Center for Massage & Natural Health

Nontraditional Massage in the Spa Environment

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:37:00 +0000

Traditionally, the term ‘massage’ to the general public indicates a relaxation massage. With increasing popularity massage therapy is now viewed as a healing practice. Spa visitors are often receiving massage on a regular basis at home for health benefits. Today’s spa clients look for massage treatments that are beyond the norm as they explore new modalities of healing in their retreat and spa vacations.

Therapies such as hot stone and deep tissue massage are now popular. Less common modalities are being requested and therefore added to many spa menus. Here are just a few nontraditional massage therapies to consider adding to your repertoire:

Ayurvedic massage, based on the underlying principles of ayurvedic medicine, focuses on manipulation of marma points, or energy points, on the body and corresponding techniques appropriate for the individuals body type, or dosha. Abhyanga is the traditional daily massage. Other bodywork offerings include dry brushing or garshana and rituals such as Shirodhara, a treatment that entails warm oil being poured over the third eye in a constant stream.

Shiatsu massage works with acupressure points along the energetic meridians to balance chi. Shiatsu literally translates to ‘finger pressure.’

Thai massage is a combination of yoga and massage that is done while clothed. It involves working on pressure points and energy lines through stretching and movement exercises. Thai massage is wonderful to market to athletes to increase range of movement.

Watsu is a stretching massage done in a warm water pool. Watsu practitioners cradle their clients while gently stretching muscles. This is truly a massage that invites spa clients to experience a nearly weightless massage.

Lomi lomi massage is rooted in the Huna tradition of Hawaii with the universal need for love as its premise. It involves a deep connection between the massage practitioner and the client as most of the work involves intuitive responsiveness of the therapist to return the client to balance.

Craniosacral massage involves the manipulation of the fluid and membrane system of the body that supports the brain and spinal column. Craniosacral work typically involves massage of the skull, spinal cord and sacrum. It is indicated for chronic pain, headache and tension, but there are contraindications of which therapists need to be aware.

Lymphatic massage may be gaining popularity as spa clients look for treatments to detox from daily exposure to toxins. Lymphatic massage works by stimulating the lymph glands to improve lymph circulation. An additional benefit is the potential for improved immune functioning.

For practicing massage therapists adding unique massage treatments is a great way to draw in new clients and become more marketable within the spa industry. Another benefit to being skilled in these nontraditional methods, even if you are not working in a spa environment, is that spa clients will seek out these therapies when returning to their home regions, so the ability to draw in a greater clientele is increased.

Specialized training in these modalities can be found in a variety of settings and lengths. As with all bodywork, the more intensely a modality is practiced and applied, the greater the skill development will become. These different modalities also have grounding in other healing and treatment systems in which practitioners may choose to further develop their practices.

Many of these massage modalities are offered at the Center for Massage & Natural Health’s Holistic Retreat Center, and the practitioners are graduates of their Massage Therapy Certification Program. As massage therapy clients from all walks of life become more familiar with the wide range of services offered, they will be requesting a more eclectic treatment session, and massage therapists should be educated in many of these modalities if they hope to keep their clientele coming back.

If you are interested learning some of these popular massage therapy modalities, please, contact the Center for Massage & Natural Health, 530 Upper Flat Creek Rd. Asheville (Weaverville), NC 28787, call (828) 658-0814 email info@centerformassage.com or visit the website at http://www.centerformassage.com.

About the Author: Jennifer Flynn is the General Manager of the Center for Massage & Natural Health’s Holistic Retreat Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

CE Retreat Vacations-The New Way to Get Your Continuing Education

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:48:00 +0000

Many of us put-off taking our required continuing education workshops to fulfill our State Board and National Certification requirements. It is time consuming, costs us money and there are usually slim-pickins’ for workshops close to home. And if we are lucky to find a workshop that really interests us, it usually involves traveling some distance, and probably going to a city or town that is less than appealing. Then there are the hotel reservations to consider, and the workshop space itself.

I remember going to a Cranio-Sacral therapy workshop in Charlotte, NC one year, and it was held in cheap hotel conference room. The massage tables were fashioned out of conference tables with swimming pool inflatable mats on top that we actually had to blow up ourselves. The rooms at the hotel were uninspiring and smelled bad, and there were no restaurants within walking distance, let alone in the hotel itself. While the workshop material proved to be interesting, like so many of us, I waited to the last minute to register for “something” and the overall experience was grueling, to say the least, costing me more than $1200 overall, with workshop fees, hotel accommodations, meals and a souvenir massage tool or two.

