National Holistic Institute

Other Locations:

• Encino
• Emeryville
• Petaluma

Put Your Hands in Our Hands

National Holistic Institute is one of the nation's largest and most respected schools of massage therapy. A few basics about NHI:

• Nationally Accredited. NHI was the first accredited massage therapy school in California.
• We're massage experts because we focus exclusively on teaching massage therapy.
• High placement rates. Over 80% of our graduates work in massage therapy.
• Schedules to fit you, including daytime, evening and weekend schedules.
• Learning styles that work for you. We teach with multiple methods to make sure every student learns the material.
• Member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) Council of Schools (our founder was once the Chair of the Council).
• Financial plans to meet your needs.
• Pioneer of comprehensive program (over 700 hours) to give students a stronger foundation for their career.
• In 1989, we began the Massage Emergency Response Team (MERT) that is now used nationally by the AMTA to organize volunteer massage on rescue and recovery workers at disaster sites.
• Our program qualifies graduates for the national certification exam.

College of Massage Therapy

Our Massage Therapy program gives you the skills you need for success in this rapidly growing, dynamic profession. We provide a 744-hour program giving an unmatched level of training in more than 125 topics, including:

• Swedish
• Sports
• Pressure Point
• Shiatsu/Acupressure
• Deep Tissue
• Myofascial Therapy
• Hot Stone
• Neuromuscular
• Client Assessment and Interview Techniques
• Building Business Skills

We help you develop in a dynamic way by helping you:

• Creating a Nurturing Environment
• Build Healthy Relationships
• Manage Your Finances
• Set Your Goals
• Improve Your Communication Skills

At NHI:

• We provide an unmatched level of training.
• We're one of the nation's largest and most respected schools of massage therapy.
• You're done in less than a year!
• The "Externship" part of our program gives you valuable networking opportunities.
• We offer our graduates lifetime placement assistance and help in building their private practices
• Our training qualifies you to join the prestigious American Massage Therapy Association.
• We're one of only a few massage therapy schools that qualify for Federal Financial Aid.
• We have locations in the exciting San Francisco Bay Area.
• Our curriculum thoroughly prepares you to take the NCBTMB National Certification Exam.

Financial Aid

At NHI, we have a financial plan for everyone. In addition, we're one of only a few massage therapy schools that qualify for Federal Financial Aid programs, including:

• Federal Pell Grants
• Federal Stafford Loans
• Federal Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
• Federal Work Study (FWS)

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