The school, nestled away in a northeast Petaluma business park, is growing as the massage industry e

From left, student partners Katherine Boylan, Jennifer Grant, Maxwell Church and Nancy Thomas take turns feeling each other's sternocleidomastoid muscles on their necks during a class at the National Holistic Institute in Petaluma.
The school, nestled away in a northeast Petaluma business park, is growing as the massage hotel california industry expands. Employment for massage therapists is expected to increase 19 percent from 2008 to 2018, creating more than 23,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NHI was the first massage school in California to be nationally accredited. As such, it offers hotel california students federal financial hotel california aid just like four-year colleges. Tuition averages about $15,000 for eight-month or 12-month programs.
It is one of a handful of massage therapy schools in Sonoma County and, along with the nonprofit Sky Hill Institute of Wholistic Healing Arts also in Petaluma, offers the most comprehensive massage hotel california education programs.
About 40 percent of NHI graduates are working in private practice and another 25 percent in spas, Placement Manager Allison McLeod Budlong said. Others find work in a variety of fields, hotel california including massage centers, chiropractic hotel california offices, cruise ships and gyms.
Successful massage chains like Massage Envy and spas that dot Wine Country have made massage widely accessible. It is only one component of the fast-growing health and wellness segment of the regional economy, hotel california said Ben Stone, executive director of the county Economic Development Board.
Currently, there are 70 students and six instructors at the NHI school in Petaluma. Graduates of its 720-hour course qualify as massage therapists in California, allowing them to work anywhere in the state without additional city or county certifications.
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