This 500 hour program develops the necessary skills
and experience for the Spa Therapist.
It includes the 100 hour Massage
Technician (MT 101)
Program, which does not have to be taken first. This
program provides in-depth study of exclusive and
specialized techniques enabling you to evaluate the
client's condition and apply appropriate individualized
exclusive spa treatments in your private practice
or at a spa, salon, or any of the many kinds of health
care facilities and offices. The spa techniques and
massage/bodywork classes emphasize “hands on” practical
applications rather than theoretical. You will experience
giving and receiving all the techniques-–thus
benefiting you professionally and for your own holistic
health, well being and enhancement.
In addition to a wide-range of important therapies,
we also provide in-depth training in business practices,
including: developing a practice, marketing, legalities,
business promotion, client referrals, networking,
advertising and other successful business practices.
The program prepares the graduate for private practice
or positions with spas, salons, estheticians, chiropractors,
medical doctors, osteopaths, physical therapists,
acupuncture clinics, H.H.P.’s, medical therapists,
and healing and wellness centers. It meets the national
guidelines for the spa therapy association. The 500
hour Massage Therapist program is the level standard.
Our program meets the training requirements of locales
and states having 500 hour massage or spa license
standards.
We offer a variety of Massage Therapy classes to
complete your training (see electives). The Massage
Technician is included plus the required courses
listed below. Electives for
the 500 hour Spa Therapist Program include any of
the classes from Aromatherapy,
Sports Therapist & Performance Enhancement, Thai
Massage, Lomi-Lomi/ Hawaiian Healing Arts, or any
of our Massage and Bodywork (MT) classes. This insures
a comprehensive and eclectic training of core classes
plus allows you to choose the electives you want.
This flexible program is learner centered offering
many opportunities to choose a personal and eclectic
direction, which is preferred by spas for employment.
Diploma/Certificate of Completion: Spa & Massage
Therapist.
Upon completion of this program, the NHI will award
you a diploma/certificate of completion as a Spa
Therapist. Graduation from this program meets the
training requirements of cities and states having
500 hour massage license standards. Our diploma
also qualifies you to apply for membership into
either of two national massage therapy organizations,
which is an optional additional credential, plus
the national spa therapy organization.
Cost: The cost of the
required classes for the Spa Therapist Program is
$2,785.00. On an average of $10.00/class hour, the
176 hours of electives would cost approximately $1,760.00.
This brings the total for the Spa Therapist Program
to approximately $4,545.00, meaning the entire 500
hour program averages about $9.09/hour.
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| MT 101 Massage Technician
Program |
100 |
$
745.00 |
| MT 223 Physiology |
60 |
$
600.00 |
| MT 224 Anatomy, Muscle & Nerve
Function |
40 |
$
400.00 |
| MT 240 Business Practices |
20 |
$
200.00 |
| HB 101-102 Introduction
to Herbology I & II |
24 |
$
240.00 |
| NT 101-102 Introduction
to Nutrition I & II
|
24 |
$
240.00 |
| MT 391 Spa Techniques:
Body Exfoliations |
8 |
$
80.00 |
| MT 392 Spa Techniques:
Body Wraps |
8 |
$
80.00 |
| MT 393 Spa Techniques:
Dry Skin Brushing |
8 |
$
80.00 |
| MT 394 Spa Techniques:
Cellulite and Slimming |
8 |
$
80.00 |
|
MT 395 Spa Techniques: Hydrotherapy |
16 |
$ 160.00 |
| MT 396 Spa Techniques:
Spa & the Massage Therapist |
8 |
$
80.00 |
| MT 350 Hot Rock, Healing & Sacred
Stone Massage |
18 |
$ 180.00 |
|
|
Total Required Hours |
342 |
$2,965.00 |
Approximate Total for Electives: |
158 |
$1,580.00 |
|
 |
Approximate Total Program Tuition
Cost: |
500 |
$4,545.00 |
NOTE: If
there are any required classes that you feel strongly
opposed
to taking, you are welcome to speak with our NHI
Director about a possible “test-out”!
A variety of detoxifying and healing body scrub
and exfoliation treatments from all over the world
that can be performed in both a spa environment,
or a less formal setting. Class will combine lecture,
handouts, demonstration, product knowledge and hands-on
experience. Give and receive treatments in order
to experience different styles and to gain confidence
in performing them.
Detoxifying and healing body envelopment treatments
from around the world. Techniques that can be performed
in both a spa environment and a less formal setting.
Class includes lecture, handouts, demonstration,
product knowledge and hands-on experience. Give and
receive treatments in order to experience the different
styles and gain confidence in performing them.
Discover and experience the ancient healing practice
of skin brushing—a particularly powerful therapy
which can positively impact the entire body. Learn
a variety of techniques to be used on their own,
as a part of other spa therapies and massage modalities
or on yourself as a daily health practice. Your skin
is your largest eliminative organ and is called your
third kidney. Various dry skin brushing techniques
are often considered the number one health secret
from Europe. Class will combine lecture, handouts,
video, demonstration and hands-on experience.
Learn the characteristics and causes of this condition
that plagues millions of people. Focus will be on
specific contributing factors in the formation of
cellulite, stages of cellulite development and a
variety of techniques and remedies in the treatment
and prevention of the condition. Appropriate for
performing in a spa environment, in a less formal
setting or on yourself. Class will combine lecture,
handouts, demonstration, product knowledge and hands-on
experience.
Discover the importance and power of water in the
healing process and in achieving a state of vitality
and well-being in both body and mind. Learn the properties
of water and a variety of hydrotherapy techniques
that can be used in both a spa environment or a less
formal setting. Class combines demonstration, lecture,
handouts, product knowledge, a field trip and hands-on
experience.
Learn the many facets of the rapidly growing spa
industry and the advantages and challenges of working
as a therapist for a spa or wellness center. Focus
will be on the importance of specific spa training,
history, philosophy, spa culture and trends, spa
theme and treatment development, employment trends,
client expectations, legal issues, theoretical knowledge
of basic spa therapies and products and their respective
effects on the body, what you can expect from a spa
and what the spa can expect from you. See why the
ongoing variety and creativity of a spa environment
makes for long, successful and satisfying careers.
Includes presentations and handouts.
