Shiva Reinhardt is the Director and Main Instructor for Mountain Meadow Massage School, a 716 hour, 6 month Awareness-Based Massage Certification Program in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
This program leads to certification in massage therapy, which will make you eligible
in most states to become a licensed massage therapist.
The details of our program are as follows:
Start Date: September 29th, 2008
End Date: April 1st, 2009
Schedule First Half: Mon, Tues, Wed 8am-5pm Sept-Dec
Schedule Second Half: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs 8am-5pm Jan-April
Location: High Mesa Healing Center
Classes will include: Swedish Massage, Connective or Deep Tissue Massage, Spa Treatments, Counselling Skills, Ethics, Yoga, Meditation, Trigger Point Therapy, Reflexology, Hot Stone Massage, Business, Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology, Pathology, and more!
Our main focus will be on presence while giving massage, palpation skills, deep tissue
massage, and flowing relaxation massage, all paired with precise knowledge of bodily
structures.
Our school is located on 40 acres of beautiful pine trees, meadows, and wildlife. Classes
are held in a circular building called a Yurt, with hardwood floors and a lovely skylight.
This space has been used for healing gatherings for over 15 years. There is a Labyrinth
nearby, with earthen benches perfect for relaxation or meditation.
"The unity principle states that the universe is fundamentally a web of relationships in which all aspects and components are inseparable from the whole and do not exist in isolation" - Ron Kurtz - Body Centered Psychotherapy
"The basic work of health professionals in general...is to become full human beings and to inspire full human-beingness in other people who feel starved about their lives." - Chogyam Trungpa, Becoming a Full Human Being