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Certification and Partner Programs

The programs listed below are certification courses offered at Esalen or workshops offered through an educational partner.

Esalen® Massage and Bodywork Professional Training

Esalen Massage is a unique modality developed by Esalen practitioners at the baths overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Esalen is approved by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) and the California Department of Post-Secondary Education as a provider of basic massage trainings and continuing education. In addition to weekend and five-day workshops, Esalen offers a semiannual 28-day Esalen Massage practitioner certification training, and other advanced specialized programs. The Esalen Massage and Bodywork Association offers membership and similar coursework worldwide. Please visit http://www.esalen.org//info/massage.html for full details. Contact massageschool@esalen.org with questions.

28-Day Esalen® Massage Certification Training

February 24 - March 23, 2012
Daniela Urbassek & Oliver Bailey & Peggy Horan

This training is for those who plan to professionally pursue massage or another type of body-mind discipline, as well as for those seeking an in-depth experience in bodywork. It offers the big picture of the Esalen approach: an inter-weave of body-mind-spirit, sensory awareness practice, meditation, psychological aspects, self-care, and more.

Participants will study massage as a tool for optimal well-being and stress reduction, as well as a valued component of transpersonal growth. The teachers distill more than a half-century of experience to offer 175 hours of comprehensive massage basics: centering skills, quality of touch, lengthening integrative strokes, movement and stretches, detailed structural work, and an energetically balanced approach to massage. Anatomy will be taught experientially as well as in lecture format. Students will also have ample time for guided practice with each other. Body mechanics, self-care, and presence will be emphasized.

Upon satisfactory completion, and after documenting thirty additional massages at your home site, a California State Approved Certificate of Completion will be issued. The certification fee is $100. Students seeking to fulfill the California State Certified Massage Practitioner requirements may add on 3 additional catalog bodywork courses to equal 250 hours of training.

This is a professional training with limited admission. Please request an application from the Esalen office by calling 831-667-3000. Applications will be reviewed in the order received and preference given to those who have previously completed an Esalen Massage workshop.

Although Esalen has been approved to operate by the former bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education since 1983 (School code 2700571), our pending application for re-approval to operate has not yet been reviewed by the newly reorganized Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.

Please request an application from the Esalen office (831-667-3000).

CEUs available for nurses.

CEUs available for bodyworkers.

Reservations Information (Accommodations & Pricing)

The International Alliance of Healthcare Educators (IAHE) and Upledger Institute

IAHE is a coalition of curriculum developers united to advance innovative therapies through high quality continuing education programs. Each year IAHE coordinates hundreds of workshops worldwide supporting more than 20 modalities.

To register for an IAHE course hosted by Esalen, please first contact IAHE at 1-800-311-9204 to reserve a place. Only after you have made this reservation will you be able to reserve your accommodations with Esalen. (Course fees and accommodations are separate.)

The IAHE courses, dates, and instructors offered during this catalog period are: