Continuing Education & Custom Treatment Development

Tonia collaborates with top spa directors to design cutting-edge signature treatments that leave guests raving. She specializes in training therapists to seamlessly integrate sound therapy and energy work—whether as an add-on, an enhancement, or a standalone experience. With demand for these transformative modalities soaring, now is the time to elevate your offerings.

As a distributor of premium sound healing instruments, Tonia helps spa directors source the perfect tools to enhance their offerings.

Tonia is a proud member of the Pacific Spa Alliance and has taught her Body Journey® Certification for the American Massage Therapy Association. All of her courses are nationally approved for continuing education (CEUs) by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB), ensuring the highest professional standards.

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Sound therapy has taken the wellness world by storm. With sound baths gaining mainstream recognition and public interest at an all-time high, integrating sound into massage and spa treatments is a natura and highly beneficial enhancement.

As massage therapists and estheticians open the body’s systems and calm the mind, clients become more receptive to feel the effects of sound. The soothing vibrations of crystal bowls, chimes, and other harmonic instruments resonate through the body’s water-rich tissues, enhancing relaxation on a cellular level.This heightened state of openness allows energy to flow effortlessly, making it easy for the guest to sense their chi's subtle yet undeniable movement from head to toe. The result? A deeply immersive experience that lingers long after the session ends.

In this class, participants will learn:

• A concise introduction to sound therapy, including guest-friendly talking points to enhance client understanding.

• How to play crystal bowls with grace and sensitivity to soothe the nervous system.

• How to assess the body using chimes or tuning forks.

• Proper application of weighted tuning forks directly to the body.

• Key areas of the body that respond well to sound, and how to apply it effectively.

• Exactly when and how to seamlessly integrate sound into a massage or facial for maximum impact.

This continuing education class teaches spa professionals and massage therapists how subtle, intentional touch can create a powerful impact on a guest’s energy system. Participants will gain tools for clearing, restoring, and circulating chi by releasing blockages in the meridians through acupressure-based energy work.

Therapists will learn to guide clients into a parasympathetic “theta” state—a deeply restorative space where lasting healing occurs, with less physical strain on the practitioner. Drawing from Chinese meridian theory, the class introduces key acupressure points and light-touch techniques to support full-body energy flow and enhance the effectiveness of any massage or facial treatment.

The course also explores the art and timing of the pause—how stillness can be just as effective as movement. Intentionally pausing helps balance yin and yang, calm the nervous system, and offer clients a healing stillness that is especially vital in today’s fast-paced world.

Participants will learn how to:

• Sense and track energy pulses (chi) in the body.

• Identify and open twelve key acupressure points where chi commonly gets blocked.

• Use subtle release techniques that allow the practitioner’s hands to leave the body without the guest noticing.

• Time pauses strategically within a massage or facial for maximum therapeutic impact.

This course is ideal for spa professionals and massage therapists who wish to incorporate energy work in a grounded and skillful way. No prior energy work experience is necessary—only a willingness to listen with the hands.

This hands-on class teaches practitioners how to deliver a complete, effective full-body massage with the guest entirely in the supine (face-up) position. In this 6-hour CEU-approved course, students will learn how to safely and skillfully access all major muscle groups using 360-degree techniques that cradle and release the body, eliminating the need to turn the guest over.

There are many reasons to master this approach. Some guests prefer to avoid the face cradle due to discomfort, sinus congestion, or cosmetic concerns such as lash extensions. The guest’s neck and whole back are in a more natural position, and this allows gravity to assist in unwinding deeply held tensions.

Practitioners will learn:

• How to work safely and effectively beneath the body.

• “Over and under” techniques—how one hand informs the other to melt tension more fully.

• The “completion technique” long strokes for integrating body systems.

• How to create slack in joints and muscles using facilitated positional release.

