Calendar

Maui School of Therapeutic Massage
2010-2011 Calendar

New calendar information will be posted often. Although subject to change, dates, classes and events are listed as accurately as possible. Please call 808-572-2277 or 808-572-1888 or email info@massagemaui.com to confirm classes and/or workshops you’d like to attend.

PART-TIME 12-month 650-HOUR PROGRAMS:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 to Saturday, March 12, 2011
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 to Saturday, September 3, 2011
Classes will be held on evenings and weekends for 12 months. See curriculum and program schedules.
This program is offered every March and September.

FULL-TIME 7-month 650-HOUR PROGRAMS:
Monday, March 22, 2010 to Saturday, October 16, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010 to Saturday, April 16, 2011
Classes will be held on weekdays for 7 months. See curriculum and program schedules.
This program is offered every March and September.

OPEN HOUSE:
We invite you to join us for one of the following Open Houses:

Sunday, February 28, 2010 from 1 to 3pm
Sunday, August 15, 2010 from 1 to 3pm

During this 2-hour presentation, you’ll hear from the faculty about their courses, meet other students, see the school and learn about our programs and what it takes to become a Licensed Massage Therapist. Our open houses, held twice a year, are at the school at 1043 Makawao Avenue, Suite 207, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii. For directions, please call us.

ADVANCED TRAINING &
CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

To register for these workshops, please send a check, payable to MSTM, to PO Box 1891, Makawao, HI 96768. Please include your name, address, phone number and email, as well as the course name and dates. You may also pay by cash, check or credit card (Visa / MC / Discover) for workshops and classes during our business hours: Mon/Wed/Fri 9am - 5pm and Tues/Thurs 9am - 6pm. This schedule is subject to change. Please call us for the most current info. Unless noted, all classes are held at 1043 Makawao Avenue, Suite 207 or 208, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii.

All classes are subject to 4.167% Hawaii state sales tax.

Review Course for the National Certification Exam, the NCETM and NCETMB
presented by Shelagh Lampshire, LMT ~ download flyer
2 Thursdays: September 16 & 23, 2010 ~ 6:00-9:00pm

This course will prepare the therapist to sit for the National Certification Exam offered by NCBTMB. The NCE is required for licensing in many states (not Hawaii) as well as granting the Massage Therapist a higher level of certification and professional stature. It will cover both versions of the exam, including the Eastern/Asian therapeutic modalities. In addition to reviewing the following subjects, we will discuss test-taking strategies and practice taking a simulated test on a computer.

Body systems
Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology
Pathology, Massage Clinical Applications
Assessment, Indications, Contraindications
Professional, business, legal, ethics
Eastern therapeutic modalities
The how-to’s of taking the NCE in Hawaii

All review segments will be structured around test-taking skills to help students feel as familiar and comfortable as possible in the test-taking situation. To maximize the benefit of the course, students enrolled will be encouraged to register for the exam and sign-up for NCE online practice Exams.

Tuition: $75*
Units: 6 hours

Shelagh Lampshire, LMT, teaches Anatomy and Physiology at MSTM. She has a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. She has a good track record taking standardized tests, ACT, SAT, including a perfect score on the logic section of the Graduate Record Examination and a good familiarity with the MCAT Review and test preparation.

Structural Bodywork:
Structural Alignment through Myofascial Technique & Movement Re-Education

Structural Bodywork is a process of re-education of the body through movement and touch utilizing the body’s fascial system. Connective tissue or fascia is the support system of the body. A healthy and balanced connective tissue system’s characteristics are flexibility, elasticity, length and resilience which allow for optimal alignment within the field of gravity.

In this Advanced Bodywork Certification program, a series of workshops will be offered in order to develop skills in working with the myofascial system as a means of restoring harmony and balance to the connective tissue matrix. The results of this approach include improved posture, reduced muscle and joint pain, greater ease and freedom of movement, enhanced body awareness, and the learning of movement forms to maintain and further the effects.

