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Craniosacral Corrective Techniques(C506)
with Terry Scruggs

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CE Credits: 13 Hours
Cost: $340 ($385.00 if registering within 7 of class)
Prerequisite: Building on the 10 step protocol taught in E 502 Craniosacral Therapy, the 42-hour course taught at Cumberland Institute, or Craniosacral classes taught by Upledger -- this class includes a more in-depth study of the energetics of the cranial bones, the intuitive nature of craniosacral therapy, as well as more advanced techniques for unwinding the body, and inducing correction.
What to Bring: A set of sheets/face cradle cover and personal blanket for each day of class. As this is clothed bodywork, no lubrication is needed. 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.
AcuFascial Freedom-Spleen(C384)
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: $260 ($305 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 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 and Tendino-Muscular Meridian
Lecture / Demo / Trade
Lunch
Afternoon Session – focus on Tendino Muscular 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, 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.
2-Hour TN Massage Law for Establishment Owners (C516)Onsite or Live Webinar
with Meredith Graham

This class can be taught in-person and via LIVE webinar.
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 Meredith directly with a Google Meets connection. Meredith@noroads.com and her cell: 615-500-3007.
5-Hour TN Massage Law (M 507) Onsite and Live Webinar
with Meredith Graham

This class must be taught in-person or via live-interactive webinar.
This course is designed to familiarize massage specific therapists - LMT's from out-of-state) who are applying for licensure in TN, with the laws governing massage therapists and massage establishments in the state of Tennessee.
Materials include:
- An overview of the Tennessee code governing healthcare professionals including massage therapists
- A review of the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Massage Licensure Board for therapists and massage establishments
- Resources for keeping current on the changes to the laws and rules
- Proposed changes which may affect therapists in the near future
- Review of the licensure packet and the licensure process
The TN Massage Board now has online licensure applications available at https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/ml-board/ml-board/applications.html
You will be provided with a copy of the laws, and the Rules & Regulations as part of the class. You may also wish to bring note-taking materials to class. Official transcripts will be sent directly to the TN Board for each participant and each participant also receives an original.
There will be several breaks during the class; no lunch/dinner break will be taken. Please bring snacks to eat during break times.
Please contact Teresa Greene, Director, at 615-370-9794 or her assistant, Candis, if you have any questions or visit our website – www.cumberlandinstitute.com. School office hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM and Fridays 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
**For all taking the class via live webinar, you will receive an email from Meredith directly with a Google Meets connection. Meredith@noroads.com and her cell: 615-500-3007.
Reiki 1 (C402)
with Mary Beth Crawford

CE Credits: 13 Hours
This two-day class meets from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day.
Cost: $340 ($385 if registering within 7 days of class)
Reiki is a Japanese word meaning Universal Life Energy. It is a powerful form of hands-on healing. It was re-discovered by Dr. Mikao Usui at the turn of the 20th century in Kyoto, Japan.
When life force energy is flowing freely, you are healthy and balanced. When it is compromised, you are susceptible to illness and stress. Reiki is safe and natural, an input of pure energy that enhances the body’s innate ability to heal itself. These classes will teach you how to keep the energetic field clear and unobstructed within you and for others around you. Reiki is a powerful but simple tool, which can be used to achieve healing and balance for you, family and friends, animals, plants, or situations.
C 402 - Reiki I teaches the history of Reiki, and includes attunements that open the flow of physical energy. It also covers the training and hands-on work necessary for participant to conduct a full Reiki healing session. There is no prerequisite for Reiki I, other than the desire to become still and allow the life force energy to flow freely through you.
C 403 - Reiki II opens greater energy flow, adding a component addressing emotional energy. In addition to the second level attunements, in Reiki II participants will learn the Reiki keys, and a method for long-distance healing. Reiki I is the prerequisite for Reiki II.
The Master Teacher Level (Reiki III) opens another level of energy, which affects spiritual issues. It is available individually. You can contact the class instructor to discuss continuing, after you complete the first two levels.
What to Bring: Set of sheets/face cradle cover/blanket for each day of class and note taking materials. Massage tables will be provided.
A lunch break will be taken midday.
Call or text Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.
Advanced Lymphatics for the Small & Large Intestine (C120)
with Denise Gleason

