The Home Study portion supports the live class segment. It includes reading, viewing lectures, and testing. Comfort-oriented massage or touch can be safely administered to cancer patients, regardless of the severity of their condition. The purpose of this class is to present information that will soothe bodyworkers' fears about working with clients who have been diagnosed with cancer or are recovering from it. The Home Study portion is a pre-requisite to the live webinar class. Approved by Chiropractic Board.(NCBTMB Approved)

In Introduction to Chinese medicine we will go on a journey through the vast and deep landscape of Chinese medicine. This class is open to anyone, with no prerequisites. It is part of the Shiatsu Certificate program, but is relevant to anyone with an interest in natural healing. We will explore the essential theories of this tradition, which provide a conduit from ancient healing methods rooted in the rhythms of the natural world, to contemporary practice in the modern world that we inhabit. This is a lecture class, but in each class we will practice some special Qi gong (movement/meditation) exercises to ground the theory in our own kinesthetic experience.

This movement discipline strengthens and enhances vitality in many dimensions by opening the joints and clearing the channels of energy. Dao-Yin Stretch will also increase mobility, strength and resilience, improving your coordination, balance and endurance. Dao-Yin helps the student develop body awareness and understand the principles of alignment for practicing Shiatsu in an efficient manner.(NCBTMB Approved)

Foam rolling is an effective way to stretch and even strengthen muscles, soften fascial adhesions and scarred areas or increase ROM. This class is comprised of five hour-long facilitated foam rolling sessions where students learn to place and manipulate foam rollers to address specific pain, hypertonicity, trigger points and other needs. A foam roller is included with this class. YOU WILL NEED TO PICK UP FROM THE OSM BOOKSTORE.

This course provides an introduction to the process of practicing shame resilience and teaches students to access presence, awareness and mindfulness when treating people suffering with Pain. It also helps participants identify appropriate referral sources for patients experiencing Shame associated with Pain.

In the era of Covid, understanding our clients' stress response is more important than ever. In this 4-hour course, you will learn what Polyvagal Theory is, how to identify the three types of threat response, and discover how to recalibrate the nervous system during times of high stress. This class pays particular attention to the relationship between chronic stress and sociological factors like class, race and gender.

Identify responses on physical and emotional levels related to strains from use of computers, phones, desk-work, etc and ways to consider countering the stacked tensions created by our work patterns. Treatments will include standard and hydrotherapy methods of care.

This Ethics course provides a conceptual and physical foundation for working with the ethics of touch. The class is designed to strengthen the massage therapist’s physical and mental resources, and provide clear strategies to build confidence and capability to deal with confusing and murky issues. It includes an overview and short practice of a variety of skill building techniques plus mindful movement exercises that strengthen practitioner boundaries and protect against harmful social/ environmental influences on massage and bodywork while connecting to one’s inner wisdom.

This class will cover causes of injuries, bodywork and other useful therapist, tools for helping clients with emotional concerns that arise with debilitating injury and how to help clients stay motivated while pursuing rehabilitation.

Understand why quality and safety are critical issues for both you and your clients. Increase your repertoire with 5 additional oils. Learn additional treatments that are useful for a massage or healing practice as well as home health care. Shopping 101: learn how to find, evaluate, and purchase essential oils. Experience the magic of creating custom essential oil blends. (NCBTMB Approved)

With a spotlight on the functional biomotion of the most important breathing muscle, the diaphragm, we will also embody muscles that assist healthy breathing. The results are not only the positive effects that come from good breathing (calm nervous system, better digestion, more energy) but embodying the muscles that support healthy breathing can greatly improve lower back, neck and shoulder tension as well.

This course provides an understanding and overview of the inquiry process. It teaches students to access presence, awareness and mindfulness (as opposed to fearful, angry or confused patterns of decision-making) when making crucial decisions about how to touch Patients in Pain.

When there’s harmony in this pulley system of the body, there’s balance in the pelvic orientation which allows for more freedom in the lower back/hips. In this course, through physical insights using anatomical imagery, you will get to experience this harmony and learn ways to better address it with your clients.

