the movement of lymphatic fluids in order to assist the body in cleansing. This is a gentle, rhythmical technique combining slow, flowing strokes and soft, pumping movements which then cleanse the connective tissue of inflammatory materials and toxins, enhances the function of the immune system, reduces pain and lowers the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. While other types of massage concentrate on muscles and deeper tissues that may worsen a condition like lymphoedema, MLDM can go where other massage cannot, for example, into swollen areas. The paradox is, that such a gentle technique, has such a deep impact.
Meditation for Health and Well Being Meditation, 40 hours home study. This unit describes a way of experiencing the limitless nature of the mind through letting go of the usual mental chatter that is generated by the ‘thinking brain’. The mind is like the sky and the thoughts are like clouds. Through meditation, the bodyworker can learn to let the clouds pass by without resistance, while maintaining a constant awareness from the sky. By being able to experience this ‘in the moment’ presence of mind, its true nature can be realised, creating calmness and serenity. Freed from the various fears, hopes and anxieties that usually cloud the mind, the bodyworker can be totally present with - and bring a sense of peace, calm and balance to his/her practice.
Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology This unit forms the foundation of massage therapy and needs to be learned thoroughly in order to understand the language of the human body and its responses to therapy and life stimuli. This is a fundamental component of applying remedial massage therapy techniques.
Practice Administration This unit provides the student with the theory and practice knowledge necessary to work within a clinic effectively.
Pregnancy Massage, 10 hours face to face and 20 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills to perform a massage on pregnant and post-partum clients, with due regard to the special needs of, and therapeutic considerations for, treating a pregnant client within a remedial massage practice. Pregnancy Massage helps to relieve the aches and pains of pregnancy through the promotion of blood circulation, relief from water retention and aides in relaxation. This massage can create significant physiological, structural, psychological, relational and spiritual changes in a woman’s life. This therapy applies various massage techniques throughout the trimesters, including positioning and draping for the recipient, practitioner posture during massage, meditation, safe yoga postures and self care for the client.
Professional Expertise This unit provides the student with the theory and practice knowledge necessary to develop and grow professionally.
Reiki 1, 2 and 3, each unit is 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. These units describe a method of energy work involves placing the hands on or just above the body in order for the universal energy to flow, but can also be administered through distance healing for those who have attained the second level of energy attunement. The flow of energy can restore the essential balance of life force into the body, mind and spirit. Training in the traditional initiation process of becoming a Reiki Practitioner is referred to as attunement levels. Through training, the practitioner can access energy flow to support themselves and others.
Structural Balancing 1, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit describes the parameters of structural equilibrium, applying the appropriate Remedial Therapy techniques, range of motion and contraindication testing, client observation, postural assessments and palpation of soft tissue and bony prominents. The goal of SB1 is to induce a change in the structure and function of the neuromusculoskeletal soft tissue to promote healing of the whole person. As most pain and disability in the body involves the soft tissues, it is important to understand their structure, function, dysfunction and injury, and the specific treatment goals for orthopedic conditions.
Structural Balancing 2, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit describes the Iliopsaos Muscle Complex describes the Iliopsaos complex and its relation to the functional operation of the spine. The course covers assessment and treatment of Iliopsaos muscle and other muscles affected by altered biomechanics. This subject also builds on the therapist’s skills and knowledge of the application of remedial neuromuscular techniques covered in Structural Balancing 1.
Supervised Clinic (1 & 2) These units provide the student with an opportunity to practice their skills within a professional massage clinic setting.
Thai Yoga Therapeutic Massage 1, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills required to perform a massage treatment according to the philosophy and practises of a Thai Yoga Massage for increased well being, stress or pain relief within a therapeutic or relaxation massage practice.
Thai Yoga Remedial Massage 2, 24 hours face to face and 15 hours home study. This unit provides the student with the skills required to perform a remedial massage for more complex presenting conditions according to the philosophy and practises of a Remedial Thai Yoga massage within a remedial massage practice.
Theory of Professional Massage This unit provides the student with the underlying fundamental theories for practicing professional massage.
Massage Therapy training courses are run reguarly, if you would like to know about upcoming course dates go to the Massage Therapy training course calendar.