This course follows the 500-hour training Somatic Therapist and is a comprehensive program empowering the student to effectively use the healing art of Advanced Massage techniques. This Class is a comprehensive program designed to give the trained massage practitioner in-depth knowledge and skills necessary to perform a wide range of massage techniques to meet a client's needs. Taught in an independent modular format.

Prerequisite: Certified Somatic Therapist 500- Hour, or equivalent.

Students learn specific anatomy, and manual therapies relating to each body part and condition addressed, pain dynamics, exercise and learn the signs of common diseases, how massage can help alleviate them, and when to refer a client to another health care professional. This course builds on the tools and techniques of the Somatic Therapist Course and is an extension and refinement of skills, which builds confidence in the student and prepares the student for the transition to a professional Certified Master Somatic Therapist in the workplace.

The objective of this course is for the student to utilize a variety of clinical modalities in caring for clients in private practice or in a clinical setting.

Classes meet for three evenings/days a week for fourteen months, or expanded according to the time frame of each student's schedule.

This class utilizes a hands-on approach. Students' practice the tools and techniques just introduced during class lectures and demonstrations. Refinement is done during the instructor's rounds and later discussed as an entire class. Individual attention is given to guide the student's progress.

A diploma is awarded upon successful completion of this course as a Certified Master Somatic Practitioner in the workplace.