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COURSE NAME: Somatology
DURATION: 3 Years
REQUIREMENTS:
• Students must have a grade 12
certificate or a minimum of
five
years experience in the
workplace.
• Students must be older that 17
years of age.
The first and second year form
part of the Diploma for Somatology, while the third year
is an optional year of study,
but is highly recommended for
specialisation. The steadily
growing Beauty Profession
requires the services of dynamic
and ambitious therapists, and
for this reason the third year
specialisation courses are
offered for the students that
wish to become highly qualified
and follow a specific career
path.
SUBJECTS:
• Baby Massage
• Calabash & Bamboo
Massage
• Hawaiiam Massage / Lomi
Lomi
• Hot Stone Therapy
• Hydrotherm Massage
• Psychology 2
• Sports Therapy /
Massage
• Therapeutic Aromatherapy
• Therapeutic Massage /
Holistic Massage
• Therapeutic Reflexology
• Crystal Therapy
• Introduction to
Iridology
• Introduction to Shiatsu
• Manual Lymphatic Drainage
• Reiki 1
• Spa Therapies
• Stress Management
•
Swedish Massage
• Indian Head Massage |
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Specialisation in Somatology
is encouraged in the third year of
study. |
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Aromatherapy |
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A form of alternative medicine that uses volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other scented compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person's mood or health. |
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Reflexology |
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It is the practice of stimulating nerves on the feet, hands and ears, to supposedly encourage a beneficial effect on some other parts of the body, or to try to improve general health. |
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Massage |
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Massage is the practice of touching or of
applying structured or unstructured pressure, tension,
motion, or vibration to achieve a beneficial response. |
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Hot Stone
Therapy |
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Hot stone massage is not simply the "gliding" of heated stones lightly upon the surface of the skin, but rather the stones are used as tools to deliver effective tissue and muscle massage at a pressure level comfortable to the client. |
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