WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026

Integrative Manual Therapy Master Class with Flo Barber-Hancock, Kerry D'Ambrogio, Lynn & Ann Teachworth, and James Waslaski

What happens when five master-level therapists bring their distinct methodologies together to evaluate, treat, and reassess the same client in real time? This is not a lecture. This is not a technique sampler. This is a living, breathing clinical laboratory. This groundbreaking experience is a live collaboration where five master level manual therapists unite to demonstrate the true power of strategically layered manual therapy. In this one-of-a-kind continuing education experience, two patients will undergo a complete integrative clinical process. Each Master will conduct an independent assessment, revealing their unique clinical lens and approach. Synthesizing their findings, they forge a cohesive, integrated treatment plan incorporating advanced modalities and technologies. Watch mastery in motion as they collaborate without ego, deliver hands-on treatments, and demonstrate how layered techniques transform structure, neurology, and function. The session concludes with reassessment and open dialogue, offering rare insight into elite clinical reasoning. This is more than a class; it is a powerful experience of what becomes possible when masters align and expertise is shared. This is a glimpse into the future of massage therapy.

 
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026
Thai Recovery Massage with Ellen Meyer
Thai Recovery Massage is a dynamic, sports-focused approach that blends traditional Thai stretching, compression, and targeted pressure point techniques to help the body recover faster and move better. This class teaches massage therapists how to support athletic clients by improving flexibility, reducing muscle tension, enhancing circulation, and restoring natural mobility. Whether working with weekend warriors or seasoned athletes, therapists will gain effective, practical tools to boost performance and speed post-workout recovery through this powerful, movement-based modality.
Facial Cupping for Spa Practitioners with Paul Kohlmeier
Join us for an immersive 8-hour class on Facial Cupping for Spa Practitioners. In this comprehensive course, you'll begin with an introduction to the world of cupping therapy. Discover the essential tools of the trade, followed by an exploration of reprocessing and theoretical insights. You'll engage in a dynamic lecture, demo, and hands-on practice session focused on Face Uplifting Treatment, Facial Lymph Drainage Treatment, along with Lip Plumping, and a general treatment of the Face, Neck and Décoletté areas. Elevate your spa expertise and unlock the potential of cupping therapy in this enriching class.
Intro to Bowen Therapy with Michelle Lally
Unsure about trying Bowen Therapy? Experience this introductory class and discover the powerful healing techniques of Bowen Therapy in an informative, hands-on session where you’ll learn simple moves you can begin using immediately. Explore how rewarding it is to add Bowen to your massage practice, extend your career, double your income potential, achieve quick results, and apply an efficient full-body routine that saves your body while elevating your work. Bowen Therapy is a revolutionary technique that gently engages the fascia, muscles, and tendons to signal the brain to release, reset, and relax the nervous system, making it a must-have skill and a highly effective addition to your wellness services. Bowen can stand alone as a complete treatment or be added to the end of your already amazing massage routine to create the perfect Bowsage Experience. Join us and take your practice to the next level.
 
