with David M. Lobenstine, LMT
June 8 & 9 // 2026
Balance Massage School // Waterbury VT
14 CEs
To have a long and successful career, you need to do a lot of things all at once.
You need to take care of your own body while you take care of your client's body.
You need to have a fantastic toolbox of techniques. And you need to harness your body and brain and breath to give each client what they need, day after day and year after year.
This course explores how you can take care of yourself and your client at the same time, and how you can do the little things and the big things at the same time. Because that's how you get from good to great.
You'll learn an awesome 60-minute full-body massage sequence that you can integrate into your very next session.
And at the same time, you'll immerse yourself in the profundity that happens every time a client gets on your table—you'll fall in love with this work all over again.
Are you ready to enable your possibility?
I have helped thousands of massage therapists love their work again.
I have taught continuing education workshops around the country for more than a decade; I've been honored to teach at three different AMTA National Conventions, as well as a variety of schools and spas.
I have taught in huge ballrooms to a class of a hundred.
And now I'm delighted to be teaching right in my backyard, in my lovely new home state of Vermont.
This class will be small, with lots of one-on-one feedback. Because that is how we transform our work.
Come join me.
In this workshop you'll learn my roadmap for a fantastic sixty-minute full-body session.
35 techniques—Swedish, deep tissue, myofascial release—that you can stitch together to give each client exactly what they need. And feel great in your own body at the same time.
I am an ambitious massage therapist. I think you are, too.
I want continuing education that makes a difference in my life.
I want to immerse myself a new way of seeing the world, and a new way of seeing my work.
That's why I created this course.
WELCOME TO GIVE A GREAT MASSAGE AGAIN.
Because here I don’t just teach you new techniques.
(Well, I do teach you new techniques—35 of them!)
But here we also explore all the stuff underneath that actually shapes each session, each day, each year of our career.
Because a massage is never just about the strokes we use.
Massage is about how you are feeling in your own body, and the connection you make with the client, and the way you are breathing while you are working, and the position of your feet, and the thoughts and worries and frustrations that intrude while you are working, and the amount of muscle effort you use, and how you make your client feel comfortable, and you wondering whether the client's neck is ever going to release, and…
Giving a great massage is about everything all at once.
And everything all at once is exactly what this course explores.
Here we explore the big stuff and the little stuff side by side.
I’ll show you a fantastic way to sink into gluteus medius, and a more effective way to work the base of the skull, and time-saving ways to massage both feet simultaneously.
And, at the same time, I’ll also show you how to use your breath while you work to create more parasympathetic ease, both in your client’s body and your own. I’ll show you how to shift the position of your feet so that you can make your strokes deeper and also easier for you.
In order to have a long and successful career, we need to take care of everything all at once. You need to take care of your own body while you take care of your client. You need to have a fantastic toolbox of techniques, and also an understanding of your own body and brain and breath.
Together, let's enable your possibility.
Are you ready?
You've got questions. We've got answers. (And if you have more questions, email me!)
YOU.
Are you a licensed or registered massage therapist? Are you a student who has completed at least half of your program at an accredited massage school?
Then this course is for you.
Are you feeling like your massage sessions are getting a little stale? Like you need some new techniques?
Then this course is for you.
Are you finding yourself detached from your sessions, or bored by your career, or otherwise aching or burnt out or dispirited by a profession you once loved?
Then this course is definitely for you.
Come join us. Your future self will thank you.
Uhm... YES. Worth it and then some. I have created a lot of courses. This is the one I am most proud of. I think it gets to the heart of a lot of the things that derail our work, and provides concrete solutions.
I have worked with several thousand therapists over nearly 20 years of teaching. I am pretty good at building on what you are already doing well, and finding alternatives for what is hindering you.
Yes, this course is a big commitment—both ⏰ and 💰. And yes, it is worth it.
If I do my job, you will end our two days together both exhausted and energized. This workshop is intense!
You will end this course with an enormous amount of new knowledge, and a new community of fellow therapists, and a new understanding of yourself.
You will leave with both the ability to give a great massage to your very next client, and renewed inspiration for the long and successful career ahead of you.
We are very lucky to be hosted by Balance Massage School, a truly special place, in a beautiful little corner of the world. The school is just outside of Waterbury, a sweet little town. And the school itself is just special. Small and simple and warm; the kind of place you don't want to leave. The kind of place that makes you love your work all over again.
Even better!
This is a fantastic opportunity to visit the greatest little state in the country. Vermont is stunning in June. And we will make you feel at home!
Come for the weekend to play, and then stay for the workshop.
14 CEs and a new perspective on your work? Sounds like a great excuse to take a little vacation.
Waterbury is a sweet little town. Montpelier and Burlington aren't too far away. And in every direction you'll find beautiful land and wondrous mountains and all the serenity you've been looking for.
Email if you have specific questions about getting here and staying here.
Yourself and your enthusiasm, most importantly. And also:
You don't need to bring a table. We've got plenty!
You do need to bring: a pair of flat sheets and a pillowcase or face cradle cover. Lubricant of your choice (unscented please). Pen and paper to take notes. Your enthusiasm to become an even better therapist!
The studio is providing storage for us, so you can safely leave your materials overnight.
(You'll get an email from me with all these course preparation details once you register.)
I get it! Take a look at our cancellation and refund policy, and don't hesitate to reach out—I'm happy to brainstorm the possibilities with you.
Our days are action-packed and full of fun.
9 am to 5 pm both days. We will take an hour for lunch each day, and have a shorter break each morning and each afternoon. We will start on time and end on time.
Most of that time, you will be practicing or receiving massage! As we stitch together a marvelous, full-body sixty-minute massage, I demonstrate a series of techniques, and then you practice, and then we repeat. With time for questions, and exploration, and calm in between!
This class is a commitment—one that we make together. I respect your time and effort, and together we make something special!
Yes! (How very observant of you!) I have also created an online, home study version of Give A Great Massage Again. It is awesome! 11 hours of expertly produced video, available to you right now.
But you know what else is awesome? Learning in person!
So, you choose. You can't go wrong.