Change Lives; Start with Yours at Zion Massage College

At Zion Massage College instruction goes beyond the walls of the classroom. Our students learn a balanced approach to traditional and modern massage therapy, bodywork, and energy health practices.

This video shows real footage of our students engaged in some of the learning activities at ZMC.

One way that we support students is by teaching them how to foster positive change in others by giving each student the opportunity to first experience this positive change in their own life.

There is an ancient Persian folktale that features the 13th-century character, Nasruddin, the wise fool. In one story, Nasruddin has lost his keys. A passerby finds Nasruddin searching frantically under a streetlight for the lost keys. He asks Nasruddin to tell him what he has lost. Upon hearing that Nasruddin has lost his keys, the passerby decides to help with the search. After some time, he asks Nasruddin, "Where did you lose your keys?"

Gesturing towards his home, Nasruddin replies, "I lost them over there within my house."

"Well, why are you looking for them over here?" asks the passerby. To which Nasriddin replies, "The light is so much brighter here than in my own home."

ZMC's students are empowered with the keys to observing the healing power and wisdom within their own inner environment. Our goal is to facilitate experiences that allow each student to witness this innate knowledge and wisdom which is found only by looking within.

When applied in a Massage session, this wisdom helps students understand that, while giving a massage, they are facilitating a form of guided meditation for their client. They too are fostering an environment where the client is able to look within themself, to connect their mind and body, and to finally let go of reactions and tension which have contributed to their pain.

Our goal is to help our students and those that they serve to listen to their inner wisdom and to find confidence, acceptance, and freedom from all forms of pain.

To change lives and promote health and healing, we must first start with these positive changes in ourselves.