• Detailed approaches for treating key muscle groups including:

• Pecs and upper back

• Shoulders, lats, and forearms (dual-direction release)

• Trapezius and subscapularis (linked tension patterns)

• Diaphragm and lower rib cage

• Abdomen and low back

• Glutes with quadriceps

• Hamstrings and quads simultaneously

This course is ideal for massage therapists, spa professionals, and bodyworkers seeking to expand their skill set with innovative, guest-centered techniques. You’ll leave with a comprehensive, flowing treatment sequence that’s as therapeutic as it is relaxing—and easy on your body, too.

True- authentic reflexology goes far beyond a simple foot rub; it’s a precise technique, traditionally performed without oil or lotion, that works directly with the body’s mapped pressure points on the feet.

In this class, massage therapists and estheticians will learn to deliver a 10-30 minute authentic reflexology add-on or full foot session that guests will feel throughout their entire body. Students will be trained to identify and systematically break down calcium deposits and blockages in the feet. When the feet are opened correctly, it creates a noticeable shift in the person's vitality.

The feet are our foundation — our taproot into the earth. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the yin meridians, which carry nourishing, life-giving energy, begin in the feet and rise up the legs to fuel the entire body. When tension and stress build in the neck and shoulders, like carrying the weight-of-the-world, it’s often because a person is giving from their own life force (above the waist) rather than drawing energy from the earth (through the feet). When the feet are properly opened, clients often walk away feeling lighter and taller, as if the weight they were carrying has finally been lifted.

Students will learn:

• An easy way to memorize the foot-body map

• Thumb “walking” techniques to move chi and release blockages without discomfort

• A concise 10-minute reflexology sequence

• An expanded 60-minute per foot reflexology protocol

Instructor Tonia Lach began her 30+ year career by apprenticing under a master reflexologist. This was her first and most foundational modality, and she brings a wealth of insight and practical technique to this dynamic training.

Let your spa stand out with innovative, experiential treatments designed to delight guests and inspire your team.

Tonia Lach brings over three decades of expertise in massage therapy, energywork, and sound healing. Having begun her career in 1992—when massage was still considered an art form—Tonia developed her own highly effective techniques long before standardized rote techniques became widespread. Her work is deeply rooted in advanced training across multiple disciplines, including deep tissue, Swedish, acupressure, Chinese meridian theory, reflexology, Chi Nei Tsang, Jin Shin Jyutsu, lymphatic drainage, and sound therapy.

Known for her ability to weave modalities together in meaningful and effective ways, Tonia specializes in crafting one-of-a-kind treatments that become signature offerings. Describe the experience you envision, whether deeply restorative, energetically balancing, or sensorially immersive. Tonia will design a complete protocol, from sequence to technique, and personally train your staff to deliver it with confidence.

Her recent collaboration with Spa Director Karen Ray at The Rooftop Spa led to the creation of Deep Rest  – a treatment combining sound healing with focused massage and gentle energywork, accessible to both estheticians and massage therapists. This treatment quickly became a staff favorite to perform; it’s now one of the spa’s top-selling services.

If you’re ready to offer treatments that are both unique and impactful, collaborate with Tonia to bring new energy, depth, and creativity to your spa menu.

If you're looking to introduce a powerful, transformative service without the time investment of co-developing a new treatment, The Body Journey Massage Experience® is a complete, proven solution. This 24-hour certification program, created and taught by Tonia Lach, offers practitioners a ready-to-implement protocol that blends massage, energywork, sound healing, and unique, effective bodywork into one seamless, unforgettable experience.

Tested and refined in luxury spa settings, The Body Journey Massage Experience® has been described by guests as “a spiritual journey through the body,” often likened to the depth of a psychedelic experience, without the need for medicine. It’s not just a massage; it’s a healing ceremony rooted in intention, touch, and the resonance of sound.

Tonia served as the sole practitioner of this signature treatment at the acclaimed Cavallo Point Lodge for eight consecutive years, where it held its place as the spa’s most premium two-hour offering. Guests returned repeatedly, drawn by the sacred, immersive nature of the work.

This certification equips therapists with a distinctive modality that goes beyond relaxation—offering guests a sacred, immersive experience that fosters deep reconnection with self and spirit.

Bring depth, meaning, and market distinction to your service menu with this extraordinary, ready-to-launch treatment.