The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts

The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts

The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts offers an extraordinary Massage Program, combining a curriculum that includes learning opportunities available nowhere else in the world, with all the advantages of a locally owned/privately owned institution.

Our Massage Program

The Bodhi Tree Center Massage Program is 600 hours in length and may be completed in as little as 8 months. Graduates are then eligible to take the National Certification Exam (NCE) toward licensure in Nevada, California, and any state that accepts the NCE.

It is the excellence of our graduates that sets us apart. Our graduates find work in this field as independent business owners, or at a wide variety of employment opportunities including spas and chiropractic offices. Call for an appointment and we will be glad to give you a tour of the school and answer all your questions. Financing is available.

The Bodhi Tree Center offers all the advantages of a locally owned/privately owned institution:

• An emphasis on personal attention and care
• Affordability - includes a free massage table and free required textbooks as part of tuition
• A highly flexible schedule that works well for both part-time and full-time students
• Low student - teacher ratios
• Attractive and enjoyable atmosphere and facilities
• One of the best massage educations in the country with unique massage and bodywork instruction offered nowhere else

The Profession of Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is an exciting career choice and a satisfying profession for the motivated adult learner. As a choice for meaningful work that requires talent and sensitivity, Massage Therapy is being increasingly incorporated into conventional healing approaches and settings, and is gaining acceptance as an adjunct therapy to many western modalities and treatments. Training at The Bodhi Tree Center offers the opportunity to be uniquely positioned to take advantage of this growing field, with the skills to succeed.

Our Mission

The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts is dedicated to providing a comprehensive education in massage therapy and bodywork by offering the adult student creative learning opportunities geared towards the development of professional expertise and a confident business identity.

Licensure and Affiliations

The Bodhi Tree Center is licensed by the Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education, is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) Council of Schools and is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Other associations include The Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America, The American Dance Therapy Association, The American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia, and The Center for Soulful Living.

Continuing Education

The Bodhi Tree Center offers many of its classes for Continuing Education credit which are accepted for renewal with the Nevada State Board of Massage Therapists, the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB - and any state that accepts National Certification), and other organizations.

Description of the Facilities

The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts' campus is located at 3107 N. Deer Run Road, Ste. 6, Carson City, Nevada.

Carson City is in Northern Nevada, 15 minutes from Lake Tahoe. The facility has 3,700 square feet of handicap accessible space, which includes separate classrooms, a massage clinic area, offices, a retail Massage Store with massage and bodywork products, and three restrooms. Ample parking is available directly in front of the entrance into the Center.

Who We Are

Lee M Thorpe, MA, ADTR, LMT, ABT, and John M. Thorpe, RCST, NCTM, LMT, CHT, FSL, are the owners, administrators and primary instructors of The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts. After training and working in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine field for 20 years in the Chicago area, John and Lee moved to Northern Nevada in 2003, and began teaching at schools in the area. In 2007 John and Lee purchased Baum Healing Arts School of Massage in Carson City, renaming it The Bodhi Tree Center for Healing Arts. Since then, John and Lee have been expanding this already successful Massage Program, bringing their unique education, insights, caring and talent to massage education.

Lee Thorpe holds Master of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy since 1993, and has been designing and facilitating group movement and growth experiences at venues as varied as hospitals, universities and spiritual retreat centers. While Lee has developed a mastery of many forms of massage, she has a special affinity for Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Asian bodywork called Zen Shiatsu.

John Thorpe specializes in bodywork development and has created two exciting styles of bodywork, Rejuvenation Massage and Interactive Fascial Therapy. He became involved in the healing arts in 1984, specializing in multiple forms of massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Energy Healing, and Aromatherapy. John is also a published writer, poet, and an exhibited artist and photographer.

Contact Us Today!

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