I started a massage school back in 1998. One of my visions in creating an Education Center was to change the CE experience into one that would be much more appealing and all-inclusive. I thought about what would be important to me in attending a required workshop. Well, how about one that is like an educational vacation? One where I could show up and have all of my needs taken care of, and one where the setting was extraordinarily beautiful? And located in a city of great culture and interest? That was it. That was what would make taking CE’s something to look forward to, rather than dread and resent. A continuing education retreat vacation, located somewhere fabulous. And that is exactly what I created.

Our Education Center is in Asheville, North Carolina, named the #1 Adventure Town by National Geographic, and one of the top 10 places to live in the world, according to many critics. The campus is located on a private 24-acre campus in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Education Center itself is beautiful, spacious and shiny new, and there is a Holistic Retreat Center on campus, all with the most stunning mountain views. The Retreat Center hosts anyone interested in a holistic retreat vacation or health retreat package, and is also home to our student housing for our 6-Month Massage Therapy Certification Program.

Having the perfect location, facilities, workshops and abilities, I created my dream CE scenario. An all-inclusive CE Retreat Vacation. For much less than it cost me for my CST workshop experience in Charlotte, one can come to this oasis and take a wonderful vacation while taking care of your education. The package includes a 22-hour NCBTMB Approved CE workshop, a free 3-hour Professional Ethics class, 2-nights’ accommodations (Friday and Saturday) and all meals, beginning with lunch on Friday afternoon and ending with lunch on Sunday. And all of it for $595 per person for shared accommodations or $695 for private accommodations.

There are generally 24 CE weekend workshops scheduled each year, ranging from Thai Massage to Hot Stone Massage and Spa Therapies. All here, in one exquisite place, and it is grand. Just like I dreamed it could be.

If you are interested in a whole new CE experience, and one that doesn’t drain your wallet like all the a la carte options do, this is an option that you will definitely want to check out.

For more information, contact the Center for Massage & Natural Health, 530 Upper Flat Creek Rd. Asheville (Weaverville), NC 28787, call (828) 658-0814 email info@centerformassage.com or visit the website at http://www.centerformassage.com .

About the author: Peggy M. Huff is the owner and Executive Director of the Center for Massage & Natural Health in Asheville, North Carolina. This COMTA accredited school is celebrating its 10^th year of educational excellence and innovation in continuing education experiences.

CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPERTS needed!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Massage Continuing Education Experts Needed

MASSAGE Magazine Online Community Looking for PR Sources, Authors, Expert Massage Contributors

The MASSAGEmag.com Web team has just launched its Continuing Education resource center, which contains articles, news, and other tools to support massage continuing education. Are YOU a resource for this information? Be an expert contributor in our online community.

In exchange, MASSAGEmag.com will help promote your work, book, name or Web site in exchange for your participation. The two kinds of experts needed are:

1) Contributors — massage therapy experts who will write articles (500 to 700 words), which will get national exposure.

2) Bloggers - Massage experts available to write a weekly blog and respond to massage therapists’ questions and comments.

MASSAGEmag.com was recently selected as one of Google News’ top massage therapy news sites and is tracked by Google News every minute for breaking massage therapy news.

Interested in writing for MASSAGEmag.com?

Send your resume and writing samples to Amy Mitchell (amitchell@MASSAGEmag.com), MASSAGE Magazine’s Online Editor. The magazine’s editorial staff will review the submitted content and reply back as soon as possible.

More about MASSAGE Magazine & MASSAGEmag.com

MASSAGEmag.com is the most dynamic, useful and fastest growing massage therapy site on the Internet. MASSAGEmag.com is the leading supplier of online information and resources for massage therapists, providing news, features, commentary, RSS feeds, and a video encyclopedia covering the massage field, industry and profession. MASSAGEmag.com is ranked among the most visited massage Web sites in the world by Alexa.com, an Amazon.com (News-Alert) company that monitors Web traffic.

Founded in 1985 by Robert Calvert, MASSAGE Magazine (www.MASSAGEmag.com) is the industry’s independent, monthly magazine. Each issue provides information on continuing education, how to manage a practice, acquire new skills and stay informed on established and emerging techniques.

The Doyle Group, publisher of MASSAGE and Chiropractic Economics magazines (www.ChiroEco.com), offers a wide range of products and services designed to generate qualified sales leads for business in the massage and chiropractic marketplaces. Visit the site at www.MASSAGEmag.com.

