Beyond Massage School has closed. We thank you for being a part of this extraordinary dream. RIP 2007-2020
Past Classes
Thai on the Table
Thai Massage is a beautiful fusion of yoga-like stretching, rhythmic massage, compression and acupressure points traditionally performed on cotton mats on the floor. This course brings its fluid-like work adapted for the massage table. Using the table instead of the mat increases the versatility of this unique therapy. Students return home with a wide selection of Thai-on-the-Table techniques, which can be incorporated into an existing bodywork practice, or offered as an alternate modality.
Thai Massage Workshop
This course draws upon the deep roots of Asian medicine from Thailand to Japan, China and India. Integrating these regions philosophy will shed light to the medicinal approach to this work while learning to perform a Thai Massage. Encouraging Qi to flow harmoniously in the body is the bridge that unites them all. Unique to this course are in depth conversations on each of the 12 main organ philosophies from an eastern perspective.
Clinical Treatment of the Neck
Are you Ready to really make a difference with your clients? Do you want to know what to work, how to find it, and how to work it effectively and comfortably? Do you want to boost your anatomy and palpation skills? In these course you will receive focused, specific, hands-on instruction in locating and treating the complex structures of the jaw, and entire neck.
Evaluation & Treatment of Orthopedic & Sports Injuries
This comprehensive and in depth course offers students a logical and condensed approach to assessing and treating orthopedic and sports injuries for each area of the body. The assessments are concise to allow therapists ample treatment time. Basic body injury response patterns are covered along with specific injury assessment and treatment.
Maya Abdominal Therapy
Maya Uterine and Abdominal Massage is an ancient treatment that has been practiced for centuries in Latin America by traditional healers and midwives. It is a gentle, external self-care massage technique used to gently guide the uterus and supporting organs into optimal placement in the pelvis, supporting reproductive health, digestive health, general well-being, and the body’s innate capacity to heal.
Hot Stone Massage
Imagine the benefits of immersing yourself with this slowed-down frequency, heated to the perfect temperature of a mother’s embrace, while soothing firm pressure is applied from head to toe. Hot Rock Massage not only provides intensely deep relaxation but also enables a client to enter into a deep space for healing within minutes of its application due to the physiological response of the heat.
Visionary Craniosacral
Cranial 1 (C1), The Foundation Cranial Class This four-day class is designed to introduce analytical and intuitive visionary understanding of craniosacral work, perhaps more appropriately described as Sacred Cranial, since it approaches the head with such reverence.
NeuroKinetic Therapy for Strains, Sprains, and Adhesions
This is a two-day course that will focus on NeuroKinetic manual strategies of myofascial therapy. The course will focus on orthopedic and fascial anatomy assessment along with massage therapy and bodywork techniques that fit appropriate strategies of care.