SACRED BODYWORK SPA STAFF TRAINING PROGRAM

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Our Spa Staff Training Program was designed with the operational goals of spas in mind--enhance the guest experience and build revenue. Training is an important component in attaining these two goals. The better trained your therapists, the better the guest experience. If part of your staff has less training, it means fewer treatments you can book for those therapists, leading to more complicated scheduling and ultimately lost revenue and disappointed guests. So, let us help bring those therapists up to the level of the others.

 

The other way we can help is by customizing training for you with the specific goal of adding services to your menu. If you have ever considered going beyond Deep Tissue or Sports Massage, maybe Thai on the Table is a good new option to offer your clients. Or, for a versatile guest favorite, why not add Thai Herbal Compress Massage to your menu. These heated bundles are aromatic (so everyone in the spa will ask what is that amazing smell), anti-inflammatory, relaxing and indulgent. 

 

We offer advanced massage training so therapists already proficient in Western massage techniques can broaden their available techniques into Thai or Hawaiian traditions. Our certified programs are suitable for any spa wishing to enhance the services they offer their guests. We will teach your staff from beginner to advanced Thai Massage or Hawaiian Lomilomi Massage. Participants in our program will become familiar with the Eastern philosophies of massage and can graduate from our continuing education programs with proficiency in new hands-on bodywork techniques. Many of these treatments can be used either alone or in combination with other massage therapy techniques.

 

Our training program will be built around authentic Thai and/or Hawaiian techniques, with flexibility designed just for your spa, and depending on what types of treatments you would ultimately like to offer to your guests. If you want a "flavor of Thai," the Thai Massage on the Table program might be ideal for you. But if you want to create a new menu of offerings, the entire Thai program might be the right answer. We keep our Spa Staff Training Program as simple and flexible as possible because we understand the operational needs of your spa; regardless of the program or programs you choose, our goal is for members of your staff to leave our training classes with the skills necessary to immediately begin practicing their new techniques. We know the more skills and broader diversity of skills your staff has, the better your bottom line results. 

 

Once we have conducted a training for your spa, we offer continuing support. Your therapists will be eligible for a 25% discount from our normal course fees when registering for one of our regularly scheduled classes covering the same material we taught in your spa. So, if three months after the training, you hire a new therapist who needs the Stone Massage training we gave to the entire team, she can find the next scheduled class on our website and register at 25% off.

 

All trainings are conducted personally by Jairo Cardona, LMT, NCBTMB, and Dennis Stovall, LMT. NCBTMB, Thai teachers, both founders/directors of Sacred Bodywork LLC - approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider # 450670-08 and by Florida State continuing education provider # 50-9043.

 

 

CLASS SIZE

 

We emphasize small class sizes to insure that each student receives the maximum personal attention possible. This methodology will make your therapists more knowledgeable and proficient, which translates directly into revenue potential and competitive edge in growing but very competitive industry.

 

Any of our continuing education courses found on this site can be selected as part of your spa training program.

 

The Thai course options are:

  • Front Position

  • Sitting Position

  • Side Lying Position

  • Back Position

  • Thai on the Table

  • Thai Herbal Compress Massage

  • Thai Facial Massage

  • Thai Detox Massage

  • Thai Healing Protocols

The Hawaiian Lomilomi course options are:

  • Lomilomi Basic Protocol 

  • Lomilomi Advanced Protocol (uses hot stones)

We also offer:

  • Sacred Hot Stone Massage

As part of the courses, each participant will perform a minimum of two supervised clinic sessions to demonstrate proficiency. We recommend that your front desk and other operational staff receive work during this process. This will give them familiarity with the treatments so they can better assist guests in booking, giving you a better return on your investment.

CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS:

1. 100% attendance
2. Completion of at least 3 scheduled clinic sessions
5. Paid in full

 

STAFF TRAINING AT YOUR SPA

WHAT WE PROVIDE

 

Your existing staff can be professionally trained with minimal disruption of your normal business scheduling.

