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Phenomenal Touch Massage is
Offered in
Different Formats at Various Locations
The Institute for Phenomenal Touch Massage offers a year long practitioner certification program as well as well short courses ranging from one day to a week long. You can also organize a group of your own to be taught at your Spa, School, Retreat Center, or home for a discounted rate.
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“If
becoming extraordinary seems too costly,
think about the price of staying
ordinary!”
—Barry Tobin, massage therapist,
Graduate of Boulder College of Massage
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Continuing Education Hours
(CE hours)
By taking any these courses, you
will receive continuing education units that can be used for the AMTA or
National Certification Renewal.
Diploma
At the completion of the class
each student will receive a certification of completion.
The Institute For Phenomenal Touch Massage
Make Your Massage
Extraordinary!
"Through the gentle and
inspirational teaching of Leslie Bruder and the teaching assistants, and
through the profound connection with my fellow students at the Institute
for Phenomenal Touch Massage, I am becoming the person I knew I could be.
This deep heartfelt in-depth instruction of the art of 3-D massage is
transforming my inner being in ways I never dreamed possible. The
richness, care, and love goes far beyond simply learning how to do the
most beautiful massage on the planet. In its fullest sense, it allows us
to reach a much deeper human potential."
Anya Worsham, student in the IPTM
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Brand New to IPTM!!
We are excited to let you know that we have JUST created a NEW 5 MONTH PTM THERAPIST CERTIFICATION PROGRAM!! It is similar to the yearlong, but only half as long. The program is designed for those interested in learning PTM at a level not quite as in depth as the yearlong program, and requires a lesser time and monetary commitment.
Format:
This certification program meets five times over five months, every four weeks for four consecutive nine and a half-hour days. You will leave having learned 75 principles, all 100 moves of levels one, two and three, and graduate a Certified Phenomenal Touch Therapist! You will receive 200 Continuing Education Hours (CE Hours) that may be applied to AMTA, National Certification or licensing requirement.
Dates of the next IPTM Therapist Training:
Oct 31st - Nov 3rd 2008
Dec 5th - Dec 8th 2008
Jan 9th - Jan 12th 2009
Feb 6th - Feb 9th 2009
Mar 13th - Mar 16th 2009
Cost:
The cost for the 6 month IPTM Therapist training is $3,500. Please call us for more information.
Registration:
Space in this program is limited. To apply, please email Leslie Bruder at massage@phenomenaltouch.com,
call (303) 494-6204, or simply fill out the application form found at the bottom of this page.
If you are approved, you must fill out a registration form and make a deposit of $350 to reserve your place in the Institute.
*Deposits are non-refundable once you have been accepted into the program.
The Institute's year long Certification Program enables one to become a Certified Phenomenal Touch Master Practitioner.
This is no ordinary school! The Institute for Phenomenal Touch
Massage invites a new level of mastery. Come discover the nuances
of massage that transform ordinary goodness into an extraordinary dance.
Students will not only deepen their massage skills but also learn a
truly unique and reverent way of touching the body while expanding their
heart at the same time.
This thorough training teaches over 75 principles and 100 moves of
Phenomenal Touch Massage in great depth, as well as a course in advanced three dimensional hot stone massage (basic hot stone course is prerequisite). The year long training also includes other foundational modalities such as Watsu, Trager, Aikido, Communications
and Working with Emotions that arise in a massage. The various
modalities are
woven together in a magnificent tapestry rich with reverence and love
that allows one to not only become the most phenomenal practitioner
possible but a better person to boot. This is not simply a
learning opportunity - it is a potentially life-changing experience!
One will receive
400
Continuing Education Hours (CE hours) that may be
applied to their AMTA, National Certification or licensing requirements.
Format:
The certification program
meets ten times over approximately one year, every five to
seven weeks for four consecutive nine and a half-hour days. Students are required to attend all ten sessions as well as do 5 practice and 2 mentor sessions between each class session in order to graduate.
Graduates of the year long program become Certified Phenomenal Touch Master Practitioners and will know all of the principles, moves and foundational pieces that there are to learn in Phenomenal Touch Massage. Upon graduation, master practitioners will gain eligibility to apply for the Instructor Certification Training Program should they desire to teach the work.
In order to become a Certified Instructor of Phenomenal Touch Massage, Master Practitioners must TA, under supervision, 8 of the 10 sessions in the subsequent year long Practitioner training. They must also attend two four-day instructor trainings and four private mentor sessions with Leslie or a qualified Master Instructor. In addition they must video a sample class that they teach and have it supervised for approval by Leslie.
