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Introduction to Lomilomi, Hawaiian Temple Bodywork (C958)
with Evelyn Barnette
CE Credits: 16 Hours
NCBTMB Approved Provider #1002239
Cost: $430 ($475 if registering within 7 days of class)
Aloha! Experience the Healing Touch of Ancient Hawaiian Massage!
Learn the core techniques and philosophy of traditional Lomi Lomi massage. This beginner-friendly class covers full-body flow, breath work, and practitioner presence. We invite you to step into a space of deep relaxation and renewal. Rooted in the sacred traditions of Hawaiian healing, Lomi Lomi is more than just a massage—it's a nurturing, full-body experience that supports physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
What to Bring: 2 Flat sheets, 2 bath towels, 2 pillow cases, 2 hand towels, face cradle cover, massage oil. Wear comfortable clothing that allows your body to move freely when giving massage and enable you to have complete access to your full arms (sleeveless shirts). Class instructor will also have some massage oils to use.
Massage tables are provided.
A lunch break will be taken midday. You may bring your lunch, or eat at one of the many restaurants located nearby.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
Instructor: Hey there! I’m Evelyn Anne Barnette, LMT. My journey into the world of massage therapy began with atransformative experience during my middle school years. Ever since I experienced my initial hands-on training during massage school in 2010. I’ve been devoted to helping my clients feel safe, warm, and cozy while encouraging their bodies to move with ease and less pain. I have been a licensed massage therapist since January 2012. I began practicing Lomi lomi while pregnant with my son in 2019. I built this course in 2024 in order to better understand this transformative bodywork. I am honored to continue this ancient bodywork.
Trigger-Swe(C889)
with Nick Phillips
CE Credits: 8 Hours
Cost: $265 ($310 if registering within 7 days of class)
Trigger-Swe was designed by Nick Phillips, LMT by integrating his passion for Neuromuscular Therapy and Swedish Massage into sessions to benefit his clientelle at Maury Regional Hospital. This is a hands-on learning experience; you will practice the techniques demonstrated, and you will be given detailed notes of the procedures to take with you as a reference for future use. Students in this class must be willing to give and receive unclothed bodywork.
What to Bring: A set of sheets, blanket, face cradle cover, hand towel and lubrication. All massage tables are provided. A lunch break will be taken midday. You may bring your lunch, or eat at one of the many restaurants located nearby.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
2-Hour TN Massage Law for Establishment Owners (C516)Live Webinar
with Adam Whitehead
THIS CLASS WILL BE A LIVE WEBINAR CLASS ONLY.
2-Hour TN Massage Law Class for Establishment Owners was created as the board requires all owners who are not licensed massage therapist to take a 2-Hour TN Massage Law Class once every two years. If you are already a TN LMT, you need the TN Massage Law and Ethics class.
CE Credits: 2 Hours
Cost: $200.00
A copy of the current Tennessee Massage Board Rules, Regulations & Policies will be provided.
General review of all rules and regulations with emphasis on:
- Practice standards and inspections of establishment
- Necessity of Licensure
- Establishment licensure process
- Licensure renewal
- Retirement, Reinstatement, Inactivation and reactivation of licensure
- Continuing Education
- Disciplinary actions and civil penalties
- License/Establishment address and name
- Advertising
- Consumer Right-To-Know requirements
- Professional and ethical standards
Clarification and current standards will be reviewed.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
**For all taking the class via live webinar, you will receive an email from Adam directly with a Google Meets connection.
Healing for the Healer (C228A)
with Mindy Oldham
PREREQUISITE: C241- Snergy Way - Level 1
CE Credits: 16 Hours
Cost: $450 ($495 if registering within 7 days of class)
This sixteen-hour class is designed to support therapist in becoming familiar with their own narratives and how those narratives impact their work with clients. Class also provides the opportunity to experience the value of community support in working with those narratives.
Advisory: We recommend that therapists have strong personal support systems in place when attending this class as the topics of injury and trauma can resonate deeply with an individual's personal experience and history. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mindy Oldham (615-957-7129).
Topics to be covered include:
- Overview of neurophysiological system underlying empathy
- Understanding of physiological, mental and emotional healing process
- Importance of one's own narrative in maintaining professional boundaries and therapeutic care.
This class will include lecture, sharing, self-reflection, and exchanging bodywork. Participants need to be prepared to receive and give bodywork. Please wear comfortable clothes to give and receive bodywork which may be clothed or unclothed. No perfumes, scented products or jeans.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have registration questions or Mindy Oldham for specific class questions.
AcuFascial Freedom-Pericardium(C389)
with Steve Sommers
CE Credits: 8 Hours - This is clothed/unclothed bodywork class. Students will decide what is best for the way they normally work.
Cost: $265 ($310 if registering within 7 days of class)
Course Objectives:
1. Students will be given a brief review of basic anatomy of connective tissue (C.T.) and fascial systems with specific focus on the specific meridian. Students will be given a brief review of basic acupressure theory and its relevance to fascial work.
2. Students will demonstrate the ability to perform varied still and active hands-on techniques for releasing muscular and energetic tensions in the anterior chest and arms.
