Advancing the holistic and objective aspects of therapeutic massage and bodywork through the creation of books, continuing education courses, practice supervision and mentoring experiences.

Body Therapy Education

OUR LEARNING PROGRAMS

…encourage efficient and effortless body use, encourage practitioners’ internal and business growth, and maximize assimilation of techniques that are safe, effective, clinically relevant, and respectful of the individual.

Our Commitment to You

We are dedicated to helping younger therapists achieve career satisfaction and longevity. Study with Body Therapy Education and be assured that you will receive:

  • Respect for your time, money, individuality, and aspirations
  • Wisdom and knowledge not mythology
  • Attentive, individualized instruction so that you will thrive academically
  • Practical, innovative, enjoyable, and affordable learning options
  • Expansion of your employment and practice treatment options

Our Commitment to Humanity

What really fires my work is our world’s urgent need for “love, sweet love” in the form of skilled, connected touch. To counter the violence and separation so prevalent in many cultures, we need not touch technicians but somatic artists and scientists. That capability for meaningful contact comes with knowledge, experience and embodiment- and that is exactly what all of us at Body Therapy Education will enthusiastically share with you.

Authorized Instructors

Carole Osborne

Carole Osborne

Our course developer, mentor, owner
Our Authorized Instructors

Our Authorized Instructors

Our Workshop & Project Assistants

Our Workshop & Project Assistants

Other Key Personnel

Two especially talented women contributed immensely to the ongoing development of our maternity massage therapy programs: Liz Ellis and Linda Hickey. Read more about our esteemed Emeritus teachers.

Our current project managers make the wheels turn smoothly at Body Therapy Education. We couldn’t deliver in the classroom without them in the background. Read more.

It is becoming more and more important to have teachers who are masterful with regard to the scientific approach to bodywork, the skillful teaching of advanced techniques, as well as sensitivity to the personhood of the client. In all these respects, Carole is one of the greats in our field. I recommend her 100%.

My work has been challenged, refined and blossomed by Carole … She seems to have an answer for every question, and yet she manages not to tell us the answer, but to guide us in finding it ourselves. With her astounding blend of great wisdom, abiding spirit and easy humor, she makes the many challenges of our work into an opportunity to find our better selves.

I love this work so much; it bursts my heart open wide every session. Thanks for sharing your beautiful experiences and knowledge with the next generation.

“The level of heart-centered, yet evidence-based work in the Pre- and Perinatal MT course is unmatched to any other continuing education I have taken in my 13 years as an LMT. Thank you again!”
Portland 2022 student

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