Friday, August 7, 2009

One day and short health courses in Marbella

We have realised the need and demand to run many short one day and weekend health courses. These can be or people alread qualified in certain therapies or for those wishing to get an introduction into the world of health. The Academy will be running the following short holistic courses throughout the year.


Baby Massage

Hopi Ear Candles


Indian Head Massage

Intro to Reflexology

Baby Reflexology

Intro to Deep Tissue Massage

Intro to Soft Tissue Release Techniques

Balinese Massage

Client Care & Business Development

Hot Stone Massage


http://www.shantisombeautyacademy.com/

0034 607 597 241

Short beauty courses at Shanti Som Academy Marbella

In addition to the long ITEC courses that we will be running at the academy, we will also be holding many one day and weekend courses. Below is a list of some of the beauty courses available:


Advanced Waxing Workshops

Learn Threading

Manicure & Pedicure

Nail Art

Wrap Therapies


www.shantisombeautyacademy.com

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Website up and running!

The new Shanti Som Health & Beauty Academy website is now up and running, and looking pretty good too! It replaces the one that was previously used with Christine Shaw. Please have a look and find out a little more about the health and beauty courses we have to offer and also a little about the teachers. Everything is going really well with preperations for the new courses in September, Kezia and Amanda are doing some intereviews with potential students tomorrow and there is a positive amount of interest oming our way. We're all very confident that the academy can become the number one health and beauty school in Marbella.
Please have a quick look at the website below!

www.shantisombeautyacademy.com

Monday, July 13, 2009

Reflexology courses in Marbella

Reflexology is one of the most powerful alternative therapies for treating a wide range of symptoms. The Shanti Som Health & Beauty Academy runs ITEC courses for reflexology in Marbella. Amanda Parker, the reflexology teacher has a wealth of exerience as both a teacher and practitioner. The couse will enable students to graduate and create their own business woking for themselves. For more details on reflexology visit http://www.iohmagazine.com/reflexology.php for a detailed explanation.

Press Release draft!

Below is a draft of the pres release that I wrote for some of the magazines and media companies here on the Costa del Sol. The article explains about the background to the academy and the health & beauty courses that we're offering in Marbella.


A Profession for Life at the Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy



The Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy, based in Cancelada near to Marbella, is set to become the premier health and beauty academy in Andalucia. The school runs a wide range of health and beauty courses carrying the highly recognised ITEC qualification. The Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy is a continuation of the long established Christine Shaw Therapy School. Christine Shaw, a well respected and admired teacher, has been working at the forefront of health and beauty qualifications for the past 40 years, both in London and Spain. The name of Christine Shaw has been associated with ITEC since it’s inception in the 1960s in London. ITEC is widely recognised as the leading health and beauty qualification and provides students with a highly respected certification with which they can build their career in health and beauty. ITEC now conduct over 25,000 examinations world wide with a body of examiners circling the globe throughout the year.

Having recently decided to take a step back from the hands on teaching work, Christine Shaw has handed over the running of the school to Kezia Jacobsen. Kezia has been involved in the health and beauty industry for the past 20 years and has established herself on the Costa del Sol at the forefront of complementary health with the successful Shanti Som Spa. Continuing under the new name of the Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy, the school carries on the great work that has been achieved over previous years. Kezia Jacobsen had a fantastically successful first year in charge of the Academy in 2008 -9, achieving an impressive 100% pass rate with her students in all courses. Always keen to move forward and build on previous successes, this year

Kezia has recruited Amanda Parker and James Woods to help with the running of the Academy. Amanda and James have been involved in the health industry for the past 15 years. Amanda is a highly respected alternative health practitioner and an established massage, reflexology and anatomy & physiology therapist and teacher on the Costa de Sol. James brings his health and fitness and personal training qualifications to the Academy and they will both be working hard to move the school forward and offer a wide range of courses. In addition to the full and part time courses, the Academy will also be running shorter one and two day courses throughout the year such as Indian Head Massage, Hopi Ear Candles, Baby Massage, Healthy Cooking Days and Nutrition Courses. The Academy will be running many health and fitness courses and workshops, bringing together aspects of yoga, exercise and weight loss in addition to the conventional courses.

The Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy offers a wide range of ITEC certified health and beauty courses including beauty specialist, beauty therapy, waxing, nails and facial courses, while the health courses include reflexology, holistic massage and anatomy and physiology.
The world of health and beauty is one of the fastest growing industries of recent times and provides a wonderful opportunity for newly qualified therapists to create their own business. Whether you intend to study with the aim of becoming a full time practitioner, or simply want to add a qualification to your resume and practise in your free time, then a course in health and beauty can provide you with enormous potential. In these difficult economic times with jobs hard to find, now has never been a better time to study and add an extra string to your bow. A qualification in health and beauty will allow you to become your own boss and to work for yourself, no longer relying on employers for you income.

The Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy has teamed up with world renowned Steiner Cruises. Steiner can provide graduates from the Shanti Som Academy with secure work on their cruise ships working as therapists while travelling around the world.
So whether you are looking for a career in health and beauty, or wish to simply learn a new therapy for your own self development, the Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy is the perfect place for your study.

If you are interested in finding out more about the courses, the Academy will be holding an Open Day on August 28th. This day will allow potential students to come and meet the teachers and to find out more about the Academy and courses on offer.

0034 607 597 241

http://healthbeautycoursesmarbella.blogspot.com/

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Become your own boss!

The courses that we offer at the Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy allow students to gain a highly recognised qualification and to have the potential to set up their own business and career. the health and beauty industry is one of the most rapidly expandand and certainly one to get involved in during a recession! Those students studying at our Marbella ased health and beauty academy will graduate with all the knowledge they need to go into the 'real world' and work with patients. We're really excited about the variety of students that we will ebe able to attract, whether it be students loking for a full timecareer or as a top up course to their existing qualifications.

If you're interested in gaining a qualification in health or beauty please get in contact!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Press release and publicity

Last night (after my daughter Poppy had gone to bed!) I managed to sit down and write out a draft press release. Kezia has agreed with one of the big magazines here, Society Living, to place some adverts and they will give us some space for editorial. The basis of the press release was to explain the history and high credibility of the Shanti Som Health and Beauty Academy and to let readers know that Amanda and I have teamed up with Kezia and together we will all be running the Academy. If you don't live in Spain and manage to get a copy I will post the article on this blog so you can read it here. The main focus at the moment is to get the new website up and running, then we can do some marketing and point people towards the website. I think once we get some some marketing going that there will be a very positive response - I'm particuarly excited that the ITEC Reflexology Course will be very popular. If I get time later I'll post a few details about the Reflexology course, if you're livng near to Marbella and would like to learn a new therapy then it could be of great interest to you!