PLEASE SEE PREREQUISITES FOR THIS CLASS BELOW BEFORE REGISTERING
CE Credits: 8 Hours
Cost: $260.00 ($305.00 if registering within 7 days of class)
This class is designed to teach advanced lymphatic techniques to move lymph from the small and large intestine.
Prerequisites: The 10-week Lymphatic Drainage course in 2017 or later. In addition to Cumberland classes above, each therapist should also have taken a minimum of one of the following:
- C321 – Fascial Freedom Techniques taught at Cumberland OR
- Myofascial Release 1 by John Barnes
- T502 – Craniosacral Therapy 10-week class taught at Cumberland OR
- Upledger’s CS1 Certification
The Advanced Lymphatic Drainage Technique class is a part of the Advanced Lymphatics Abdominal series presented by Denise Gleason, LMT, CLT. This class will discuss the overall function of the Small (excluding duodenum) and large intestine including the seasonal cycle and 24 hour cycle of the two systems. The class will also provide you with tools to assess from client’s problem description and actions, if these two systems need to be addressed during their session by learning to recognize emotional and physical components. Additionally, the class will touch on the visceral connections of the small and large intestine and how that can affect other parts of the body. Lastly, you will be taught a Lymphatic Drainage Technique routine that will help to move the lymphatics of the small and large intestine.
The review is minimal, so be sure that you have been actively using the lymphatic full body sequence. Lymphatic Drainage is the basis for this class and will be demonstrating how to integrate with other modalities.
This will be clothed work. Please bring your own sheets, blankets, lubrication and lymphatic essential oils for your own usage. Massage tables are provided. Please wear comfortable clothing with regards to the shirt - be sure there is easy access to the neck (anterior and posterior). Some lecture material will be provided, bring a pen or pencil to take notes.
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.
Advanced Lymphatic Technique for Kidney & Adrenals(C121)
with Denise Gleason

CE Credits: 8 Hours
Cost: $260.00 ($305.00 if registering within 7 days of class)
Prerequisites: The 10-week Lymphatic Drainage course in 2017 or later and C321 Fascia Techniques (or other Fascia class) and Craniosacral Therapy E502 at Cumberland or Upledger Course.
The Advanced Kidney, Urinary Bladder and Adrenal class is a part of the Advanced Abdominal Lymphatics series presented by Denise Gleason, LMT, CLT. This class will discuss the overall function of the kidney, urinary bladder and adrenal, including the seasonal cycle and 24-cycle of the two organs. The class will also provide you with tools to assess from client’s problem description and actions, if kidney, urinary bladder and adrenal need to be addressed during their session by learning to recognize emotional and physical components. Additionally, the class will touch on the visceral connections of those organs and how that can affect other parts of the body. Lastly, you will be taught a Lymphatic Drainage Technique routine that will help to move the lymphatics of those organs. There are prerequisites for all of the classes in the abdominal series.
This class is a combination of lecture and hands-on bodywork.
What to Bring: Sheets, Face Cradle Cover, Blanket, Lubrication and Essential Oils for your usage. Some lecture materials will be provided, bring a pen or pencil 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.
Five Element Theory(C315)
with Steve Sommers

CE Credits: 8 Hours
Cost: $260 ($305 if registering within 7 days of class)
Five-Element Theory is the foundation on which many Asian bodywork modalities are based, including Acupressure and Shiatsu. Steve Sommers will describe how the Five Elements emerge from Yin-Yang Theory, and the balancing quality of nature within us.
The Five Elements are associated with external forces of nature as well as internal, human qualities and conditions. These associations include:
1. Balanced and extreme emotions, emotional regulation
2. Organs and Body Systems
3. Beliefs adn Attitudes
4. Seasons of the year
5. The 24-hour cycle of the day and night
6. Physical substances which make up our world
7. The 5 Senses
Discussion will include the interplay of external and internal influences of the Five Elements and how they reveal themselves in the human body, mind, emotions and spirit as well as the cycle and flow of the elements as interconnected and interrelated forces of life and nature.
This is a lecture class; you may want to bring something to take notes with.
Instructor: Steve Sommers, LMFT, LMT
Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.