Saturday, November 8th 9:00am – 11:30am (CPR Abbreviated Renewal) 11:30am -1:00pm (First Aid & Quiz)
Saturday, January 10th 2026 TBA
COST FOR CPR & FIRST AID: $80 (CPR $45 only)
INSTRUCTOR: Arlene Reardon LMT, ASHI Certified Instructor
REGISTER: Call or Text Arlene at 908-265-2908 or email THWYou2022@gmail.com
For those requiring recertification, you need CPR and First Aid to renew your Massage Therapy license. This class is certified by the American Safety & Health Institute and all certificates are sent to you electronically.
First come first serve basis! Seats are limited and payment is required to reserve your spot. Please contact Arlene directly ASAP to save your seat.
Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) is a gentle yet powerful system of mobilizations and stretches designed to bring the body back into balance. Developed by Scottish physiotherapist Hugh Gilbert, KCR works through a specific protocol that systematically releases tension and restores alignment across the entire kinetic chain — from head to toe.
This approach is deeply restorative and non-invasive, making it suitable for people of all ages and physical conditions. KCR helps improve posture, ease movement, and support the body’s natural healing processes. Many clients experience significant relief from chronic pain, including issues related to the back, hips, knees, shoulders, and more.
KCR is often described as deceptively simple yet profoundly effective — a holistic reset for the body that can enhance physical performance, support recovery, and promote long-term wellbeing.
Why Learn KCR?
Expand Your Skillset: Add a scientifically peer-reviewed technique to your practice. KCR works beautifully as a standalone service or as a pre-treatment enhancement.
Inclusive Client Experience: Sessions are performed with clients fully clothed, making bodywork accessible to those uncomfortable with traditional massage.
Practitioner-Friendly: The gentle nature of KCR allows you to perform multiple sessions comfortably without strain.
Global Community: Join a growing network of heart-centered practitioners worldwide.
Proven Results: KCR brings relief from many pain-causing conditions and enhances performance in workplaces, sports, everyday living.
Course Overview
This immersive two-day training offers 15 hours of hands-on instruction in the full 23-step Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) protocol. Designed for both beginners and seasoned professionals, the course provides a comprehensive foundation in this powerful, whole-body balancing technique.
Participants will gain the skills and confidence to begin practicing KCR immediately, with a focus on precision, safety, and client-centered care. Upon successful completion, students earn the title of Certified KCR Practitioner.
Accreditation:
This course is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) and offers 15 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Pathway to Bodywork Mastery
KCR is the first step in our 5-course journey designed to:
Grow your business
Build confidence
Deepen self-discovery
Create lasting transformation for you and your clients
Ready to Begin?
Join us and become part of a global movement dedicated to healing, balance, and empowerment.
Dates: Saturday, April 18-Sunday, April 19, 2026 Cost: $450 Time: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (both days) Location: Therapeutic Massage & Training Center 560 Springfield Ave. Suites F&H Westfield, NJ 07090
Kristen is an LMT licensed in NJ and PA. In 2016, she was trained in Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) directly by Scottish Physiotherapist Hugh Gilbert. In February of 2023, she was one of the first massage professionals trained and certified to teach this protocol in the United States. “Over the years, I witnessed many clients have positive results from one session of KCR after years of trying different therapies. I would love to see more KCR practitioners and more people receiving KCR throughout the United States.”
Investment $389 16hr CE’s – Sat, May 9th – Sun, May 10th 8:30am-5pm
Recover from physical and mental burnout. Rediscover how to work sustainably. Rekindle your love for your practice and purpose. Reinforce your techniques with somatic touch in your next session.
Physical and emotional burnout and injury are prevalent among massage therapists. Somatic Mindfulness bridges somatics and bodywork, teaching self-care as a professional skill, making the therapist’s own wellbeing the method for creating the conditions for healing, intuitive insight, and clarity of purpose.
Through Attuned Touch, each workshop invites discovery rather than direction, allowing the body to remember how it already knows to heal.
Somatic Mindfulness workshops (Fundamentals, Connection, Grounding, Expansion, Poise, Radiance, Resilience, Fluidity, Immersion, and Resonance) expose massage therapists to tragerwork and mindfulness-based skills that potentiate therapeutic efficacy. Inherent to the method is support for the therapist’s self-care, ensuring career longevity. Each workshop is self-contained, and there are no prerequisites to take each theme.
In Expansion, responsive hands invite the breath to return to its natural fullness and flow, allowing the torso, back, arms, and shoulders to remember their capacity for strength and openness. This work refines how therapists relate to breath, space, and movement through touch, reinforcing existing techniques while supporting sustainable practice.
Somatic Mindfulness does not replace what therapists already practice. It magnifies it by making embodied awareness and self-regulation central to how touch is applied, received, and sustained.
The techniques explored in this workshop were developed almost 100 years ago and have been used to manage symptoms of conditions such as Polio, MS, CP, and Parkinson’s. Moreover, the method includes the development and application of certain self observation capabilities which are necessary to ensure the efficiency of the techniques and result in direct benefits to the therapist.
Somatic Mindfulness workshops by Fernando Rojas MSMT/E, LMT, PhD are approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB)and also sponsored by NCBTMB to teach New York licensed massage therapists continuing education that is accepted by the state of New York for license renewal. It is also approved in Florida and Louisiana. They are recognized by Trager International and Trager Switzerland as a genuine application of tragerwork principles to complement massage therapy and bodywork. In Switzerland, Trager Therapy is a sanctioned method of complementary health therapy.
Introduction to Connective Tissue – A Foundation Course on the KCR Pathway to Bodywork Mastery
Discover the power of the connective tissue system and transform your approach to healing.
What You’ll Learn
This two-day immersive course expands your awareness of the connective tissue (myofascial) system and its vital role in physical function and well-being. While you’ll learn some hands-on techniques, this is primarily a conceptual course designed to deepen your understanding and intuition.
Tune into subtle patterns of restriction within your own body and those you work with
Facilitate deep healing by integrating heart-led presence with skilled touch
Cultivate heart coherence to foster trust, safety, and energetic alignment with clients
Apply intuitive approaches that open pathways to lasting transformation
Reimagine myofascial release through a whole-person, heart-guided approach
Why This Course Stands Out
Unlike traditional training, this course blends science-backed techniques with a heart-centered approach. Many practitioners describe it as the missing link in their bodywork journey—finally making sense of myofascial release and elevating their practice.
Accreditation:
This course is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) and offers 14 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Prerequisite:Completion of KCR Foundation Level 1 is Required.
Ready to Elevate Your Practice?
Join us and experience a transformative shift in your bodywork practice.
Dates: Saturday, September 12-Sunday, Sunday, September 13, 2026 Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (both days) Cost: $450 Location: Therapeutic Massage & Training Center 560 Springfield Ave. Suites F&H Westfield, NJ 07090
