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Reserve My Place - June 2012 $200 - Includes Nonrefundable $100 Application Fee. By completing this PayPal transaction, you agree to begin the application process.

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• Welcome
• School Location, Facilities, and Equipment
• Directors, Faculty, and Staff
• Program Outline and Course Descriptions
• Schedule of Classes
• School Calendar
• Admission Requirements
• Enrollment Procedure
• Tuition
• Textbooks
• Registration and Affiliations
• Why THAI?
• 500-Hour Program Application

Welcome

Texas Healing Arts Institute School of Massage (THAI) is located in the heart of Austin. THAI provides professional massage therapy training with a knowledgeable, compassionate, personalized touch. Our exceptional faculty is dedicated to providing pragmatic and energetic instruction to individuals pursuing their education in the healing arts of massage and bodywork. Small classes afford us the opportunity to make a commitment to a superior education for each student by allowing us to give individualized attention to each student's needs.

The faculty and staff at THAI are committed to the success of our students and to providing the utmost support for a quality, holistic education in therapeutic massage. To encourage success and to provide support, we foster long-term relationships with our students. These relationships are nurtured through continuing education courses, reading and study groups, fieldwork, counseling, and employment assistance.

THAI offers continuing education to assist our students after they complete the State certified 500-Hour program. Our highly regarded Clinical Massage Therapy Program (CMT) offers 290 hours of cutting-edge advanced massage techniques for our most serious graduates. Our graduates use our continuing education courses to enhance their body of knowledge on the latest developments and advances in bodywork technique. Graduates can also use our advanced courses to increase marketability, meet continuing education requirements, and work toward national certification. If you are working toward national certification we help you create your own second semester. You can select only the courses you need and build a schedule that works for you. Additionally, study groups and advanced courses present a venue for networking with other therapists in the bodywork community.

The directors offer one-on-one counseling for each student. During their 500-hour training and after graduation, students may set up an appointment with either of us to discuss vocational goals and planning. In addition to career counseling, we encourage our students and graduates to use the directors and instructors as resources for staying in touch with the growing field of bodywork.

At THAI, we also create opportunities for employment. Students have arrived at our door with degrees in acupuncture and Asian medicine, proficiency in yoga and qigong, skills in Reiki and energy work, and expertise in office and administrative work. Some of these skilled and talented students have enriched THAI by becoming instructors and staff at the institute. Other opportunities for employment have arisen out of our numerous connections with the massage community and outreach talks to special interest groups in the larger Austin community.

As founding directors of THAI, we created our school based on the model of a small liberal arts campus. We received our doctoral degrees and taught in universities, both large and small. Learning the best these academies had to offer their students, we implemented warm, friendly, personal classes, taught by well-informed and devoted instructors, in an atmosphere of dynamic community.

Welcome to our academy. We hope to help you find your way along the path of healing arts.

Eri Weinstein, PhD and Kirsten Kern, PhD

Location, Facilities,and Equipment

THAI's School of Massage campus is located in a central Austin neighborhood on 1.25 tree covered acres. The property is shared with our day spa, The Spa at THAI, and our wellness clinic.

The school is housed in a charming, renovated farmhouse and produce warehouse originally built in 1950. The school has two large open classrooms, administrative offices, a small supply store, and is surrounded by pecan trees,gardens and green spaces.

Next to their hands, therapists' tables are their most important tools. We believe a therapist should work on a variety of tables and develop a style of massage before making this important purchase. Thus, we have equipped THAI with massage tables of many makes and models, and students do not need to purchase a table while attending school.

The school is furnished with massage chairs, an outdoor sauna and hot tub, hydrocollator hot packs, paraffin baths, full-sized skeletons, anatomical models, and wall charts including trigger points, muscular, skeletal and reflexology. THAI also houses an ever-growing reference library of massage and bodywork texts, DVDs and videos.

Directors, Faculty, and Staff

The School of Massage is owned by Texas Healing Arts Institute and is managed and directed by Eri Weinstein, PhD, MTI, and Kirsten Kern, PhD, MTI.

At THAI we are proud of our instructors and staff. They keep the school and office running with their administrative competence, dedication to teaching, love of massage, and excellent senses of humor.

Our staff is encouraged to take part in local, national, and international continuing education seminars and workshops. These seminars provide a means for our teachers to broaden their knowledge of massage and bodywork techniques, to enhance their teaching methods, to establish professional contacts, and to maintain awareness of current innovations in the massage and bodywork field.

For more information about THAI's faculty and staff, click the link on the navigation bar.

Swedish Massage Therapy Program Course Descriptions

Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) requires that an individual complete a 500 hour program in massage therapy to be eligible to apply for a massage therapy license.

For the hands-on portion of our program, our teacher to student ratio is maintained at 1:20 (one instructor to 20 students or less) in order to provide attentive guidance and instruction. Generally, THAI closes enrollment for a class around 16 students.

In accordance with TDSHS regulations, THAI's 500-Hour Massage Therapy Program curriculum is as follows:

• Swedish Massage (125 hrs) Massage Techniques (75 hours)
• Anatomy (50 hours)
• Physiology (25 hours)
• Kinesiology (50 hours)
• Pathology (40 hours)
• Hydrotherapy & Spa (20 hours)
• Human Health and Hygiene (20 hours)
• Business Practices and Professional Ethics (45 hours)
• Internship (50 hours)

Schedule of Classes

THAI offers day class schedules for the 500-hour Massage Program. Refer to our class schedules page for the classes currently offered.