Breath Techniques for Unlocking Trauma with Ross Hoffman
This comprehensive class introduces students to the therapeutic foundations of breathwork through an engaging blend of lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice. We begin with an exploration of the history and evolution of breathwork, covering a variety of traditions including yoga-based pranayama, Lamaze, and modern emotional release practices. Participants will review the anatomy and function of the diaphragm and lungs, gaining an understanding of how breath affects both physiological and emotional states. Special emphasis is placed on recognizing and skillfully supporting emotional release, including how to hold safe and compassionate space for others during intense experiences and staying within the scope of practice for massage therapists. A guided group breathwork session allows students to experience the power of collective breathing, followed by a live demonstration of one-on-one breath guidance. Students will then pair up to practice facilitating breath techniques, building confidence and presence in offering this transformative modality.
Visceral Manipulation for Shoulder Pain with Joanne Muir
This is a specialized course focusing on evaluation and treating the essential visceral components to shoulder pain. Understanding the viscera and their ligamentous support system that attaches to the thorax and upper extremities when evaluating and treating shoulder pain and dysfunction is critically important. Discover new applications and techniques of Visceral Manipulation and how they can best be used with clients.
NeuroEnergetic Therapy with Roger Gilchrist
NeuroEnergetic Therapy™ is a modern, integrative practice combining Craniosacral Biodynamics, energy medicine, and nervous system resiliency. This seminar describes the overall theory of NET, and introduces useful practices for assessment and facilitating healing. NET has been taught as an advanced post-graduate training in seven countries around the world.
Quick Techniques for Musculoskeletal Pain Relief Intensive with James Waslaski
This new course is based on 33 years teaching Integrated Manual Therapy across the globe to Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Osteopaths, Athletic Trainers, and Massage Therapists. This class will teach manual therapists how to treat the most common contributions for musculoskeletal pain for each body area in less than 5 minutes. The course takes the highlights of the 11 different classes taught by James Waslaski and gives you his top 3 techniques to quickly address Cervical Pain, Shoulder Pain, Low Back and Hip Pain, Knee Pain. Therapists will be taught assessment and clinical reasoning to allow them to quickly and easily choose the most precise manual therapy techniques to eliminate joint pain, ligament pain, muscle imbalance pain, trapped nerves, muscle tendon injuries and scar tissue pain throughout the body.
Orthopedic Manual Therapy Intensive with Kerry D’Ambrogio
This 4-hour foundational course introduces manual therapists to the clinical decision-making framework of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (OMT) as taught through the D’Ambrogio Institute (DAI). The emphasis of this course is not on learning more techniques, but on developing clarity in where to treat, what to treat, and how to choose an appropriate treatment strategy. Participants will be introduced to the DAI philosophy of evaluation, treatment, and re-evaluation, along with essential fascial and lymphatic anatomy needed to understand global patterns of dysfunction. The Total Body Screening Evaluation (TBSE) is presented as a clinical tool used to determine whether a patient requires a systemic or specific treatment approach. This course focuses on identifying systemic patterns of involvement. A modified Systemic Evaluation (STEV) is demonstrated to guide clinical reasoning toward determining whether the primary system involved is systemic orthopedic or systemic lymphatic. For teaching purposes, the course emphasizes a systemic lymphatic presentation, introducing the principles of Systemic Lymphatic Balancing (STLB) and corrective exercises designed to support lymphatic flow and overall function. This course provides a structured, principle-based approach to clinical decision-making that can be immediately integrated into practice and serves as a foundation for continued training in Orthopedic Manual Therapy.
 
