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Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner   View More Information  
Learn to help others through major life transitions utilizing various mind-body-spirit healing modalities. Our online and on-campus diploma options offer foundational courses in business development, entrepreneurship, and transpersonal psychology with customizable elective specialties that let YOU choose your own path of service.

780-hour Online Diploma Program specialty options: Advanced Professional Hypnotherapy, Spiritual Coach & Healing Botanicals & Earth Ceremonies, and Spiritual Coach & End of Life Doula

750-hour On-Campus Diploma Program specialty Options: Health and Wellness Coach with Nutrition, Modern Spirituality Celebrant & End of Life Doula, Spiritual Transformation Focus, Advanced Hypnotherapy Focus, and Yoga Focus

Massage Training Programs   View More Information  
Choose a Track: Ayurvedic Bodywork or Therapeutic
For nearly three decades, Southwest Institute of Healing Arts has trained massage therapists for a variety of successful career paths. While SWIHA teaches all of the core competencies required of classically educated massage therapists, we also offer you the flexibility to choose what works best for you. Options include two comprehensive tracks — the Therapeutic track and our Ayurvedic Bodywork track. Whether you feel called to study massage on a full-time or a part-time basis, you’ll find a program at SWIHA that fits your needs and schedule.

Western Herbalism Program   View More Information  
This career-oriented curriculum gives you the opportunity to experience every aspect of plant medicine from seed to sale. Our programs will enhance your connection to nature from an intuitive, spiritual and energetic interpretation, as well as, from the Phytochemical science-focused view. You’ll learn to make herbal medicinal remedies in class, while studying the theories supporting the curative formulations.

Holistic Health & Wellness Coach Diploma Program    View More Information  
Now Featuring Urban Gardening, Practical Herbalism & More!
SWIHA’s Holistic Health & Wellness Coaching Diploma offers a comprehensive and flexible curriculum designed to empower you to become a confident, knowledgeable, and heart-centered coach. This program uniquely blends Holistic Nutrition, Transformational Psychology, Coaching Skills, Entrepreneurship/Business Development, and possible NBHWC Certification to support your personal and professional growth.

Integrative Yoga Therapy   View More Information  
This program expands on our foundational 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, offering a comprehensive curriculum that goes beyond the basics. This program will empower you with the knowledge and techniques necessary to provide a diverse range of Yoga Therapy modalities to your future clients, paving the way for a fulfilling career as a Yoga Therapist. Throughout this enriching program, you will engage in specialized courses designed to enhance your therapeutic approach. You’ll delve into the healing aspects Polarity, Yoga Nidra, Integral Breath Therapy, Transformational Yoga Coaching, Sound Healing, and so much more!

Southwest Institute of Healing Arts has been training holistic practitioners for over thirty years. From our humble beginnings as a massage school, we have blossomed into an award-winning, nationally accredited, conscious college community with online and on-campus programs at our beautiful Tempe, Arizona, campus. Our unique, tailored offerings include training in Holistic Nutrition, Health and Wellness Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Mind-Body Wellness, Western Herbalism, Yoga Teacher Training, and much more. Our diploma and degree programs offer you the opportunity to choose concentrations and electives that fit your unique vision.

At our Healing Arts School, we are committed to giving our students the skills and confidence to pursue holistic entrepreneurship and build a myriad of opportunities in the wellness industry. Our Success Center, offers lifetime entrepreneurial support, business mentoring, and access to our on-campus business lab. We are also one of the largest approved providers of Massage Therapy Continuing Education (CEUs) in the country. We offer Aromatherapy, Breast Health, Canine Massage, Cranial Unwinding, Deep Tissue Massage, Fibromyalgia Therapy, Medical Massage, Myotherapy, Polarity, Reflexology, Reiki, and much more. Click to explore our various Holistic Health programs

Southwest Institute of Healing Arts is an accredited college by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training, ACCET is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.