Each 3 day workshop will have a central theme and a focus but will include integration into the entire body structure. Assessment, movement, palpation, layering, body usage, and fascial anatomy will be continuous themes within every workshop.

Postural Assessment
Fascial and 3-dimensional Functional Anatomy
Myofascial Techniques
Movement Education for Therapist & Client
Session design and Client management

Introduction to Structural Bodywork ~ June 12 & 13, 2010 ~ download flyer

The Back and Pelvis: Sat. June 12 ~ 11am-6pm

This workshop will focus on the core segments of the back and pelvis, presenting an integrated strategy for alignment through myofascial techniques and movement. We will present the principles of our Structural Bodywork approach including working with fascia, assessment, gravity and alignment, proper body usage and techniques, somatic re-patterning and movement approaches. We will also teach key hands-on techniques to help free the pelvis and lower back, creating more mobility and enhancing alignment of the core, lumbopelvic segments.

Myofascial Side-Lying Techniques: Sun. June 13 ~ 9am-5pm

This workshop will address the “lateral line” of the torso, looking at the relationship between and alignment of the pelvis, back, thorax, shoulder, and neck. We will present specific myofascial techniques for these segments including three dimensional fascial approaches for the rib cage, the core, and girdles. These techniques will be presented within the context of overall alignment integrated with movement education and awareness techniques to assist the client with both structural and functional integration.

Postural Assessment: The Art of Seeing Body Patterns, Fri. & Sat. August 13 & 14, 2010 ~ 9am-5pm ~ download flyer

The 200-hour program consists of 3-day segments running once per month and may be taken individually or in it’s entirety as an Advanced Certification.

Foundations of Structural Bodywork: The Core ~ download flyer
September 24, 25 & 26, 2010 ~ 9am-5pm ~ Date Change

In this first workshop we will begin to develop an understanding of the fascial system and its 3-dimensional matrix. Often referred to as the “organ of form”, fascia literally holds our body together and gives it shape. We will learn to assess postural patterns and feel for fascial restrictions and adhesions where fascia is binding to an adjacent structure inhibiting muscle function.

Through the proper use of our hands we will begin to feel how heat and pressure applied in the right way and at the right depth will create positive change and lengthen tissue allowing it to become reorganized. We will also experience how fascia can change through movement as it becomes rehydrated and lengthened. The emphasis will be on the “Core” segments of the body creating balance and support to the structures closest to and around the center of gravity, including the lumbo-pelvic segments.

We will learn how to recognize what areas need to be released through fascial manipulation and what needs to become more toned in order to create postural balance. Students will become more adept at teaching their clients movement and core strengthening to effect a more lasting change in which their clients are involved in the process. With movement education, clients learn how to use their bodies more efficiently and how to optimize use of the structural changes that have been made. This workshop will be highly experiential as well as including lecture and slide presentations. Each participant will experience receiving structural bodywork and movement sequences which integrate the hands on work.

Grounding: The Legs and Feet as Foundations ~ download flyer
November 5, 6 & 7, 2010 ~ 9am - 5pm ~ Date Change

In this workshop we will learn how aligning the feet, ankles and legs will provide crucial support for the pelvis and spine. Any twists or rotations in the legs will manifest above as imbalances in the pelvis. Through movement and hands on work we will help to align the feet and legs so they offer support and balance to the rest of the body.

Ribs and Spine: Optimizing Respiration and Alignment ~ download flyer
December 3, 4 & 5, 2010 ~ 9am - 5pm ~ Date Change

The relationship between the rib cage and the pelvis is vital for optimizing breathing and general body balance. The ribs are an area of unconscious holding and tension which creates excess pressure around the diaphragm and heart. Freeing the ribs not only increases the vital capacity of the breath but allows the torso to support the movement of the shoulders and arms. Through fascial manipulation and movement we will free the ribs from their habitual tension patterns as well as reduce vertebral stress and enhance spinal alignment.

Pelvis: The Basin of Support
Dates TBA
Often times an area of great structural confusion the pelvis is the distribution area of the weight of the upper body through to the legs. In this workshop we will explore rotations, twists, torques, and asymmetries of the pelvic girdle. Through myofascial restructuring and movement we will help the pelvis to find it’s optimal balance which also creates a sound base of support for a healthy and aligned spine.

