Candice Chaffee is a certified master herbalist, natural health
professional and has studied and practiced holistic health for 25 years. She
divides her time between teaching, public speaking and natural health
consulting. Chaffee has been a guest lecturer at numerous conferences as well as
the Medical College of Virginia, School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth
University, Wesleyan University, KCC and Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
is also a NCBTMB-approved provider with more than 10 years’ experience in healthcare. She is owner of Botanical Healing Arts and a contributing writer for the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. Her professional memberships include the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, the Alliance of International Aromatherapists, and Aromatics in Action. Through CE Institute of Illinois, Holmes provides continuing education in massage and aromatherapy to therapists in Illinois’ top ten spas as well as to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Continuing Education for Massage Therapy |
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Parkland Business Training offers Massage Therapy Continuing Education courses in:
Aroma Facials and Skin Care with Essential Oils
Essential Oils for Chakra Balancing and Energy Work
Essential Oils for Emotional Health
Holistic Approach: Health and Wellness Therapies
Introduction to Herbalism for Health Care
PNMT for the Legs and Feet
Professional Ethics & Boundaries for Massage & Body Work Therapists
The Science of Stress
The Science of Touch
The Wellness Garden: Making Herbal Infusions, Tinctures, and Other Natural Body Care Products
Essential Oils for Emotional Health |
Discover how essential oils and aromatherapy affect the mind. Review the mind/body connection in health and wellness and discuss traditional and complementary therapies for emotional health issues. Sara Holmes will cover emotional health topics such as: anxiety, stress, excessive worry, lack of mental focus, depression, grief, anger and mental fatigue.
Fri Apr 26 HCS 762-001Z Fee:$165 |
9-5 pm Deadline: Apr 19 |
Introduction to Herbalism for Health Care |
Join Candice Chaffee and explore the introduction to medicinal herbs and their history of use in healing. Discover how herbs work in the human body, herbal properties and characteristics,
and demonstrations of how to prepare a wide range of internal and external applications. Participants will gain a basic understanding of how and when to use medicinal herbs to address simple health issues.
Fri May 3 |
9am - 4:30pm |
The Wellness Garden: Making Herbal Infusions, Tinctures, and Other Natural Body Care Products |
Discover how to make natural products from herbs, flowers, and plants from the garden with Sara Holmes. Massage therapists and others will explore why certain plants are chosen for their therapeutic properties and others are not. Hands-on activities will allow for making plant-infused oils for massage, body oils, sugar/salts scrubs, and tinctures.
Sat Jul 20 |
8:30am-5pm Deadline: Jul 12 |
The Science of Stress |
Many physiological responses to stress are initially protective but devastating when applied in the long term. Join Douglas Nelson and discover the fascinating ways chronic stress affects various systems of the body. Explore the effects of stress on the immune system, digestion, the heart, reproduction, and also on mental functions such as memory, learning, and depression. This course does not promote any particular method of approach to stress reduction but asserts that a deeper understanding of the physiology of stress will help you understand and manage stress more effectively.
Tue Aug 13 ($70 after Aug 7) |
6-9pm Deadline: Aug 7 |
Professional Ethics & Boundaries for Massage & Body Work Therapists |
In a profession where touch therapy is part of the healing process, it is imperative that therapists reinforce their knowledge in establishing boundaries. Sara Holmes will guide you through creating a safe and professional environment, enhancing judgement skills, improving client communication skills, establishing and protecting sexual boundaries, learning how to deal with dual relationships and developing a caring, healthy, and professional environment based on writing and implementing a business ethics mission statement.
This course is intended to satisfy the required four hours of training in Ethics for Massage Therapists every two years which also includes an additional two hours of roles and boundaries.
Fri Aug 23 |
8am-3pm Deadline: Aug 23 |
Essential Oils for Chakra Balancing and Energy Work |
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Essential Oils have been used in the Ayurvedic and Traditional chinese Medicine Healing traditions for over 5,000 years. Part of this tradition includes the balancing of the seven energy centers, know as the chakras, integral to these healing modalities. Explore the history of chakra theory with Sara Holmes to give you a foundation for the purpose of chakra balancing. You will learn the seven basic chakras, their association with the body's organs, emotional connections, and attunement. Learn the specific essential oils associated with each chakra; and which oils are best for each. Discover how to prepare appropriate blends for the chakras and learn how to apply these blends effectively for massage, reflexology, and other boyd therapies.
Coming again soon! WBT 305-001Z |
PNMT for the Legs and Feet |
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Explore effective and efficient soft-tissue treatment for conditions affecting the lower extremity. Douglas Nelson will address various presentations of knee pain, tightness in the calf, and foot conditions like plantar fasciitis.
Coming again soon! MSG 641-001Z |
PNMT for the Arms and Hands |
In this one-day intensive session, examine hand and arm issues including repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and other problems seen in everyday clinical practice. Arm and hand problems are extremely interesting and clearly in the soft-tissue domain, yet many therapists are not well familiar with the anatomy and possible pathologies. This is a complex area, but who better to treat it than people who use their hands as the tools for healing? Doug Nelson will take you to the next level of effectiveness with RSI problems. You will assess specific muscles for individual involvement and treat each appropriately.
Participants are required to bring their own massage table.
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Holistic Approach: Health and Wellness Therapies |
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Examine the use of complementary and alternative therapies for the massage therapist. Discover how stress and the mind and body connection are associated with the
disease process. Investigate various holistic health and wellness therapies with Sara Holmes. Receive several opportunities to receive hands-on experience and learn how to add wellness components to your current massage practice.
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The Science of Touch |
Join Douglas Nelson as he explores the fascinating and developing science behind the power of touch. Discover how touch affects the nervous system, how touch deprivation affects health, and how the power of touch is being used to maximize health and wellness.
Coming again soon! WBT 485-001Z Fee: $60 |
Aroma Facials and Skin Care with Essential Oils |
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Join Sara Holmes in a discovery of aromatherapy and how it can be used for holistic beauty and skin care as part of a business practice. Licensed massage therapists will discover how to
prepare and give all natural aroma facials. Use essential oils and other natural ingredients to make a skin cleanser, sugar scrub, skin toner, and prepare a specific massage oil blend for your client's facial massage.
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Aromatherapy For Bodyworkers |
Sara Holmes will show massage therapists and bodyworkers how to integrate aromatherapy into their practice. Topics include: basic aromatherapy, blending, pathways to the body, integration with bodywork, essential oils data, and working within a holistic framework. You must be a licensed massage therapist or a certified bodyworker to participate in this class. This course fulfills the State of Illinois requirement for Licensed Massage Therapists to complete 24 hours of continuing education every two years.
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