Hello from the New Owners!

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Hello from the New Owners!

We are so grateful to take a leadership role in the Body Mind College Community. We come to this school with a sense of humility, enthusiasm and high expectations. We promise to honor the tradition and heritage of this 22-year leader in massage education & help guide it to new heights of excellence, energy & vitality. We usher in a renewed sense of community we hope to celebrate with all students, teachers & staff.

Marnina Reid, HHP,

BMC Education Director – has been involved with Body Mind since 2000 when

she enrolled as a student in the holistic health practitioner program. After completing the HHP program she went on to do 3 years of advanced studies with Dr. Barry Green in the areas of holistic counseling, emotional release therapy and advanced bodywork. She has been teaching the Inner Child class for the past 6 years and is the co-author of "101 Ways to Improve Your life". For those of you that have met her you already know that her love for and connection to Body Mind is both inspiring and contagious.

James Dart, MTh,

BMC Operations Director – was the regional manager of Bodywork Emporium in

Encinitas & San Diego for 12 years and has an extensive background working in the massage industry as a manager and a therapist. He’s also the top national sales rep for Innovative Body Science, providing the spa & massage industry with high quality oils, lotions, creams, balms and private labeling. His organizational skills, combined with his understanding of the industry will go a long way towards streamlining the operations of Body Mind which will help make it possible to put more focus on the classroom and less focus on

administration.

Shane Watson, HHP,

BMC Creative Director – has been actively involved in the massage community

for the last 33 years. He was President of the Florida State Massage Assn.; author of the Massage & Bodywork Resource Guide; founder of the 27 year, 7 store massage equipment chain Bodywork Emporium; the first HHP in the city of Encinitas; founder of the Touch Foundation; and inducted into the Massage Hall of Fame.

Bodywork Classes

Massage Technician

Body Mind College’s Massage Technician course is a unique program training you in the foundational, underlying principles of massage therapy and health as a whole. In this class you learn all of the traditional bodywork techniques that are used in a massage practice; but rather than focusing solely on the techniques, we train you in what is underlying the techniques. You will learn how to connect with your client, how to find trauma in their body and how to release it. This is a simple, but profound teaching style that we have had great success with since this class began in 1988. You will also learn the art of T’ai Chi – the most widely used exercise in the world. We train you in T’ai Chi so that you can learn to use your body in a way that you will not be injured doing massage. Teaching correct body mechanics is a key component of all BMC classes. This class is the foundational class that the rest of your education will build upon.

Massage Technician class is offered 3 times this semester. The dates are as follows: Dates: September 8th – November 1st

Mondays: 6pm – 10pm Wednesdays: 6pm – 10pm Sundays: 9am – 6pm Dates: November 3rd – December 22nd

Mondays:6pm – 10pm Wednesdays:6pm – 10pm Saturdays:9am – 6pm Sundays:9am – 6pm (11/21 & 12/5)

(No Class on Nov 24th or 27th)

Dates: January 9th – February 28th

Mondays: 6pm – 10pm Wednesdays: 6pm – 10pm Sundays: 9am – 6pm

(No Class on Feb 14th)

Teachers: Dave Garza, Robert Meeks, and Gal Rachimi Hours: 120 | Prerequisites: None

Needed Materials: Book – Trail Guide to the Body, and 1 Set of Twin Sheets Cost: $1560 / $1800

Hot Stone Massage

Reduce stress and pain in your clients through a heated stone massage. We will cover its benefits, the equipment needed, care of the stones, its history, stone identification and precautions to safely do a heated stone massage. You will learn a 55 heated stone placement. Every student will give and receive a session. A field trip is scheduled to pick your own stones.

Dates: September 15th – September 22nd

Wednesdays: 6pm – 10pm Saturdays: 10am – 2pm (9/18) Sunday: 9am – 6pm (9/19) Teacher: Erin Kinoshita

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Hot Stone Massage Continued:

Needed Materials: An 18quart electric roasting pan, Massage Sheets, 6 hand towels, an instant read thermometer, a sturdy plastic slotted spoon to pick up rocks, unscented massage oil, A pail with a handle, A sock, $10 – $15 dollars for the Hot Stone field trip.

Cost: $260 / $300

Sports Massage

One does not need to be a professional athlete to benefit from sports massage. In fact, one does not need to be an athlete at all. The focus of sports massage is to free up any restriction of the soft tissues that are a result of repetitive use.

This course will provide the tools needed to safely and effectively work with common overuse injuries seen in athletes and non-athletes alike. The principles of pre & post-event massage, maintenance and rehabilitation techniques will be taught as well as the effects of strength training and endurance training on the body.

