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Some personal and family obligations prevent me from scheduling anything new at this time.
Classes in California and Elsewhere
If you're planning on taking a professional level, hands on class, here are my requests and recomendations:
Women - Please wear a sports bra or a tank top with a "shelf bra". If you're comfortable with a bikini top, or a regular bra with good coverage, that will also work. Bike or yoga shorts are recommended for "bottoms". Just make sure they're comfortable enough to move in, without "flashing" anyone. PLEASE don't wear jeans, even "stretch" jeans, they are just too bulky and inflexible. You're welcome to wear additional clothing as a "cover up" when you're not being worked on.
Men - No jeans. Shorts with good coverage that are snug enough not to "flash". The ones with built in undies work well, so do bike shorts. You're welcome to wear additional clothing as a "cover up" when you're not being worked on.
Tables and Sheets, Lotions and Oils - Tables are provided at all classes held at Healing Arts Institute. Please bring sheets, and whatever oil or lotion you work best with. Due to the unpredictable nature of allergies, unscented lubricants are preferred.
If you're taking an advanced class, it is assumed that you are an ethical professional and will conduct yourself as such. I reserve the right to eject anyone who behaves in an inappropriate or unprofessional way.
Advanced Palpation Skills - The Finesse Of Touch
This class focuses on the fine techniques used to isolate and treat the deeper muscles in a smooth, minimally invasive way. It covers pacing, feedback, what trigger points and adhesions feel like, and the physics of effective movement. {1 day class, mostly hands on. Prefer a max of 20 students. Open to massage students, and professionals.}
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) for Personal Growth
Eliminate fears, phobias, and self-sabotage! It doesn't matter how long you've had them, or how severe they are, you can remove fear, and unlock your potential with this amazingly simple technique. {open to everyone, 1 day class. Minimum 10, no max.}
Muscle Specific Treatment Strategies for the Upper Body
The class covers precise, muscle specific assessment and treatment methods for the upper body. Basic Orthodpedic testing and detailed knowledge of antagonistic muscle systems are used to analyze movement and focus treatment, getting better results in less time with manual therapy techniques and MET. Also discusses Postural vs. Phasic muscles, and contraindications. {3 days, 24 hours, CMTs only. It is STRONGLY suggested that you be very familiar with detailed upper body anatomy before taking this class. This class will be very hands on, minimum 10, max 20 students.}
Muscle Specific Treatment Strategies for the Lower Body
The class covers precise, muscle specific assessment and treatment methods for the lower body. Basic Orthodpedic testing and detailed knowledge of antagonistic muscle systems are used to analyze movement and focus treatment, getting better results in less time with manual therapy techniques and MET. Also discusses Postural vs. Phasic muscles, and contraindications. {3 days, CMTs only. It is STRONGLY suggested that you be very familiar with detailed lower body anatomy before taking this class. This class will be very hands on, minimum 10, max 20 students.}
Manual Therapy 101
This hands on class discusses Trigger points, and their related myofascial restrictions, how they happen, how they work, and how to get rid of them. Extensive hands on using detailed and precise palpation and release techniques. Discusses Postural vs. Phasic muscles, and touches on the basics of Neuromuscular Re-Education. {2 days. Detailed anatomy knowledge is very helpful for this class, but not required. Minimum 10, max 20}
Kay's Recommended Book List:
Here's what's in my Professional Library.
Basic text, should be in everyone's library.
Intermediate text, should own and be familiar with if you're interested in deep tissue or therapeutic work.
Advanced text, should own and understand for Orthopedic or Medical Massage.
This is just my opinion, and I cannot possibly read every book that comes out. For example, I don't list Aromatherapy texts because I don't practice it, and I'm not qualified to make a recommendation. Just because I haven't read it doesn't mean it's not any good.
If you can't find it in your local bookstore or massage school, or if it's out of print, check Abe Books (http://dogbert.abebooks.com/). They are a clearinghouse for literally hundreds of independent booksellers across the country, and on older books, the prices can be very low. They are my first resource when I need to buy an older book. Newer books I often wind up buying from the organziation that hosts the class, or IAHE http://www.iahe.com/controller/ProductIndex.
Advanced Texts
- Whitney Lowe - Functional Assesment in Massage Therapy
- Janet Travell & David Simons - The Trigger Point Mnaual, Upper and Lower Extremities.
- Art Riggs - Deep Tissue Techniques
- Rattray & Ludwig - Clinical Massage Therapy
- David Sergel - Macrobiotic Way of Zen Shiatsu (currently out of print, if you find a copy, hold onto it for dear life. Even though I don't practice Shiatsu, this is the best analyzation and discussion of meridians I've ever seen. They go through each meridian and its properties from three views, those of Shisuto Masunaga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Western Medicine.)
- Malalignment Syndrome - Wolf Schaumberger Excellent work on sacro-iliac malalignment and it's effects on the body.
Intermediate Texts
- Andrew Biel - Trail Guide To The Body, 3rd Ed.
- Laura Norman - Feet First (best reflexology book I've seen)
- John Upledger - Your Inner Physician and You
- Devin Starlanyl & Mary Ellen Copeland - Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain - A Survivor's Manual (Best thing in print, every research item is listed at the end of each chapter!)
Basic Texts
- Kapit & Elson - The anatomy Coloring Book (get it and USE IT!)
- Business Mastery - Cherie Sohnen-Moe
Books for Lay People
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