What does the Arizona Large Animal Massage or Arizona Small Animal Massage Bundle Include?
200 Hour Foundation Level Massage Online Course
5 Day Foundation Level Massage Practical in Arizona this December!
2 Day Biomechanics and Stretching Clinic in Arizona this December!
Equine or Canine Systems Anatomy Online Course
BONUS! Business Practices for Animal Massage Professionals FREE!
BONUS! Bi-Monthly ZOOM calls with an NWSAM Instructor starting 9/17
Optional Field Trip to Sedona for First Level Reiki Attunement (Free Training / Transportation and Meals not included)
Why Enroll in the Bundle?
$3750 VALUE ONLY $2999!!
Save Money! Accelerate Your Learning! Free Bonuses! Enjoy More Instruction with Bi-Monthly Zoom calls!
Small Animal Foundation Massage Practical : December 16th- 20th, 2024
PREREQUISITE: Completion of Small Animal Foundation Massage Distance Learning Course.
Your online studies come to life in this exciting 5-day session which integrates hands-on training with the theory studied in the Small Animal Massage Therapist Foundation course.
This course focuses on maintenance massage and is the gateway to further studies in performance and rehabilitation massage.
During class you will work with a variety of animals under the supervision of your instructor. Guest speakers and field trips are often part of the class experience.
Cost of this course is $850, which includes materials and a $50 registration fee.
This practical will be our very first of the 2024 Academic Year and our first Foundation Level practical with our newest educational partner ASIS (Arizona School of Integrative Therapies). We look forward to seeing you in sunny Arizona this winter!
Canine Biomechanics and Stretching - December 21st & 22nd, 2024
This course is for anyone interested in learning about how to assess the dog’s movement and the proper approach to stretching.
What you will learn during these two jam-packed days:
–Kinesiology of the major joints of the dog
-Passive Range of Motion Assessment (pROM)
–Active Range of Motion Assessment (aROM)
-Three Barriers to ROM
-Gait Analysis and Biomechanic Evaluation
-Passive Repetitive Stretching
-Proper Static Stretching
-Muscle Activation Techniques
-How to Design a Stretching Program for your clients
(There is no online requirement for this course, all education will be in-person. This class is open to all dog enthusiasts but a basic knowledge of external anatomy and major superficial muscles is helpful.)
To register, please copy and paste the URL below into your brower.
This course will cover massage techniques, client positioning, draping and efficient therapist body mechanics when addressing and relieving pain and symptoms from whiplash, torticollis, wry neck and general chronic and acute neck pain.
CE Hours: 4 Cost: $108
This course will present information and activities on understanding and implementing compassionate communication principles to best balance giving compassion for self and giving compassion to others
CE Hours: 4 Cost: $108
This course will cover massage techniques, client positioning and communication, draping, and efficient therapist body mechanics when addressing and relieving pain and symptoms from upper extremity conditions such as tennis elbow, golfers' elbow, and carpal tunnel.
CE Hours: 4 Cost: $108
This course will cover massage techniques, client positioning and communication, draping and efficient therapist mechanics when addressing and relieving pain and symptoms from sciatica, low back and knee pain.
CE Hours: 4 Cost: $108
This class will take an in depth look at injuries and massage techniques to support recovery of the low back, low cross syndrome
CE Hours: 6 Cost$150
Take an aromatic journey through the world of essential oils and discover which ones support excitatory neurotransmitters (like dopamine) and inhibitory neurotransmitters (like serotonin) naturally so that you can support your brain’s desire to maintain homeostasis. Learn how you can use essential oils to help decrease your client’s stress level during session—as well as your own.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
This class will give you an introduction to the incredible world of essential oils so that you can use them with confidence. Top 7 oils covered to get you started right away. Tuition includes handbook, "Introduction to Essential Oils."
