Massage Therapy Program at Monterey Peninsula College

Massage is an ancient healing art that has awakened many of us to the intimate connection between the body, mind and spirit. Massage also helps us remember our interconnection with all human beings, and with the world around us. Massage allows us to connect with one another at the deepest level of our being, encouraging interpersonal trust, respect and reverence. Massage can act as a bond that ties us together into one human family, and it can serve as a salve that heals the emotional wounds we suffer in life, wounds that can fill us with fear, hate, intolerance and despair. Without these connections, peace, health, and happiness are elusive states in a world that is often stressful and fragmented.

Massage goes hand in hand with health and well-being, the desire to serve humanity, the need we have to touch and be touched, and our wish to live in harmony with each other and the environments that support us all. Massage is a wonderful luxury many enjoy only on special occasions, but more and more people receive regular massages as an integral part of a wellness-oriented approach to healthcare. Unfortunately, massage therapy is vastly under-utilized in our society, but it has vast potential for helping to make us all healthier and happier. It is recognition of and respect for the potential of massage for connecting and healing us that we hope to inspire in you and in those you have the privilege to touch.

In recognizing and celebrating the connections that massage can establish or reaffirm in and between each of us, we welcome a commitment--to ourselves and to all those with whom we share the awesome power of touch--to make this world a better place for us all