East West Bodywork Category

Having a variety of bodywork techniques to offer potential clients can greatly increase your employment opportunities as well as provide you with additional avenues to aid and support the health and well-being of your existing clientele.  Many people are familiar with some Eastern bodywork therapies, but one of the lesser-known ones is Thai Massage.  In this post we'd like to give you the basics of this ancient Eastern technique.  Thai Massage has its roots in techniques developed over 2,000 years ago primarily by Buddhist practitioners in the Thai and other east Asian communities.  Though some traditional Thai Massage practitioners focus ...

Though there is evidence of it in cultures such as the ancient Greek and Roman, for the most part modern medical practice has its origins in fairly recent developments.  In contrast, massage therapy and other holistic approaches termed as "alternative" medicine, has its roots in antiquity.  When you examine practices in such diverse ancient cultures from Peru to Egypt, you may be struck by their approach to health care.  For instance, its believed that the ancient Egyptians were the first to use essential oils for health purposes.  Tomb paintings discovered in Egypt show what appears to be therapeutic application of ...

Shiatsu is a form of massage that originated in Japan and traditional Chinese medicine, and has been widely practiced around the world since the 1970s. Shiatsu means “finger pressure,” which describes the technique. In shiatsu therapy, pressure with thumbs, hands, elbows, knees or feet is applied to pressure points on the body. This form of massage also focuses on rotating and stretching limbs, joints, and pressure points, or meridians, as they’re called in traditional Chinese medicine. Eastern medicine has a completely different perspective on health, the body and what is needed for healing. The West approaches illnesses and disease as ...

Lomi Lomi is an ancient Hawaiian massage modality that provides honor and sacredness. It is traditionally done as a rite of passage for children coming of age. Lomi Lomi meaning “masseur, masseuse” in Hawaiian is conducted by the Big Kahunas in the temples of Hawaii for the children. Going beyond simple massage, the Lomi Lomi is a Hawaiian holistic healing tradition. The person who receives the massage is truly honored for who they are without any judgment, as this therapeutic massage is based on unconditional love and acceptance. Long, continuous flowing strokes, using the forearm to embrace the body like ...

Many people like to get and give massages for relaxation, recreation, health improvement, stress reduction and the list goes on. If you'd like to learn the basics of massage sign up for this course. In this one-day course you’ll learn basic massage techniques. When you complete this class at the end of the day you’ll know the proper massage therapist techniques for massing the head, body, arms, and legs.We could also call this class “Family and Friends Massage” because we get so many people who just enjoy giving and getting massages and want to know the proper way to give a therapeutic ...

Please join us on Saturday, May 19th from 11:00 AM - 2:oo PM for the CenterPoint Student Clinic Open House. CenterPoint Massage & Shiatsu School is located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota at 5300 West 35th St. just across the street from L.A. Fitness. We have a fabulous student clinic that offers discounted massage and shiatsu appointments to the general public. Our highly trained students would love to get their hands on you! To introduce ourselves to you, we invite you to attend our Student Clinic Open House on Saturday, May 19th from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. It’s FREE ...

 You don't want to miss this! Dr. Kaneko returns to CenterPoint!  It's not often you have an opportunity to study with a Master. He played an essential role in introducing holistic health and Shiatsu massage to the Western world, and developed the  style of Shiatsu massage called Shiatsu Anma. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Dr. DoAnn Kaneko back to CenterPoint. Dr. Kaneko is the founder of Shiatsu Anma, and is the inspiration behind CenterPoint's Shiatsu Therapy program. It is a great honor to have him share with CenterPoint's students and graduates his immense wisdom and teachings. Register ...

Cancer is the #1 cause of death in people 35-64 years of age. It’s the #2 cause of death in people 65 and older. So the likelihood is that you know someone who has had cancer and most likely have clients that are cancer survivors or fighters. Massage therapy has become one of the leading therapies adopted to help comfort people in pain and bring them comfort. It’s now known that it actually improves the quality of their lives.  It wasn’t that long ago that it was believed that massage could hinder a patient with cancer's health.  But that has ...

This Asian Bodywork and Craniosacral Techniques training provides students with hands on training, assessment, and treatment planning. In some people standard massage treatment strategies don't always apply when their patterns of imbalance have become deeply established. Chronic illnesses often represent a complex interweaving of health and pathology that demands an approach that is made with extreme care and accuracy.  It must address both the gross anatomy; the organs, parts, and structures of a body that are visible to the naked, and the subtle anatomy. Deep listening, subtle palpation skills of craniosacral therapy combined with the sophisticated theoretical and technical repertoire of ...

What do pregnant women, athletes, geriatric clients; people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and survivors of trauma and abuse have in common? All of these special populations have been found to find the benefit of well being from massage therapy. Cancer survivors and patients, HIV patients, athletes, survivors of trauma and abuse are all similar when they say that massage therapy has and does play a very important place in their lives. At whatever point they each may be in their individual journeys one thing comes out in study after study. Well-trained therapeutic bodywork professional can make a real ...