A Private Career School Run By Professional Therapists
Arcata School of Massage is located 275 miles North of San Francisco on the beautiful redwood coast of Humboldt County, California.
Students choose to attend the Arcata School of Massage because we provide:
- Mentors who teach from experience and love their work. Meet our Faculty
- Built on a foundation of clinical understanding and hands-on science. See our courses
- Alternative educational methods that respect all learning styles. Learn more
- Average student-to-mentor ratio is 12:1 for individual attention.Read about standards
- Choose from 600, 350 and 250-hour Certificates. Get our program details
- On the job training is included in our work-trade clinic internship. Get a massage
- Excellent Preparation for Certification Exams. Learn about the exams
NEWS
Certification Programs | Faculty | Philosophy
NOW ENROLLING FOR MARCH 2010
Priority Application deadline - February 28
We have begun enrolling for the next class of students and will continue accepting applications while space is available. The daytime class will begin March 22, 2010. The Massage Basics Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 6th is a great chance to try out the school, and prospective students can get a free massage in the student clinic. To request our catalogue and receive an application click here
CALIFORNIA MASSAGE CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE
State-wide Credential Supports Industry Standards
On September 1, 2009, the California Massage Therapy Council began issuing California's first state-wide certificates. The new certificate has two levels of certification for massage professionals. Certified Massage Practitioners have 250 hours of continuous training from an approved school. Certified Massage Therapists have at least 500 hours of total training, passing scores on a national exam, such as the National Certification Exam or the MBLEx or an equivalent out-of-state license. We're pleased to see California keeping pace with the rest of the country, and are now offering more flexible programs for students, depending on their career and training goals. Click here for a link to the California Massage Therapy Council.
Principle Massage Instructor Brings Over 30 Years Experience
We are proud to welcome Shari Sunshine, LMT, as part of our team. Shari was first Certified as a Massage Practitioner in 1978, and has since received training in Ortho-Bionomy® from its founder Arthur Pauls, and been Certified in Polarity Therapy®, Rubenfeld Synergy®, Thai Massage, Hypnosis, Healing Chi Kung and more. Shari also had the great fortune to study as an apprentice to Shlomo Efrat, senior student and assistant to Moshe Feldenkrais in Jerusalem, Israel, as well as numerous traditional healers in India, Nepal, and China. Shari founded the Jerusalem Center for the Healing Arts, co-founded the Ashland Massage Institute and Syntropy International, and served as the principle massage instructor at the Maui School of Therapeutic Massage for ten years. In the classroom, she combines boundless enthusiasm for teaching and learning with over thirty years of hands-on experience.
Click here for a link to the Massage Technique class.
600-hour CMT Program with Somatic Bodywork and National Exam Prep
The Arcata School of Massage offers a balanced curriculum which includes both the clinical and the intuitive, providing practical training in both the art and the science of bodywork. With the benefits of our clinic internship, work-trade scholarships, and comprehensive business training, every graduate of ASM who has sought employment is now working... and loving what they do.
A Certificate from ASM makes you eligible to take the National Certification Exam and the MBLEx, required or accepted for Licensure or Certification in all but six states that have laws regulating massage. ASM is a California BPPVE Approved Vocational School, recognized by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, the American Massage Therapy Association, and is a member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals Massage School Alliance.
We accept small classes of students who are dedicated to a life and a career of learning and service as professional therapists. Classes are scheduled to accomodate students who need to work while in school (see Course Schedules). We have Daytime classes (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and Evening classes (5:30 to 9 p.m.).
All of our instructors work as therapists, and we teach from our experience as career professionals. The program includes Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue, Asian Bodywork, Somatic Bodywork/Therapeutic Treatements, Business and more. Our Applied Anatomy, Pathology, and Body Systems courses are hands-on preparation for the National Certification Exam. Our unique in-house clinic internship (included in the program) gives you real-world experience in a full-service massage clinic. Click here for complete program information.
"Because
of the in-depth education I got from ASM, I am not only prepared to
deal with a high volume of clients, I am also considered well informed
and in-demand. Clients appreciate the extra steps I've taken to ensure
their comfort and safety.
Without the education I got, none of this would be possible. Now am I working in a field I went to school for, and I am doing great at it as well. I look forward to returning to Humboldt to do more continuing education at least once a year. You have built a wonderful school, and I can't imagine there are many others like it.
Thank you so much again for everything ASM has done. Any student that goes through your program is very lucky, and words can't even describe how well it will prepare them to become a huge success in this competitive industry!"
~Elizabeth Lake, CMT
