We hope that we and each graduate can make the world a better place in which to live. Our society has underemphasized the requisites for basic health - an honored environment, deeply satisfying work, lifelong learning with body, mind and spirit, and nourishing relationships. All too often we struggle with frustrating work, education that is not life-oriented, and a social emphasis on satisfaction through buying things, rather than relating healthily to ourselves and each other. We have lost some of our closeness with the land, other people, and ourselves. The study and practice of this unique discipline massage therapy, can help break this pattern.
Touch is real.
It gets us in touch with who we really are. The core curriculum has been developing since 1982 when David Lauterstein began teaching Deep Massage and the Anatomy Training Program at the Chicago School of Massage Therapy. The Lauterstein-Conway School was founded to provide a supportive environment for education and healing, through the teaching, administration, and physical and spiritual context in which we learn. Now in our twelfth year, the TLC curriculum has grown from 250 hours to 750 hours. Our program is one of the only programs of its length that includes thorough training in sports massage and deep massage, as well as interweaving structural and integrative bodywork and Shiatsu.