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
This introductory class provides a working knowledge and techniques for Cranial-Sacral therpy.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
This class provides a working knowledge and techniques for Reiki Level I therapy.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
This class will take an in depth look at theories and practice of fascia and myofascial restoration
CE Hours: 24 Cost: $575
This class will begin with a thorough definition of trauma, including the three types. Next, we will explore the neuroscience involved and what it tells us about the impact of trauma. Last, we will explore the stages of trauma treatment and how massage therapy can be a part of the therapeutic process.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130 **Webinar Option Available**
This class will take an in depth look at injuries and massage techniques to support recovery of the low back, low cross syndrome
CE Hours: 6 Cost$150
This introductory class provides a working knowledge and techniques for Cranial-Sacral therpy.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
A continuation of my Essentials of Cranial-Sacral class. A short review and then we will cover additional techniques that involve the following cranial and facial bones: ethmoid bone, zygoma, and the mandible. We will also be doing Cranial-Combos utilizing techniques from both trainings.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
This class covers the history, benefits and contraindications, physiological affects/stress response/trauma recovery, of Yoga Nidra. Students will practice with a variety of yoga poses and scripts on how to adapt them to achieve the restorative benefits.
CE Hours: 5 Cost $100 **Webinar Option Available**
This class will take an in depth look at injuries and massage techniques to support recovery of the low back, low cross syndrome
CE Hours: 6 Cost$150
Entire class is presented and practiced on a Thai floor mat. A basic introduction to Thai Massage that is suitable for new students.
CE Hours: 12 Cost $300
Walt Fritz is a physical therapist from Upstate New York, USA. Since beginning work as an educator in the physical and massage therapy domains in the mid-1990s, he has more recently applied a unique take on manual therapy for the speech pathology and voice communities. This approach attempts to move the bar from singular tissue-specific models into a multifactorial narrative, leaning heavily on biopsychosocial influences. Using a model of evaluation and intervention that relies more strongly on shared decision-making, the principles can be applied to the spectrum of intervention models. Seeing the utility of manual therapy not as a standalone treatment but as an integral part of clinicians’ more extensive work, Walt makes his approach easily assimilated into those treatment protocols.
Walt teaches internationally to speech-language pathologists, voice professionals, massage therapists, physiotherapists, and other clinicians through his Foundations in Manual Therapy Seminars, www.WaltFritz.com. Walt is a frequent workshop presenter at the annual Voice Foundations Symposiums and has presented at PAVA conferences, the 3rd World Congress of Fascia, the British Voice Association’s 2021 Voice Clinics Forum, and international online conferences for voice, swallowing, and related issues. His article, “The mechanism of action for laryngeal manual therapies: the need for an update” was published in Current Opinions in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
Entire class is presented and practiced on a Thai floor mat. A basic introduction to Thai Massage that is suitable for new students.
CE Hours: 12 Cost $300
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
This class gives you a solid introduction to cupping therapy as a soft tissue technique. You will get an overview of the methods and why they are used. Learn about the history, the cups themselves, the indications and contraindications, and how to use cupping on your clients. Cups are provided as part of your tuition.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $95
Students will learn the Traditional Chinese Medicine modality Gua Sha which is used to invoke circulatory movement of blood and Qi in the facial tissue. Indications and contraindications along with how to use a Gua Sha Tool will be demonstrated with plenty of time to practice in class. A jade Gua Sha tool set is included with tuition.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $95
This class will give you an introduction to the incredible world of essential oils so that you can use them with confidence. Top 7 oils covered to get you started right away. Tuition includes handbook, "Introduction to Essential Oils."
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
This class gives you a solid introduction to cupping therapy as a soft tissue technique. You will get an overview of the methods and why they are used. Learn about the history, the cups themselves, the indications and contraindications, and how to use cupping on your clients. Cups are provided as part of your tuition.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $95
Take an aromatic journey through the world of essential oils and discover which ones support excitatory neurotransmitters (like dopamine) and inhibitory neurotransmitters (like serotonin) naturally so that you can support your brain’s desire to maintain homeostasis. Learn how you can use essential oils to help decrease your client’s stress level during session—as well as your own.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
This class will take an in depth look at theories and practice of fascia and myofascial restoration.
