Academy of Somatic Healing Arts

Academy of Somatic Healing Arts
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ASHA was founded in 1991 by Jim and Becky Gabriel with a vision to add Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) to massage training. They were inspired to offer NMT because this form of pain relief and injury treatment had healed Jim when nothing else seemed to work. They were committed to creating better massage therapists through a more comprehensive technique curriculum that included Swedish, Sports Massage and NMT. This curriculum was more comprehensive than others at that time. Today, NMT is widely taught and practiced. ASHA's current owners, Dr. Stan and Mary Dawson, bought ASHA in the fall of 2003 and continue the commitment to excellence. Under the leadership of the Dawsons, the program has expanded dramatically. More hours have been added for Swedish Massage and Anatomy and Physiology as well as new courses like Asian Theory, Polarity Therapy and Mind/Body Integration. The redesigned Sports Massage course, based on insights from massage therapists in the Olympic movement, prepares ASHA students to work with everyone's health, not just world-class athletes. The advanced techniques taught in the Sports Massage course are usually only available in the continuing education programs. Since joining ASHA, Dr. Stan Dawson has been the driving force behind the innovations in ASHA's programs. He authored the holistic model that underlies ASHA's educational process. He is a pioneer in the area of holistic health. After graduating from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1975, he was the first doctor in the southeast with massage therapists in his practice, the first to practice with an MD, the first to do conjoint sessions with clinical psychologists, and the first to set up a holistic health care and education center, all of which he did before 1980, when holistic health was not a well-known concept. In 2005, ASHA's curriculum expanded to 840 hours becoming an even more inclusive, comprehensive training for Massage Therapists. You will now receive a massage table and all supplies needed to become a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT). If you attend ASHA in the Day program, you could graduate in as little as 8 1/2 months with training in Swedish, Sports Massage and Neuromuscular Therapy. The Night/Weekend format takes 11 1/2 months. The Weekend only program takes 17 months.

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