MASSAGEmag.com

Amy Mitchell, 904-567-1538

amitchell@MASSAGEmag.com

Also, please send your articles to CFMNH to post on our blog!

Info@centerformassage.com

http://www.centerformassage.com

GREEN Experts Needed!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Massage Green Experts Needed

MASSAGE Magazine Online Community Looking for PR Sources, Authors, Expert Massage Contributors

The MASSAGEmag.com Web team is developing a Green Living resource center, which contains articles, news, and other tools to support environmentally friendly massage business practices. Are YOU a resource for this information? Be an expert contributor in our online community.

In exchange, MASSAGEmag.com will help promote your work, book, name or Web site in exchange for your participation. The two kinds of experts needed are:

1) Contributors — Green experts who will write articles (500 to 700 words), which will get national exposure.

2) Bloggers - Green experts available to write a weekly blog and respond to massage therapists’ questions and comments.

MASSAGEmag.com was recently selected as one of Google News’ top massage therapy news sites and is tracked by Google News every minute for breaking massage therapy news.

Interested in writing for MASSAGEmag.com?

Send your writing samples and information about your background to Amy Mitchell (amitchell@MASSAGEmag.com), MASSAGE Magazine’s Online Editor. The magazine’s editorial staff will review the submitted content and reply back as soon as possible.

More about MASSAGE Magazine & MASSAGEmag.com

Founded in 1985 by Robert Calvert, MASSAGE Magazine (www.MASSAGEmag.com) is the industry’s independent, monthly magazine. Each issue provides information on Green, how to manage a practice, acquire new skills and stay informed on established and emerging techniques.

MASSAGEmag.com

Amy Mitchell, 904-567-1538

amitchell@MASSAGEmag.com

Please also send your articles to CFMNH to post on our blog!

info@centerformassage.com

http://www.centerformassage.com

CFMNH and MASSAGE MAGAZINE seeks contributors

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:57:00 +0000

Massage Therapy Experts Needed!

MASSAGE Magazine Online Community Looking for PR Sources, Authors, Expert Massage Contributors

MASSAGEmag.com, the massage therapist’s online massage therapy community, is looking for talented writers, MTs, and massage therapy experts to write and join the Web site’s growing list of influential contributors. MASSAGE Magazine is an independent publication, and its Web site is the leading resources for massage therapists to ask questions or share what they’ve discovered. Authors, massage experts and guest editorials about massage therapy topics are specifically in demand.

***The MASSAGEmag.com Web team is developing a new feature to be launched in 2008: Resource Centers, which will contain articles, news, and other tools to support the massage practice. Are YOU a resource for this information? Be an expert contributor in our online community.***

MASSAGEmag.com is looking for two kinds of expert contributors and will help promote your work, book, name or Web site in exchange for your participation. The two kinds of experts needed are:

1) Article Contributors — massage therapy experts who will write articles (500 to 700 words), which will get national exposure.

2) Bloggers - Massage experts available to write a weekly blog and respond to massage therapists’ questions and comments.

MASSAGEmag.com was recently selected as one of Google News’ top massage therapy news sites and is tracked by Google News every minute for breaking massage therapy news.

Interested in appearing on MASSAGEmag.com?

More about MASSAGE Magazine & MASSAGEmag.com

MASSAGEmag.com

Amy Mitchell, 904-567-1538

amitchell@MASSAGEmag.com

Please send your articles to CFMNH and we will also post them on our blog!

info@centerformassage.com

http://www.centerformassage.com

New December Class!!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:56:00 +0000

I can't believe that the holidays are here....and so are the students! Wow,
we've had a HUGE turnout for the December class! We are all so very excited
to see all the new faces in the classroom! It's always sad to say goodbye
to the graduates, but knowing they are on the path to success keeps me
uplifted. Congratulations, graduates! And welcome new Center for
Massagers!

Blessings,
Lindsay

Continuing Education Workshops Gaining Popularity

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:58:00 +0000

As fall approaches, the phone rings more often with folks eager to sign up
for continuing education courses. And who can blame them??? With options
such as Shiatsu Fundamentals, Thai Yoga Massage, and Integrating the
Emotional Body...WOW! And that's just to mention a few. The participants
from last weekend's course, Advanced Neuromuscular, gave incredible reviews!
It was great to see so many alumni back on campus. And for those of you who
did graduate from CFMNH, please remember that you get $100 discount on any
CE workshop you attend! So call us soon to reserve your space in one of our
exciting upcoming classes. We'd love to have you!