3. Students will leave with an understanding of how to integrate AcuFascial work into their individual practices.
Class Flow:
Morning session – focus on local/distal acupressure release for connective tissue components of the specific Meridian
Lecture / Demo / Trade
Lunch
Afternoon Session – focus on more Meridian/connective tissue release
Integrating Fascial Freedom techniques. Lecture / Demo / Trade
What to Bring: Bring a set of sheets/blanket, face cradle cover, lubrication, hand towel, towel/blanket that will be used to cover chest, wear comfortable clothes and bring materials to take notes. Massage tables are provided. A lunch break will be taken midday. You may bring your lunch, or eat at one of the many restaurants located nearby.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
Self Care for Therapists(C214)
with Mindy Oldham
CE Credits: 8 Hours
Cost: $265 ($310.00 if registering within 7 of class)
This eight-hour class gives therapist time to focus on their own self-care and bodywork needs and how that can improve their well-being and practice. This class is designed to help therapists learn how to connect with their own self- care needs and how to practice self-care before, during and after sessions.
Topics to be covered include:
- The impact of being a therapist and ways to care for oneself.
- Methods of energy management.
- Physical care of the body
- Emotional care
- Mental and spiritual care
- Importance of receiving bodywork.
- Sharing of benefit of day and how to carry forward…
This class will include lecture, self –reflection, sharing and exchanging bodywork. Participants need to be prepared to receive and give bodywork.
PLEASE BRING TO CLASS: SET OF SHEETS, FACE CRADLE COVER, BLANKET, YOUR FAVORITE LUBRICATION AND A RELAXED SPIRIT.
Class Agenda:
- Introduction and Welcome
- Sharing about ways impacted by being a bodyworker
- Ranking self on skill level of meeting one’s own needs
- Maybe therapists sharing the areas they are strongest in and how they meet that need.
- Energy work exchange --- holding area most in need of attention
- Exchange full body work
A lunch break will be taken midday. You may bring your lunch, or eat at one of the many restaurants located nearby. Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
If you have any trouble the morning of your class, please contact Mindy Oldham, instructor, on her cell: 615-957-7129.
TN Massage Law & Ethics (C505/C516)ONSITE & LIVE WEBINAR
with Oldham Sommers
THIS CLASS WILL BE OFFERED IN PERSON, ONSITE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY VIA ZOOM LIVE WEBINAR WITH TWO INSTRUCTORS. WE WILL HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF ONSITE SPOTS AND YOU MUST LET TERESA KNOW WHICH WAY OF LEARNING YOU SELECT BY TEXTING AT 615-370-9794 OR EMAIL: TERESA@CUMBERLANDINSTITUTE.COM. COST FOR CLASS IS THE SAME FOR EACH OPTION. CLASS CERTIFICATES WILL BE EMAILED TO ALL ATTENDING VIA LIVE WEBINAR.
IF STUDENTS ELECT TO TAKE THE COURSE VIA LIVE WEBINAR, THEY MUST STAY ONLINE - VIEWABLE BY CAMERA, AND KNOW HOW TO USE THE CHAT FEATURE OF ZOOM.
CE Credits: 4 Hours
Cost: $185.00 ($230.00 if registering within 7 days of class)
This law and ethics class is designed for the working massage and bodywork professional. The orientation of the class is to develop an understanding of ethical issues in a working practice, and, where necessary, to manage any conflict between the personal ethics of a therapist, the national standards of the bodywork profession as they are outlined by various trade organizations, and legal parameters of practice as they might apply to four main areas:
- Required Curriculum for Tennessee Massage Law Continuing Education Courses and Massage School Instruction
- Business Practices
- Dual Relationships
- Sexuality
Participants are encouraged to bring examples from their own experience in practice to share or explore in class discussions. Wear comfortable clothes and bring materials to take notes. A copy of the current Rules & Regulations will be provided either in person or by emailed PDF forms.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
Scrape and Tape(C935)
with Jenson Gillette
CE Credits: 12 Hours - No Prerequisites
Cost: $495 ($540 if registering within 7 days of class)
This live 12-hour course covers the basic skills necessary and to safely begin Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) techniques AND Kinesiotaping. In this introductory skills acquisition course, participants will receive hands-on instruction in the proper use of IASTM and kinesiotaping techniques through a lab-focused teaching format. The course will address proper instrument selection and taping applications to address body contours and reach target issues.
COURSE OUTLINE
Day 1:
• Introduction: theoretical basis of IASTM, review of current literature
• Basic handling, tool selection, and basic treatment strokes lab
• Lecture/discussion – treatment integration and dosing
• Myofascia and cutaneous strokes lab
• Deep muscle strokes lab
• Ligament/ tendon treatment strokes lab
• Hard tissue/soft tissue interface lab
• Instruction in use of the Multi-tool and skills integration lab
Day 2:
> Introduction to Kinesiotaping
> General taping information
> Home care instructions for patients/clients
> Pain Taping
> Edema Taping
> Posture Taping
> Diaphragm Taping
Please dress to allow skin access to your entire upper and lower quarters to enhance the learning process. Bring your favorite lubrication and two sets of sheets for the massage tables + blanket if desired. Massage tables are provided. Tool usage provided in the class. Students must show proof of professional liability to register.
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
Instructor: Dr. Jenson Gillette, a Georgia native, graduated from the University of North Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in exercise science. Soon after, he began his chiropractic journey at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Florida campus. “Dr. G.” also has a Master’s degree in Sports Science and Rehabilitation from Logan University. His main interests involve biomechanical patterns and extremity dysfunctions. Certifications include: Certified Chiropractic Extremity Practitioner, Fasical Movement Taping and Performance Movement Techniques from RockTape®, Advanced Principles of IASTM via HawkGrips and KinetaCore Functional Dry Needling Level 1.