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Menopause comes with a set of mixed messages, symptoms, and uncertainty. Pivot to a new paradigm that is one of rejuvenation and growth. Heal holistically while finding how to experience more energy and reconnect with this stage of life yourself with greater pleasure and purpose. Find ways you can build a healthy lifestyle that brings out your best...

In Beginning Zen Shiatsu, we impart the simple ability to be with another human being in a healing context. This class is open to anyone who wants to learn to share this beautiful skill with others. Every time you lay hands on another human, you have an opportunity to express mindfulness and compassion. You have the ability to spark the intrinsic...

Crystals can be used for healing, protection and increased energy. You may sensitive to the energies of crystals, feel them or use them with intention. Discover why you are drawn to one crystal or stone over another. Crystals are important tools that are available to use in a number of ways. Experience working with crystals for anything from healing...

This weekend course provides an introduction to the powerful HandsFree techniques of Chuck Duff's Coaching The Body method. Students are taught to work from a place of meditative ease using leverage and body weight, a practice that cultivates maximum sensitivity to your client's body cues and avoids injury from overuse of forearm, shoulder and hand...

Energy Medicine for Women incorporates the work of Donna Eden, Ellen Meredith, and others to address practical and simple ways to balance and control energies that affect your mood swings, memory loss and brain scramble, weight control, libido, PMS, bone health, and insomnia. Dance with your hormones by engaging your body’s subtle energy systems....

Experience gentle yoga for well-being, a relaxing and inclusive program designed for all levels of fitness. Enjoy a combination of gentle breathing, stretching, meditation, and relaxation with attention placed on the seated and reclining postures. Bring a yoga mat. All are welcome. Come and enjoy a sense of peace and balance.

This course provides a full protocol for addressing the most common upper body complaints seen in clinical practice. Student will learn to address shoulder, upper back and neck pain by understanding the role of proper scapular positioning, the various muscular sources that can feed the upper body with satellite referral, perpetuating factors for upper...

Inspired by Shinrin yoku, Japanese forest bathing refers to the practice of immersing all of your senses in the healing forest to reduce stress hormones and increase immune function. Connect with forest life around you through mindful activities on a gentle walk, typically covering less than a mile, and ending with a simple tea ceremony utilizing...

This course establishes the foundation of the CTB Lower Body Protocol, focusing on the key techniques that are used to work with muscles of the lower body. We emphasize the use of Handsfree-style techniques in this area of the body, because they are very efficient for the practitioner and also very effective therapeutic techniques for the client....

Upper Core 2 is focused on refining the muscle and technique knowledge gained in its prerequisite, Clinical Core for Upper Body 1, as well as developing robust analytical skills for upper body complaints - particularly shoulder and neck pain. The Upper Core Protocol is a powerful analytical tool that requires assessment and decision making to unc0ver...

In Lower Core 2 we go into more depth on designing specific treatments using the Lower Core Protocol. Lower body techniques are by their nature more complex than upper body due to the size and weight of the lower body and legs, so we continue to refine the techniques with an eye toward sustainability and body mechanics.  Completion of Clinical...

Discover the healing world of shamanism, the spirituality of ancient native cultures. Explore the power of shamanistic methods to connect with Spirit with deep introspection. Embark on a journey to the spirit world in the upper and lower realms with a guided drum meditation. Enter into a trance state during your journey experience. Greet and communicate...

Experience specialized techniques to clear and shield your energy field of any negativity. Easily and naturally enter a deep focused trance state of alpha and theta brain wave states so you can tap into and enhance your healing abilities. Intuitively access your inner healer to remove blocks and barriers by releasing stuck energy stored in the body....

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers is a certification course for doctors, nurses and others who work in the medical profession or in clinical areas, including nursing students and EMTs Or, healthcare providers renewing their current BLS certification.  Intended Audience for BLS: Healthcare providers such as physicians,...

Food is more than just calories and nutrients when you infuse it with energy and love. Culinary Reiki integrates mindfulness, spirituality, positive energy, and intuitive eating into your food choices and practices. Add the ingredients of intention and positive energy to your food. These practices are a way to heal your relationship with food and...