Massage School, Energy Healing School: Rocky Mountain Institute of Healing Arts

A World Class Massage School

in the stunning Four Corners region

of Colorado and New Mexico

Rocky Mountain Institute of Healing Arts, Inc. was founded to create a massage school and energy healing school where excellence in academics was combined with opportunities for self exploration, healing, and the development of compassion and mindfulness.

RMIHA regards the spirit and emotions as vitally important aspects of massage therapy, and students are trained to recognize and explore these dimensions of self. Combining this emphasis with strong academics makes our graduates outstanding massage therapists and energy workers.

Historically, our massage school graduates have scored above national and state average on the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage Exam. The professionalism, ethical standards, and caliber of bodywork of RMIHA graduates make them highly regarded by employers.

Since its inception, RMIHA students, graduates, and teachers have touched thousand of lives with their healing presence in the world.

Excerpted from a thank you letter dated 6/11/08:

“Thank you for helping me discover, in myself, the ability to be who I can... I was instilled with the tools to be someone who is compassionate and can learn to love--to love with my entire being… If, for nobody other than myself, I want you to know that I am indebted to you, because… I found a grain of infinite possibility that I am a beautiful person. A grain that was revealed to me through my education at RMIHA. I have been buried in David Richo's books (which I also would not have known without my education) and I have realized that I can forgive myself, and I can love myself. And that now I can truly love those around me. To love them in a way which I had never known before. I see now that massage was not what I really learned, rather, I learned how to be human. How to feel, and how to love, truly and deeply. And so, from the bottom of my heart, thank you--so very much thank you.” -ef, Class of 2005

Mission

Our mission is to be the best massage therapy school in the country in a nurturing, supportive environment where the student is the top priority and the values of compassion and self growth guide everything we do.

Corporate Philosophy

Rocky Mountain Institute of Healing Arts, Inc. recognizes that we are an integral member of a greater community. We strive to be the best global citizen we can be, hoping to make our communities stronger and healthier through our service.

Under the umbrella of the massage school, RMIHA students and teachers have provided over 2000 hours of service to our communities.

Location and Facilities

We are located at 98 Everett Street, Suite F, just south of the thriving downtown business district of Durango, CO. Our facilities include a student class/clinic room, a reference library with over 350 titles, administrative office and bookstore. The massage therapy and energywork classroom is equipped with anatomy charts, a human skeleton, videos, TV, VCR, DVD player, overhead projector, massage tables and stools, pillows and bolsters, Shiatsu futons, zabutons and zafus, backjacks, tables, chairs, desks, CD player and soothing music.

Area Information

Durango is a vibrant community in southwest Colorado. It has a vital alternative/holistic health community and plenty of social and recreational activities for students. At 6500' and on the scenic San Juan Skyway, Durango offers a true Rocky Mountain experience. With over 300 days of sunshine per year, there are plenty of opportunities for spectacular hiking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing, rafting and kayaking in our backyard. Area attractions include Durango Mountain Ski Resort, the Animas River, Mesa Verde National Park, Hovenweep National Monument, the San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests, McPhee and Navajo Reservoirs, Telluride, CO and its many festivals, the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, and Moab, UT with its world renowned mountain biking.

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