Phillips School of Massage

This schedule includes Continuing Education Classes and Community Education Classes. Many courses are offered as both introductory classes and continuing education and do not require any previous bodywork experience. Others are advanced courses requiring massage certification and are so noted. All courses that are offered for credit are recognized by the CA State Board of Registered Nurses for continuing education credits for nurses (CEP #6284) and by the CA Bureau of Private Post-Secondary Education and the National Certification Board for Therapuetic Massage and Bodywork.

*Schedule is subject to change without notice.
Please contact the school for registration and more information.

*Pre-registration is required for all classes.

During this two-day-intensive workshop Zach will introduce three Dry-room Spa Therapies; Body Scrub, Body Mask, and Spa Facial Massage. Tools to market these spa techniques in a private practice setting will be presented, reviewed and discussed on the final day of class. This informative hands-on class is designed for therapists who wish to enhance their skills, increase their income and build new clientele. Discover how Dry-room Spa Therapies can be a clean and affordable addition to any massage studio!

This advanced class offers students the opportunity to refine their work in a mentoring environment as the class agenda is largely based on individual students’ needs and their level of comprehension and ability. Consequently, these classes are repeatedly attended by many massage practitioners and professionals who value a learning atmosphere filled with professionalism, creativity and personal attention.

CMT2 - Massage Professional Studies provides the opportunity for CMT1 graduates to develop their understanding and confidence in bodywork through advanced training, internships, student assistantship and review studies.

First Degree Reiki is open to all who wish to begin or enhance their healing work with an attunement to Reiki. During this workshop, the universal life-force energy of Reiki will be explored with hands-on demonstrations, studies and one-on-one practice sessions. An initial attunement ritual during the workshop will introduce the beginning Reiki practitioner to experience the power of Reiki. This is the first attunement of the three-level Usui Lineage Reiki series offered by Tyler Clark through Phillips School of Massage.

Melt away tension and soreness with medicinal herbs wrapped in a hand-tied bundle (poultice). Explore the benefits of therapeutic compression therapy using heat, steam and essential oils. See how creative you can be with making your own wrapped bundle of herbs! Use of the herbal compresses will be demonstrated on the back using traditional Thai massage protocol. Herbal compress therapy is easily adapted to table treatments as an adjunct to any existing practice. Materials for making your own two poultice included in tuition.

This one-day, hands-on afternoon workshop for massage professionals will introduce the benefits of Myofascial Repatterning and basic skills necessary for exploring the movement of fascia.

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

PSoM OPEN HOUSE (Summer)
Meet Instructors and Graduates
Sunday 6:30 – 8:00pm May 30

Learn simple yet profound steps to consciously create your life with joy and abundance! Each of us, consciously and unconsciously creates our own unique experience of life according to how we perceive and relate to ourselves, to others, to our life situations, and to the environment in which we live. Explore how through compassionate self-reflection and self-exploration we can gain greater clarity of our conscious and subconscious intentions, desires, patterns and fears, and identify how we may deepen relationships with ourselves and the world around us.

Naturally Healthy
Herbs-for-Health Lecture Series
Harry Chrissakis, MT
$10 pre-registration - $15 at the door

An interactive discussion about identifying and harvesting local fresh herbs. This lecture will include fresh samples of indegineous plants; methods of preperation for applications; properties and applications of each plant sample; and proper methods of harvesting and storage.

Hot Stone Massage
Sue Stone
$248

Sat - Sun 9:00 – 5:00pm (14CE) June 19-20

Experience firsthand the therapeutic effects of hot stones and how they provide a deep sense of peace and grounding. This class will also give you a better understanding of how the inherent properties of hot stones naturally melt away stress and tension. The hot stones literally release the layers of muscle tension so it makes it easier for you, the therapist, to do deeper tissue work on your client. This 2-day course will cover the basics of working with heated stones. Participants will learn how to prepare for a stone treatment, place stones on special points on the body and use the hot stones in conjunction with Swedish massage.

Hot Stone Massage is a popular modality in the spa industry as well as with private practice therapists. This class will increase your skill level and marketability in today’s expanding massage industry.

This one-day, hands-on afternoon workshop for massage professionals will introduce the benefits of Myofascial Repatterning and basic skills necessary for exploring the movement of fascia with an emphasis on Dynamic Listening - Joint Mobilization.

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

This intro class offers CMT Professionals the opportunity to expand their practice by incorporating Deep Tissue strokes into their established Massage routines.

TCM Workshop - 5 Basic Emotions - PTSD/Trauma Release
Ginny Woods, RN, NMT, RMT
$248

Learn the theory behind life force energy and how it can be used to regulate emotional, mental and physical well-being. The focus of this class will be on exploring applications of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and how TCM theory can effectively change and reduce undesirable attitudes and emotions related to trauma.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Learn how Tui Na Massage - a hands-on body treatment that uses Chinese Taoist and martial art principles - is used to harmonize the body and mind. The focus of this class will be on exploring specific patterns of release and movement that help to restore and sustain physical and mental health.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

This one-day, hands-on afternoon workshop for massage professionals will introduce the benefits of Myofascial Repatterning and basic skills necessary for exploring the movement of fascia with an emphasis on Cranial Sacral - Somatics.

