Basic Information & Schedules including
what to expect on Your First Day of School…
On your first day of school, Monday, you will have an orientation covering school policies and procedures. You’ll receive your textbooks and supplies, and meet your fellow starting students (Juniors) as well as the students 3 months ahead of you (Seniors). Then you will go right into the first chapter lecture in Massage.
Moving forward, on Tuesday you will start directly with the Cells & Tissues lecture. Bring a notepad or your laptop. On Wednesday you will hear the basics of what structural bodywork is and begin to learn the vocabulary,
You will learn your bones first over the first couple of weeks, then over the months to follow you will add muscle groups to those bones.
Thursday you will get on the tables to learn to touch and compress muscles. … That’s your first week.
Moving forward you will learn a new chapter or muscle group each day and test at the end of each chapter or muscle group.
The Instructors are seasoned and have been teaching for us a long time. They are passionate and continue their own education to expand the knowledge they bring to the table. … Their gifts are the soul of our school. We are a family and you will make lifelong friends here.
At the North Carolina School of Advanced Bodywork, we want all of our students to feel at ease and comfortable as you start your education in our 500-Hour Professional Massage & Bodywork Therapy Program.
We are a small, boutique school and will give you a toolbox of knowledge giving you the ability to give a great, relaxing, stress-reducing massage as well as treat soft tissue dysfunction.
Chronic pain lives in the soft tissues. … Sciatica, Plantar Facitis, Low Back Pain, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, and Frozen Shoulder … all are soft tissue issues.
Class Calendar: 2024
| Term | Start | End |
| Fall 2023 | Aug. 28, 2023 | Feb. 22, 2024 |
| Winter 2023 | Nov. 27, 2023 | May 23, 2024 |
| Spring 2024 | March 4, 2024 | August 15, 2024 |
| Summer 2024 | June 3, 2024 | November 14, 2024 |
| Fall 2024 | August 26, 2024 | February 20, 2024 |
| Winter 2024 | November 25, 2024 | May 22, 2025 |
TO OBTAIN AN APPLICATION:
WE ASK THAT ALL PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS SIT IN
ON A KINESIOLOGY LECTURE ANY WEDNESDAY
JUST SHOW UP at: 9AM OR 5:30PM ANY WEDNESDAY
You may stay 20 minutes or the entire class.
There is no better way to choose a school than to participate in a class.
Once we have determined we are a good fit, we will offer you our application and walk you through the enrollment process.
Class Schedule
Monday —Swedish, Business, Ethics, Laws, Somatic Psychology, Allied Studies
(1/2 lecture, 1/2 on the tables)
Tuesday — Anatomy & Physiology I
(Lectures: 10 systems of the body)
Wednesday — Kinesiology, Anatomy II, Functional Anatomy
(1/2 lecture, 1/2 on the tables)
Thursday — Massage and Bodywork (on the tables)
Friday and/or Saturday — Last 3 Months — Student Clinic Experience
Full-Time Classes — 24 Weeks*
Monday – Thursday — Day: 9:00am-2:00pm Eve: 5:30pm-10:30pm
Part-Time Class — 48 Weeks**
Wed/Thurs for 6 months, either day or evening, and then Mon/Tues for 6 months
* (Student Clinic will begin the last 3 months whether you are FT or PT and you will have input into that schedule)
Holidays Observed: Labor Day (Mon), Thanksgiving (Th/Fri), Christmas/New Years (2 weeks off), Memorial Day (Mon)(except 2021), Independence Day (Varies), Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Mon)