Lindsay Gunalda
Assistant to the Director

Fw: Kodo

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:08:00 +0000

--------- Original Message --------
From: "Holly whocares" <surfergurl2238@yahoo.com>
To: "therapycenter@centerformassage.com" <therapycenter@centerformassage.com>
Subject: Kodo
Date: 09/07/07 04:16
Hello to everyone out there from the Center for Massage Therapy Clinic!

Our innovative office staff would love to share with you another fabulous modality. Please enjoy the brief snippit on Kodo massage included below.

The traditional massage of indigenous Australian
culture honors dreaming, or Dreamtime, and the
expanded consciousness it can create. A new technique,
Kodo, builds on that tradition, offering clients deep
peace and relaxation. With its rhythmic rocking,
circular movements, sweeping strokes and aromatherapy,
Kodo massage is making inroads at spas throughout
North America.
Massage Magazine
by Naomi Serviss

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Welcome September Night Class!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Last night was orientation night for the new group of students. It was such
a great experience to sit among like-minded people all wanting to share in
the experience of massage therapy. People have come from all over the US to
join the class. I can tell by looking at their faces that they are curious,
motivated, and ready to succeed in the program. The first night of class is
always a little scary...but by the end of the night, everyone was laughing
and telling their own stories of what drew them to this magical journey. I
cannot wait to see how this unfolds!

Assistant to the Director
Center for Massage and Natural Health
530 Upper Flat Creek Rd.
Weaverville, NC 28787
828-658-0814 ext.102
www.centerformassage.com

COMTA Accreditation

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:54:00 +0000

The Center for Massage & Natural Health is very proud to announce that we have received our COMTA Accreditation (Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation) for our massage school. We have been granted 5 years accreditation status, which is very rare. Most newly accredited schools are granted 2 years.

Our accreditation assures our students that they are receiving not only a solid curriculum taught by very competent instructors, but that our entire administrative staff, our financial stability and every process that goes into making an excellent school function is top-notch.

We are looking foward to continued success for our school, our graduates and employers of our massage school graduates.

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who has been dedicated and committed to this long process.

Construction is fully under way!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:00:00 +0000

The expansion of our new facilities is coming along very well. The project is approximately 25% complete, and we hope to be finished by the end of August. Our new classroom and business offices will be a wonderful addition to our existing facilities, and make communication between our students and our staff members much more convenient. Please visit our website for photographic updates of our progress! http://www.centerformassage.com

WE'RE EXPANDING!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:27:00 +0000

Construction is under way for our new facilities! This half-million dollar project will bring additional classroom space, a new student library and a new business center. The nearly 5000 square foot addition to our existing education center, plus our new 60 car parking lot, will make ours one of the most beautiful and spacious massage schools in the country. Please visit our website at http://www.centerformassage.com to see a sketch of our new facilities and a photograph of our progress!

Essence Recovery Center comes to Asheville!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:15:00 +0000

CFMNH is proud to announce the grand opening for Essence Health Center, a new all-natural health recovery center based in orthomolecular medicine and the healing arts and sciences. This new Center will specialize in health recovery from alcohol and drug dependencies, smoking, food addictions and much more. Please visit their new website at www.essencerecoverycenter.com to learn more about this cutting edge program!

The Center is Making Big Changes

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:19:00 +0000

The Center for Massage & Natural Health is in the planning stages of designing and implementing a very specialized Natural Health Recovery Center. This all-natural approach utilizes nutritional supplementation and various mind/body therapy sessions to aid in recovery from such afflictions as alcoholism, drug addiction, addictions to nicotine, sugar or other substances as well as depression. This new and progressive 28-day program will be available as in-client (all-inclusive, with accommodations) and as intensive out-client (those who live in the area and will sleep at home. The new program is set to launch June 2006. Please stay tuned for much more information to come. If you wish to ask any questions, please contact the owner at peggy@centerformassage.com.

CFMNH Welcomes International Students

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:52:00 +0000

The Center for Massage & Natural Health is proud to accept students from around the world to its Massage Therapy Certification Program. Fully approved to do so, we are excited about the possibility of culturally and ethnically diverse classes. If you wish to learn more about how come to our school as a foreign student, please visit our website at www.centerformassage.com

CFMNH adds Subscriber Option!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:16:00 +0000

The Center for Massage & Natural Health is excited about it's new opt-in subscriber community. Now, you can simply fill out your email address, and we will provide information on the subjects that interest you most, keep you up to date on our business, offer special discounts and special announcements. Subscribers can change their setting at any time. We are receiving an overwhelming response to the specials and announcements we have sent out, and look forward to building our CFMNH community. Please visit our website at www.centerformassage.com if you would like to join us. We'd love to have you!