Shoulders and Arms: Reaching Out
Dates TBA

This workshop will explore the structural and functional balance of the shoulder girdle and its relationship with the arm. We will learn to asses muscular imbalances which translate into faulty biomechanics of the arm and shoulder and how through movement, strengthening exercises and myofascial bodywork we can have positive influence on the functional integrity of the shoulder and arm.

Neck, Head, Face and Jaw
Dates TBA

The neck is the bridge between the head and the shoulders. Its structural integrity depends on the balance between the neck flexors and extensors. We will learn how to release the deeper tissues of the anterior neck and it’s fascial relationships into the face and jaw. Movements and detailed neck work will help to create the balanced framework for the head and neck.

Integration: Integrating the Parts into the Whole
Dates TBA

The primary goal of this workshop is to bring together the learning from the previous weekends into creating sessions based on your seeing, assessment, using your hands and arms as tools, movement and client education. In this way you will use your knowledge to see how you can assist your client in creating structural and functional changes and integration.

Supervised Clinical Practice

Clinical practice with supervision is an opportunity for you to work with clients using the skills you’ve learned and receive feedback and guidance.

Units:
Intro classes: 13 hours (6 & 7 hours respectively)
Postural Assessment: 14 hours
Structural Bodywork Certification: 200 Hours (21 hours per 3-day segment) plus 50 hours of supervised clinical practice.

Tuition:
Intro Classes: $125* each; $240* for both
Postural Assessment: $275*; 10 discount offered to the first 10 people paying in full
Certification: 395* per 3-day segment; $365* for early registration 2 weeks prior to segment start date. $2,500* for complete series.

Asian Bodywork Therapies Program ~ download flyer

Maui School of Therapeutic Massage is pleased to announce the initial course offerings of its Asian Bodywork Therapy Program which is in line with the AOBTA (American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia) guidelines which qualify therapists whose goal it is to take the national examination and be recognized as an Asian Body Therapy Practitioner. In addition to the courses listed below, the program will also offer courses in Tui Na, Jin Shin Acupressure, a supervised clinical internship, and other modalities to be scheduled. This first stage of the program is 200 hours plus a clinical internship. Our goal is to further develop the program to 500 hours, which is the AOBTA’s professional certification criteria. The time frame for the 200 hour program is projected to be 6-7 months, starting this September and ending in March 2011.

Tuition: Individual classes may be taken for $15*/class hour. The cost for the 200 hour certification program is at a discounted rate of $13*/class hour.

Dragon & Tiger Qi Gong ~ download flyer
With Kurt Miyajima
September 22 – October 20, 2010 ~ Wednesdays 6-8 pm

Dragon & Tiger is a 1500 year old Buddhist Medical Meridian Line Chi Gung System from the Shaolin Temple. There are only 7 movements to this form which are easy to learn. These 7 movements are done in a soft, gentle, circular manner. The form promotes flexibility, benefits the joints, increases range of motion, improves balance, coordination, and improves blood circulation. As a healing discipline the practice of this form accomplishes 3 primary things:

It disperses stagnant chi
Clears & balances your energy
Builds & increases your internal energy

The practice of this form will also teach you how to absorb & project energy from your hands as well as building your internal energy.

Tuition: $150*; $130* if also registering for Oriental Medical Theory and Zen Shiatsu
Units: 10 hours

Kurt Miyajima, LMT, is a certified Tai Chi, Chi Gung, & Longevity Breathing instructor on island with over 29 years of study & training. He has taught publicly on Maui since 1991 for various groups & private organizations ranging from luxury resorts to state funded organizations medical clinics & groups, senior communities, spiritual groups, as well as private tutoring. He has performed in numerous public demonstrations, for private organizations, and has made several television appearances.

