Course Title:
Pre- & Perinatal Massage Therapy certification workshop
Date Offered: October
2-5, 2008
Times: Thursday thru Sunday; 9:00am-6:00pm (9:00am-6:30
Saturday 10/4)
NCBTMB Approved Continuing Education: 32 Contact Hours
Cost: $575 prior to September 2; $625 thereafter
Early Registration Deadline:
September 2, 2008
Who May Attend: Graduates of at least a 500-hour professional
massage therapy program or equivalent. Other perinatal professionals
are admitted with instructor approval.
What To Bring: Upon enrollment, participants will be
mailed a list of equipment to bring and preparatory reading.
Course Description:
PRE-AND PERINATAL MASSAGE THERAPY is an advanced, hands-on
training in all aspects of maternity massage therapy, including
pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period. Practitioners who are
seeking practice specialization or are preparing for collaborations
with physicians, midwives, or hospitals will learn a comprehensive
theoretical, anatomical, and somatic foundation for their work.
Intensive hands-on instruction conveys over 80 advanced techniques
specifically adapted by course developer Carole Osborne-Sheets for the
childbearing year, including deep tissue, passive movement,
neuromuscular, reflexive, and positional releases, featuring the
insights and selected techniques of Ida Rolf, tai chi chuan, and other
somatic methodologies.
***We are seeking pregnant women for a free massage therapy session
within this training. Women who are beyond twelve weeks and whose
pregnancies are low risk and without complications are invited to
receive a massage as part of this clinic. These sessions are by
appointment. Please call Josh Herman at 919-532-7176 for more
information.
Instructor Bio:
Carole Osborne-Sheets has been an integrative body therapist
since 1974. In addition to private practice, she has worked in
osteopathic, women's medical clinic, and psychological practices. Her
work focuses on facilitating somato-emotional and neuromuscular
integration. She is a specialist in family issues, including
pregnancy, sexual and emotional trauma, substance and eating
disorders, self-image, and nurturing.
Her earliest bodywork studies were with the Arica Institute, Milton
Trager, and Tai chi with Master Abraham Liu, and in an apprenticeship
in the teachings of Ida P. Rolf with Edward Maupin, Ph.D. More recent
studies have included osteopathic soft tissue therapies. Carole
cofounded IPSB, in San Diego, in 1977, where she continues to teach.
She is also an original faculty member at Big Sky Somatic Institute,
Helena, Montana. She has taught throughout North America and in
Europe.
In 1980 she began collaborating with perinatal professionals and
colleagues in researching and developing infant and maternity
massage therapy protocols and instructional programs. She pioneered
the reintroduction of therapeutic masssage and bodywork to
healthcare for the childbearing year. Over the years she has trained
parents, hospital association staffs, and over 3,500 maternity
massage therapists.
Carole has published two books, Pre- and null Massage
Therapy and Deep Tissue Sculpting, and her articles
and contributions appear in many professional and mainstream
publications. She provided consultation on several videos, and for
other prenatal and infant massage media items and curricula at
massage therapy schools. Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus'
newly released book on pregnancy and sexual abuse survivors includes
Carole's input. She is a key contributor to the upcoming book
Teaching Massage Therapy. She is a professional member of many
organizations and is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork. She is the mother of Josh and Elizabeth whose gestations,
births and lives inspired and continue to contribute to her work.