Spring and summer CE

Spring and Summer classes to grow your skills!

Sat Mar 2, 9-12: Chair Massage

Wed Apr 3, 12-4: Precision Deep Tissue: Neck & Shoulder
Wed May 8, 12-4: Precision Deep Tissue: Back and Hip
Wed Jun 5, 12-4: Precision Deep Tissue: Twister Muscles
Sat Jul 20, 9-6: Stretch-Based Deep Tissue
To be announced: Muscle Whispering
To be announced: Keep Your Body Happy
Discount if you register 2 weeks ahead!

Chair Massage, 3 CE hours
Have more fun than you thought possible with chair massage--while also being more effective! Stretch lats and pecs to help the neck, refresh aching elbows and tired forearms with pin and stretch, and learn an efficient hip releaser. Clarify practical aspects, including essential assessment questions.

Precision Deep Tissue: Neck and Shoulder, 4 CE hours
Neck and shoulder complaints are among the most common we address as massage therapists. Since the root causes of pain and restriction go beyond the muscles that hurt, lasting relief requires looking beneath the surface. This course is grounded in kinesiology and muscular/fascial relationships. It features targeted stretching and releases for the tight muscles and fascia that sustain the postures contributing to dysfunction in the neck, shoulders, and upper back.

Precision Deep Tissue: Back and Hip, 4 CE hours
So much low back pain is rooted in hip imbalance that this is a natural pairing of topics. Release tension and restore structural balance by targeting relevant muscles prone, sidelying, and supine. Pinpoint these muscles with pin and stretch, pin and rock, pin and move, PNF, and more. Focus is on front-to-back imbalances (see Twister Muscles class for rotational imbalances).

Precision Deep Tissue: Twister Muscles
4 CE hours
Learn how to treat twisted postures that cause back and hip pain, using a new, incredibly gentle psoas technique plus releases and stretches for obliques, adductors, glutes, and piriformis. Read the body to determine when each technique is appropriate and when desired results have been achieved.

Stretch-Based Deep Tissue, 8 CE hours
Produce palpable results, even with hard-to-reach muscles. Give your hands a break as you keep your body moving. Treat the whole body using PNF, passive stretch, pin and stretch, and more. Draping tips included. An abridged combination of Neck and Shoulder/Back and Hip, plus techniques for forearm and lower leg.

Muscle Whispering, 4 CE hours
New research says the greatest impact of touch on muscles and fascia is through the nervous system. Here we capitalize on that insight, exploring subtle factors that affect a muscle's ability to let go. You'll learn to talk to the nerves that govern muscles in their own language--and relax deeply in the process.

Keep Your Body Happy, 4 CE hours
Play with yoga-based principles that maximize effective movement while saving your body. Integrate them into your usual massage techniques, receiving individual guidance. Learn strengtheners and stretches to keep you comfortable!

I'd love to see you in class! Register for classes here or download a registration form. Or contact TIBIA at info@tibiainc.com / (608) 238-7378.
For classes at other venues or any questions about the courses, call/text me at
(608) 332-9581 or just hit Reply! I look forward to hearing from you.

An NCBTMB-approved CE provider (#367) and lifelong educator, Leora Weitzman, PhD, BCTMB, LMT (WI #3833-146), RYT®-200, has completed Continuing Education in muscle-specific Deep Tissue techniques, PNF stretching, Myofascial Release, Structural Integration, CranioSacral Therapy, Reiki, Acupressure, and intuitive energy work. She has taught Kinesiology and Deep Tissue at East-West Healing Arts Institute. Her yoga teacher training and subsequently attended workshops have had a therapeutic focus.

Warm regards, Leora (608) 332-9581 backinharmony.org