SOULFUL MASSAGE

Resources to Nurture Body, Mind, & Spirit

Massage Therapy Career Information

• BodyworkOnline.com - online community of massage and bodywork students and licensed professionals, with many excellent forums devoted to students, marketing, different massage and holistic health modalities, etc.
• Massage Therapists Career Outlook from the US Department of Labor’s 2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Massage Therapist information from the American Medical Association
• futureLMT.com - newsletters for future massage therapists from Massage magazine
• “Massage Therapy as CAM“ - background information from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Massachusetts Board of Registraton of Massage Therapy - state licensing requirements for massage therapists in Massachusetts

Massage Therapy Schools and Programs - Massachusetts

• Cortiva Institute-Boston (Watertown, MA)
• Bancroft School of Massage Therapy (Worcester, MA)
• Palmer Institute of Massage & Bodywork (Salem, MA)
• Kripalu School of Massage (Lenox, MA)
• Mount Wachusett Community College (Gardner, MA)
• Greenfield Community College – Stillpoint Program (Greenfield, MA)
• MassBay Community College (Framingham, MA)
• Springfield Technical Community College (Springfield, MA)

Professional Associations – Massage Therapy and Bodywork

• American Massage Therapy Association
• American Massage Therapy Association – Massachusetts Chapter
• American Medical Massage Association
• Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals
• Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
• International Massage Association
• Massage Therapy Foundation
• National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

Professional Associations – Massage & Related Fields (Aromatherapy, Energy Work, Somatic Psychology, etc.)

• American Association of Integrative Medicine
• American Holistic Health Association
• American Polarity Therapy Association
• Association for Humanistic Psychology
• Association for Transpersonal Psychology
• Integrative Practitioner
• North American Studio Alliance
• National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• United States Association for Body Psychotherapy

Magazines – Massage Therapy, Holistic Health, Spirituality, Green Living, etc.

• Body + Soul
• Green Living
• Healing Lifestyles & Spas
• International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
• Massage
• Massage & Bodywork (included with ABMP membership)
• Massage Therapy Journal (included with AMTA membership)
• Natural Health
• Natural Solutions
• Organic Spa
• Parabola
• Real Simple
• Reiki News
• Shambhala Sun
• Spa
• Spa Life
• Spirituality & Health
• Sojourners
• Tikkun
• Tricycle
• totalhealth
• Vegetarian
• Yoga + Joyful Living
• Yoga Journal

Online Retailers

• Acacia
• Amazon.com/Soulful Massage Online Store
• At Peace Media
• Body of Grace
• Dream Essentials
• Enhanced Healing
• From Nature with Love
• Gaiam
• Kesca Body
• Massage Warehouse & Spa Essentials
• Mind Modulations
• Mountain Rose Herbs
• Pristine Planet
• Sounds True
• SpaBox
• Ten Thousand Villages (Fair Trade)

Relaxation & Rejuvenation Resources

• Meditation Music Online Radio Station
• Healing & Relaxation Online Radio Station
• New Age Music from Live365.com
• At Home Spa Tips from SpaBox
• Creating Spa Treatments at Home from Spa Index
• Jennifer Louden’s Comfort Queen Website
• Suzanne Falter-Barns’s How Much Joy Website
• SoulfulLiving.com

Boston-Area Massage and Bodywork Practitioners

• Pathways to Wellness (Boston, MA)
• Christine Radice – Reiki Treatments & Meditation Classes (Brighton, MA)
• Locate a Licensed Massage Therapist in Massachusetts

Boston-Area Retreat Centers and Places of Worship

• Arlington Street Church, Unitarian Universalist (Boston, MA)
• First Parish Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist (Cambridge, MA)
• Rowe Camp & Conference Center (Rowe, MA)
• Brighton-Allston Congregational Church, United Church of Christ (Brighton, MA)
• Old South Church, United Church of Christ (Boston, MA)
• The Paulist Center (Boston, MA)
• Campion Renewal Center (Weston, MA)
• East Mountain Retreat Center (Great Barrington, MA)
• Gonzaga Eastern Point Retreat House (Gloucester, MA)
• Glastonbury Abbey (Hingham, MA)
• Evensong by the Sea Ecumenical Retreat and Spirituality Center (Harwich Port, MA)
• Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center (North Andover, MA)
• The Peace Abbey Multi-Faith Retreat Center (Sherborn, MA)
• Boston Jewish Spirit, a Progressive Reform Congregation (Boston, MA)
• Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (Lenox, MA)
• Insight Meditation Center (Barre, MA)
• Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston (Brookline, MA)
• Boston Harbor Islands (Boston, MA) - perfect location for creating your own inexpensive nature retreat!
• Find the Divine – directory of spiritual retreats, religious retreats, and conference centers

If you know of any other links that should be included on this page, please feel free to list them in the comments section below.  Thanks!