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Land Training Program
Certificates
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Water Training Program
Certificates
Program Electives
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Training Program Certificates: An
Overview
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Land Training Program
Certificates:
A minimum of 258
hours of training is required for a Practitioner Training
Program Certificate in the land modalities. Our courses
introduce concepts and skills that provide a foundation
fundamental to all other forms of bodywork, and which are
expanded upon in other classes. To become a proficient
bodyworker, it is reasonable to estimate 558 to 1058 hours of
training and at least one year of worth of
practice.
After completing 558 hours of training, you receive a
Massage Therapist or Shiatsu Therapist Training Program
Certificate. When you have completed 1058 hours, you receive
an Advanced Bodywork Therapist Training Program
Certificate.
Water Training
Program Certificates:
All of our Water
Training Program Certificates are overseen by the
Worldwide Aquatic Bodywork Association (WABA). WABA
also sets the Watsu course and certificate standards, and
certifies the Watsu instructors and assistants. The
320 hour Watsu Provider certificate is a limited certificate.
You cannot go into private practice with it, but you can
provide Watsu sessions to clients at a spa, clinic or sport
club. The 588 hour (and greater) programs allow you to have a
private practice as a waterworker. Note that Watsu,
Waterdance and Healing Dance are trademarked modalities, so
you must be certified in a specific modality before you can
advertise and provide the specific modality as a
service.
Licensing and
Certification
Prior to registering for classes with the School, students
are encouraged to check with their local state, city and/or
county ordinances for licensing and/or certification
requirements and the number of hours they require in bodywork
training in order to set up practice within these
areas.
Note to California Residents:
Our 258 hour programs allow you to apply for a California
Certified Massage Practitioner (California CMP). All of our
558 hour (and greater) programs allow you to apply for a
California Certified Massage Therapist (California
CMT). California certification is voluntary and is
regulated by the California Massage Therapy
Council (CAMTC). Contact CAMTC directly for information
about California State Certification requirements and
procedures: www.camtc.org
School Training Program Certificate
Requirements You can tailor most of our Training
Program Certificates to suit your interests, as long as
you participate in all required classes and choose from our
wide range of land and water electives. Note also that you can
take a water class as an elective in some of our land Training
Program Certificates. To jump directly to the requirements for
each Training Program Certificate, you may click on the
Certificate name in the summary list above. To see
descriptions of each Class, you may click on the
class name.
Individual Classes You do
not have to decide on a Training Program
Certificate before you enroll in any class that interests
you. Many of the classes offered by the School of Shiatsu and
Massage can be taken individually for personal growth,
enrichment, to further enhance your career and to receive CE
hours. All that is required of you is to observe the
prerequisites that are listed under each specific class
description as you dive in to the individual classes of your
choice. Later, if you decide to pursue a Training Program
Certificate, applicable classes that you have already taken
can be applied toward the certificate.
Class Fees include tuition, indoor or outdoor camping,
organic meals and full Harbin access on the days that the
class is in session. Class materials and applicable taxes are
additional.
Land Training Program
Certificates
Bodywork Practitioner Training
Program Certificates (258 hours)
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100 hours of
class work specific to each type of Practitioner
Certificate: Massage Practitioner
Massage
Intensive (100 hours)
Shiatsu Practitioner
Shiatsu 1 (50 hours) Shiatsu 2 (50
hours)
Deep Tissue Practitioner
Deep Tissue
1 (50 hours)* Deep Tissue
2 (50 hours)
* Prerequisite required for DT1: 50 hour Anatomy Bones
& Muscles + 50 hour Advanced Therapeutic
Massage
Add the following 158
hours of required classes: Anatomy Bones and
Muscles (50 hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours) Kinesiology (25
hours) Essential
Business Skills (16.5 hours) Trust in Touch (16.5
hours)
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Program Certificates (558 hours) |
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While each state and even each city has the right to set
the minimum number of hours from a certified school required
to practice massage, the standard for entry level in the
massage profession has become at least a 500-hour
Training Program Certificate. Our 558 hour certificate will
allow you to apply for National Certification and
California State Certification.
We offer two distinct paths: the Western approach with the
Massage Therapist certificate, and the Eastern approach with
the Shiatsu Therapist certificate. The 558-hour course also is
a great way to supplement whatever basic training you may have
already received and in many cases your previous training can
be transferred into this program (credit transfer fee
required).
