“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” -Seneca Utilized for its medical benefits and healing qualities, massage therapy has grown into a prominent and respected career. If you have ever considered becoming a massage therapist, there are many factors to take into consideration....
Beverley Giroud, Director of Education at the Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy, sat down for a short interview. Beverley has been a massage therapist for over 20 years. She serves as a Commissioner on the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation and is currently a...
Last week, Beverley Giroud, Director of Education, at the Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy was featured on the massage therapy themed podcast: How's the Pressure? Here's what the show's host, Haley Winter, had to say: "This week I am bringing in Beverley Giroud to talk about...
Autonomic Flexibility An Axiomatic Approach Matthew Howe, H.B. I’ve engaged many different massage and bodywork approaches with clients as the years have gone by. It didn’t take long before a few themes kept coming up. There were consistent similarities between clients and client populations. It didn’t matter where...
Tiffany Ryan is a Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy and Yoga graduate and has sent us an update on her career. She completed our 200RYS Yoga Teacher Training and our 600 hour Massage Therapy Certification in 2017, and was just hired to be a...
Desirae Ellison of Fayetville, West Virginia left her life as a whitewater rafting guide to pursue her dream of a career in massage therapy. In this video, she discusses her experience studying abroad in Costa Rica. She finished the 600 hour massage therapy curriculum in...
By: Kat Parker “From the moment we are born to the final days of our lives, touch acts as a central aspect of the human experience — impacting our physical, mental and emotional health, and quite literally shaping the way we go through our lives.” -Kerry...
One of our most popular weekend workshops, Oncology Massage, is coming up on the weekend of September 16th-17th, 2017. Our beloved instructor, Vickie Torrey, explains more about what Oncology Massage is and what to expect from the workshop below. Vickie is from Savannah, Georgia. She teaches...
By: Tess McGrath “The yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas and makes it a fit vehicle for the spirit. A soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly” -B.K.S. Iyengar The practice of yoga is an ancient tradition...
A new report indicates the U.S. has a big problem with sleep deprivation—a problem that has “a significant effect” on the American economy. Why Sleep Matters—The Economic Costs of Insufficient Sleep, released Nov. 29 by RAND Corporation, quantifies the economic losses due to sleep deprivation...
