Within six months the school offered 200 hour and 500 hour programs designed to meet licensing requirement needed for massage therapists. In 1995, the name of the organization was changed to Southwest Institute of Healing Arts to better reflect the variety of Holistic Health Care careers offered at the college. As before, students were encouraged to customize their own course of study based on their deepest interests, selecting from a wide variety of classes and programs that address body, mind, and spirit. We understand that two people would probably never have exactly the same dream. The same is true of students at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts.
Students can choose from hundreds of electives beyond the core classes.
The belief behind this flexible curriculum is that we all have talents or gifts and will be encouraged to develop what are intuitively drawn to. Some students find they are drawn to the classical Swedish massage, an art form of relaxation, nurturing, other students find their niche in the deep therapeutic, and rehabilitative work Myotherapy provides. Others discover their gift in energy work - Reiki, Healing Touch or Polarity. Still others discover their affinity to the Oriental Healing Arts. Any combination of these options is applicable to your massage certificate.