San Jose became the first National Holistic Institute campus to hold a Haiti Disaster Relief Fundraiser this past Saturday.   With massages booked every available session and donations still coming in, the San Jose Campus has already raised over $1200!

Campus Manager Beth McNeill massaged alongside 10 student therapists, 2 graduates and 3 teachers for donations to go to Haiti victims.  Beth wasn’t looking to massage all three sessions when she came in to lend a hand, “but was excited just like [NHI teachers] Phil, Gena, and Darlene to help out where needed.”

Thanks to the staff and students of National Holistic Institute who are donating their time, skills and supplies so that all the proceeds of our special clinics can go to the people who need them.

Want to participate in one of our Haiti Disaster Relief Fundraiser Clinics?  You still have 4 more opportunities.

Click on your preferred campus below to book an appointment.  If your campus appears unavailable at the moment, please try again at a later date.  Additional massage volunteers will allow more sessions to come available.   

• Encino                   Wed, January 27        6:15p, 7:30p, 8:45p
• San Francisco   Thu, January 28         1:30p, 2:45p, 4:00p
• Emeryville          Thu, January 28         6:15p, 7:30p, 8:45p
• Petaluma              Wed, February 10     1:30p, 2:45p, 4:00p

Simply book and attend a designated massage clinic at one of our campuses and pay at least the minimum massage fee*.  You’ll receive a 50-minute student massage and your entire fee plus any contribution will be donated to USAid.

With your help, we can touch the world!

*Massage fees vary from $20-$35 depending on campus.  No gift cards accepted.  Cash only.

What better way to tell someone you care than with the healing gift of massage?

Gift cards from National Holistic Institute are good for one 50-minute student massage and never expire.  In a world cluttered with “stuff,” a massage offers the perfect opportunity to de-stress.

This holiday season, NHI offers a gift card special to help you give the ideal present without spending an arm and leg.

Buy 5 Gift Cards, Get 1 FREE!
Buy 10 Gift Cards, Get 3 FREE!

CLICK HERE to Buy Online

You can also buy gift cards at your local NHI campus, which may be offering additional holiday specials.

NHI wishes you a safe and happy Holiday Season!

The faculty of the National Holistic Institute Encino Campus recently donated 18 1-hour professional massage sessions to raise money and awareness for the Massage Therapy Foundation.

Students, graduates, and clinic clients alike enjoyed a “professional” version of our regular student-run teaching clinic.  Clients for the evening had the option of buying a limited number of massages outright, winning massages through a raffle, or correctly answering a quiz about the Massage Therapy Foundation.  The faculty and students teamed together to raise $500.

WHY Support the Massage Therapy Foundation?  Research funded by the MTF…

• Provides therapists and clients with statistical evidence as to the benefits of massage therapy.
• Improves the quality and focus of massage therapy education for students.
• Raises the credibility of the massage therapy profession among the medical and insurance communities as well as the general public.

NHI also looks forward to supporting the Massage Therapy Foundation through the participation of some of our students in their Student Case Report Contest.

Since it may be a while until another faculty massage fundraiser occurs, please feel free to book online for our student massage clinic anytime by CLICKING HERE.

We have many wonderful stories that come out of our student clinic, but this is one of the most beautiful.

Clinic client Barbara Wilkie (pictured above, center, with clinic supervisor Betty Williams, left, and student therapist Carrie Shreeve from Group 2) was diagnosed with Stage 5 kidney failure and given 2 months to live.  That was over a year ago.  Since then, she has come to the NHI clinic every Wednesday afternoon for a massage.  Here is an excerpt of her recent feedback she allowed us to print:

“One of these days, together, I hope we do the impossible and wake up my kidneys.  In the meantime thanks to you and all of the NHIers for keeping me going.  I feel great and no one knows by looking at me that I live with stage 5 kidney failure.  No drugs, no dialysis, just alternative care in clinic where I receive massage.  Thank you all.”

Betty adds, “Barbara is allergic to the meds, equipment, etc., so all she has is what we give her and she truly believes we are keeping her alive – we pray that it continues to work for her for many years to come.”

Many of our graduates massage at these spas, especially in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, and we’d like to support them by encouraging you to try them out.

Check out www.spaweek.org for details and make sure to request a National Holistic Institute-trained massage therapist when you book your appointment.

Of course you can get a great deal every week at the NHI student clinic where a relaxing Swedish or shiatsu massage is always just $35!

As their next-to-last clinic, we took our students on a field trip to a nearby retired living facility.  Wednesdays are normally “outing” days for the residents there, but they agreed to stay in this day to get massaged.  And for 3 hours, that’s exactly what our students did – experiencing some very powerful stories along the way.

There was the woman who had undergone back surgery, was about to have foot surgery, and suffered from Parkinson’s.  After her massage, she told our student, “You gave circulation back to my legs.”

Then there was Leo, 98-years-old.  He hadn’t left his room in 2 months.  But massage brought him out.  Feeling so good afterwards, he said he might even venture out of his room more often.

Students practiced the gentle, caring touch that many seniors need.  One woman cried as she told her therapist, “I haven’t been touched in so long.”

Several students said they received the most meaningful, heartfelt client feedback they had ever gotten.  As they graduate next week, career and money are foremost on their minds.  But at the heart of it all is the power massage has to help people.