Price:  $279.00

50 CE credits approved by AMTA & NCBTMB & Iowa State. Provider # 155301-00.

What Is Tandem-Abhyanga Massage?

Sometimes called Mirror Massage or Four-hands Massage, this is a form of bodywork that incorporates two therapists working on one client. It has its roots in India, more than 10,000 years ago. This technique, which involves two therapists, was traditionally done as an ayurvedic treatment during pancha karma. Pancha karma is ancient India’s form of internal and external purification of body, mind and soul. It was and still is, typically prescribed by an ayurvedic doctor and performed under the close supervision of an ayurvedic doctor.

There is a consistency in the sequence of movements with each body part. All movements go in the direction of apana vayu, the downward flow in the body. Below is an example of our sequence.

1. Start with the sacred sounds of "Hari Aum", silently or aloud.
2. Both therapists anoint the skin with warm oil.
3. "Gliding Compression" towards the hands or feet.
4. "Wringing and Squeezing"" of the tissue towards the hands or feet.
5. "Prayer Hands" as we glide our elbows over the muscles.
6. Activate the marma points.

The book has many detailed pictures and is very easy to understand. Upon receipt of your answer sheet with a score of 75% or higher, signed practicum (10 people), and course evaluation, you will be awarded your CEU’s from the NCBTMB and sent a professional wall certificate. Students are given 6 months (from the date the home study package is sent in the mail) to complete their course.

Here are some examples of test questions:

90. The Crawl technique helps:

a. Balance the right and left hemispheres of the brain
b. Ground the client
c. Neutralize alkalinity in the tissue
d. Detoxify the liver
 

a. Compress the popliteal
b. Lymphatic flushing
c. Restores cartilage
d. Over-stretched ligaments
 

a. Deep pressure
b. Gyana Mudra
c. Soft rocking movements
d. Holding hands
e. All of the above
 

a. The client
b. The other therapist
c. The Creator
d. All of the above
 

Requirements

• Two paragraphs describing how this knowledge will help your practice.
• Two paragraph describing your favorite parts of this course and why.
• 5 practice sessions signed by your clients on the practicum forms we provide at Student Central.
• Passing grade on the multiple choice open-book exam.
• One year to finish your course.
• Online and phone support.

When you enroll in our Home-Study Courses, you will gain access to our student learning area called Student Central. Student Central offers our students a centralized location for their course materials, including manuals, DVDs, exams, forms, and other useful information. Designed from the ground up, Student Central allows our students to take full advantage of the service to get their courses completed easier and faster than ever! Feel free to try a demo of Student Central.

This Home-Study Course is available as a PDF digital download at a reduced rate!  Click HERE to see a list of the required software to take our digital courses. It's all FREE and easy! Visit the homepage and click on the Homestudy Courses (Digital) link.

Before you purchase our digital course, you can download a SAMPLE manual. The sample manual contains only the first several pages. The table of contents is included, so you can get a feel for the material covered in this course. You will need the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view our sample manual. You can download the software here.

Don't need continuing education credits? If you do not wish to receive NCBTMB continuing education credits, you can choose the "no credit" version at a reduced rate! Simply select this version from the "Choose Format" pull-down menu before adding the product to your shopping cart.

How To Take The Course

Once you place your order, we will send you an email with a user-name, password and directions how where to find our online "Student Central" website. After you receive the book and DVDs in the US mail, visit Student Central, where you can take the multiple choice open-book exam online with instant results, submit your essays, watch the streaming videos (as often as you want), download and upload your enrollee, practicum and evaluation forms, print your transcripts and certificates. Easy. There is nothing you need to snail-mail back to us. All our courses are now available electronically (online) so we can save the trees, gas, postage and lighten our "footprint". It's very easy to navigate, even for technophobes!  All homestudy students are asked to take the exam online, even though the book will be sent to you in the US mail. Those who don't want to take the exam online can request a special hard copy version of the exam and course paperwork be e-mailed to them (in PDF format). Students then can then print the exam and paperwork and mail it back to us. There will be a $25 processing fee. Click HERE if you wish to purchase the hard-copy option. It will be added to your order. You can continue shopping once the upgrade is in your cart.
 

Online Forms

• Easy Guide to complete the course.
• Enrollee form.
• One instructional DVD's (approximately 1 hour each).
• Open book examination (176 questions) and answer sheet. (75% or higher to pass)
• Course evaluation form.
• Five practicum forms.
• Transcript and certificate.
• A location to submit the answers to your essay questions.
• Unlimited tutorial assistance via email or phone.
• Students have one year to complete this course, but most students can do this in one month or less if they focus on it. We always allow extensions for extenuating circumstances.