Massage Therapist
Required Classes: 308
hours Massage
Intensive (100 hours) Anatomy Bones and
Muscles (50
hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours) Pathology (50
hours) Kinesiology (25
hours) Essential
Business Skills (16.5 hours) Trust in Touch (16.5
hours)
Add 150 hours from any the
following specializations: Advanced
Therapeutic Massage Craniosacral 1, 2, 3
Deep Tissue 1,
2 Lymphatic
Massage Yogassage
Electives: 100 hours
Respecting prerequisites and class
requirements, choose 100 hours from the list of electives below.
Shiatsu
Therapist
Required Classes: 458 hours
Shiatsu 1, 2 and
3 (150 hours) Thai
Massage (50 hours) Tantsu (50
hours) Anatomy
Bones and Muscles (50
hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours) Pathology (50
hours) Kinesiology (25
hours) Essential
Business Skills (16.5 hours) Trust in Touch (16.5
hours)
Electives: 100 hours
Respecting prerequisites and class requirements,
choose 100 hours from the list of
electives below.
| Advanced Bodywork Therapist (1058
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If you wish to increase your specialty with additional
advanced bodywork training, then this Training Program
Certificate is for you!
Complete the requirements for the Bodywork Therapist certificate
as a Massage or Shiatsu Therapist and then follow it up with
an additional 500 hours, choosing freely from the land and
water electives.
Water Training Program Certificates
| Watsu Provider (320 hours)
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Holders of this certificate are authorized to provide
Watsu sessions to the clients of spas, clinics and sports
clubs. Watsu Providers cannot provide private Watsu sessions.
Those being registered as a Watsu Provider acknowledge that
their status is that of an intern and requires an annual
renewal with 50 hours of continuing education until they
complete all requirements to be a Watsu Therapist or to be
registered as a Watsu Practitioner through WABA. A Watsu
Provider is registered in WABA just like other Watsu
Therapists and WABA Watsu Practitioners.
Required Watsu Classes: 100
hours Watsu
1 (50 hours) Watsu 2 (50
hours)
Required Land
Classes: 150 hours Shiatsu 1 (50 hours)
Anatomy Bones and
Muscles (50
hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours)
Electives: 50
hours Respecting prerequisites and class
requirements, choose 50 hours from the list of electives below.
Required Practicum: 20
hours 20 logged practice sessions
Demonstration of Mastery
Demonstration of Mastery
session can range from no fee / trade to $150+ per session.
Watsu Therapist (558 hours)
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The Watsu Therapist certificate provides you with
extensive training in aquatic bodywork, combined with sound
knowledge of principles of Shiatsu. It prepares you to combine
and choose from different techniques to give professional
sessions to your clientele. Please call us for details.
Required Watsu Classes: 150
hours Watsu
1 (50 hours) Watsu 2 with Demonstration
of Mastery (50 hours) Watsu 3 or Adaptive Watsu
3 (50 hours)
Required Land
Classes: 308 hours Shiatsu 1 (50 hours)
Shiatsu 2 (50 hours)
Anatomy Bones
and Muscles (50
hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours) Pathology (50
hours) Kinesiology (25
hours) Essential
Business Skills (16.5 hours) Trust in Touch (16.5
hours)
Water Electives: 100
hours Respecting prerequisites and class
requirements, choose 100 hours from the water classes listed
below.
Required Practicum: 30
hours 10 received sessions from Professional
Watsu Practitioners 20 practice sessions
Additional Requirements
CPR Certification
Received sessions and
Demonstration of Mastery session can range from no fee /
trade to $150+ per session.
| Waterdance Practitioner (638
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This certificate is recommended if you are already a Watsu
professional and wish to offer your clients a session in which
they can experience being stretched and moved while their body
is gently and repeatedly taken entirely under water. But you
can also concurrently work towards a Watsu Therapist and
Waterdance Practitioner Training Program Certificate.
Prerequisite: Watsu
Therapist (558 hours) or WABA Watsu Practitioner (500
hours)
Required Waterdance
Classes: 150 hours Waterdance 1, 2 and
3
Required Practicum:
30 hours 10 received sessions from Professional
Waterdance Practitioners 20 practice sessions
Waterdance Demonstration of Mastery
Received sessions
and Demonstration of Mastery session can range from no fee /
trade to $150+ per session.
