Heartwood Massage Certification

with Amy Glovin or
Joanna Chieppa, B.A., R.M.T.

Heartwood Institute proudly presents its beginning level massage intensive that combines many complementary healing modalities taught at Heartwood.

This effective and enjoyable massage will help your clients with stress, fatigue, chronic tension and injury. You will learn to do a complete full-body massage with a focus on grounding and centering techniques to develop your sensitivity and intuition. Class time will include communication skills, a foundation of muscular/skeletal anatomy, meditation, relaxation, visualization, movement and self-care. Good body mechanics will help you enhance your energy and remain truly present while giving massage.

You may choose between two excellent instructors, each with years of experience, who bring their own style and focus to the classroom.

Amy’s focus is on incorporating bodymind integration & breath awareness into the massage setting. She explores how thoughts and feelings impact our ability to be happy, healthy beings, while utilizing massage as a tool for personal growth and transformation.

Joanna’s focus is on integrating energy balancing with soft tissue massage. She discusses basic energy theory, explains the relevance for massage professionals, and shares some simple energy techniques that are then incorporated into the massage.

This can be the beginning of a rewarding career in massage. Beginners are welcome, as well as those who have some experience and are interested in training to meet requirements for licensing. Learn a unique and special style of massage that will benefit everyone you touch.

14 days, 100 hours. Tuition: $1,295 plus accommodations.

Amy Glovin, C.M.T., T.B.T., has been teaching at Heartwood Institute since 1984. She has taught extensively with Drs. Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks as an authorized trainer of the Hendricks Method of Bodymind Integration. She has trained hundreds of massage and somatic therapists. With over 20 years experience in the holistic health field, Amy integrates conscious touch, breath awareness, and movement therapy techniques as the focus of her work.

Joanna Chieppa, B.A, R.M.T. has practiced bodywork and energy work since 1981, and has taught massage professionals to combine energy work and therapeutic massage since 1986. She has taught at Heartwood Institute since 1986, and from 1990-1992, she was the Director of the Massage Therapy Program. Since 1992 she has also taught energy work at hospitals, hospices, nursing schools and massage schools throughout the western U.S. Joanna studied Therapeutic Touch with Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz, Jin Shin Jyutsu with Mary Burmeister, and has also taken classes with Rosalyn Bruyere, Mietek Wirkus, and Carolyn Myss. She is a member of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine, and the American Massage Therapy Association. She teaches with clarity, care and humor and is dedicated to inspiring students to develop compassionate and skilled touch.