Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga :: Blacksburg

2001 S Main St
Blacksburg, VA 24060

Meeting Today’s Need for More Healing Professionals

As expansion of the field of natural healing continues, it's important that future body workers acquire advanced skills and education necessary to compete in this growing occupation. The Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga, located in Blacksburg, Virginia, provides students with professional training in massage, yoga, and other healing therapies to successfully achieve long-term, rewarding employment opportunities. Blue Ridge takes learning to yet another level by including vital education in ethics, professional standards, and business to help graduates go on to achieve successful careers.

*Financial assistance available.

Programs that Give You the Edge You Need to Excel

Exceeding National and State certification requirements, the 600-hour massage therapy training program at Blue Ridge is perfect for prospective students, who want to gain the academic edge in the in-depth medical massage-based course. The comprehensive massage therapy program at Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga entails a practical and almost all-inclusive curriculum that provides training and instruction in the basic health sciences such as anatomy, body mechanics, and physiology. Some of the diverse modalities students learn in the massage program include: Swedish massage, chair massage, deep tissue, clinical practice, kinesiology, connective tissue theory, myofascial release, NMT (neuromuscular therapy), Trigger Point therapy, Counterstrain Theory, clinical massage therapy, Informed Touch, yoga, Oriental systems (energy/meridian therapies, Thai, Shiatsu, polarity therapy, reflexology, etc.), basic acupressure, Thai Yoga massage, medical massage, Reiki, hydrotherapy, health and wellness, and other specialized massage techniques.

Additional course offerings at Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga include continuing education programs in Ashtanga Yoga teacher training, reflexology certification, hot stone massage, Therapeutic Tandem massage, sports massage, and other natural health therapies.

Course Flexibility for Busy Schedules

Blue Ridge understands the demands facing today’s students: work, family, and other obligations. With Blue Ridge’s flexible course schedule, you can choose between convenient day or evening classes that can be completed within nine months or one year.

Picture Yourself in Your New Career

Blue Ridge graduates are fully-equipped and qualified to work as certified massage therapists, day spa or massage clinic owners or managers, in hospitals, at massage practices and chiropractic offices, in wellness centers, natural health retreats, at tropical resorts, on cruise lines, and in many other traditional and non-traditional settings. If you have healing hands and are ready for a fascinating natural health career, then Blue Ridge may be your best route to get there.

Make It Happen

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