All classes are AR State Board approved, and recognized by Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals.

Continuing Education Class Registration - Please download the pdf file, print, fill out and mail in. Classes are small for personal attention, so get your class registration in ASAP.
Continuing Education Registration Form

Learn about seated massage and get an overview of chair massage techniques that allow you to not only be effective in a short amount of time, but will also allow you to market your practice and increase your client base. You will learn a chair massage routine that can be adapted for in office or marketing use. Several styles of chairs will be available for student use. Have the opportunity to compare before you buy this piece of equipment! An excellent class for those not utilizing a massage chair or not utilizing one to it’s full potential.

This course is designed for those wanting to incorporate a truly effective essential oil therapy massage into their practice. Originally developed by an essential oil company interested in selling product, this popular technique has been modified to incorporate and combine the experienced and professional techniques of the licensed massage therapist with theory of the application of the essential oils to the client, to affect a positive systemic reaction. Using 6 different essential oils and 1 essential oil blend, you will learn how each oil is designed to work in conjunction with each other as well as their benefits and contraindications. This is not a Young Living Oils sales course! This class teaches you how to use any therapeutic grade oil with safe therapist skill level technique. LIMIT: 12 students per class

This class will provide an overview of the lymphatic and immune systems of the body and the biomechanics of how HIV affects these systems. Representatives of OARS along with Carol Sturgis, Executive Director of OARS (Ozark AIDS Resources and Services) will available to you as well as representatives from the AR State Health Department. They will be available for any and all questions you may have on this topic and they will bring you up to date on everything that is happening both globally and locally. They will also provide optional confidential and free HIV screening during your break as part of your class tuition if you would like. History of the disease, signs, symptoms, transmission, prevention, contraindications, treatment and the future of an AIDS vaccine will all be discussed. A portion of your tuition is donated to OARS so that they can continue the free services that they offer to our community.

This class is designed to give therapists an overview of the position, origin, insertion and action of major muscles. A complete review of the anatomy using a life-sized skeleton, handouts and palpation lab will be the main focus of the course. Classroom time will be combined with hands-on experience to achieve the above objectives. Required textbook for class, Trail Guide to the Body - Third Edition, is included in tuition price (a $52.95 value).

An In Depth Study Of Skeletal Muscles - Origins, Insertions and Actions:  Trunk, Hip, Back, Thigh & Lower Leg                     

This class is designed to give therapists an overview of the position, origin, insertion and action of major muscles. A complete review of the anatomy using a life-sized skeleton, handouts and palpation lab will be the main focus of the course. Classroom time will be combined with hands-on experience to achieve the above objectives. Required textbook for class, Trail Guide to the Body - Third Edition, is included in tuition price (a $52.95 value). 

Island Blend
Taught by: Jill A. Collins, MTI

A dry massage gently applied to the head, neck and shoulder muscles to release tension difficult to address by standard methods. Excellent used alone or as prep to full body massage. In Massage for Alleviation of Headache and Sinus, participants will watch a demonstration of, and practice effective techniques for the alleviation of the majority of headaches and/or congested sinus cavities. Techniques are easy to learn and immediately incorporate into one’s practice.

This is a full one day seminar designed so that all 6 hours must be taken together - student cannot take just one 3 hour class.

Appointments are $25.00/1-hour session: