PREREQUISITE:  C241 - Synergy Way - Level 1

Synergy Way-Level 2: Application of Mindset Shifts for Holistic Bodywork

CE Credits: 21 Hours - This is a 3 day course meeting 9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day.

Cost: $535 ($580 if registering within 7 days of class)

This class provides practitioners with deeper understanding of the Synergy Mindset Shifts and how to help facilitate those shifts during a session. There will be a brief review of the Synergy Framework as well as anatomy, physiology and neuroscience of how our bodies process sensory information.   Lecture and exercises will help practitioners learn how to apply Synergy Framework and Mindset Shifts with clients in a clinical or professional setting. We will address how, as health care practitioners, to work with clients to facilitate the healing process in a manner that honors the body, mind, and spirit while remaining within our scope of practice.

Advisory: I recommend that practitioners have strong personal support systems in place when attending this class as the topics can resonate deeply with an individual’s personal experience and history, including experiences of injury and trauma. I suggest you intentionally keep evening commitments to those that provide a sense of safety, comfort and restoration. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mindy Oldham (615-957-7129).

This class will include lecture, self-reflection and group exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes to participate in the exercises. No perfumes or scented products or jeans.

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)

Course Description: Chronic pain conditions require a specialized approach to massage therapy, ensuring that clients receive safe, effective, and compassionate care. This CEU course is designed to equip massage therapists with the knowledge and skills necessary to work confidently with clients who suffer from conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders, Migraines, Scoliosis, and more.

Throughout this course, we will explore the symptoms and challenges associated with these conditions, discuss key modifications to standard massage techniques, and identify the most effective methods to address common issues such as muscle tension, joint instability, and nervous system sensitivity. Participants will gain practical insights on how to tailor their sessions to accommodate each client’s unique needs while promoting relaxation, pain relief, and overall well-being. 

By the end of this course, therapists will feel empowered to support clients with chronic pain through informed, ethical, and adaptive massage techniques, ultimately enhancing the quality of care they provide.

Course Outline:

1.  Understanding Chronic Pain: Definitions and Impact on Clients

2.  The Role of Massage Therapy in Pain Management

3.  Ethical Considerations & Scope of Practice

4.  Common Chronic Pain Disorders

5.  Client Intake & Assessment

6.  Massage Modifications & Techniques

7.  Addressing the Nervous System

8.  Collaborative Care and Integrative treatment

What to Bring to Class:  A set of sheets, blanket, face cradle cover, hand towel and lubrication.  All massage tables are provided. A lunch break is taken mid-day.

Instructor: Kimberly Vaughn Coleman, LMT & Doula

Kimberly Coleman, LMT has been in practice for several years with her clientele focus on prenatal clients and those living with chronic pain. Kimberly's background in exercise science and kinesiology allows her to formulate a unique approach to addressing each client's specific needs. She has been heavily exposed to the medical approach to treating chronic pain with her work at Vanderbilt Osher Center for Integrative Medicine where they specialize in working with finding holistic treatments to chronic pain.

Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.

CE Credits: 7 Hours

Cost: $265.00 ($310 if registering within 7 days of class)

Content: The Synergy Way is designed to help us understand how we perceive and respond dynamically to our environments and how those perceptions and responses manifest in our bodies. Drawing deeply on both theory and practical application, we use the Synergy Way as a method to help clients build awareness of their body-felt experiences and, using that awareness, facilitate the healing process.

Topics to be covered include:

• Review of current neuroscience research and its application to body work, including brain anatomy, the role of the vagal nerve and how our soft tissue responses parallel those of our central nervous system
• The bodies physiological adaptive response to injury and trauma,  Discussion of the parallels between the physiological, mental and emotional healing processes
• How to use this information to help use our bodies as a guide
• The importance of mindset shifts (for both practitioner and clients) in working with the body

This class is designed for bodyworkers, counselors, trainers and anyone who works with clients in a manner that includes engagement and connection to body felt awareness. Clients who have a history of injury, trauma or difficulty having body awareness can benefit from using this framework to begin to approach their bodies.   At this time, continuing education credit is available for Tennessee LMT’s only; 7 hours.

