A Gathering Place Wellness Education Center

Welcome to A Gathering Place Massage School and Clinic

Our Center, located in Maryland Heights, provides programs in Massage Therapy and Bodywork for those interested in massage therapy licensure and national certification. 

We become like family with our small class sizes and High pass ratio on National Boards.  Year-to-date, our students have 100% Pass Ratio for the National Board Examination.  They are getting excellent jobs in the massage and bodywork profession.  Our students and professionals give back to the community with their healing and compassionate touch.

We are accredited through the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET).  We are state licensed and certified to operate by the Missouri Department of Higher Education.  ACCET is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.

We have monthly Community Outreach  evenings (the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 7:00-9:00pm) offering healing and information on topics in stress reduction, nutrition, healing modalities and various forms of bodywork.  These Outreach evenings are free for the public to come and see what we love to do!

In addition to our educational programs, we offer Treatment Sessions in Massage Therapy and many types of healing modalities by licensed professionals and by students who are learning to put their skills into practice.  We are easy to access from anywhere in Metro St. Louis.

Treatment sessions include the following Healing Modalities: Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, LaStone Therapy (Hot Stone Massage), Light, Color and Sound  Therapy, Vibro-Acoustic Sound Therapy, CranioSacral Therapy, Energywork (Reiki, Quantum Touch, and Pranic), Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Body wraps  and many more.  We do specialty work with pain patients and cancer patients. Gift Certificates are available!

Clinic Prices:          Pay by cash or check

One Hour Professional Massage	$60.00
One Hour Student Massage	$30.00
Energywork:  Reiki, Pranic Healing, Quantum Touch (1 hr)	$60.00
LaStone Therapy - Hot Stone Massage (70 minutes)	$80.00

Our students are active  in giving back to the community.  Annually, we participate in community service projects with the following groups:

• Cancer Wellness Fair, 2002-2008
• American Cancer Association's Relay for Life, 2002-2006
• Kidney Walk, chair massage, 2005-2007
• St. Anthony's Hospital Holistic Health Fair, 2004-2005
• Heartland Holistic Expo and Healthy Planet Expo
• Numerous cancer outreach and health fair programs.

Community Service - Donations are made annually to the following organizations:
Autism - Judevine                       American Red Cross                            Crohns & Colitis Foundation
Multiple Sclerosis Society         Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research     Leukemia & Lymphoma
American Cancer Society          Veterans of Foreign Wars                    Scientific Arts Foundation

Giving back to the Community through our donations of massage and tip money allows us to support others in need.  We educate about giving back to Community through touch, wellness education, and our sharing our financial abundance so others may benefit.  Love in Action!  Caring through Touch!  Healing and Compassion for All!

Enjoy exploring more about our Center.  You will find warmth in our students and staff.  We touch each others' lives as we grow in exploration of wholeness in body, mind and spirit.

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Purpose and Programs

Our Massage Therapy School assists individuals in learning how they contribute to their own wellness through experiential as well as structured educational programs.  Students have fun learning, passing their Boards, preparing for massage therapy licensure, and enjoying exciting careers in the massage and bodywork field.

The Massage Therapy Program has four segments:

      Therapeutic Massage                 300 hours

      Anatomy & Physiology                 125 hours

      Related Modalities                         50 hours

      Allied Modalities                             50 hours

               Total Program                     525 hours

In one year, students experience as many as 36 different types of healing modalities which we call Allied Modalities.  Students can design their massage certification program to target a specific niche or they can purse a generalist track.  A Gathering Place Massage School staff are helpful and flexible to assist you in meeting your needs.

A sample include: Aromatherapy, Neuromuscular Therapy, CranioSacral Therapy, VibroAcoustic Sound Table, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Spa and Wraps Experience,  Energywork such as Reiki and Healing Touch, Reflexology, Thai Massage,  and LaStone Therapy (Hot Stone Therapy), Trigger Point Therapy, and Myofascial Release.

Our massage class sizes are kept small, so there is more time for attention from your instructors.   We create a 'family atmosphere" at school; our students and staff live the experience of     "We Really Care!"     And this filters out to all we do at school and in the community! 

Massage classes are offered in the Daytime and Evenings.  We have Full Time and Part Time classes.  Our Evening classes are Monday through Thursday, from 6:00 - 10:00pm. Our Daytime classes are Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:30am - 2:00pm, with a 30 minute lunch break.

Tuition for the program is $7350.00, with books and fees at $425.00.

We have flexible and affordable payment plans, which correspond with full-time and part-time program participation.  We are approved for Government Funding through Veterans' Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Workforce Investment Act.

A Gathering Place has at the core of its purpose:

• To educate the community, developing awareness of ways to facilitate healing and wholeness in body, mind and spirit
• To demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of massage
• To graduate responsible, professional massage therapists who can serve and educate the community
• To prepare students to successfully pass the national massage therapy exam, sponsored by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)

Our students continually demonstrate these goals as they successfully pass their National Boards.  We have a 94% Pass Ratio (cumulative) on National Boards! 

Enjoy browsing our website.  When you are done, you will want to contact us to set up a tour of A Gathering Place Massage School and see our Massage Clinic.  Come and experience our rejuvenating massage and bodywork treatment sessions.  You will see why so many clients love our students and professional staff. 

You will be impressed with all we offer at A Gathering Place Massage School!