Northern Arizona Massage Therapy Institute (NAMTI) in Sedona and Prescott, Arizona

Program Descriptions:

MASSAGE PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM
[840 hours]

This program solidifies a foundation of education and experience for an individual to begin working professionally as a massage therapist. Studies include a variety of massage modalities, and both the scientific and artistic studies pertaining to massage therapy. Students will receive high quality instruction and insight from trained professionals where individual style and expression of massage is emphasized.

A comprehensive amount of time is spent with supervised practice, and students will also gain experience working in the student clinic and in the community. Graduate are eligible for National Certification and state licensure depending on the exact requirements of each individual state.

WESTERN HERBALISM CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
[400 hours]

Connecting to the "Green"

In order for the student to develop a working relationship with the plants, we feel a full-spectrum education is essential. The importance of developing solid therapeutic skills is paramount and we will provide hands-on experience and training in natural herbal therapies. This includes gaining an understanding of the basic health sciences as well as developing creative and intuitive skills that honor earth-centered values. Woven within this program is a blend of earth-centered classes related to herbal traditions, ritual, ceremony and story-telling.

Learning the plants in the classroom, honoring and harvesting them in the field, making medicines with them and using them as therapies, not only sparks awareness of the world around us, but our connection to it. This increases the student¹s parameters of creativity and unfolds the awareness of spirit that fuels self-empowerment. Inherent in our definition of a competent herbalist is one who has a profound appreciation for their work as well as a deep connection to the "Green".

This new and innovative eight month herbal program at NAMTI invites you to explore with us the path of plants as medicines and healing allies. The program is being led by the former Director of the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies, Feather Jones.

TRADTIONAL THAI MASSAGE

Nuad Bo-Rarn
[100 hours]

This 100-hour program covers the Levels I and II Thai Massage as taught by the international reknown Chongkol Settakorn, Director and Founder of the Institute of Thai Massage, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The methods of Thai Massage focus on pressure on energy lines and points, and a wide variety of deep stretching movements. This style of massage which originated in Thailand as early as the 2nd millennium B.C., affects the entire body by increasing flexibility, releasing deep and superficial tension, and encouraging the body’s natural energy to freely flow.

For enrollment and class dates please visit www.namti.com

At NAMTI It is our mission: