Workshops & Services

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Small Group Trainings

 

Customizable trainings from 2-86 hours for massage therapists, friends, couples and spas who want to train in Hawaii.  Contact me with your dates and areas of interest to discuss options.  Write off a trip to Hawaii and treat yourself to great weather, pure natural local healing foods, ocean and mountain magic and lots hands on massage.  Return home with a certificate for NCBTMB Approved CEUs, new skills and a enjoy a trip to Oahu.  This option is open to professionals and non-professionals.

Hamoea Healing Arts is Now a Red Cross Licensed Training Provider.

Now offering First aid, adult and pediatric CPR/AED and Babysitter’s classes for massage therapists and the general public who need in person training for OSHA or work requirements.

Adult and pediatric CPR and first aid at Hawaii Dance Bomb Kaimuki 3566 Harding Ave #202 Honolulu 

Pregnant couples can now enjoy in home infant CPR  training and massage packages to prepare for birth and baby.  See here.

 

Introductory Classes

6-12 hour classes that cover the history and basics of Hawaiian Massage techniques.  Introductory classes offered in Lomi Lomi, Hawaiian Hot Stone Massage and Hawaiian Massage for Pregnancy.  See sections below for pregnancy and hot stone class dates.

Open to anyone who wants to learn including estheticians, Licensed massage therapists and other professional bodyworkers with anatomy and hands on professions, PTs, LOTs, Chiropractors etc. 

Honolulu, HI basic classes open to all:

Cupping massage Basics  No massage experience required earns 3 NCBTMB CE hours.

Learn the correct placement, safety, contraindications  and use of both silicone and vacuum suction cups in massage.  Demonstration followed by hands on practice.  Learn to use cups on others and yourself.

Hawaiian Massage for Pregnancy class August 29 2026.

Longer classes are for professional massage therapists only.  See my December 9-16 series of Classes on Oahu for Licensed bodyworkers only

 

Hawaiian Massage for Pregnancy

6-18 NCBTMB CE hours Birth Doulas 6-12 DONA Approved CEUs

Introduction to Hawaiian Massage for Pregnancy at Hawaii Dance Bomb 3566 Harding Ave #202 Honolulu HI

August 29 11am-2pm Hawaiian Massage for pregnancy anatomy contraindications, ball and chair work

3 NCBTMB and DONA CEs

August 29 2026 3-6pm  Hawaiian Massage for pregnancy Side Lying Basics

3 NCBTMB and DONA CEs

A gentle but effective massage for the mother to be, nurturing the whole body and targeting the areas most effected by pregnancy. In this workshop students will learn massage techniques appropriate for all stages of pregnancy as well as contraindications. The unique rhythmic movements of Hawaiian massage are particularly suited to pregnant and laboring women.

You will learn a full body side lying massage on massage tables, Self-care and exercises to help prepare the body for birth will also be covered.  Open to Massage Therapists, Doulas, Health care professionals and the partners or friends of pregnant women who want to acquire the skills to help provide them comfort. Techniques are performed that can be used during any stage of pregnancy.

Pregnant couples can now enjoy in home infant CPR training and massage packages to prepare for birth and baby.  See here

Hawaiian Hot Stone Massage

Traditionally the Hawaiians use all of the elements in nature for healing, earth, air, water, fire, plants and stones. Heated stones are placed on the body to prepare the muscles for massage. Then the stones are used to massage the body with the long rhythmic strokes of lomi lomi for a warm, deep uniquely immersive relaxation experience.

Students learn the correct placement, handling, safety and contraindications of Hawaiian hot stone massage, as well as where and how to select stones to use in treatment. A variety of techniques are offered with supervised practice and a chance to perform a full body routine.

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Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage Workshops and Residential retreats

12-50 hour options open to Massage or related professionals only.

All seminars incorporate movement and breath exercises, Hawaiian Massage techniques and exercises for self care. The Hawaiian practices of Pule-prayer, Oli-chant and Ho’oponopono-a focus on right thought and action and a process for conflict resolution are an integral part of every course.  Longer courses go into more depth on these and other Hawaiian traditions. 

Practitioners work on each other and switch partners to learn how to apply the techniques to different body types. Individual attention is given by the instructor so that the students learn how to utilize their body mechanics in the most efficient way for them

By the end of the seminar each person will have a sound understanding of Hawaiian Massage techniques and receive a certificate of completion equaling 12-50 NCBTMB CE hours.   Courses longer than 12 hours are only open to trained bodywork professionals so you never learn at the pace of or trade massage with untrained partners.

24 hour Lomi Lomi level 1 course is approved in the UK by the CThA, The Australian Massage and Myotherapy the NCBTMB in the US and the hours are recognized by Massage New Zealand and the 40 hour version is approved with Canadian MTAS.

 

NCBTMB Approved Workshops on Oahu.

If you are traveling to Oahu and want to schedule a private individual or group training contact me for pricing and schedule.   One on one sessions start at 3-8 hours and earn NCBTMB CE hours.  Write off your trip to Hawaii with continuing education and certification.

  

More classes on Oahu TBA

August 24 Cupping massage basics 3 CEs

August 29 2026 Hawaiian Massage for Pregnancy anatomy contraindications, ball and chair work 3 NCBTMB and DONA CEs

August 29 Hawaiian Massage for Pregnancy Side Lying Basics 3 NCBTMB and DONA CEs

 

December 9-16 Hawaiian Massage workshops on Oahu 

 

Residential Retreats 2027 dates and locations TBA

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Gourmet catered meals using local farm grown produce.

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Learn about and use traditional Hawaiian herbs and food as medicine.

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Visit local sites of natural beauty.

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Groups are held Ohana style at a retreat center to fully immerse and live Lomi Lomi 24/7.

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To insure individual attention a max. of 12 students are allowed.

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Classes longer than 12 hours are open to trained massage therapists and related professionals only. This way you are never trading massage or learning at the pace and skill level of students with no prior massage or anatomy training. Separate classes for non-professionals are also offered.

Workshops are approved with NCBTMB and DONA in the USA, MTAS of Canada, Massage and Myotherapy Australia, CThA in the UK and I am an affiliate member of Massage New Zealand.

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Couples Massage

 

Learn the skills to add more intentional therapeutic touch to your relationship.
Massage is a fantastic way to provide your partner with physical comfort, emotional security and Oxytocin, the love hormone that is beneficial on many levels including stress relief.  

Carrie Curtis has been a massage therapist since 1998 and has been traveling the world teaching Hawaiian massage and couples massage classes for over 25 years.

  
Her husband Nile is also a massage therapist and they have been teaching couples classes and retreats together since 2005.  In home couples and tandem massage with both of us at the same time is available on Oahu.

Learn in the comfort and privacy of your own home.  $120 per hour plus $25-$50 travel fee.

 

Individual Massage Sessions or One on One Training:


Lomi Lomi, Pregnancy Massage, Hawaiian Hot Stone, Cupping, Deep Tissue

$120 an hour for sessions up to 2 hours long – Travel fee of $25-$50 added based on location.

I also offer outcall massage to women and their families on Oahu, private one on one and couples training and customized group retreats to suit your budget and skill level.  I am also trained as a birth doula and have a certification in prenatal exercise and can help pregnant couples prepare for labor and post partum recovery.  I can teach you and your partner or labor support person massage techniques, movement and comfort measures for labor and recovery in the comfort of your home.

Pregnant couples can now enjoy in home infant CPR training and massage packages to prepare for birth and baby.  See here.

You can also no book with me or my husband Nile at the gorgeous Kawainui Healing Arts Center in Kailua for individual or couples massage.  See here to book online.


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Transformational Lomi Sessions

These sessions are for those ready to take their bodywork to the next level, releasing limiting beliefs and holding patterns that form as a result in the physical body. The session begins with a dialog on your intentions and patterns both physical, emotional and spiritual. The massage may incorporate the use of different oils, heated stones, breath and sound, chanting, and massage. These sessions can be relaxing, invigorating, rejuvenating, cathartic and life altering.

$300 for Transformational Sessions.  Allow 2 1/2- 3 hours for this session