School is in Session

January 1st, 2015 marks a very different transition from one year to the next in the field of Massage Therapy and Bodywork within the State of California. Our State is going through some significant transitions in the requirements for State Certification, employment and acquiring a business license within most municipalities. Come January 1st, 500 hours of training and a passing grade on the National Certification or MBLEX exam will be required to obtai n State Certification, and for most municipalities to obtain a business license. Currently Santa Barbara City only requires 200 hours of training, however our adjacent cities have adopted the State Certification requirements, and Santa Barbara requirements may change at any time to concur with the State Certification standards.

In order to best prepare our 200 hour grads for this transition, we are offering a variety of short modules this fall that can complete their hour requirements towards State Certification. We encourage all grads to complete these requirements and apply for State Certification. For our prospective and incoming students this fall, we are offering both a night format and a day format 250 hour program that will allow completion by December 31st. We have multiple start dates for these programs, based on students choice of two short modules in addition to our Swedish Foundational training.

We encourage our grads and prospective students to check out

our offerings by attending an upcoming free intro, visit our beautiful new website www.sbbti.com, give us a call at 805 966-582 or come in for a tour and conversation regarding our offerings and schedule of classes.

Peace and ease be with you,

Katie Mickey,

Director of the Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute

Free Intros to Massage!!

Intro to Craniosacral Therapy: Sept (Tue) 5:30-7pm

Reflexology & Stress Management:Sept 19 (Fri) 6-7:30pm

Swedish Massage: Sept 22 (Mon) 5:30-7pm

Spa Deep Tissue: Oct 2 (Thu) 9am-10:30pm

Trigger Point: Oct 7 (Tue) 5:30-7pm

Medical Qigong Essentials: Oct 10 (Fri) 5:30-7pm

Swedish Massage: Oct 20 (Mon) 9am-10:30am

Reflexology and Detoxification: Oct 20 (Mon) 2-3:30pm

Check OUT our Classes�

Check OUT our UPCOMING Courses!!

Intro to Craniosacral Therapy
30 hrs with Jordan Terry
Class: Sept 9-30 (Tue, Thu) 5:30-9:30pm
Clinic: Oct 2 (Thu) 1:45-4:45pm
Reg $42 Tuition $420

Ethics
10 hrs with Kathleen Mickey
Class: Sept 10, 17 (Wed) 9:00am-1:30pm

Dec 3, 10 (Wed) 5:30-10pm
Reg Fee $14 Tuition $140

Positional Release
20 hrs with Robert Cutter
Class: Sept 16-Oct 7 (Tue) 9:00-1:00pm
Clinic: Oct 14 (Tue) 9:00 - 1:00pm
Reg Fee $28 Tuition $280

Reflexology & Stress Management
20 hrs with Katie Mickey
Class Sept 19 (Fri) 6-9pm Sep 20, 21 (Sat, Sun) 9am-5pm
Clinic: Sept 24 (Wed) 1:45-4:45 or Sept 25 (Thu) 5:45-8:45pm
Reg Fee $28 Tuition $280

5 Element Physiology & Nutrition

20 hrs with Matthew Jones

Class Oct 3th-31 (Fri) 9am-1pm

Reg Fee $28 Tuition $280

Trigger Point Therapy
80 hrs with Erick Hudson
Class: Oct 7-Nov 25 (Tue, Thu) 5:30-9:30pm
Clinic: Dec 2-Dec 16 (Tue, Thu) 5:45-8:45pm
Reg Fee $100 Tuition $1120

Medical Qigong Essentials
20 hrs with Matthew Jones
Class: Oct 10-12 (Fri) 5:30-9:30pm (Sat, Sun) 9am-6pm
Reg Fee $28, Tuition $280

Spa Deep Tissue
30 hrs with Jordan Terry
Class: Oct 02-Oct 23 (Thu) 9:00am-3:30pm
Clinic: Oct 30 (Thu) 10:15-4:45pm
Reg Fee $42 Tuition $420

Reflexology & Detox
20 hrs with Katie Mickey
Class: Oct 20-Oct 28 (Mon, Tue, Wed) 2-5:15pm
Clinic: Oct 29 (Wed) 1:45-4:45pm

