| Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga, in Blacksburg, Virginia, offers a 600 hour comprehensive Medical Massage-based curriculum: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point and Myofascial Release, Shiatsu and Thai Yoga Massage as major bodywork modalities, with Reiki, Polarity, Reflexology and Pregnancy Massage in-depth introductions. |
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| Yoga and Chi Kung are integrated into classes to promote wellness and safe massage practice, focus, and kinesthetic body awareness. Students are well-grounded in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Communication, Ethics, and Business Practices by their graduation. |
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| The mission of our massage school is to provide the very best in holistic health education in the art and science of therapeutic massage, in an environment supportive of personal wellness, consciousness, and transformation. Learning and practicing massage is more than a technical education - it is a life choice to dedicate oneself to a path of service. For most this means employment in one of the growing wellness and medical fields now open to massage therapists. Our graduates work in spas, resorts, salons, hospitals, chiropractic offices, health clubs, sports facilities, workplace massage venues, and they have private and group practices. In these workplaces, our graduates are able to earn a living in a rewarding career in which they are able to help relieve pain, alleviate stress, and help their clients feel better. |
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| Learn more about our massage school by visiting the various pages on our website, by requesting information, by calling us, or attending one of our open houses. We'll be happy to arrange a tour and discuss your wants and needs. We offer a personal approach, flexibility, small class size, and hands-on methods of training. |
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Our program exceeds national and state certification requirements for 500-hour massage therapy training. Students who do well in our program also perform well on the national certification exam. They have established successful practices, worked in other holistic or conventional health facilities, and have entered the teaching profession.
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| At Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga we offer a large variety of therapeutic modalities. These in-depth introductions (between 8 and 80 hours of instruction in each modality) give students enough tools and knowledge to apply these types of bodywork safely and effectively, and help them to decide if they want to specialize in a particular area after graduation. Learning a variety of forms keeps the educational process challenging and interesting for the students, and employers are very impressed with the skills our graduates possess. |
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