CE Credits: 13 Hours

Cost: $525 ($570 if registering within 7 days of class) - Cost includes $125 materials fee (11 separate oils that you will carry home).

This course is designed for massage therapists who would like to begin to incorporate aromatherapy into their massage practices. Mary Beth Crawford, LMT introduces the beginner to a short list of pure essential oils, which can be used alone or in combination, to address a range of client’s physical and emotional needs.

The course will cover:

1. A beginner’s list of 10 pure essential oils, which are useful in a massage practice
2. A discussion of the basic qualities of the ten oils, their common uses, and the conditions associated with each on the list.
3. An introduction to the qualities of different carrier oils, lotions, and balms, and which massage modality or client need is best addressed by each
4. Basic instruction in how to blend essential oils
5. Hands-on experience in blending oils to create custom products for use in your massage practice
6. The ethics and safety of use, including methods of introducing oils during intake
7. Techniques for applying oils “on the fly” in a massage, tailored to client goals, as well as the needs observed by the therapist during a session
8. The orientation of this class is practical, rather than scientific, and is intended for beginners only. You will learn techniques and create products that can be immediately integrated into your practice. A materials fee is included in the cost of the course.

Please do not wear any fragrances to class so that everyone will be able to appreciate the beauty and power of working with the essential oils.

What to Bring:  Set of sheets/face cradle cover/blanket for personal usage each day.  Essential oils will be provided. You may want to bring note taking items.  A manual and information is included in the class.  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.

CE Credits: 8 Hours

Cost: $265 ($310 if registering within 7 days of class)

Instructors:  Stacey Anderson, LMT, PTA and Amanda Hooten, LMT

Stacey brings over 36 years of experience in healthcare, including a career as a Physical Therapist Assistant and the last 10 years as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Throughout her career, Stacey has consistently enjoyed working with the geriatric population, finding deep fulfillment in supporting older adults through all stages of aging.

Her clinical experience spans hospital settings, ICU, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient care, and home health. While each setting shaped her skills, it was during her work in home health that her passion for geriatrics truly deepened, as she worked closely with seniors in their own environments and gained a deeper understanding of their daily challenges, needs, and goals.

Amanda is a 1994 graduate of Cumberland Institute with over 30 years of experience in massage therapy and education. Her background includes spa, chiropractic, hospital inpatient massage, private practice, and extensive work with geriatric clients in independent living facilities. Amanda served on the core faculty at Cumberland from 19995-2021, teaching Introduction to Massage, Swedish Massage, Pathology & Terminology and Advanced Techniques. She continues to teach as a continuing education provider. Amanda integrates Swedish, Craniosacral therapy, and NMT techniques with specialized knowledge of medications and contraindications in older adults.

Both Amanda and Stacey specialize in geriatric massage and integrate their strong foundation in anatomy, pathology, and movement into massage therapy sessions tailored for aging clients. Their teaching emphasizes safety, proper positioning, contraindications, pain management, and adapting techniques for clients with chronic conditions, mobility limitations, or complex medical histories. As well as, physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of aging. 

As continuing education instructors, Amanda and Stacey are committed to empowering massage therapists with practical, real-world skills and clinical confidence to provide effective, ethical, and compassionate care to senior clients.

Course Overview: 

This 8-hour course equips licensed massage therapists with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to provide safe, effective, and compassionate massage to geriatric clients in diverse settings including private practice, assisted living and hospice care environments. This class is a combination of lecture and hands-on practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Define geriatric massage and identify its unique goals
• Recognize physiological, psychological and social changes associated with aging
• Identify common medical conditions and medications that affect massage planning
• Demonstrate safe body mechanics, draping, positioning, and pressure adaptations
• Modify techniques for frail, wheelchair-bound, or bedridden clients
• Apply effective communication strategies for clients with sensory, cognitive, or mobility limitations
• Understand ethical and professional considerations when working in geriatric care settings
• Design individual treatment plans for older adult clients

Wear comfortable clothes to give and receive bodywork.  Please bring:  Massage sheets/blanket/face cradle cover and lubrication.  Massage tables provided. 

A lunch break will be taken midday.  You may bring your lunch, or eat at one of the many restaurants located nearby.  Please call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794, to receive more information.

CE Credits: 20 Hours

Cost: $495 ($540 if registering within 7 days of class)

No Prerequisites.  This class is designed to teach you to move stagnate lymph to boost the immune system, clean sinus, reduce swelling, increase circulation and speed healing.

The entire Lymphatic system will be addressed within this class. It is a nurturing and relaxing massage for those who may not be able to tolerate deep pressure. Head, Neck & Brain work is the basis for all Lymphatic Drainage and can be easily integrated with other modalities.

What to bring: Set of sheets, face cradle cover & blanket for each day of class for your personal use, your favorite lubrication, 1 hand towel per day and 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.

CE Credits: 8 Hours

Cost: $265.00 ($310.00 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 Lymphatic Drainage Technique 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 liver and gallbladder 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 liver and gallbladder 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 liver and gallbladder 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 both the liver and gallbladder.  

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.

CE Credits: 13 Hours

Cost: $345 ($390 if registering within 7 days of class)

Unwind, Rock and Move is the methodology in which I now work with my massage clients and was created by first working with myself in pursuit of healing mind, body and spirit over many years.

Unwind, Rock and Move is fully clothed, slow bodywork.  This class is mostly hands-on with some discussion.  There are no prerequisites for this class.

It is my belief that our bodies were made to heal naturally when given the space and freedom to do so. When we slow down, make connection to the spirit within us and move where that spirit leads, we find freedom and fluidity.  This fluidity encourages good health and balance (homeostasis)to our overall wellbeing….and isn’t that what every human needs!

I look forward to sharing how I work with each of you!

Wear shorts, yoga pants or moveable materials that allow your body to naturally bend and move.  Please bring a large blanket that you can place in the floor, 1 blanket to place over you and 2 regular size pillows for Day 1 and a set of sheets/blanket/face cradle cover for Day 2.

There is an Unwind, Rock and Move- Level 2 that is unclothed bodywork and this class is a prerequisite.

A lunch break will be taken midday; you may bring your lunch, or eat at one of the many restaurants located nearby.

Contact Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have additional questions.

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.

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.

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.