Upon successful completion of the Instructor training, Certified Instructors will be able to teach short courses through the Institute. Salary is based on whether or not the class is organized by the Institute or the Instructor.
In
order to keep the practitioner and instructor certification valid,
graduates must attend a 4 day refresher course, one year after graduation, and every two years subsequent to that
The Institute will list your photo and bio in their web site to advertise you both as a Master Practitioner and an Instructor. An annual affiliation fee of $75 is also required to maintain PTM certification. This covers the cost of office administration, brochures, ads, and web site updates.
Prerequisites
In order to be considered for the PTM Master Practitioner Certification program, you must be a
certified massage therapist or have had some
previous training in massage and anatomy and be individually approved
by Leslie Bruder.
In order to be eligible for the PTM Instructor Certification Program, you must be a PTM Master Practitioner.
Cost
The cost for the year long ten session Master Practitioner Program is $7,000 ($700 per session), or $6,500 if paid at once in full.
The cost for the Instructor Certification Program is $4,000 (including 8 supervised TA sessions, 2 four-day trainings and 2 mentor sessions)
Great News! IPTM is now qualified to offer Sallie Mae loans for full tuition plus 60% more for living expenses! Please call us for more information.
Registration
Spaces in this program are limited to 20 people.
To apply for a place, please email Leslie Bruder at massage@phenomenaltouch.com
or call her at 303 - 494 - 6204.
Or simply fill out the application form found at the
bottom of the page.
If you are pre-approved, then you must fill out a registration form and
make a deposit of $700 to reserve your place in the Institute.
* Deposit is non-refundable once you have been accepted into the
program.
Location
All classes will be held in Boulder, Colorado at the Crossroads Gardens.
Dates of the Next IPTM Yearlong Training
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE 2009 YEAR LONG PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US WITH YOUR INFORMATION, PROGRAM DATES ARE TO BE DETERMINED, BUT WILL BEGIN MAY/JUNE 2009.
Links for
application form for Institute at bottom of page
Short Courses in Phenomenal Touch Massage
3 day Phenomenal Touch Embracing Class
Sept 12-14
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Boulder, Colorado
Call (303) 494-6204 for more information
The Institute also offers short courses of varying levels for those practitioners who want to weave some of the PTM principles and moves into their existing style of massage. The level courses will not enable a practitioner to become a Certified Phenomenal Touch Master Practitioner, nor will it create eligibility for becoming an Instructor of PTM, however they are wonderful tastes of PTM and can lead towards becoming a Phenomenal Touch Therapist if all of the levels are successfully completed, along with a final 4-day Therapist Certification Training (contact the Institute for more information on this).
The following short courses are offered by the Institute:
Each level is the prerequisite for the next, except for the Intro course which is optional.
Intro to Phenomenal Touch Massage
One Day
This one-day (8 CE hour) course offers a taste in Phenomenal Touch Massage. It is a broad introduction that touches on ten of the 75 essential principles and five - ten of the one hundred moves PTM has to offer. It allows students to get a sense of how it is to touch their clients in a very different, fulfilling and three-dimensional manner that minimizes strain on their body and rekindles their passion for massage.
This course is not recommended for students who seek to learn the moves or principles in a detailed fashion, as one day is too brief to do PTM justice, but it will wet the appetite and make clear what the work is all about. It is a fun, rejuvenating class that inspires massage therapists of all levels to work with the body in a new way.
Cost:
Individual: This one day class costs $225 per person and requires a minimum of ten people.
The Institute organizes the class, collects the tuition, supplies the room and covers the cost of travel for instructor.
Group: $1,600 for the day. This cost covers up to ten students, creating a savings of $650 for a group of ten. There is an additional charge of $160 per person above 10. In addition to the discounted fee, the person who organizes the group goes for free.
Details: In order to get this discounted price, the organizer must arrange the group of students, guarantee the Institute their daily fee, collect tuition, supply room, organize tables / supplies for the class and cover cost for instructor's travel expenses.
Embracing: Phenomenal Touch Massage Level One
Three Day
This three-day (24 CE hour) course is the most popular short course we offer. It embraces the fifteen most commonly used principles of Phenomenal Touch Massage and twenty five of the Level One Master PTM moves in order to enable the practitioner to give a phenomenal three dimensional massage. The fifteen principles included in this Level One class are: Presence, Entrance and Exit, Three-dimensionality, Gravity, Undulation, Be the Wave, Fulcrums & Leverage, Stay with the move, Drop your weight, Use Momentum, Seamless Transitions, Shorten Muscles, Speed Limits, Plant Fingers and Oppositional Resistance.
