Holistic Massage Training Institute

I am currently attending this school as a full time student and I fall in love with this place every day I walk into the door. The curriculum is solid and informative. In addition, i feel supported enough to learn to be a compassionate, effective therapist. The instructors are solid professional Massage Therapists in the top of their fields, but they also bring great wisdom from the various modalities they practice. In addition to Massage, I have learned so much about energy work, working with special populations (elderly, disabled, pregnant), business structure and so much more. They allow me to bring my own experiences to the table and support me to be a great massage therapist. I love this place!

My girlfriend told me I give awful massages so found a groupon for a couples massage class. The place is a little tough to find. We showed up 15 minutes early and woman/​instructor was just starting to set up. She frequently left the room even after the scheduled time.
There were two other couples in the class with us. She started off by asking if the instructor came, which apparently she didn’t do, so the owner led the class. She was knowledgable but not a great teacher.

My husband and I always wanted to take a couples massage class. We saw a groupon for this place and decided to give it a try. This was one of the coolest dates/​classes I have ever had!
The class focused on ways to sustain giving a relaxing massage for long periods of time without getting tired. Our class had five couples and we each had our own table to practice on. The teacher starts the class with one person giving the massage and one receiving and then, in the second hour, you trade spots, so you both get to enjoy giving and receiving.
Before this class, I could never massage my husband because he is so ticklish. The instructor gave me specific techniques to help massage without him bursting out in laughter.
Before we arrived, I was worried about getting kicked out of the class for being too silly. We were once kicked out of a birthing class for getting the giggles when they made us try out breathing techniques. Luckily, this class wasn’t overly new-​age. We did get the giggles a few times, and the teacher was still very nice to us.

I find this place a great combination of value-​for-​money and convenience. I have been going here since 2007. The hourly massage costs about $ 75 and I love that you can call on the day of and leave a message on the phone and someone will call you back and schedule a same-​day massage.
The other great thing is the student clinic, where you can get a daytime, weekday massage for $ 25 from massage therapy students! I had one not so skilled student and two fantastic ones, one of which I went to, for 7 – 8 sessions during her training.
Given 4 stars, as ambience is as bleh as it can get and some therapists are best avoided (Eg Janine– weird bedside manner).