CE Hours: 24 Cost: $575
Students will learn the Traditional Chinese Medicine modality Gua Sha which is used to invoke circulatory movement of blood and Qi in the facial tissue. Indications and contraindications along with how to use a Gua Sha Tool will be demonstrated with plenty of time to practice in class. A jade Gua Sha tool set is included with tuition.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $95
Not wanting to specialize, but open to the occasional pregnant client? This course provides information for healthy, low-risk clients seeking pregnancy discomfort reduction. Discussion covers physical/emotional changes, benefits, contraindications, interview considerations, bolstering, table positioning, setting suggestions, supply needs and intake/consent forms. Technique portion involves practicing Swedish massage in side-line position and on incline. Tuition includes the publication; The Essentials of Massage and Pregnancy
CE Hours: 6 Cost: $130
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
Not wanting to specialize, but open to the occasional pregnant client? This course provides information for healthy, low-risk clients seeking pregnancy discomfort reduction. Discussion covers physical/emotional changes, benefits, contraindications, interview considerations, bolstering, table positioning, setting suggestions, supply needs and intake/consent forms. Technique portion involves practicing Swedish massage in side-line position and on incline. Tuition includes the publication; The Essentials of Massage and Pregnancy
CE Hours: 6 Cost: $130
This class covers the history, benefits and contraindications, physiological affects/stress response/trauma recovery, of Yin Yoga. Students will practice with a variety of yoga poses on how to adapt them to achieve the restorative benefits.
CE Hours: 5 Cost $100 **Webinar Option Available**
Take an aromatic journey through the world of essential oils and discover which ones support excitatory neurotransmitters (like dopamine) and inhibitory neurotransmitters (like serotonin) naturally so that you can support your brain’s desire to maintain homeostasis. Learn how you can use essential oils to help decrease your client’s stress level during session—as well as your own.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
Students will learn the Traditional Chinese Medicine modality Gua Sha which is used to invoke circulatory movement of blood and Qi in the facial tissue. Indications and contraindications along with how to use a Gua Sha Tool will be demonstrated with plenty of time to practice in class. A jade Gua Sha tool set is included with tuition.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $95
This class will give you an introduction to the incredible world of essential oils so that you can use them with confidence. Top 7 oils covered to get you started right away. Tuition includes handbook, "Introduction to Essential Oils."
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
This class gives you a solid introduction to cupping therapy as a soft tissue technique. You will get an overview of the methods and why they are used. Learn about the history, the cups themselves, the indications and contraindications, and how to use cupping on your clients. Cups are provided as part of your tuition.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $95
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
We will be working with the feet and hands to support the fluidity of the sen lines. Tuition includes a wooden Thai stick for foot massage. Full protocols for both feet and hands will be provided.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65
This self-care course provides a comprehensive working knowledge of how to use yoga for self-regulation and managing anxiety.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $80
Human trafficking is alive and well and this predatory crime plagues all neighborhoods and communities in the United States and throughout the world. There is no discrimination of age, gender, ethnicity, race or socioeconomic status. We will review the indicators of human trafficking, community stakeholders, and their roles in combating human trafficking will be discussed along with resources to care and support victims of human trafficking.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65 **Webinar Option Available**
This class will take a look at how stress affects the body and massage considerations to support clients.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60 **Webinar Option Available**
This class will begin with a thorough definition of trauma, including the three types. Next, we will explore the neuroscience involved and what it tells us about the impact of trauma. Last, we will explore the stages of trauma treatment and how massage therapy can be a part of the therapeutic process.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130 **Webinar Option Available**
This class will take a look at how anxiety and/or depression affects the body and massage considerations to support clients.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $80
We will be working with the feet and hands to support the fluidity of the sen lines. Tuition includes a wooden Thai stick for foot massage. Full protocols for both feet and hands will be provided.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65
This class will take a look at how ADHD and treatments for AHD affects the body and massage considerations to support clients.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
This is one of my favorite classes and one of the most fun! Get ready to create your own chakra poster while we explore specific essential oils that help balance our chakras. Applications can be used during a Reiki treatment or alone. Your tuition includes the manual and all supplies.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
In this transformational class, you will walk away with the understanding of how your Chakra System is
an energetic structure in which you can organize your life force.
CE Hours: 13 Cost $270
This class will take a look at how grief affects the body and massage considerations to support grieving clients.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60 **Webinar Option Available**
This self-care course provides a comprehensive working knowledge of how to use yoga for mood regulation.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $80
This self-care course provides a comprehensive working knowledge of how to use yoga for mood regulation.
CE Hours: 4 Cost $80
This class will take a look at how grief affects the body and massage considerations to support grieving clients.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60 **Webinar Option Available**
This class will begin with a thorough definition of trauma, including the three types. Next, we will explore the neuroscience involved and what it tells us about the impact of trauma. Last, we will explore the stages of trauma treatment and how massage therapy can be a part of the therapeutic process.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130 **Webinar Option Available**
Calcium Deposits (Neck, Shoulder Mobilization):
Calcium Can Accumulate In The Body Where It Doesn’t Belong: Tendons, Muscles, Fascia … Creating Discomfort, Pain, Inflammation, Limiting ROM.