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Zen Tai (whole body) Table Shiatsu is a modern adaptation of the traditional Japanese healing art which works to increase the flow of Ki (life force) in the meridians (energy channels) in the client as well as the practitioner. It is done with the receiver comfortably clothed on a standard massage table, and can easily be integrated with other forms of body therapy.

The side position is very comfortable, and is beneficial for clients with special needs such as lower back and S.I. joint problems, sciatica, sinus concerns and/or pregnancy. Students will learn a whole-body sequence using palms, thumbs, fists and elbows. A focus on proper bio mechanics, an introduction to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) theory, and Chi Kung exercises are integral parts of this three-day course. The final afternoon of class will be spent practicing the course material presented and adapting its usefullness into a side-lying position oil massage.

Myofascial Repatterning Workshop - Frozen Shoulder 1
Behzad Moftakhar, BA, MT
$135*

Saturday 12:00 – 5:00pm (5CE/8CE) July 24
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

In this afternoon, hands-on intensive you will learn how to successfully relieve chronic pain with lasting results using time-tested myofascial techniques that address the root causes of pain. Emphasis: Basic Frozen Shoulder Repatterning

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

This couples' workshop is open to friends and partners who wish to explore the beauty of touch and non-verbal communication. Through simple exercises, observation and awareness, we can deepen our sensitivity to our partner and enhance our ability to recognize their needs and respond appropriately. Learn and share basic routines and relaxation techniques in a safe and professional environment. Understand how informed touch promotes self-care, body awareness and opportunities for individuals to create and nurture healthy interpersonal relationships.

Wear Comfortable clothing.
All participants will remain fully clothed throughout the day.

* Current PSoM Students and graduates may enroll for $90/couple
when attending with a partner.

Discover Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory and understand how Qi - life force energy - regulates emotional, mental and physical well-being. The information covered in this class is intended for clinical and holistic practitioners as well as the gernral public. Small groups are encouraged to register. The TCM material covered will assist health care professionals in their practice assisting others and in caring for self.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Myofascial Repatterning Workshop - Visceral Abdominal
Behzad Moftakhar, BA, MT
$135*

Saturday 12:00 – 5:00pm (5CE/8CE) August 7
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Saturday 12:00 – 5:00pm (5CE/8CE) August 21
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Learn how to reduce and relieve chronic pain symptoms using Tui Na Massage - a hands-on body treatment that uses Chinese Taoist and martial art principles to bring balance to the body and mind. The focus of this class will be on exploring specific patterns of release and movement that reduce chronic tension.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

PSoM OPEN HOUSE (Fall)
Meet Instructors and Graduates

Sunday 6:30 – 8:00pm September 5

Learn pressure-point techniques for the feet, hands, and ears to stimulate, de-stress and harmonize the entire body. Reflexology can be effective on its own or used as a complement to many massage modalities. Reflexology is a great resource for practicing living healthy and can be used to benefit one's self, friends, family and clients.
No massage experience necessary!

Monday 12:00 – 5:00pm (5CE/8CE) September 20
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

While good massage is largely an intuitive art, its effectiveness increases dramatically when a therapist's intuition is informed by a solid knowledge of the structure and workings of the body. Anatomy and Kinesiology 1 is designed to give the practitioner a basic knowledge of the muscles, bones and movements of the body from a bodyworker’s perspective. In addition to watching anatomy DVDs and reading, class time is dedicated to exploring the body experientially through palpation, movement exercises, clay modeling, coloring and “building muscles” on our resident skeleton, “Hanns.” Three textbooks are required for this intensive.

Registered students are encouraged to begin an exploration of "Anatomy in Movement" (revised) prior to the first day of instruction.

Learn how harmonize the body energetically using Tui Na Massage - a hands-on body treatment that uses Chinese Taoist and martial art principles to bring balance to the body and mind. The focus of this class will be on exploring specific patterns of release and movement that restore and sustain health.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

PSoM CMT2 Professional Training
$3350

Mon - Fri 9:00 – 5:00pm (250CE) October 3 thru November 24

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Hot Stone Massage
Sue Stone
$248

Sat - Sun 9:00 – 5:00pm (14CE) October 23-24

Naturally Healthy
Herbs-for-Health Lecture Series
Harry Chrissakis, MT
$10 pre-registration - $15 at the door

Join us to learn more about choosing herbs and herbal formulas for Coughs and Colds. This one hour discussion will focus on herbal application(s) according to symptom complex; energetic principles of herbal medicine; simple methods of creating herbal compounds. Samples of herbal formulas will be presented and a discussion of herb quality and grade will be included in this class hour.