Dates: September 21st – November 9th

Tuesdays: 6pm – 10pm Sundays: 10am – 5pm (9/26, 10/10, 11/7)

Teacher: Anthony Lang

Hours: 50 | Prerequisites: None

Needed Materials: Massage Sheets and $5 material fee Cost: $650 / $750

Southern Zen Shiatsu 1

Shiatsu is a full body treatment primarily using acupressure techniques in a sequence that revitalizes and regulates the internal energy. This class explores the Zen Shiatsu style of bodywork and acupressure points with a significant amount of hands-on work. The class will also delve into Yin/Yang and Five Transformation theory, as well as how to integrate these concepts into your current practice.

Dates: November 1st – December 20th Day Class: Mondays 9:30am – 1:30pm Teacher: Dave Garza

Needed Materials: 1 full size foam egg crate pad, 1 full or queen size fitted sheet and a $5 dollar materials fee. Cost: $416 / $480

Progressive Deep Tissue

This class is designed to explore a deeply therapeutic bodywork style that blends traditional muscle sculpting techniques with Trigger Point work, rocking, and various joint movement therapies. Learning to use elbows, fists, and various hand techniques are covered as well as practical anatomy and lots of hands-on time.

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Progressive Deep Tissue Continued:

Dates: November 13th – March 1st

Tuesdays: 6pm – 10pm Saturdays: 9am – 6pm (11/13, 12/4, 12/18, 1/22, 2/12) (No class December 28th)

Teacher: Dave Garza

Hours: 100 | Prerequisites: Massage Technician

Needed Materials: Massage sheets, deep tissue cream Required Books: Deep Tissue by Art Riggs; Trigger Point Therapy by Clare Davies; and Trail Guide to the Body.

Cost: $1300 / $1500

Spa Therapies

Come join the fun! Spa services to include in your practice can be lucrative and fun. In this class we will be exploring body scrubs, wraps (seaweed, mud and clay wraps), hydrotherapy and how to include aromatherapy in your sessions. 2 full days of fun will get you started in spa therapies. Be prepared to get a little messy and laugh a lot!

In addition to the required materials listed below, if you have the following, bring them: aromatherapy oils, small and medium size pillows

Dates: October 2nd – October 3rd

Saturday: (10/02) 9am – 4pm Sunday: (10/03) 9am – 4pm

Teacher: Robert Meeks

Hours: 12 | Prerequisites: Massage Technician Materials Fee: $30.00 due on the first day of class.

Needed Materials: 1 Set of sheets and 1 extra flat sheet, 6 Hand towels, 4 Wash cloths, 2 Full size bath towels, 1 Large thin blanket, Massage cream or oil, Body brush

Cost: $156 / $180

Circulatory and Relaxation Massage

This class is a must for anyone who would like to learn more about, and become more confident with, giving their clients quality Soothing, Nurturing, Relaxing, and Circulatory focused massage.

Learn the value and benefits of relaxation and circulatory massage. Learn different techniques that focus on the nervous system, the circulatory system, and general muscle relaxation. Take this class and become confident with your ability to give an amazing Relaxation Massage!

Dates: December 2nd – December 16th

Thursdays: 6pm – 10pm Sunday: 10am – 5pm (12/12) Teacher: Robert Meeks

Hours: 18 | Prerequisites: Massage Technician Needed Materials: Sheets, Massage Oil/Lotion Cost: $234 / $270

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Chair Massage

Chair massage is a quickly growing and potentially very lucrative field. Some therapists are focusing solely on chair massage as their primary massage income with clients in office buildings, trade shows, and high foot traffic areas. Others use chair massage as their most successful marketing tool. By introducing people to invasive and non-threatening structured touch in a public setting, you attract clients for your longer table massage practice.

This class is a wonderful introduction into the skills, techniques, and practices necessary to be an effective and professional chair massage practitioner. The class will cover the techniques and principles needed to give an enjoyable and therapeutic chair massage, as well as teach special body mechanics for working with a chair. This is a fun and exciting class and anyone interested in being a professional massage practitioner is encouraged to take it.

Body Mind college will be creating their own Chair Massage Team for the Sorrento Valley area. BMC will also be getting involved with the Touch Foundation which offers free massage (mostly chair massage) through non-profits serving low-income and disadvantaged communities. We will be recruiting from chair massage class graduates.