School Holiday Calendar

Vacation days and holidays include Easter; first two days of Passover and the following weekend if it has contiguous days; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; two days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the following weekend if it has contiguous days; Wednesday through Sunday of Thanksgiving, and at least two days before Christmas through January 4th. Our normal hours of operation are: Office: 9:30am - 5pm Monday-Thursday, 9:30am - 4pm on Fridays. School: When classes are scheduled.*

*Note: All days and hours of operation for the office and school are subject to change. We advise calling ahead, especially around holidays.

Admission Requirements

The School of Massage Therapy at THAI uses subjective and objective criteria to determine enrollment eligibility. There is no prerequisite training for the 500-hour Swedish Massage Therapy program. To be admitted to The School of Massage Therapy at THAI an individual must:

• Be 18 years old or older.
• Exhibit sufficient emotional maturity and stability to progress through the course.
• Possess sufficient financial stability to complete the course.
• Possess desire, motivation, and study skills to satisfactorily pursue massage therapy training.

Ineligibility for Licence

• A person is not eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for an offense involving prostitution or another sexual offense (Sec. 455.152).
• A person convicted of a violation of this chapter is ineligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor until the fifth anniversary of the date of the conviction (Sec. 455.152).
• An applicant is not eligible for a license under this chapter if the applicant, in the five years preceding the date of the application, has been finally convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony (Sec. 455.1525).

The School of Massage Therapy at Texas Healing Arts Institute does not discriminate against any person on the basis of sex, race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation in the admissions process or in the administration of school policies or procedures.

Enrollment Procedure

To enroll in the massage therapy program or for further information, call Katherine Brady, Admissions Director, at (512) 323-6042 or email school@texashealingarts.com. Enroll early to reserve your spot in the class of your choice!

Enrollment consists of a simple five step process:

1. Reserve your place in the class schedule of your choice.
2. Schedule a meeting with the Admissions Director for a tour of the school. This meeting may be scheduled online via our website.
3. Complete an Enrollment Application and submit to the Admissions Director by email attachment, at your meeting with the Admissions Director, by fax (512) 323-6419, or by mail:
   
   Admissions Director
   Texas Healing Arts Institute Massage School
   7001 Burnet Road
   Austin, Texas 78757
   
   Submit with a $100.00 application fee online, by mail (checks and money orders), or at the meeting with the Admissions Director, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY RESERVED YOUR PLACE IN CLASS AND PAID $200.00.
4. Receive approval for enrollment from the School Directors.
5. Complete the enrollment process with the Admissions Director by submitting the enrollment paperwork. At this time you will need to select a tuition payment method:
   
   A. Pay tuition in full.
   
   B. Choose a monthly payment plan and pay a tuition deposit of a minimum of $600.00.  Contact Admissions Director for details.

Tuition

Call or email for current tuition prices. Contact Katherine Brady, Admissions Director for tuition payment plan details.

Textbooks

All textbooks are available at the school store. Prices for textbooks vary depending upon where the student chooses to purchase them.

Please inquire about THAI's books and supplies package discounts!

Why is THAI the best choice of massage schools for You?

• THAI's teachers are practicing body workers. Specialties include: Clinical Massage Therapy, Thai Massage, Pregnancy Massage, Acupuncture, Feldenkreis, Aesthetics, and Personal Training.
• The Swedish massage technique instructors are practicing therapists and experienced instructors.
• Our 500-hour program trains you in relaxation massage, pregnancy massage, Thai massage, chair massage, trigger point release, myofascial release, deep tissue massage and structural work.
• We value our students' creative intelligence. Students are not required to learn a massage routine that limits their creativity. Instead, students are taught the skills to design and adapt massages that fit the individual bodywork needs of their clients.
• Our hydrotherapy classes are not just theory classes. They include hands-on professional training in hydrocollator hot packs, hot stone massage, sauna, cold therapy, and spa treatments.
• Our business classes prepare you for today's marketplace. You will job search, network and create a working website during your business studies.
• All of our classes (hands-on classes as well as lecture classes) are small so that students are able to receive plenty of personalized attention and feedback from their instructors. Generally we close enrollment for a class around 16 students. For classes with a high demand, we maintain our teacher to student ratio is maintained at 1:20 (one instructor to twenty students) in order to provide our students with attentive guidance and instruction.
• THAI is owned and operated by two Ph.D. educators with over 45 years of combined teaching experience.
• Our Admissions Director is not pushy and truly counsels you to help you make the best decisions for your education.
• Our massage school promotes a strong sense of community among the students, faculty, and staff. THAI's massage school directors and teachers listen to feedback from students to enhance the curriculum and improve instruction.
• Our instructors are proud of their lifelong commitments to learning. They all continue their personal education with advanced training in a variety of bodywork and movement modalities.
• THAI created Austin's First, Finest, and Longest Running Clinical Massage Therapy Program in Austin.
• THAI is well known for providing quality Continuing Education Classes.

Licensing and Affiliations

The School of Massage THAI is registered with the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) Professional Licensing and Certification Division, Massage Therapy Registration Program. THAI has been a Member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) since 2000, and is nationally recognized by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).