The twenty five moves included are: Neck Drool, Neck Over, Rock n' Roll, Slide n’ Drool, Head Cradle, 3-D Arm Effleurage, Altarnater, Come To Me, Rag Doll, Lumbar Torque, Undertow, Belly Waves, 3-D Leg Effleurage (supine), Leg Over Sequence, Quad pump, Frog, Hip Flip, Fullback, Forearm Frenzy, Endless Elbow, Chicken Wing, Mother Father Erectors, Hip Hop, 3D Leg Effleurage (prone), Down Frog into Thigh on Thigh.
This class guides massage therapists to be able to effectively perform and incorporate these unique moves and principles into their practice in a way that minimizes strain on their body as well as inspires a new and different way of touching.
Cost:
Individual: This three day class costs $525 per person and requires a minimum of ten people.
The Institute organizes the class, collects the tuition, supplies the room and covers the cost of travel for instructor.
Group: $1,600 per day. This cost covers up to ten students, creating a savings of $450 for a group of ten. There is an additional charge of $160 per person above 10. In addition to the discounted fee, the person who organizes the group goes for free.
Details: In order to get this discounted price, the organizer must arrange the group of students, guarantee the Institute their daily fee, collect tuition, supply room, organize tables / supplies for the class and cover cost for instructor's travel expenses.
Deepening: Phenomenal Touch Massage Level Two
Three Day
This three-day (24 CE hour) course deepens therapists understanding of the Phenomenal Touch Massage principles and moves by adding an additional 15 principles and twenty five moves from the Level Two Master PTM program that will enable them to be able to perform a more extensive version of a phenomenal touch massage. There will also be some review of the principles and moves from Level One. The principles incorporated into this Level Two class are as follows: Go All the Way, Watch Other Hand, Broad Specific Broad, Less is More, Melt the Muscle, Go Through Not To, Use an S Curve, Follow the Leader, Watch the Direction, Use Your Skeleton, Allow Shape to Unfold, Everything Matters, Feet Mimic Hands, Use Fingertips not Pads, and Create Space.
The twenty five moves included are: Head Claw, Head Dance, Occipidrool, Sphere, Head Drool, Whipper Snapper, Waterfall, Swan, Seaweed, Diaphragm Accordion, Hammock, Rebirth, Ham It Up, Ishial Tuberockity, Quadrakus, Teres Tango, Undulater, Rhomboid Rhumba, Rhomboid Wiggle, Groovy Spine Wiggle, Mighty Multi-Fidus, Ma Pa Glut, Butt Stir, Shorten Ham Pump, Straight Leg Torque.
This class serves to help massage therapists bring a deeper level of understanding and integration of Phenomenal Touch Massage into their practice. The two levels weave together a more seamless flow of the moves and create a stronger embodiment of the work of PTM.
Cost:
Individual: This three day class costs $525 per person and requires a minimum of ten people.
The Institute organizes the class, collects the tuition, supplies the room and covers the cost of travel for instructor.
Group: $1,600 per day. This cost covers up to ten students, creating a savings of $450 for a group of ten. There is an additional charge of $160 per person above 10. In addition to the discounted fee, the person who organizes the group goes for free.
Details: In order to get this discounted price, the organizer must arrange the group of students, guarantee the Institute their daily fee, collect tuition, supply room, organize tables / supplies for the class and cover cost for instructor's travel expenses.
Immersing: Phenomenal Touch Massage Level Three
Four Day
This four-day (32 CE hour) course immerses therapists into an even deeper understanding and envelopment of the work of Phenomenal Touch Massage. It adds fifteen more principles and twenty-five more moves from the Level Three Master PTM program and joins them to what has already been learned in the previous two levels. The principles covered in this class are as follows: Meet the Client, Optimal Stance, Use Client's Skeleton, Joints Beware, Stretch Yourself, Dance Between the Hands, Live Sculpture, Use Opportunities, Revisit, Be creative, Create Symphony, Unravel, Ooze, Follow Breath, Trust.
The twenty five moves included are: Shiva, Chest Compression, Clavicle Dive, Clavicle / Diaphram Wiggle, Subscap Pump, Lat Pump & Stretch, Hand Crunch, Hip Off, Wag the Dog’s Tail, Mermaid, Up and Over, Hammock / Drool Flip, Fullback Foldover, Double Chicken Wing, Knuckle Knead, Psoas Sneak-In, Reverse Belly Wave, QL Swing, Knuckle Ride, Kneeling Fullback Foldover, Belly Back Ride, The Offering, Ham Stand, Kneeling Hood Ornament and Foot Stool.
