I know local RMTs are often frustrated by the low number of continuing education courses offered in Ottawa. You would think that because we are in Canada’s capital city, we’d have instructors coming to town on a fairly regular basis to teach. Instead, a large percentage of the good courses are run in Toronto or Montreal. However, we do have options! Here are a few.
Structural Myofascial Therapy - Offered through Simply Therapy. Level 1 is coming up in November, Level 2 in December.
Active Isolated Stretching - Also offered through Simply Therapy. Next course in November.
Thai Yoga Certification - offered through Santosha Yoga (scroll down for the details). Next class starts in November. Please note: I am not sure if this course would qualify for CMTO CEUs.
Hot Stone Therapy - Offered through Jacqueline Davis, a local body worker, teacher and counselor. It was just offered this weekend, but she seems to teach it every few months, so keep checking her website. If you’d like other options, there are always home study courses, as I wrote about back in August.
Reiki - Lots of options here. I’ll just mention level 1 classes here, but check the individual websites if you want level 2 or higher. Kathy Glover Scott has a class coming up on October 13th. (I took level 1 with Kathy and can recommend her teaching.) T-line services have a class that same weekend. Wendy Armstrong has classes coming up later this month and next month. For other local Reiki options, see Tone magazine’s reiki section; not all of those listed there are teachers, but a good number are.
And one other option: Massage Therapy Practice is an online magazine that offers CEU articles, videos, and other resources for massage therapists. They don’t offer local hands-on classes, but there are lots of other options for earning CEUs!
I’ll be sure to post again if I hear about more local classes.