ASHA Continuing Education Schedule:
ASHA is proud to host a wide variety of high-quality continuing education classes. Please note that the instructors for each class handle the registration and payment for their classes individually. Any and all questionsshould be directed to the class instructor.
Thai Table Massage With Mia Battaglia
Dates:
Saturday April 20th: 9-5 w/ hour lunch break & Sunday April 21: 9-5 w/ hour lunch break (14 CEUs – NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
In this class you will learn * How to do a full body 60-90 min Thai Table Massage * Side line stretches and techniques * Add advanced skills to your practice * History of Thai massage and the Basic principals * Basics about Sen lines “Thai energy You will also receive a full manual with pictures and descriptions of everything you will be learning to help you remember what we have covered throughout the weekend
PRICE: $425
For more information, and class registration, please email:cranewisdom@gmail.com
Calcium Deposits & Power Point Deep Tissue (Part 1) With Tatyana Richmond
Dates: Sunday, April 21st 8am -5pm (8 CEUs – NCBTMB Approved)
Please direct questions to: info@trinitytherapeuticsceu.com
Course Description:
This course utilizes lecture, demonstration and hands-on practice focusing on the recognition, causes, and the effects calcium deposits have on the musculoskeletal system. Students will be presented with deep tissue massage therapy techniques to perform on clients who present with pain and restricted ROM caused by calcium deposits. Students will demonstrate competency in the techniques presented in this course.
PRICE: $280
For class registration please visit: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=24804721
Myotherapy for Chronic Pain With Jennifer Griffin
Dates:
Friday April 26, Saturday April 27 & Sunday April 28 2024.9am-6pm, 1-hour lunch break. (24 CEUs – NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
Myotherapy focuses on the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain, restricted joint movement and its associated pathologies. You will learn to assess the body for holding patterns, find trigger points, use joint mobilization and passive stretching to relieve trigger points and bring the body back into balance. Think movement, movement and movement. This workshop is especially beneficial for those who work with athletes and clients with chronic pain.
PRICE: $625
For class registration and & payment options please email: hands2knead@gmail.com
Ayurvedic Dosha Anatomy for Yoga w/ Maria E Garre
Dates:
May 10-12th 8 AM to 6 PM (4 PM Sunday). 90 minute LUNCH BREAK (24 CEUs – IAYT Approved)
Course Description:
3 DAY IMMERSION: MAY 10, 11, 12, 2024 Friday to Sunday Immersion 8 AM to 6 PM (4 PM Sunday) $375 Tuition 24 CEU for Yoga Alliance and IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) TEACHER: MARIA E GARRE Transform the way you understand Ayuveda’s doshic wisdom to go deeper and broaden your understanding of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Embody the academic knowledge of the doshas through their sub-types. A fun and interactive weekend immersion to awaken the why and how of the Yoga you practice. This training will evolve your understanding of how each Dosha and sub-dosha can inform sequencing, class design, and self-healing. Throughout the weekend, we will weave the Western, physical view of the body alongside Yoga and Ayurveda’s energetic and elemental view. WEEKEND IMMERSION HIGHLIGHTS —>>> >Ayurvedic Yoga practices are focused and tailored to demonstrate sub-dosha integration within Yoga practices. >Integrate and apply Sub-dosha anatomy and biological principles to the practices of Yoga >Understand how pranayama, meditation, and asana are viewed through the lenses of each Dosha and Sub-Dosha to individualize practices for private sessions >Integrate and deepen your knowledge of Yoga and Ayurveda for group class sequencing, cueing, and instruction. Learn to talk to each Dosha on a deeper level. >Broaden your understanding of the physical, energetic, and mental bodies via Yoga and Ayurveda for complete healing and private yoga instruction >Learn to see the world through the fullness of the Doshas and how to maintain complete health, vitality, and immunity
PRICE: $325
For class registration and & payment options: https://ayurvedayogaschool.com/event/ayurvedic-anatomy-for-teaching-yoga/
Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work with Ellen Santistevan
Dates:
Friday, June 14, 2024 9am – 1 pm. (4 CEUs – NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work is a highly experiential ethics class, designed for you to actually
learn to palpate the energy fields of the body — not only for your client but also for yourself. In this
way, you will learn to have greater clarity about yourself and your client, avoid enmeshment and
entanglement, conserve your own energies, and
maintain boundaries in a healthy, respectful, and non judgmental way.
This class is a prerequisite for “Developing your Listening Hands” and
“Integrating Polarity Therapy into Your Massage Practice”
PRICE: $110
For class registration and & payment options
https://unburdenedbodywork.ticketspice.com/ethics-healthy-boundaries-in-energy-work-
Integrating Polarity Therapy Into Your Massage Practice with Ellen Santistevan
Dates: Friday, 6/14/24 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 6/15-16, 9:00 am –
6:00pm. (20 CEUs – NCBTMB Approved)
Please direct all questions to: esantistevan@protonmail.com
Course Description:
Have you always been intrigued by energy work but didn’t want to do it full time? Good news!
Polarity Therapy techniques are easily incorporated into any type of bodywork. It is a natural
healthcare system that addresses the interdependence of mind, body, and spirit; the importance of
relationships; and the value of creating a way of life in harmony with nature.
In this 20 hour course, we will work through clinically valuable bodywork and energy techniques that
anyone can use in their practice. Topics include basic tenets of Polarity; gait and postural
assessment; basic nutrition; movement; breath and sound work; and energy-based self-care
exercises.
Students are encouraged to bring their own sound-healing instruments, such as hand drums, rattles,
singing bowls, and tuning forks (particularly weighted forks in C and G).
