Joan Schraith Cole teaches continuing education classes for massage therapists through Olympic Massage, an approved provider. Her classes emphasize techniques from different cultures that allow therapists to work deeply with less effort to prevent injury. The small classes teach practical routines that can be immediately added to a therapist's practice and focus on saving therapists' hands while providing therapeutic massage.

1. Joan Schraith Cole
Continuing Education for
Massage and Bodywork Professionals

2. About me
I'm an instructor for Olympic
Massage, an Approved Provider of
Continuing Education under the
National Certification Board of
Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
(#307802-00) that was founded by
Lolita Knight, who created and
taught the Fijian Deep Tissue Sport
Massage for western massage
therapists.

3. Classes Emphasize
Culture &
Lineage
Massage
Without
Breaking
Yourself
Use What
You Already
Know
More
with
Less

4. Olympic Massage
Classes
● All massage courses have one thing in common – they are all designed to
SAVE THERAPIST’S HANDS while giving your clients a very therapeutic
massage.
● More doing than talking – theoretical concepts are taught in the course of
learning routines that can be added to your menu of offerings right away
● Small class sizes are a priority, and single day or half day classes allow
better retention and integration of what you learn
#307802-00

5. Available Classes

6. Centered Awareness
for Bodyworkers
Prevent injury and
burnout with skills from
Qigong (Chi Kung) and
Taiji (Tai Chi). Ground
and center, use silk reeling
to go deeper with less
effort, and develop
presence and mindfulness
for holding space and
boundaries.

7. Massage Tools to Save Hands
Experiment with a variety of massage
tools, including bamboo sticks and t-bars
Chinese Moving Cups
Superficial fascial techniques using
vacuum pumped cups

8. Indian Head
Massage
Gentle relaxing seated
massage with an
Ayurvedic lineage focused
on shoulders, neck, scalp
and face.

9. Panoramic Deep
Tissue
Deep tissue body
mechanics and overview
of modalities integrated
into deep tissue massage.
Flows for maintenance
massage for various body
regions taught.

10. Qualifications
Parkland College
2006 graduate
IL License 227.006987
LMT, BCMTB
EBQTM Certified Instructor
EBTTM Certified Instructor
Qualification achieved 2014

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