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026
Pain Management with Biofeedback Electro-Stimulation Therapy with Brenda Legel
This introductory course covers the history, science, theory, technology and practical uses of microcurrent devices. In class, you will learn how it works, how to use it, and its applications. Hands-on practical time will give you the experience to learn the different techniques, protocols and applications to assist your clients reduction of pain.
The Fix Method: Structural Integration and Neuromuscular Release with John Adams
This course introduces licensed massage therapists to the principles and techniques behind Functional Innovative Xynergy (The Fix Method), a structural alignment protocol that helps clients achieve deep muscular relaxation and enhanced mind-body awareness. Students will explore the concept of Subconscious Contractions (SC), a term coined to describe unconscious muscular holding patterns that impact posture, pain, and performance. This course blends functional anatomy, somatic awareness, and hands-on demonstration to deepen the therapist's understanding of body-mind integration, offering a foundational framework for identifying and addressing hidden tension patterns in the body.
From Burnout to Balance: Practical Acupressure Strategies with Cristina Eury, Melissa Alday, and John Giancarlo
This engaging continuing education class offers easy-to-utilize tools for busy massage therapists who want to enhance their own wellness and client results. Explore the powerful yet accessible Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ) acupressure relationships between the fingers, core attitudes, organ systems, and overall well-being. Dive into the transformative "Main Central" energy pathway and learn how to maximize Re-balancing, within the body’s individual systems for sustained vitality and stress relief! Unlock the secrets of the JSJ 26 energy centers of the body and discover how activating and harmonizing these areas can relieve pain and discomfort naturally. Through the lens of Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ), therapists will learn to utilize hands-on practice, guided breath meditation, and evidence-based JSJ acupressure to gain practical daily self-care strategies to restore balance and reduce burnout.  Leave this workshop empowered with holistic, research-backed methods you can incorporate instantly—benefiting both you and your clients.
Hot & Cold CoreStones: Contrast Therapy for Massage Professionals with Rochelle Hagen
This hands-on course provides massage therapists with a comprehensive understanding of contrast therapy using heated and chilled CoreStones. Participants will explore the physiological effects of thermotherapy and cryotherapy, learn safe handling techniques, and develop skills to integrate contrasting temperatures into massage sessions for pain relief, inflammation management, and performance recovery. This course bridges theory and practical application, allowing therapists to deliver targeted, results-driven treatments while expanding their modality offerings.
Lymph Drainage For The Orthopedic Patient with Jack Ryan
This class focuses on applying lymphatic drainage techniques to support recovery from injuries and post-operative orthopedic conditions. Participants will learn methods to reduce swelling and encourage healing following sprained ankles, total knee or hip replacements, whiplash, and athletic injuries.
Please note: This course is designed for orthopedic and injury-related applications only and does not provide training for the treatment or management of lymphedema.
High Tolerance, Low Threshold with Amber Lester
In this class we will look at how chronic pain and anxiety can cause the central nervous system to become hypersensitive and initiate the fight or flight response even when the client isn't perceiving pain. It can be difficult treating these clients because they often want something that is louder than their pain. However we must bring them down into a healthy baseline rather than hurting them or ourselves by trying to compete. Understand the process as well as the language to effectively communicate to your client why going in gently can do far more good than aggravating an already "on guard" nervous system with aggressive work. We can get deep and make a huge impact gently and consciously.  "Deep tissue massage is a slow methodical process, that gets to the deepest attachments and muscle bellies, without setting off the bodies defenses." Client nervous systems with chronic pain and anxiety have different rules, and we must observe them in order to promote healing.
Structural Dynamics Intensive with Lynn & Ann Teachworth
The key to advanced results isn't just adding more techniques, but rather gaining a clearer understanding of the dynamics of the body. When the massage therapist understands how to think about the body more comprehensively, they can apply their techniques more effectively for faster, better results. This course provides a new lens through which to assess and treat the body and advanced strategies to apply the tools therapists already have for more effective results. Students will learn myofascial dynamics, the functional relationships of the body, and how to apply hands on massage more effectively to address common pain complaints and mobility issues. The course covers common underlying structural and functional myofascial patterns related to upper and lower back pain, as well as ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, arm, and neck issues. The course demonstrates fundamental therapeutic massage strategies to address these patterns effectively.
CranioStructural Integration Intensive with Flo Barber-Hancock
This 4-hour course introduces the concepts and principles of CranioSomatic Therapy. The scientific foundations of CranioStructural Integration, the Master Release cranial techniques developed by Dr. G. Dallas Hancock, will be presented. A narrated presentation of the treatment with demonstration of the validated outcomes in posture and Primitive Reflexes is included. It is supplemented by an introduction to Facilitated Pathways Intervention, the unique manual therapy created by Dr. Barber-Hancock. The basic myofascial procedures of this easy but powerful intervention will be demonstrated. Students will have the opportunity to practice this hands-on technique and experience its long-lasting benefits in neuromusculoskeletal function.

FL Laws & Rules: Legislative Panel with Rebecca Pollock (REGISTRATION FOR THE IAN MCINTOSH LEGISLATIVE DINNER REQUIRED)
Get the most up-to-date information about the Florida laws and rules for Florida Licensed Massage Therapists. Learn the different roles each organization; FSMTA, FLBOMT, and FLDOH has with the laws and rules for Licensed massage therapists in Florida. The panel will consist of representatives from the FSMTA Legislative Team, the Florida Board of Massage and Florida Department of Health to ensure all information is current and accurate.

SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2026
Synergetic Fascial and Neural Integration with Magnus and Bobbi Eklund
This course explores the dynamic interplay between the fascial network and the nervous system, examining how they communicate, compensate, and co-regulate movement, posture, and pain throughout the body. Through the Synergetic Fascial Method, participants will learn manual and energetic approaches to unwind tension within both systems while enhancing body awareness, mobility, and resilience. Designed for practitioners ready to work beyond the muscular layer, the training provides practical tools and embodied understanding to assess, unwind, and reintegrate the neck, spine, pelvis, feet, and upper body using Synergetic Fascial Neural principles. Integrating anatomical, functional, and energetic perspectives, this hands-on manual therapy course, taught by two experienced structural integrators, supports the restoration of stability, mobility, and balanced fascial and energetic flow from head to toe.
CoreStones: Cold Stone Migraine Care with Rochelle Hagen
In this course, massage therapists will gain a deeper understanding of migraines, including how they differ from regular headaches. Explore the various phases, types, triggers, and symptoms of migraines to better assess and tailor your approach to clients experiencing these conditions. Through a review of current research and findings, learn about the benefits of massage therapy in the management and relief of migraine pain. The course will also introduce you to essential oils known for their migraine-relieving properties, and guide you in selecting and applying them in your practice. Identify and locate key muscles commonly involved in migraines and headaches, and explore effective massage techniques for targeting these areas. The course also covers the use of stones and their strategic placement to help mitigate migraine symptoms, as well as the development of a comprehensive bodywork routine that supports relaxation and healing. By the end of this course, you will be equipped with a range of tools and techniques to offer clients effective, holistic care for migraines, enhancing their well-being and helping reduce the frequency and severity of their symptoms. All stones, ice, trays, oils, and materials will be provided to use in instruction of class. 
TMJ Evaluation and Treatment: A Craniosacral Perspective with Fred Stahlman
This comprehensive, hands-on course is designed to deepen the practitioner’s understanding of craniosacral rhythm and its relationship to mandibular function and dysfunction. Participants will learn to accurately palpate the craniosacral rhythm, assessing symmetry, quality, amplitude, and rate to identify subtle imbalances within the system. Through focused instruction, attendees will explore techniques to effectively address the horizontal diaphragms and understand their role in optimizing craniosacral motion. The course includes detailed anatomical discussion of the bones, musculature, and nervous system structures influencing jaw mechanics and dysfunction, providing a clear clinical framework for evaluation and treatment. Practitioners will develop skills to assess the head, neck, jaw, and facial structures for adverse mechanical tension and create thoughtful, individualized treatment protocols to restore balance, reduce strain, and improve overall function. This course is ideal for therapists seeking to refine palpation skills, expand clinical reasoning, and integrate craniosacral principles into their therapeutic practice.
Get in my Belly with Abdominal Massage with Amber Lester
This class is a focus on abdominal work and its connection to overall health and wellness. We will discuss the benefits and contraindications of abdominal work to the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, musculoskeletal, lymphatic system, fascial network and the nervous system. We will also discuss the emotional aspects of abdominal work and how it can be helpful in releasing trauma. There will be hands-on practice and exchange.
Introduction to Zero Balancing with Carla Van Arnam
This class teaches the concepts and practical techniques of its basic principles for consciously touching structure and energy simultaneously. A demonstration session will include a series of recipients. There will be partner exercises to develop skills of ZB interface touch. Students will learn a series of fulcrums, Half Moon Vectors, that can be incorporated into their current bodywork sessions. Students will learn a brief protocol for a seated client, that can bring immediate calm and steadiness.
The Medical - Massage Interface with Tim Carver
LMTs often interact with patients with varying and multiple co-morbidities like diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiac problems. This course gives recommendations on reacting to various emergencies that may be encountered and discusses challenges presented by technology dependent patients, such as those with vascular access devices, ports, and LVADs.