Upon Completion Of The Course, You Will Be Able To:
– Locate Calcium Deposits
– Treat Calcium Deposits
– Increase ROM In The Neck And Shoulders
Power Point Deep Tissue (Working With The Tissue Not Against It):
Therapeautic Deep Tissue Technique: While Highly Effective, Less Painful For The Patient And The Therapist.
This class provides a working knowledge and techniques for Reiki Level I therapy.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
This class will take an in depth look at injuries and massage techniques to support recovery of the low back, low cross syndrome
CE Hours: 6 Cost$150
This introductory class provides a working knowledge and techniques for Cranial-Sacral therpy.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
A continuation of my Essentials of Cranial-Sacral class. A short review and then we will cover additional techniques that involve the following cranial and facial bones: ethmoid bone, zygoma, and the mandible. We will also be doing Cranial-Combos utilizing techniques from both trainings.
CE Hours: 6 Cost $130
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
An introduction Thai techniques class, for both prone and supine stretches, that can be used to integrate
Thai techniques on the massage table.
CE Hours: 8 Cost $175
We will be working with the feet and hands to support the fluidity of the sen lines. Tuition includes a wooden Thai stick for foot massage. Full protocols for both feet and hands will be provided.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65
This is one of my favorite classes and one of the most fun! Get ready to create your own chakra poster while we explore specific essential oils that help balance our chakras. Applications can be used during a Reiki treatment or alone. Your tuition includes the manual and all supplies.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65
A continuation of Essentials and Cranial 2 which includes 20 new techniques, unwinding, and rebounding.
CE Hours: 24 Cost $575
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
A continuation of Essentials and Cranial 2 which includes 20 new techniques, unwinding, and rebounding.
CE Hours: 24 Cost $575
This class will take an in depth look at injuries and massage techniques to support recovery of the low back, low cross syndrome
CE Hours: 6 Cost$150
This is one of my favorite classes and one of the most fun! Get ready to create your own chakra poster while we explore specific essential oils that help balance our chakras. Applications can be used during a Reiki treatment or alone. Your tuition includes the manual and all supplies.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $65
Aromatherapy can be a beautiful add-on to your massage services, but do you really understand which oils to use and how to blend?
This class demonstrates the usuage of oils in a safe and productive way to meet your clients' specific needs. Tuition includes a massage blend to use in your practice.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
This course begins with the most recent definitions of drugs, addiction, rehabilitation, and the different views and paths to recovery and abstinence.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
Aromatherapy can be a beautiful add-on to your massage services, but do you really understand which oils to use and how to blend?
This class demonstrates the usuage of oils in a safe and productive way to meet your clients' specific needs. Tuition includes a massage blend to use in your practice.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $75
Includes atunement, sacred symbols, and distant healing Reiki.
NO CE Hours Cost $150
This class will take an in depth look at injuries and massage techniques to support recovery of the low back, low cross syndrome
CE Hours: 6 Cost$150
An introduction Thai techniques class, for both prone and supine stretches, that can be used to integrate
Thai techniques on the massage table.
CE Hours: 8 Cost $175
Kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of movement. In this class, we will build on participants’ kinesiology knowledge to explore how understanding how our muscles move can enhance our treatment planning and massage sessions. We will review joint movements, muscle attachments, and movements and strategies to palpate these muscles efficiently. We will use these tools to explore how we can incorporate this knowledge into treatment planning, providing our clients an effective massage session. This course is a series of 6, 3-hour classes broken down into different regions of the body. Participants may choose any number of classes in the series to attend in any order.
CE Hours: 3 Cost $60
An introduction Thai techniques class, for both prone and supine stretches, that can be used to integrate
Thai techniques on the massage table.
CE Hours: 8 Cost $175
Includes atunement, sacred symbols, and distant healing Reiki.
NO CE Hours Cost $150
In this transformational class, you will walk away with the understanding of how your Chakra System is
an energetic structure in which you can organize your life force.
CE Hours: 13 Cost $270
We will begin with a history of the use of Tibetan singing bowls along with the science of sound. We will practice using binaural beating with the body. Last, we will cover how to purchase your own bowls and be an aware consumer.
CE Hours: 8 Cost $175