(3-day intensive - 20 CE)
Friday 4:30 – 9:30pm - Dance (circle of intention) November 12
Saturday and Sunday 9:00am – 6:00pm November 13 and 14

A weekend intensive/retreat for massage therapists and bodyworkers focusing on the five basic strokes of Swedish Massage - petrissage, friction, effleurage, tapotement, vibration. Utilizing Gabrielle Roth's five rhythms method of dance - flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, stillness - discover and explore how an individual's rhythm, personality and perspective become an integral part of the movement and flow in every session. Tuition includes a 5-ryhthms dance class with Michael Stone (Friday, off-site) and an optional overnight stay at PSoM. Group interaction and participation will be a valuable part of this extraordinary 20-hour, intensive/retreat.

Myofascial Repatterning Workshop - Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
Behzad Moftakhar, BA, MT
$135*

Saturday 12:00 – 5:00pm (5CE/8CE) November 13
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Monday 5:00 – 10:00pm (5CE/8CE) November 29
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

CFA1 Bowen®like therapy (prone) is a unique and highly effective method of body work that consists of firm, cross-fiber moves addressing specific locations on the muscles, tendons, and ligaments of the body. No oils or lubricants are used with Tara's CFA method. The Bowen®like moves may be preformed through clothing and are safe for everyone - newborn to the elderly. This is the first of a three-part series for CFA presented by Tara Stone. This class is designed for massage practitioners ready to enhance their work!

This is a loving, therapeutically effective Hawaian style of massage/bodywork used for centuries by native islanders to restore balance to both the practitioner and client with graceful joint, tendon and muscle-stretching movements using hands, fingers, knees, elbows, forearms and feet in a wave-like rhythm. It is very practical for use on the largest of clients without strain to the practitioner.

During this two-day-intensive workshop Zach will introduce three Dry-room Spa Therapies; Body Scrub, Body Mask, and Spa Facial Massage. Tools to market these spa techniques in a private practice setting will be presented, reviewed and discussed on the final day of class. This informative hands-on class is designed for massage therapists who wish to enhance their skills, increase their income and build new clientele. Discover how Dry-room Spa Therapies can be a clean and affordable addition to any massage studio!

This intro class offers CMT Practitioners and Professionals the opportunity to expand their practice by incorporating Deep Tissue strokes into their established Massage routines. Emphasis of this class is on posturing, body mechanics and the incorporation of following the client's breath to accentuate the delivery of the stroke.

Discover Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) applications and explore how Qi - life force energy - regulates emotional, mental and physical well-being. The information covered in this class is intended for clinical and holistic practitioners as well as the gernral public. Small groups are encouraged to register. The TCM material covered will assist health care professionals in their practice assisting others and in caring for self.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Monday 5:00 – 10:00pm (5CE/8CE) December 13
(*tuition includes 3 clinic hours - to be arranged)

NOTE: All Myofascial Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 50-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

PSoM OPEN HOUSE (Winter)

POSTPONED - We will be MOVING - January thru March!

PSoM CMT2 Professional Training - Two days/week program
$3550

Tuesday/Thursday (19 weeks) 9:00 – 5:00pm (250CE) 4 April 2011

Learn the theory behind life force energy and how it can be used to regulate emotional, mental and physical well-being. The focus of this class will be on exploring applications of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and how TCM theory can support an individual's ability to restore and nurture health using the treatment theory of TCM for recovery.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Learn the theory behind life force energy and how it can be used to regulate emotional, mental and physical well-being. The focus of this class will be on exploring applications of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and how TCM theory can support an individual's ability to restore and nurture health.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Learn the theory behind life force energy and how it can be used to regulate emotional, mental and physical well-being. The focus of this class will be on exploring applications of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and how TCM theory can support an individual's ability to restore and nurture health using the treatment theory of TCM.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Learn the theory behind Gua Sha - an ancient medical treatment translated to mean "scrape away fever." The focus of this class will be on exploring Gua Sha applications using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory.

NOTE: All Tui Na/TCM Extension Classes may be taken as stand-alone trainings or as part of a complete 120-hour training program. Please call the school for more details.

Registered students are encouraged to begin an exploration of "Anatomy in Movement" (revised) prior to the first day of instruction.

*Schedule is subject to change without notice.
Please contact the school for registration and more information.

*Pre-registration is required for all classes.

**Tuition does not include books or other required materials unless otherwise noted. Books, Manuals and Materials may be available for purchase in the student store per request of each instructor. All required books for IMT and CMT classes are available at a 10% student discount. All or part of a tuition may be non-refundable and non-transferrable. Please refer to Policies, Procedures and Tuition and Fees for a full explanation of tuition, fees and refund policies. The CA State Student Tuition Recovery Fee (STRF) Assessment, if applicable, is not included in tuition.