This class brings some of the more radical Phenomenal Touch Massage moves into the massage, creating a more well-rounded full version of a phenomenal touch massage. Moves from level one and two are reviewed and woven into the transitions of each new level three move. By the end of this level, therapists have a real sense of the work.
Cost:
Individual: This four day class costs $700 per person and requires a minimum of ten people.
The Institute organizes the class, collects the tuition, supplies the room and covers the cost of travel for instructor.
Group: $1,600 per day. This cost covers up to ten students, creating a savings of $600 for a group of ten. There is an additional charge of $160 per person above 10. In addition to the discounted fee, the person who organizes the group goes for free.
Details: In order to get this discounted price, the organizer must arrange the group of students, guarantee the Institute their daily fee, collect tuition, supply room, organize tables / supplies for the class and cover cost for instructor's travel expenses.
Convergence: Phenomenal Touch Massage Level Four
Five Day
This five-day (40 CE hour) course adds fifteen more principles and the remaining 25 moves from the complete collection of Phenomenal Touch Massage. It weaves together all three levels and creates a symphony of all of the moves including the overlapping transitions between them. It brings together all the principles and moves, reviewing and fine-tuning all that has been taught up to this point. The principles included into this Level Four class are as follows: Make everything a part of the Massage, Whole Body Awaits, Stay Focused, Listen with Fingers, Be Creative, Take a Risk, Reverence, Make Spirit Matter, Love each Cell, Honor the Emotions, Reflective LIstening, Make Holy Space, Be Humble, Add Spice, and Special Touches.
The twenty five moves included are: Steeple, Infiniteye, Face Slurp, Frog, Leg Back Opposition, Calf Up Arm Down, Sinus Hold, Jaw Sequence, Jaw Pull, Ear Pull, Neck Traction, Ma Pa Foot, Foot Piano, Shoulder circle/flop, Intercostal Highway, Arm Resistance, Hip Resistance, Knee Thumb Circle, Calf Mush, Double Leg Swing, Siva's Shoulder Dance, QL Flush, The Light Foot, Bubbling Spring & Palace o Weariness and Sheet Pull.
This final level four class adds in the more subtle and less dramatic pieces of glue that help to join together all the previous levels. It focuses on the extras that help to make a phenomenal touch massage be the best it can be.
Cost:
Individual: This five day class costs $875 per person and requires a minimum of ten people.
The Institute organizes the class, collects the tuition, supplies the room and covers the cost of travel for instructor.
Group: $1,600 per day. This cost covers up to ten students, creating a savings of $750 for a group of ten. There is an additional charge of $160 per person above 10. In addition to the discounted fee, the person who organizes the group goes for free.
Details: In order to get this discounted price, the organizer must arrange the group of students, guarantee the Institute their daily fee, collect tuition, supply room, organize tables / supplies for the class and cover cost for instructor's travel expenses.
Next Embracing: PTM Level One Class:
4th of July Special! One Time Only!!
Bring a friend and you both attend for only $800!
July 7th through July 9th
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Boulder, Colorado
Call (303) 494-6204 for more information
Other scheduled classes:
To Be Announced
Week Long
Retreat
The week long
retreat in the art of phenomenal touch has a total of twenty hours of
class time, four
hours a day, along with other elements of healing such as yoga, dance,
chanting, ecstatic singing, and time for yourself. I offer such retreats
in Mexico (See section entitled Massage in the Tropics) or locally in
Colorado, or in your home town.
Cost
$1,249
for Mexico
Retreat including food and lodging
(airfare not included). $900 for food and
lodging and optional morning ritual without the
massage class. Please see
Massage in the Tropics
page for further details.
Price of Colorado retreat including
lodging to be announced depending upon where it is held and the cost of
the lodging and food.
Individual
Massage Session
A good way to understand what
it is that I teach is to experience an individual massage session for
yourself! This is not a lesson but an important precursor to taking
lessons or classes so that you can feel first hand what it is that you
will be learning.
Mentoring
I offer individual mentoring
sessions in my magical studio in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. I can either
work with you individually or with a colleague or partner.
When I work with you
individually, I first work on you, teaching you the particular move or
principle you are wanting to learn, then you try it on me.
When I work with you and a
colleague or partner, I demo the moves or principles on one of you while
the other watches, then you try the moves on the other person while I
watch and help you. Then we switch places and the other person receives
the same attention. You will also both have the opportunity to try moves
on me as well in order for me to better help you to perfect what you are
trying to learn.
Application Form for IPTM
Call Leslie at (303)
494-6204 to find out the schedule of upcoming classes and for more
information about individual massage and mentoring sessions..
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