*If you want to buy excellent tuning forks, I recommend Biosonics: https://biosonics.com/
*Singing bowls: https://www.himalayanbowls.com/. Listen to them first and pick one that resonates
with you.
PRICE: $560 ($393 current student, $475 ASHA Staff)
For class registration and & payment options please visit:
https://unburdenedbodywork.ticketspice.com/integrating-polarity-therapy-into-your-bodywork-practice
Get All Your CEUs in 1 Weekend: Ethics and Bodywork!! with Ellen Santistevan
Dates:
Ethics: Saturday, 9/14/24 from 9 am – 1 pm; Listening Hands 9/14/24 from 2 pm – 6 pm, and Sunday 9/15/24 from 9 am – 6 pm (Ethics: 4 CEUs; Bodywork: 12 CEUs NCBTMB approved)
Course Description:
Ethics: Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work Saturday, 9/14 9 am – 1 pm Albuquerque School for Healing Arts, 4600 Copper NE, Albuquerque $110 Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work is a highly experiential ethics class, designed for you to actually learn to palpate the energy fields of the body — not only for your client but also for yourself. In this way, you will learn to have greater clarity about yourself and your client, avoid enmeshment and entanglement, conserve your own energies, and maintain boundaries in a healthy, respectful, and non judgmental way. This class is a prerequisite for “Developing your Listening Hands” and “Integrating Polarity Therapy into Your Massage Practice” 4 hrs – NCBTMB approved Developing Your Listening Hands Pt.1: Energy Body and Cranial Rhythms Saturday, 9/14 2 – 6 pm, Sunday 9/15 9 am – 6 pm Albuquerque School for Healing Arts, 4600 Copper NE, Albuquerque $325 The “Listening Hands” classes were developed to give all manual therapists the opportunity to learn and to integrate the mindful listening and feeling experience into whatever style of bodywork you are already practicing. Subtle listening through the hands is a learnable skill, and in this class, you will discover and develop your abilities of nonverbal communication and bring greater depth, subtlety and effectiveness to your massage and bodywork practice. I welcome you in the journey of deepening your understanding and skills and bringing them into your practice. 12 Hrs – NCBTMB approved Take both classes and save
Ethics Only: $110; Bodywork Only: $325; Take Both and Save: $400
For class registration and & payment options please visit:
https://unburdenedbodywork.ticketspice.com/get-all-your-ceus-in-one-weekend
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Certification with Nicola McGill
Dates:
September 3-8, 2024. 8-5pm first 5 days then 8-2pm on 6th day. 1 hour lunch. (45 CEUs– NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
This 5½-day MLD certification course is based on the techniques developed by Dr. Emil Vodder, Ph.D., MT. When skillfully applied, this therapeutic form of soft-tissue mobilization dramatically enhances lymph formation and promotes drainage within the superficial and deep systems of the lymph vascular network. During this course, students will be instructed in anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system. Basic MLD treatment sequences as well as MLD treatment sequences for mild, medically uncomplicated upper and lower extremity lymphedema will be demonstrated and practiced. Each day will be divided into two sections: theoretical and hands-on application.
PRICE: $1300
For class registration and & payment options please visit:
Understanding & Transforming Stress – Live Online Ethics for LMTs w/ Bhanu Harrison
Dates:
Friday, September 6, 2024 ( 4 CEUS – NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
Stress is the #1 reason clients seek out bodywork, yet how well do you understand it? We will explore the physiology of stress, the stress-trauma continuum, effects of stress on the body, homeostasis vs. allostasis, and how bodywork, polyvagal understanding, mindfulness and other approaches can relieve stress.
PRICE: $90
For class registration and & payment options please visit: www.choosingmindfulness.net
Developing Your Listening Hands pt 2: Fascia and Visceral Motility with Ellen Santistevan
Dates:
September 28-29 10am-4pm. (12 CEUs– NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
Building on the skills developed in part 1, you will learn to travel along the fascia and connect with both abdominal and thoracic viscera to detect and witness for restrictions and scarring that contribute to musculoskeletal dysfunction. Simply contacting and listening can allow the body to reorganize in more helpful ways and ease chaotic compensation patterns without using force. Prerequisites: Healthy Boundaries in Energy Work and Developing Your Listening Hands, part 1, or with permission of the instructor
PRICE: $335
For class registration and & payment options please visit:
https://unburdenedbodywork.ticketspice.com/developing-your-listening-hands-pt-2fv
Money, Power & Ethics – In person Ethics for LMTs
Dates:
October 12th, 2024 9am-1pm (4CEUs– NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
Power and money are strong forces that are oft misunderstood and misused. We will discuss how your beliefs about money and power affect your therapeutic relationships, professional worth, confidence and ability to practice ethically. Details include professional intent, role power, privilege, boundary setting, finances and more.
PRICE: $95
For class registration and & payment options please visit: www.choosingmindfulness.net
Last Minute Ethics!!!!!!!!!!!! with Ellen Santistevan
Dates:
October 27th (4CEUs– NCBTMB Approved)
Course Description:
TBA
PRICE: TBA
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Thank you for choosing to register for one of ASHA’s CE workshops!
Your payment secures your spot in the class you select. You may register for more than one class. You will receive an email from your instructor before the start of your course.
**Please note that we can offer a refund if you need to cancel with more than 10 days notice. A $25.00 administrative fee will be withheld from your refund. Cancellations with less than 10 days notice or no-shows on the day of the class will not be refunded.
Please feel free to call 505-441-2742 if you have any additional questions.
