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.

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

As of June 2004, there are 33 states and the District of Columbia that regulate massage therapists and several others are in the process. (See U.S. State Massage Legislation) The national average of education hours in regulated states is 563. In most non-regulated states, such as Colorado, regulation may be done through individual cities and counties. Colorado has defined a massage therapist as a graduate from a state approved school with no less than 500 hours of education from a massage therapy training program. For information on city or county regulation, please contact the respective city or county clerk (See Colorado Regulations).

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