Visceral Lymphatic Drainage

35 hrs with Matthew Jones

Class: Nov 6-Dec 11 (Thu) 9am-3:00pm & Dec 18 (Thu) 9am-1pm

Clinic: Dec 18 (Thu) 1:45-4:45pm

Reg Fee $49 Tuition $490

Hot Stone

20 hrs with Fleur Nelson

Class: Nov 7-21 (Fri) 9am-4pm

Clinic: Nov 21 (Fri) 1:45-4:45pm

Reg Fee $28 Tuition $280

Acupressure I

20 hrs with Nell Craig

Class: Dec 5-7 (Fri-Sun) 10am-4pm

Clinic: Dec 8 (Mon) 1:45-4:45pm

Reg Fee: $28 Tuition $280

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Student of the Month - Feeling the Flow - Andrew Roy

This month we celebrate Andrew Roy for his award as the Student of the Month for September. He has had 8 referrals this month coming to see him in the Student Clinic. His healing touch and love of learning about massage, has made him decide the to join the 1000 hr Holistic Health Practitioner Program. He has already taken the Swedish program, along with Acupressure I & II, Muscle Physiology, Medical Qigong Essesntials, Tui Na I & II, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, and Emotional Process.

What made you choose to come to massage school? It was always a possibility in the back of my mind. Although I never grew up with anything like this in my family, when I received my first massage, I noticed this to be a possibility to be really healing and helpful. I thought I would try it out, and jumped right in.

What is your favorite class? Medical Qigong Essential class. Energy work is very powerful, and Matthew is my favorite teacher! I love his style of teaching, and he is very knowledgeable, and he always has the answer for you.

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Looking for a JOB?

Looking for a job?

Massage Envy is currently seeking therapists.

Massage Envy Spa is hiring in five locations:

Santa Barbara, Goleta, Ventura, Oxnard & Camarillo!

We welcome seasoned therapists and talented new graduates for full-time and part-time work who love what they do and value the opportunity to continue to improve their practice in a busy and supportive environment.

Working as an employee instead of an independent contractor means tables, lotions, linens, scheduling and advertising are taken care of so that you can focus on what you love: Building solid therapeutic relationships with clientele, growing as a therapist and providing quality bodywork.

Santa Barbara 805-681-5050

Goleta 805-683-5700

Ventura 805-644-3689

Oxnard 805-981-3689

Camarillo 805-987-1010

http://www.massageenvy.com/

Check OUT our other Career Openings:
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Be a Part of OUR Network of HEALERS

Attention SBBTI Community of Healers!
List on our new affiliates web page

We are in the process of creating a listing space for our Community of Healers. We want to provide a place for our SBBTI graduates and talent in the community to advertise their massage and healing services. Graduates of SBBTI programs can be listed for FREE!

If you are not an SBBTI graduate but are a part of Santa Barbara's Community of Healers, we would be happy to list your healing practice. We have well over 1,500 local visitors monthly on our page and many are looking for therapists. The rate is $50 for a one year listing. This fee helps to support our students and enables us to continue to offer you a wide variety of massage courses.

If you would like to be listed please send me an email or click on this link to connect with some info about yourself.

Include: Your Name, Business name, Title, License #, location if applicable, phone number, and web address if you have one, also a brief description of your healing practice, specialty and style of massage, one testimonial-optional, It would also be ideal if you could attach a photo of yourself, better for your business, but it is not required.

Blessings,

Ally Gomez

(805) 966-5802

allyson@sbbti.com

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$25

5 Massage Package:

You may use these massages towards a 1 hour Swedish Massage in our Student Clinic. This may also be used in any of our Advanced Student Clinic Massage (please call for schedules and times). Our regular clinic hours are Monday - Saturday at 2:00PM or 3:30PM as well as Monday - Thursday at 6:00PM or 7:30PM. This coupon is NOT needed to be presented in person *we LOVE to save trees** All you have to do is call us and say you would like to buy a Gift Certificate Package!! We encourage you to share this offer with friends and family who would also like to enjoy massage at a great price!

*Buy 5 Student Massages for $125 ($150 value)-Prepaid*