Advisory: I recommend that practitioners have strong personal support systems in place when attending this class as the topics can resonate deeply with an individual’s personal experience and history, including experiences of injury and trauma. I suggest you intentionally keep evening commitments to those that provide a sense of safety, comfort and restoration. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mindy Oldham (615-957-7129).

This class will include lecture, self-reflection and group exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes to participate in the exercises. No perfumes or scented products or jeans.

Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.

PREREQUISITE:  C240 - Introduction to the Synergy Way

Synergy Way-Level 1: Understanding the Physiology of Perception and Holistic Care

CE Credits: 21 Hours - This is a 3 day course meeting 9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day.

Cost: $535 ($580 if registering within 7 days of class)

This class provides an overview of anatomy, physiology and neuroscience of how our bodies process sensory information. Understanding the way our bodies respond to this processing is central to working safely and collaboratively with clients in a holistic manner. Because our bodies are programmed to survive, the body can put a container around the injury, whether consciously or unconsciously, in order to function on a daily basis. These containers often present themselves as tension or holding patterns.   We will address how, as practitioners, to work with clients to facilitate the healing process using the The Synergy Way which honors the body, mind, and spirit while remaining within our scope of practice.

Advisory: I recommend that practitioners have strong personal support systems in place when attending this class as the topics can resonate deeply with an individual’s personal experience and history, including experiences of injury and trauma. I suggest you intentionally keep evening commitments to those that provide a sense of safety, comfort and restoration. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mindy Oldham (615-957-7129).

This class will include lecture, self-reflection and group exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes to participate in the exercises. No perfumes or scented products or jeans.

Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.

CE Credits: 42 Hours - This is clothed/unclothed bodywork class which is part of Cumberland's Core program and will have students and lmt's in the class.  This class meets once a week (every Thursday) for 10 weeks. For Fall quarter there is no class the week of Thanksgiving.

For class completion, all students must do Practicum assignments, quizzes, and the final exam. 

Cost: $1040 ($1085 if registering within 7 days of class)

Course:  This advanced hands-on course teaches the student how to assess the specific needs of a client visually, verbally, logically, and intuitively.  Focus of technique integrates all of mastered modalities by segmental regions of the body, back and chest, head and neck, hips and pelvis, knee and thigh, ankle and foot, shoulder, elbow and hand.  The approach is somatic, holistic, and includes discussion of the body mind connection, the anatomy of injury and sports massage technique.

What to Bring to Each Class:  Bring a set of sheets/blanket, face cradle cover, lubrication, wear comfortable clothes and bring materials to take notes. Massage tables are provided. 

Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.

PREREQUISITE:  C241 - Synergy Way - Level 1

Synergy Way-Level 2: Application of Mindset Shifts for Holistic Bodywork

CE Credits: 21 Hours - This is a 3 day course meeting 9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day.

Cost: $535 ($580 if registering within 7 days of class)

This class provides practitioners with deeper understanding of the Synergy Mindset Shifts and how to help facilitate those shifts during a session. There will be a brief review of the Synergy Framework as well as anatomy, physiology and neuroscience of how our bodies process sensory information.   Lecture and exercises will help practitioners learn how to apply Synergy Framework and Mindset Shifts with clients in a clinical or professional setting. We will address how, as health care practitioners, to work with clients to facilitate the healing process in a manner that honors the body, mind, and spirit while remaining within our scope of practice.

Advisory: I recommend that practitioners have strong personal support systems in place when attending this class as the topics can resonate deeply with an individual’s personal experience and history, including experiences of injury and trauma. I suggest you intentionally keep evening commitments to those that provide a sense of safety, comfort and restoration. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mindy Oldham (615-957-7129).

This class will include lecture, self-reflection and group exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes to participate in the exercises. No perfumes or scented products or jeans.

Call Teresa Greene at 615-370-9794 if you have any questions.

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.

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.