Refresh and build on your knowledge of the cardiovascular system in a dynamic course that will involve massage practice. We will examine symptoms of, angina, congestive heart failure and hypertension, and look closely at edema from different etiologies as well. There also will be a review of medications your patients may be taking and recommendations on how to utilize this information in a massage session. This course will help bolster your confidence when deciding how much pressure to use, how to attune yourself to symptoms of shortness of breath, how to deal with edema, and how to promote relaxation from stress or recent illness. It will also show how massage can be a tool for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. You will leave the course with greater knowledge of the circulatory system, and it will broaden the scope of your potential clientele.

By understanding the arthrokinematics (movement within the joints): of each section of the spine, and how each plays a unique and significant role in our overall function, you will be able to facilitate a balance in the healthy motion of the spine. In this class you will use anatomical imagery and movement to experience and more deeply understand the function and motion of the many joints of the spine.

Through touch, anatomical insights and movement, experience the inner workings of the largest joint in the body, the knee. Not only can this help relieve knee pain, but by embodying the function of the knee, the function of the feet and hips can be improved as well.

NMT 4 is an 4 hour course that completes the series. This course is open only to students who have completed NMT 1, NMT 2 and NMT 3. This course will give students a competency to practice gloved Trigger point and myofascial work inside the mouth for clients with TMJ/D, muscular strain from dental procedures or sport injuries. The other part of the day-long course will cover extra-occular muscle release around the eyes.

Comfort-oriented massage or touch can be safely administered to cancer patients, regardless of the severity of their condition. The live webinar portion of the class will include demonstration videos of the hands-on techniques and give learners a chance to do hands-on practice under the supervision of the instructor. The culminating activity will be to give a relaxation massage to a simulated cancer client. Approved by Chiropractic Board.(NCBTMB Approved)

THE ReEMBODY METHOD^TM - Module 1

How a body behaves when it is threatened is different than how it behaves when it is secure, and those behavioral patterns are predictable. Side dominance is a key signature to assessing neurological pattern development, providing a pathway to developing efficient, effective protocols including touch and verbal technique. Meets OBMT Cultural Competency Requirement.

THE ReEMBODY METHOD^TM - Module 2

Building on the model learned in Module 1, Module 2 introduces more complex categorization of threat response behavior. By first understanding that maladaptive behaviors in the body still accomplish important functions, practitioners will be able to plan ahead for their clients long-term well-being. Meets OBMT Cultural Competency Requirement.

The Second Degree Reiki Class is for those who want to dedicate themselves more deeply to the transformative and healing power of the Reiki energy. Through the use of the Reiki symbols there is an enhancement of the energy flow. These symbols form the central teaching piece in this class and we will practice extensively which each of them. In addition, the ability to do "distance treatments" is taught. Frank, who has been a Reiki Master since 1989, teaches this class in the tradition of Reiki Shiki Ryoho with Phyllis Lei Furumoto as the current Lineage Bearer. If you can bring some pictures to the class from your youth and of some people that have been or are important to you. Reiki practitioners of any lineage are welcome to this class but there needs to be a minimum time elapse of 6 months between Reiki 1 and Reiki 2. There is no maximum time elapse.(NCBTMB Approved)

Myofascial Massage (MFM) aims to achieve muscle, organ and nerve relaxation via the release of the connective tissue. MFM is comprised of two separate and unique bodywork approaches known as Direct and Indirect. This class provides an overview to both approaches and a sampling of a variety of direct and indirect techniques (including demonstration and practice time with jostling, rocking, skin rolling, compression, and myofascial stretching). Massage therapists who practice myofascial massage report improved body mechanics, awareness, an increased sense of joy about bodywork and rave reviews from clients. (NCBTMB Approved)

This class will cover bookkeeping and record keeping for self-employed therapists and technicians. Included will be specific requirements for income tax reporting and information on new regulations. Participants will learn how to account for the usual deductions (e.g., auto and educational expenses) and other "highly audited" but fully allowable deductions. Time will be devoted to both technical concepts and practical application. New tax law changes will be covered.

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