Oriental Medical Theory 101 ~ download flyer
With Catherine Brandon
September 27 – October 21, 2010 ~ Mondays & Thursdays, 6-9pm

This course provides students with solid training in the fundamental theories of traditional oriental medicine, which has a rich history, dating back to over 4,500 years ago, with its origins in Taoist practices. Emphasis is on the central theories of Chinese medicine including yin/yang, five elements, vital substances, meridian theory, organ physiology and the internal and external causes of disease. Included in this course is an introduction to Taoist practices such as the 6 healing sounds, the inner smile, the microcosmic orbit and medical Qi Gong.

Tuition: $375*; $325 if also registering for Dragon & Tiger Qi Gong & Zen Shiatsu
Units: 25 hours

Catherine Brandon, D.Ac. is licensed as a Doctor of Acupuncture in the state of Hawaii. She holds a B.A. in Physiology from the University of California at Berkeley. She received her OMD (Oriental Medical Doctor) from Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and completed the advanced clinical training program in Beijing, China. Catherine has served as clinical supervisor and teacher at SWAC, and moved to Maui in l997 to serve as the academic dean of HCTOM. Her clinical practice includes internal medicine, psychoemotional relationships in disease, and trauma recovery.

Zen Shiatsu Training ~ download flyer
with T.J. Frank
5 weeks, October 25 –November 27, 2010
Mondays & Thursdays ~ 6-9pm and 3 Saturdays (Oct. 30, Nov. 13 & Nov. 27) ~ 9am-5pm

This course will present the theory and practice of Zen Shiatsu and give the practitioner the techniques and understanding to practice a full body Shiatsu treatment.

We will cover the locations and functions of all twelve primary meridians plus 2 of the extraordinary meridians. Students will be taught the Hara diagnostic method for custom tailoring treatments to meet each individual client’s needs.

We will also be practicing several acupressure techniques including the use of thumbing, double thumbing, palming, elbows, knees, and feet pressure methods. Integration of Shiatsu stretching, visualization methods and sound therapy will also be included.

This course will fully unlock the practitioner’s ability to work with and tune both the emotional and spiritual bodies while working with and through the physical body.

Tuition*: $750*; $650*early registration if paid in full by October 20^th*minimum $150 non-refundable deposit required by Oct.10^th to register; balance must be paid by Oct. 20^th.

Units: 50 hours Asian Bodywork; counts toward MSTM’s Advanced Certification Program

T.J. Frank M.Ac.O.M., L.Ac. is an internationally renowned integrative bodywork therapist and teacher with over 15 years experience in western medicine and 7 years experience in eastern medicine. He is a graduate of Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. TJ has a unique ability to explore bodywork therapy from both a western biomedical and an esoteric energetic perspective that is easy to understand and use.

Chi Gung ~ download flyer
with Kurt Miyajima
On-going Monthly 4-Class Sessions ~ Wednesday’s ~ 5-6pm
New sessions begin the 1st Wednesday of every month

Chi Gung is an ancient Chinese system of postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and meditations. Its techniques are designed to improve and enhance the body's chi and is used for physical fitness, as a martial art, and most frequently for health and healing.

Tuition: $69* per month
Units: 4 hours each Asian Bodywork

Neuromuscular Therapy
presented by James Hackett
January 4 through February 8, 2010 on Mondays and Wednesdays ~ 9am-4pm
March 14 through May 16, 2010 on Sundays ~ 9am-5pm (no class on 4/4)
July 5, 2010 through August 9, 2010 on Mondays and Wednesdays ~ 9am-4pm
September 5, 2010 through November 14, 2010 on Sundays ~ 9am-5pm

A hands-on course in palpative musculoskeletal anatomy and kinesiology and the therapeutic techniques of Neuromuscular Therapy. This course provides an understanding of the causes of soft tissue pain and techniques to relieve it, including specific releases for individual muscles and triggerpoint therapy. Origins, insertions, actions, and palpation are covered for each of the major muscles.