Introduction to Massage Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:18:00 +0000

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! And ONLY $25

Location:
Center for Massage & Natural Health®
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Saturday, July 30th, 10am-50m

The Center for Massage & Natural Health is proud to host fun and exciting
Community Education Workshops for those who might be considering a career in
Massage Therapy, or those interested in learning basic skills to practice on
family and friends. This workshop includes a delicious FREE lunch!

This workshop will introduce you to simple, everyday massage techniques that
focus on connectedness and healing qualities. No previous massage or bodywork
experience is necessary. With a playful, fun approach, we will present
fundamental elements of bodywork, physiology, breath awareness, grounding,
quality of touch, and stress reduction. By the end of the day, you will be able
to perform a basic Swedish massage on a friend. We will teach the techniques on
floor mats, so you will require no special equipment to continue practicing at
home. A lovely vegetarian lunch will be provided, free of charge!

You may also wish to make it a whole weekend with us! For registrants of our
workshop, we offer discounted room rates for the night, and provide a delicious
and nutritious continental breakfast for our overnight guests. Accommodations:
$99/Night (double occupancy).

JULY 4TH WEEKEND RETREAT

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:50:00 +0000

The Center for Massage & Natural Health is preparing for a great July 4th Weekend Vacation this year! We still have a few rooms left if you are interested in doing something fun and unique this holiday weekend!

2005 JULY 4TH WEEKEND RETREAT
July 1-4 , 2005 (4-Days/3-Nights)
All-Inclusive-Meals, Morning Yoga and a Massage!
$527 for One or $757 for Two (Save $297.00!)

≈ 4-Days, 3-Nights Beautiful Accommodations in our Retreat Center
≈ One 50-Minute In-Room Massage Therapy Session Each
≈ Healthy & Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine & Special Lake-Side Cookout!
≈ Morning Yoga Classes
≈ Private Balcony with Breathtaking Views
≈ Private Bath with Separate Vanity Area
≈ All Natural Essential Oil Body Care Hospitality Products

Summer in the Mountains! Let the cool fresh air rejuvenate you this Independence Day Weekend. Your All-Inclusive weekend retreat includes delicious vegetarian cuisine, morning Yoga classes and a personalized in-room massage-plus a special holiday lakeside cookout! Enjoy swimming, hiking and tennis, or relax on the deck and take in the mountain views. Our beautiful 24-acre estate is located near an abundance of shopping and local attractions. Call today to start your summer the healthy way!

Payment in full is due to hold your space in any workshop or vacation event. Fees are non-refundable and non-transferable in cancelled within 14 days of workshop or vacation event date. A $75 administrative fee applies to changes in reservations or cancellations (of workshop OR accommodations) or transfers made more than 14 days in advance of workshop or vacation event date. All workshops and vacation events are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Prices subject to change without notice. *Taxes and services fees not included.

CFMNH at LEAF

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:08:00 +0000

The Center for Massage & Natural Health would like to invite you to stop by our booth at the Lake Eden Arts Festival this fall! We provide massage therapy treatments, information on our Massage School and all our Health Retreat Vacations. The festival is fantastic and offers music, dancing, delicious food and wonderful new friends. We hope to see you there!

Student Clinic

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:30:00 +0000

We receive wonderful feedback about our Student Clinic, located in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. There, one can receive a delightful massage therapy treatment from one of our student practitioners for only $25. Sessions last from 40-50 minutes, and afterwards are asked to fill out a feedback form to offer any suggestions that might be helpful to our student. All sessions are held in the privacy of your own treatment room, where we provide heated massage tables, soft music and soft lighting. A lovely experience or a lovely gift. By appointment only, please call (828) 252-0058 to make yours today!

New Massage Therapy Class FULL with Wait List!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:37:00 +0000

We are very pleased by the turnout for our Summer Massage Therapy Certification class! Our new students are brimming with excitement and anticipation as they begin this life-changing adventure into the healing arts. While not everyone was able to get into this class, we begin a new one every 3 months, alternating Days and Evening classes. We hope they will join us for a future class.

