About the ancient art of massage...

Massage comes to us from many cultures and is perhaps the oldest method of natural healing known. As early as 2700 B.C., the Chinese recognized massage as a highly disciplined healing art. Henrik Ling, a Swedish fencing master, introduced his system of Swedish massage to the United States in the 1800’s. Today massage therapy has become one of the fastest growing health-related professions. It continues to be used throughout the world and has evolved into many modalities of advanced therapeutic techniques.

Presently there are no national government agencies that regulate massage therapy. There are numerous massage and bodywork associations and organizations throughout the United States and we encourage your participation in associations that meet your needs and philosophy of the profession.

Currently, the majority of states regulate the practice of massage and require prospective massage therapists to complete a licensing process to receive massage credentials. The word license or licensing is used for ease of description, but in some states the designation is registration or certification. Most states require five hundred hours of training to be eligible for the licensing process, but each state is different.

Click on the quick link to the right for details of each state’s educational and regulation requirements.

The Colorado School of Healing Arts is dedicated to serve in the continued growth of the massage therapy profession.

We encourage all prospective students to compare our programs to that of other massage therapy institutions in Colorado and across the United States.

In Health,
Dennis Simpson
Executive Director