 

  • Two, Three, or Four days per week (8 hours each day) of intensive training for each spa service

  • Clear, practical and concise conceptual knowledge to support the hands-on techniques

  • Complete list of all equipment and supplies needed for each service

  • Step-by-step instruction in proper technique for each massage protocol/service

  • Observation of each student in every technique and individual feedback as necessary

  • Every massage student will personally experience every technique being taught

  • Highlights of the most common errors committed in each massage technique or sequence

  • Training Manual for each student plus a master copy

  • 2 Supervised clinic sessions per student after the class

  • NCBTMB Continuing Education Certificate of completion for each massage program completed.

     

    OUR FEES

     

  • 30% discount per student from standard fees found on our Courses page. Minimum 6 students to qualify 

  • Or, $800 per day for 1 or 2 trainers, eight hours. (9 a.m.- 6 p.m. with one hour for lunch, for example).

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    TRAVEL

     

    Roundtrip coach airline ticket plus ground transportation fares or 35 cents per mile by car

     

    HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

     

    One hotel per day of class, plus one night before class. The current state of air travel makes it unreliable to arrive with certainty at a given time the same day training begins.

     

    TRAINING SITE

     

    For ten or more trainees, a quiet room large enough for 12 chairs (mornings) and 6 massage tables and/or Thai mats (afternoons) and a display table. A room which is 30’ x 20’ works well. Smaller groups can use proportionately smaller rooms. There must be a bathroom nearby.

     

    YOU NEED TO PROVIDE

     

    1. Detailed list of attendants, massage licenses numbers, and basic experience of each student

    2. Black or white board and writing materials

    3. Projector for laptop

    4. Massage tables,  Thai Massage mats, sheets, and towels

    5. Chairs and/or Thai floor cushions

    6. Massage oil

    7. Cold water and hot teas for all

     

    GUIDELINES FOR SPA OWNERS/MANAGERS

     

    Please feel free to provide us with one or two assistants who can attend the training free of charge.

     

    In return, we request that you honor the following guidelines:

     

    • Schedule staff time exclusively for the training. It is disruptive to a class if therapists come and go to give treatments. This kind of interruption also guarantees your therapists will not complete the training with the necessary skills to give your guests the quality treatments they expect of your facility.

    • We are sometimes asked to reduce the training time. The only way to reduce training time is to reduce material covered. Each individual course contains specific protocols and skill your therapists must master. The number of training hours required for each treatment can be found above or on our Courses page. 

    • Consider asking your staff therapists to pay for a good percentage of the training cost. This helps staff appreciate the opportunity you are offering them and makes them more highly motivated students. They are also getting continuing education hours, along with learning the new skills.

    • Staff should wear comfortable loose fitting clothes during training.

    • Mandatory 2 massage clinics-Structure time for your staff after the training to give a minimum of two supervised treatments to each other and/or front desk staff.

    • By including the front desk staff in the supervised clinics, you make them more knowledgeable about your new treatments and better able to communicate them (sell them!) to your clients. 

    • We provide an excellent massage training manual that includes an overview of the theoretical aspects of the massage treatment and a detailed description of the practical protocol for each staff member/student. A master copy will be available for your records together with a list of menus, products and equipment needed and suggested suppliers.

    • A room large enough to accommodate all the staff in the training is most effective. (30’ x 20’)

    • Appoint one person to organize the training area and be responsible for having all supplies available. They should also organize the set up and clean up.

    • No food, drinks, chewing gum other than bottled water allowed in the training area.

    • No audio or videotaping.    

 

Spa Staff Training Program

Hot Stone Massage Treatment Protocols for Massage Envy Staff-

16 NCBTMB and Florida CE Hours

 

  •  November 3-4/ TIME: 9:30AM to 5:30PM

Congratulations on our graduates from

Balance Day Spa in Greensboro, NC

 

30% discount per student. Minimum 6 students to qualify,

Or, $800 per day for 2 trainers, eight hours.

 

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Sacred Bodywork LLC

Holistic Bodywork and Continuing Education (CE) Healing Arts Classes in Miami Beach, Florida USA

 

 

         

 

Sacred Bodywork, LLC is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)

as a continuing education Approved Provider.

NCBTMB Provider # 450670-08 and Florida State Continuing Education Provider # 50-9043

 

Sacred Bodywork Directors are members of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association and the American Massage Therapy Association

and members of  Tao Mountain Association of Traditional Thai Massage & Herbal Medicine

 

 

Sacred Bodywork Websites: sacredbodywork.us    thaimassageclasses.com

 

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