Tuition: $16*/hour - Classes may be taken individually.
Units: 6 hours or 7 hours per class

Jim Hackett is Director of the Maui School of Therapeutic Massage and has over 25 years experience as a massage therapist and teacher. He specializes in Neuromuscular and Trigger Point Therapy, Orthopedic Massage, and Myofascial Therapy and is certified in the Rolf Method of Structural Integration. He is Co-Founder of the Chicago School of Massage Therapy and is approved by the NCBTMB as a Category A Continuing Education Provider.

7 Day Intensive Lomi Lomi Retreat ~ download flyer
presented by Jeana Naluai and Kapua Tyler
Friday, January 29 to Friday, February 5, 2010
Friday, April 30 to Friday, May 7, 2010
Friday, August 6 to Friday, August 13, 2010
Friday, October 22 to Friday, October 29, 2010

*Become proficient in a full body ancient Hawaiian lomi lomi treatment & lomi ‘ili hot stone massage treatment
*Incorporate use of hot stones “the bones of Pele” as therapeutic treatment tools
*Learn meditation techniques in spiritual alignment to promote deep healing
*Participate in chanting ceremony for stone gathering in old Hawaiian Sea Village
*Visit some of Maui’s most sacred spiritual sites (Hawaiian temples)

Units: 54 hours
Tuition:
     General Tuition: $1150
     Kama’aina Tuition: $1050
     Kama’aina Student Tuition: $955 – must tell them MSTM sent you!
     Accommodations $45 per night (optional)

Lomi 2, Advanced Mana Lomi techniques also offered May 8-10 and Oct 30-Nov 1, 2010

Retreats are held at Hale Ho’omana Retreat Center www.halehoomana.com.
Contact Jeana Naluai to register at (808) 283-4767 or jeana@lomimassage.com.

Treatment of Common Conditions:
February 24, 2010 through March 17, 2010 on Mondays and Wednesdays ~ 9am-4pm
June 27, 2010 through August 8, 2010 on Sundays ~ 9am-5pm
August 16, 2010 through September 13, 2010 on Mondays and Wednesdays ~ 9am-4pm (no class on 9/23, 9/25 & 9/30)
December 5, 2010 through January 23, 2011 on Sundays ~ 9am-5pm

An integration of assessment, orthopedic massage, and other techniques found to be effective in treating various conditions commonly seen by Massage Therapists. Specific treatments designed for acute injuries, chronic pain, headaches, muscle strain, spasm, tendonitis, whiplash, low back pain, pregnancy, constipation, sciatica, and other conditions will be practiced in class.

Tuition: $16/hour + tax - Classes may be taken individually.
Units: 6 hours or 7 hours per class

For more information about advanced certification programs and continuing education registration, call MSTM at (808) 572-1888 or email us: info@massagemaui.com. Courses within our 650 hour program may be taken individually for credit toward continuing education at a non-student rate of $16 per hour plus tax. Please call or email us for course dates, registration instructions and additional information. The current course listing appears below and detailed descriptions can be found on our courses page.

State Exam Review (anatomy)
~ August 15, 2010 from 9am - 12pm
~ September 27, 2010 from 9am - 12pm
~ February 20, 2011 from 9am - 12pm

State Exam Review (general)
~ August 22, 2010 from 9am - 12pm
~ October 4, 2010 from 9am - 12pm
~ February 27, 2011 from 9am - 12pm

Anatomy, Physiology & Kinesiology

Massage Theory & Technique

Aromatherapy

Hawaiian Lomilomi

Hydrotherapy & Spa Treatments

Sports Massage

Therapeutic Exercise

Deep Tissue Massage

Acupressure & Asian Bodywork

Stay tuned for new dates & details for the following Advanced Certification courses!

Cadaver Prosection with Brian Avery and James Hackett

Orthopedic Massage with James Hackett

Therapeutic Exercise with Samantha Campbell

Body Reading presented by Nina Cherry

Spa Treatments Series with various instructors

Thai Massage with Ashaman Gray

Aston® Techniques I & II and Aston® Bodyworks I & II Instructed by Master Teacher Judith Aston, Founder of Aston Kinetics & Aston-Patterning® and Brian Linderoth

Chi Nei Tsang with Caryn Boyd Diel