Chair Massage is offered 3 times this Semester. The Dates are as follows: Dates: September 10th – September 17th

Fridays: 6pm – 10pm (9/10 & 9/17) Sunday: 9am – 6pm (9/12) Dates: November 20th – November 21st

Saturday: 9am – 6pm Sunday: 9am – 6pm Dates: February 18th – February 25th

Fridays: 6pm – 10pm (2/18 & 2/25) Saturday: 9am – 6pm (2/19) Teacher: Gal Rachimi

Hours: 16 | Prerequisites: Massage Technician from any Massage School Needed Materials: Pillow case

Cost: $208 / $240

Natural Medicine Classes

Oriental Medicine Series

This class will focus on Energy Channels (meridians), and the practical Traditional Chinese Medicine theory for therapists. Yin/Yang and Five Transformation theories will be discussed along with useful applications. This class is formatted to give pertinent information that may be on the national board exam; and is complimentary to all levels of our Shiatsu program.

Dates: December 1st – December 15th

Wednesdays: 6pm – 10pm Saturday: (12/11) 1:30pm – 5:30pm Teacher: Dave Garza

Hours: 16 | Prerequisites: None Needed Materials: Note pad and pen Cost: $208 / $240

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Natural Medicine

Natural medicine is an array of healing practices drawing from many cultures. The role of natural medicine is to facilitate the body’s natural healing processes through natural, nontoxic therapies. As such, the cause of the disease is sought rather than simply suppressing the symptoms, which are viewed as the body’s natural attempt to heal. In addition, advocates of natural medicine are committed to the principle of causing no harm to the patient and to treating the person as a whole.

Dates: January 10th – May 16th

Mondays: 6pm – 10pm Sundays: 10am – 6pm (2/13, 3/20, 4/17)

(No Class on February 14th)

Teacher: John Finch

Hours: 93 | Prerequisites: None Needed Materials: Note pad and pen Cost: $1209 / $1395

Energy Work Classes

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is one of the oldest and most respected healing arts known to mankind. The essential oils of Plants are its life blood providing oxygen and nourishment for cell regeneration.

These oils are known to be anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-tumoral, anti-fungal and anti-microbial. This class will teach aromatherapy from a holistic approach looking to see how these plant oils serve us physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Come and enjoy the healing fragrance of nature.

Dates: October 20th – November 17th Wednesdays: 6pm – 10pm

Teacher: Linda Henning Hours: 20 | Prerequisites: None

Needed Materials: Materials fee of $20, and Book: “Essential Oils Desk Reference” Cost: $260 / $300

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Understanding and Using Your Chakras

Come and experience the seven major energy centers of your body, called Chakras. These centers or vortexes of energy give us the ability to receive, assimilate and send life energy. They represent seven archetypal levels of consciousness. Each of these levels of consciousness is built on the level below it which provides a foundation.

Therefore, it is important that we are first grounded from our 1st Chakra; feel our emotions freely from our 2nd Chakra; engage life and draw our power from our 3rd Chakra; love and relate from our 4th Chakra; communicate from our 5th Chakra; see and envision from our 6th Chakra so that we can freely connect with cosmic energies and pure consciousness from our 7th Chakra.

This is an opportunity to learn more about these valuable energy centers for your personal and professional growth.

Dates: October 29th – December 17th Fridays: 6pm – 10pm

(No Class November 26th)

Needed Materials: Wheels of Life by Anodea Judith Cost: $364 / $420

Bach Flower Remedies

Bach Flower Essences are vibrational energies from nature that have been used for thousands of years for healing, self-improvement and spiritual growth. Flower essences are subtle energy patterns imprinted into water and have no fragrance. Flower essence therapy resonates and influences the very energies that form the atoms that make up our body.

These remedies contain no drugs or herbs; yet work on the deepest part of our physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies. Come and learn how to use this tool for your own emotional healing so that you can share it with your clients, family and friends. You will each receive your own personalized combination remedy bottle to use during the duration of the class.

Dates: February 17th – February 26th

Thursdays: 6pm – 10pm Saturday: (2/26) 9am – 6pm

Needed Materials: Flower Essence Repertory book and a $10 materials fee. Cost: $208 / $240

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Holistic Therapy Classes

Personal Body Clearing

This class focuses on postural assessment. Students will learn: 1). How to assess standing posture for muscular tensions and postural imbalances.

2). How to assess breathing and identify dysfunctional patterns of respiration.

3). How to assess shoulder girdle organization for tension and function.

4). How to assess walking for functional and dysfunctional gait. 5). Body-psychology theory for each of the above.

