Sunday, July 14, 2-6pm

4 CE hours, NCBTMB approved

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Total tuition: $100

Deposit: $50 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit required to register. Balance of $50 due at time of class by cash, check or money order made out to the presenter.

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Being a massage therapist is often hard work, simultaneously taxing the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic levels of the practitioner. As a result, burnout and injury are rampant, causing the majority of massage school graduates to drop out of the profession after about five years. Those who have made it past the first few years know how hard it can be to continually show up with the passion they once had for this work, something that they once felt deeply called to do. Without conscious intervention, massage therapy can become just as much of a slog as any other career.

Here’s the good news: Joyful aliveness in your practice is entirely within your ability to consciously create and nurture. The LMT Joy Rx is a class unlike any continuing education class you’ve taken, because instead of focusing on techniques to practice on your clients, this class shows you techniques to benefit YOU as you benefit your clients. This class will teach you the exact tools that the instructor uses every day to keep his bodywork practice of 38 years alive and vital for himself and his clients.

Using movement, stretching, breathing, and music, we will focus on three main target areas to support and enliven your massage practice:

• Priming — Bringing body, mind, and spirit online via dynamic and enlivening exercises designed to get your body warm, flexible, and ready for the demands of your practice.

• Table flow —Unlocking the principles of Feel, Flow and Fun through the use of evocative music to vitalize your massage practice.

• Cool down and ground — Employing specific breath, movement, and Qigong techniques to powerfully cleanse and refresh yourself after a full workday.

Mask policy: Surgical masks are optional.

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Instructor: Jeff Blank, LMT (WA license #MA4259)

Jeff graduated from the New England Institute of Massage in 1985 and from the Brian Utting School of Massage in 1989, where he was a core instructor from 1989-92 and 1996-98. With over 38 years of experience between session-work and teaching, Jeff brings vast experience and expertise to his classes.