#101/201 ORIENTAL BODYWORK THERAPIST

Certified Holistic Health & Shiatsu Practitioner Diploma Program

Certified Holistic Health Practitioner™ Designation

Students receive the following training:

a) Fundamentals of Oriental Bodywork and Acupressure~ 210 hours; Oriental analyses skills ~ tongue analysis, muscle testing, pulse analysis, Yin/Yang and Five Element theory; Anatomy, Physiology; First Aid with CPR and Defibrillator training; tendino-muscular meridians and their relevance with bodywork;

b) Barefoot Shiatsu ~ 24 hours;

c) AcuChi ~ 100 hours ~ charting ten meridian and twelve extraordinary channels and location of acupressure points, Points of Caution; Basic overall Back, Neck, Shoulder and Whole Body release patterns; Body stretching and point work for chi balancing; Learning points and pathways of organ meridians and strange flows.

d) Case Studies and Healership skills ~ 30 hours: Specific pathological conditions studied may be as follows ~ Cardiac conditions; Hypertension (high blood pressure); Arteriosclerosis; Neuropathy; Insomnia; Trigeminal neuralgia; Occipital neuralgia; Brachial and Intercostal neuralgia; Sciatica; Migraine; Diarrhea; Constipation; Ailments of the Liver Hernia of the intervertabral discs; Whiplash-type injury or trauma to cervical vertebrae and more;

e) Student Practicum total 176 hours~ consisting of hands on practice in all Oriental Bodywork techniques in a professional supervised environment ~

OBT Students are required to take the following courses to obtain an Oriental Bodywork Therapist Certificate:

Ethics of Touch ~ 30 hours ~ hand-on practitioners guide to creating professional, safe and enduring holistic health practices

Business Mastery ~ 30 hours ~ preparation of a Career Portfolio; Setting up a Professional Small Business and preparation of a personal Business Plan; Professional Ethics; Marketing and Advertising; Understanding Professional Associations and Liability Insurance. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Overall CHHSP Diploma program includes 220 hours total of Anatomy (90), Physiology (80), Pathology (50) taught over the 11 month course and is picked up in all the subjects.

Oriental Bodywork Therapist, along with its components, is taught for 540 hours out of the 1320 Certified Holistic Health & Shiatsu Practitioner Diploma Program or 1020 hour Certified Holistic Health Practitioner™ Designation.  An additional 300 hours is added when taking the full 11 month course which includes #301 Advanced Shiatsu Practitioner Certificate, which allows the graduate to qualify for the Registered Shiatsu Therapist Designation from the Shiatsu Therapy Association of British Columbia.

Unique to this program is the fact that our graduates will have the ability to take graduate courses in two different streams ~ 1.Oriental Bodywork 2.Shiatsu Practitioner. 

Upon successful completion Graduates will be able to perform the following Oriental Bodywork sessions with clients:

15 minute oriental analyses consultation

15 minute Chair Bodywork session

30 minute Neck, Shoulder and Back Table session

60 minute full Acupressure table session

60 or 90 minute combination table session using all oriental bodywork skills learned

60 minute Floor Shiatsu session

Graduates receive along with their Diploma as Certified Holistic Health Practitioner™:

a Certificate in Oriental Bodywork that is recognized by the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada

a Certificate by an authorized Shiatsu Teacher that may be applied to a Registered Shiatsu Therapist Designation, as recognized by other Shiatsu teachers and Associations; 

This course develops a high quality, confident practitioner.  Much attention is paid to graduates' ability to serve a wide cross section of the public, and to continue in further advanced study.

Testimonials from Course Graduates

"I loved this course!  Getting worked on regularly really helped my back and I know that is why I am able to do so well with the course theory.  I would recommend this course for everyone!"

"The incredible feeling that comes from working with Shiatsu, Jin Shin Do®, Strange Flows and Acupressure has convinced me that doing this for others will be my lifelong profession!  Thank you for your patience."

"Arnold Porter is not just an incredibly compassionate teacher, but is able to draw the very best out of all of us during practice!"

"Coming here to improve my qualifications as a masseuse was the best thing I have ever done!"

"The diversity of the work, and the ability to take future courses in any of the sections works extremely well for me. I feel I am treated with enormous respect in this regard."

"Your method of combining all Oriental Bodywork techniques allows me to work with more depth and understanding in my present practice.  I never realized how much information I was missing and I have been in this field for 10 years! Thanks, Pauline!" 

"Case Studies are extraordinary and I will use all of them in my future practice:)  It was very informative and enjoyable working with Dr. Heather Bury and Dr. Neils Christensen examining tongues and using Auriculotherapy.  You have done a wonderful thing putting all of these skills together Pauline."

"Mariesa Angco is a wonderful teacher and I intend to take her summer course! "

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