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)

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)

Bodywork Therapist Training Program Certificates (558 hours)

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 hours)

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)

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)

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 hours)

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)

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 hours)

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 hours)

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

All courses at the School of Shiatsu and Massage are 50 hour classes except where noted.

Land Classes

� 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

Water Classes

� 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

100 Hour Courses

Land Classes
� Massage Intensive

16.5 Hour Weekend Courses

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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