Students will have the opportunity for individual assessments of the above from both a physical and body psychology perspective. Each student will also have the opportunity for suggestions as to therapeutic methods for balancing any areas of the body and body psychology indicated in the assessment. This class uses the “client/practitioner” support system to allow students to practice the role of facilitator.

Dates: August 27th – October 21st

Retreat Days – Friday: 6am – 10pm (8/27) Saturday: 8am – 10pm (8/28) Sunday: 8am – 5pm (8/29) Thursdays: 6pm – 10pm Saturdays: 10am – 5pm (9/11, 9/25, 10/16)

Teachers: Barry Green and Staff Hours: 70| Prerequisites: None

Needed Materials: Book: "Just Watch the Movie" Cost: $910 / $1050

Personal Emotional Clearing

This class focuses on the process of “cleansing” unresolved emotional energy stored in the body. In this class, students will experience a variety of emotional release methods such as rebirthing and bio-energetic postures designed to open the body and clear emotional energy. Students will be given personal assignments for continued self-growth with specific emotional issues.

Dates: January 7th – February 5th

Retreat Days – Friday: 1/7 6pm – 10pm Saturday: 1/8 8am – 10pm Sunday: 1/9 8am – 5pm Thursdays: 6pm – 10pm Saturdays: 10am – 6 pm (1/15, 2/5)

Teachers: Barry Green and Staff Hours: 50| Prerequisites: None

Needed Materials: Book: "Just Watch the Movie" Cost: $650 / $750

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Theoretical Classes

Understanding the Body

This class is a unique approach to the process of traditional anatomy/physiology study. The emphasis of this class will be a “hands-on” “in-the-body” learning experience of anatomy and physiology. A variety of learning methods will be used, such as: muscle isolation exercises, isolated stretches, partner “touch & palpation” techniques, as well as some visual aids to assist in a whole body learning experience.

Understanding the Body class is offered 2 times this semester. The dates are as follows:

Dates: September 13th – Dec 20th

Mondays: 6pm – 10pm Sundays: (10/24, 11/14, 12/19) 9am – 3pm

Dates: January 5th – April 13th

Wednesdays: 6pm – 10pm Sundays: (2/6, 3/13, 4/10) 9am – 3pm Teachers: Robert Meeks, Karen Watt, and Jennifer McIsaac

Needed Materials: Book: Trail Guide to the Body, note pad and pen and wear clothing you can move in. Cost: $975 / $1125

The Business of Massage

Learn how to market, grow and organize your professional practice. In this class you will have the

opportunity to find out what your greatest strengths and weaknesses in business are and learn how to work with others to create greater efficiency. You will learn how and where to most effectively market your business on a budget as well as learning common misconceptions about marketing. This class will go into basic ideas on how to organize your business for greatest efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Dates: November 4th – November 11th

Thursdays: 6pm – 9pm Saturday: (11/6) 10am – 5pm Teachers: James Schmachtenberger

Hours: 12 | Prerequisites: None Needed Materials: Pen and Note pad Cost: $156 / $180

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Class Index (By Start date)

CLASS 1st Date PAGE PROGRAM PATH

Personal Body Clearing August 27th Page 9 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

Massage Technician * September 8th Page 3 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

Chair Massage * September 10th Page 6 Elective

Understanding the Body * September 13th Page 10 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

Hot Stone Massage September 15th Page 3-4 Elective

Sports Massage September 21st Page 4 HHPM

Spa Therapies October 2nd Page 5 Elective

Aromatherapy October 20th Page 7 HHPM

Understanding & Using Your Chakras October 29th Page 8 Elective

Southern Zen Shiatsu 1 November 1st Page 4 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

Massage Technician * November 3rd Page 3 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

The Business of Massage November 4th Page 10 MTh, HHPC, HHPM Progressive Deep Tissue November 13th Page 4-5 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

Chair Massage * November 20th Page 6 Elective

Oriental Medicine December 1st Page 6 Elective

Circulatory and Relaxation Massage December 2nd Page 5 Elective

Understanding the Body * January 5th Page 10 MTh, HHPC, HHPM Personal Emotional Clearing January 7th Page 9 HHPC, HHPM

Massage Technician * January 9th Page 3 MTh, HHPC, HHPM

Natural Medicine January 10th Page 7 HHPC, HHPM

Bach Flower Remedies February 17th Page 8 Elective

Chair Massage * February 18th Page 6 Elective

* Classes Offered Multiple Times

MTh Massage Therapist Program

HHPM Holistic Health Practitioner – Massage HHPC Holistic Health Practitioner – Counseling

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Hello from the New Owners!