Bodywork for Depression & Anxiety

Jul 25, 2025 – Jul 27, 2025

Bodywork for Depression & Anxiety: Sewanee, TN

Hold your spot with a $100 deposit

Learn simple, body-centered practices to help people feel more alive, connected and embodied through breath, bioenergetics, massage and compassionate presence.

Tennessee
9:30am - 5:00pm EDT
18 NCBTMB CE hours
Tracey J. Moon, LMBT, Sharon Nash, MA
$750 early registration (regular price $850 after 6/10)

Recalibrate & Restore

Depression and anxiety is an epidemic in our society with more people than ever seeking relief from dysregulated physical and emotional symptoms through conventional medicine, complementary treatments and self-care. Trauma, stress, loss, uncertainty and everyday challenges can manifest in the body through tension, pain, exhaustion and discomfort. Our physical state significantly influences our mental wellbeing, affecting our mood, emotions, focus, and overall vitality.

In this training, we actively work to regulate the nervous system, alleviating the symptoms of depression and anxiety and bringing balance to the physical and emotional body through evidence-based, body-centered practices. You will learn specific hands-on massage techniques that focus on restoring the nervous system to a regulated state. We work through the lens of Polyvagal Theory as a central concept that explains resilience and flexibility in the nervous system. We look at the science behind depression and anxiety, the brain’s role and the importance of understanding conventional treatments. The course covers emotional anatomy, examining how the body is shaped by thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, and discusses how mindfulness practices can help free us from negative or ruminating thought patterns. We incorporate movement and grounding body-centered practices to support a distressed emotional body system.

I didn’t expect how great and effective this course would be. I wish I had gained this knowledge years ago. So many people will be positively affected from these new skills that I’ll be incorporating in my work.

T. Carter, LPN, LMT

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A highly-experiential training

This three-day Bodywork for Depression and Anxiety residential training and retreat is being held at St. Mary’s Sewanee, located in Tennessee between Nashville and Chattanooga. Situated on a bluff, St. Mary’s is a beautiful place to learn, explore and rest. Sewanee is a liberal arts university town with hiking trails, charming shops and restaurants close by.

You will learn simple yet powerful body-centered practices to help people feel more alive, connected and embodied through breathwork techniques, bioenergetics, massage, reflexology and acupressure. The course includes a foundation of mindfulness techniques and emphasizes a compassionate and non-judgmental presence. Through these transformative embodied practices you will discover the body’s innate ability to recalibrate, reset and restore to its natural flow, moving beyond depression and anxiety.

This hands-on and highly experiential training is designed with for the massage therapist, mental health professional, nurse, physician, yoga teacher or other health care professional to better understand the tools and latest research available for depression and anxiety. Because depression and anxiety affects a wide population of people, this training is open to anyone with an interest in the topic.

The Details

All Inclusive Packages

All-inclusive with the CE training, accommodations and meals begins at $750 depending on accommodations choice
Hiking trails, bluff overlook, labyrinth and plenty of places for solitude
Healthy, delicious meals with most dietary restrictions accommodated
Arrive the night before for only $100 in double accommodations* including breakfast on Friday – highly recommended!
Massage Therapists receive 18 NCBTMB CE hours

This is the most important work I have learned thus far in my bodywork career.

Tiffany Rodriquez, LMT in Norfolk, VA

Extraordinary with enormous depth to the material. The instructors are informed, thoughtful and create a profound space for students.

Bodywork for Depression & Anxiety Participant

Awakening from start to finish! I enjoyed not only learning about the effects depression and anxiety have on the body but how to help clients through a variety of breathing, meditation, movement and bodywork techniques. What valuable tools for my practice.

N. Green, LMT in Douglasville, GA

I spend so much of my life holding space for others, this past weekend reminded me to hold space for myself.

Janice, LMBT in Charlotte, NC

So many people will be positively affected by these new skills that I’ll soon be incorporating in my sessions.

T. Carter, LPN, LMT in Anniston, AL

Learn More

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Bodywork for Depression & Anxiety is NCBMTB Approved and massage therapists will receive 18 CE hours. You will receive a certificate of completion electronically to submit to your state licensing board or for recertification with the NCBTMB.

Choose from two accommodation styles. Anna House has 20 hotel-style private rooms with a private bath, porches and bluff views. St. Mary’s Hall is a former girls’ school dormitory with private rooms and shared bathrooms located on each floor. Both can be reserved as a single or double accommodation.

If you are traveling alone and prefer a roommate, we will pair you with a same-gendered roommate if one is available. All-inclusive pricing is below (includes accommodations/meals and training):

St. Mary’s Hall, private dormitory rooms:

Double accommodation*, shared hall bath (two twin beds) $750
Single accommodation, shared hall bth (twin or double bed) $800

Anna House, private hotel-style:

Double accommodation, private bath (two twin beds) $845
Single accommodation, private bath $895

For those staying two nights, meals begin with lunch on Friday and end with lunch on Sunday. For those staying three nights, meals begin with breakfast on Friday and end with lunch on Sunday. The St. Mary’s chefs provide you with an experience that is delicious and nutritious. If you have any serious food restrictions, allergies or dietary needs, please let us know in advance.

The training runs from 9:30am-5:00pm each day. Early mornings and evenings will be available for personal time. For those of you who would like to extend your retreat experience, you may wish to arrive a day early.

Yes. You have the option to add Thursday night to this training during the registration process. We highly recommended you arrive on Thursday night if you live more than 30 minutes from Sewanee, TN since class begins promptly at 9:30am on Friday. The extra night price includes breakfast on Friday before the training starts. Cost is $100 for double accommodations and $120 for single accommodations.

We need one massage table for every two people attending. You will receive a welcome email after registering with a list of what to bring. This email arrives within 24-48 hours of your registration. If you didn’t receive it, please check your spam box and add the email [email protected] to your contacts.

St. Mary’s Sewanee is located 1.5 hours from Nashville, TN and and 1 hour from Chattanooga, TN. 1100 St Marys Ln, Sewanee, TN 37375.

Reach out to Tracey at [email protected] or Sharon at [email protected] or call 919-907-0579. We look forward to hearing from you!

You can also visit our Policies & FAQs page for more information.

Location

St. Mary’s Sewanee

Tennessee

770 St. Mary's Lane, PO Box 188, Sewanee, TN 37375
Website

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