Note: Waterdance 1 and
2 can be taken as the required electives of the
Watsu Therapist certificate and can be applied towards
a Waterdance Practitioner Certificate. Then you'll only have
to take Waterdance 3 to finish the Waterdance Practitioner
Training Program Certificate requirements. But your
Waterdance Practitioner Certificate cannot be issued until
you have a Watsu Therapist or WABA Watsu Practitioner
Certificate.
| Aquatic Bodyworker (1058 hours)
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This extensive program offers the aquatic bodywork student
a wide variety of applications to fully experience and
integrate profound healing and multi-level therapeutic
benefits with confidence and creativity. Note that only the
classes are listed here. You are still required
to complete all certificate requirements (e.g.
Practicums, Demonstration of Mastery, CPR, etc.) of a specific
Watsu, Waterdance or Healing Dance program in order to provide
the modality as a service to clients.
Required Water Classes: 350
hours Basic
Healing Dance (50 hours) Presence of Being (50
hours) Waterdance
1 (50 hours) Watsu 1 (50
hours) Watsu
2 (50 hours) Watsu 3 (50 hours)
Watsu 3 Adapted (50
hours)
Required Land Classes: 308
hours Shiatsu
1 (50 hours) Shiatsu 2 (50 hours)
Anatomy Bones
and Muscles (50
hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours) Pathology (50
hours) Kinesiology (25
hours) Essential
Business Skills (16.5 hours) Trust in Touch (16.5
hours)
Electives: 400 hours
Respecting prerequisites and class requirements,
choose 400 hours from the list of
electives below.
| Healing Dance Practitioner (618
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Required Water Classes: 250
hours Watsu
1 (50 hours) Watsu 2 with
Demonstration of Mastery (50 hours) Watsu 3 or Watsu 3 Adapted (50
hours) Basic
Healing Dance (50 hour) Advanced
Healing Dance with Demonstration of Mastery
(50 hours)
Required Land
Classes: 308 hours Massage
Intensive (100 hours) Anatomy Bones and
Muscles (50
hours) Anatomy Body
Systems (50 hours) Pathology (50
hours) Kinesiology (25
hours) Essential
Business Skills (16.5 hours) Trust in Touch (16.5
hours)
Required Practicum: 60 hours 10
received sessions from Professional Watsu
Practitioners 20 Watsu practice sessions 10
Received Healing Dance sessions 20 Healing Dance
practice sessions Of the 10 received practice
sessions:
A
minimum of 6 must be from Professional Healing Dance
Practitioners
Up to 4 sessions may be received from peers
Up to 2 sessions may be Underwater Healing Dance
Received sessions and
Demonstration of Mastery session can range from no fee /
trade to $150+ per session.
Additional
Requirements CPR Certification
| Healing Dance Therapist (798
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Prerequisites: Healing
Dance Practitioner Training Program Certificate (618
hours)
Required Classes: 150
hours
Waterdance 1 (50 hours) Healing Dance Above
& Below (50 hour) Healing Dance
Shape & Space (50 hours)
Required Practicum: 30
hours 10 received Underwater Healing
Dance sessions 20 practice Underwater Healing
Dance sessions Of the 10 received practice
sessions:
A
minimum of 6 must be from Professional Healing Dance
Practitioners
Up to 4 sessions may be received from
peers. Demonstration of Mastery
Received
sessions and Demonstration of Mastery session can range
from no fee / trade to $150+ per session.
Your
Healing Dance Therapist Certificate cannot be issued
until you have a Healing Dance
Practitioner Certificate.
| Program Electives |
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All courses at the School of Shiatsu
and Massage are 50 hour classes except where noted.
| Land Classes |
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Advanced
Therapeutic Massage Anatomy Body
Systems Anatomy Bones and
Muscles Deep
Tissue 1 Deep
Tissue 2 Energy Active
Craniosacral 1 Energy Active
Craniosacral 2 Energy Active
Craniosacral 3 Lomi
- Lomi Massage Lymphatic Massage
Pathology Reflexology Shiatsu 1 Shiatsu 2 Shiatsu 3 Tantsu Thai Massage Thai
Massage 2 Trigger Point
Therapy
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Aquaternatives
Aquatic
Energy Work Healing Dance,
Basic Healing Dance,
Advanced Healing Dance
Above and Below Healing Dance
Shape & Space Presence of Being
Water Breath Dancing
Waterdance
1 Waterdance 2
Waterdance
3 Watsu
1 Watsu
2 Watsu
3 Watsu 3
Adapted
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Land Classes Massage
Intensive
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Weekend Courses |
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Land Classes Essential Business Skills
* Hot Stone
Massage Shiatsu -
Back Care Shiatsu - Pain Relief
Shiatsu -
Stress Reduction Trust in Touch*
Ethics*
Water
Classes Basic Watsu
* May be used as a land or water elective.
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