Good luck to all our new students! We're glad you're here!

CFMNH is attracting Medical Groups to it's Natural Health Retreat

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 13:20:00 +0000

We are excited to announce that traditional western medical groups are holding their events at our Natural Health Retreat. MAHEC (Mountain Area Health Education Center), an organization that provides healthcare education, information, training, and services in Western North Carolina, will be holding events at the Center this summer, sparking what we hope will be an ongoing, and mutually beneficial relationship. As alternative/complementary medicine becomes more widely accepted in the western medical community, we are bound to see more groups like these using our Natural Health facilities to host their workshops, seminars and other events.

MASSAGE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:06:00 +0000

This Saturday, June 4, from 2-4pm, and on the 1st Saturday of EVERY month.

Receive a full tour of our massage school, our beautiful property and Retreat Center, and learn how you can enter the natural health field by becoming a Certified Massage and Bodywork Therapist. Complementary homemade goodies and herb tea will be served. Please call us at (828) 658-0814 to RSVP. We'd love to meet you!

Classes Start Monday, June 6th!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:27:00 +0000

There is still time to enroll in our Massage Therapy School for our Summer session! Our 6-month, 600-hour program now includes more classroom time, a more advanced student clinic and much, much more. Call us at (828) 658-0814 to enroll, or visit our website at www.centerformassage.com to apply online TODAY!

CEU Hassles Become CEU Luxury Vacations!

noreply@blogger.com (Peggy Huff) — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:12:00 +0000

Wouldn’t it be dreamy if you could make one phone call and have it all taken care of for you in advance? And wouldn’t it be even better if all your needs would be taken care of at one place? And wouldn’t be even better still if that place was in an incredible vacation destination? Well there is such a place. It is called the Center for Massage & Natural Health.

Located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, there is a not-so-little-anymore-town called Asheville. It has been rated one of the top vacation destinations in the country as well as one of the top 10 places to live in the United States. The Center for Massage & Natural Health provides a paradise-like Retreat and Education Center just 6 miles north of popular down-town Asheville, in what feels like worlds away from the progressive city center.

Situated on their private 24-acre estate, just 3 miles from the interstate, this exclusive Massage School and Continuing Education Retreat Center offers all-inclusive CEU Retreat Vacations that are utterly unique in the industry. While enjoying some of the most popular and exciting massage and bodywork CEU workshops, guests of the Center relax in the luxury of their beautiful Retreat while earning their State Board and other educational requirements. Their courses are designed to provide the highest quality continuing education experience in a private retreat setting that caters to their every need. Guests may choose either private or semi-private retreat accommodations, and while they are studying a fun and exciting bodywork modality, the Center for Massage & Natural Health’s chef will be preparing delicious and nutritious vegetarian cuisine for them to enjoy in their Natural Health Café, located in the Retreat Center.Guests enjoy the privacy of their own beautiful guest room, or they may bring a fellow therapist to take advantage of the Semi-Private accommodations savings. If you don’t know of anyone, they will be happy to match you with someone.

Accommodations include spacious guest rooms, each with 2 queen beds, TV with Cable, private bath with separate vanity area, private balcony with stunning mountain or lake views and in-room French Lavender Essential Oil hospitality products. In the evenings, guests socialize in the Great Room in front of the 30’ native stone fireplace and floor to ceiling windows with the most spectacular views, study in the Resource Library, or simply relax on the expansive deck overlooking the lake. Their beautiful private lake is surrounded by a paved, softly lit walkway, and is perfect for an evening stroll. Whether you attend for your licensing requirements, or simply to broaden your natural healing horizons, their all-inclusive packages will leave you with a feeling of having had the most splendid vacation, and often for a fraction of the cost of creating an ala carte, high stress experience for yourself. And even better yet, for therapists, it's fully tax deductible! General Pricing: $425 for most weekend workshops, including FREE Professional Ethics course, and complimentary lunch on Saturday and Sunday. Add Private Accommodations and all meals for $270, or Semi-Private Accommodations and all meals for $170. Stay extra nights, bring a friend or loved one, add a massage to the package...whatever you choose, it is sure to be a vacation you’ll never forget!

Center for Massage & Natural Health is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. All workshops provide NCBTMB approved contact hours and are available with a Retreat Vacation Package.Visit their website at http://www.centerformassage.com/ for a complete calendar of upcoming CEU Retreat Vacation packages, and even register ON-LINE or call (828) 658-0814 for more information.