Bodywork for Depression & Anxiety

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Jun 19, 2025 – Jun 21, 2025

Bodywork for Depression & Anxiety: Virginia Beach

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.

  • Virginia Beach
  • 9:30am - 4:30pm EST
  • 18 NCBTMB CE hours
  • Tracey J. Moon, LMBT, Sharon Nash, MA
  • $400 early registration (regular price $450 before 5/5/25)

Recalibrate & Restore

Depression and anxiety has become an epidemic in our society with more people than ever seeking relief through both conventional and alternative methods. Trauma, loss, and the everyday challenges of daily life can create constriction and loss of connection in the physical and emotional body. From these big and small traumas, our body begins to form in a way that sets in fatigue, exhaustion, distress, difficulty focusing, irritability and physical pain.

The physical toll of depression and anxiety reveals itself in the body through tension, pain, misalignment and discomfort. In this course you will learn specific hands-on massage techniques that unwind targeted areas of the body that have been contracted, bringing more flow and movement into the structure. We will look at the science behind depression and anxiety, what is happening in the brain as well as the importance of understanding conventional treatments. We will explore emotional anatomy, including how the body is shaped by our thoughts, feelings and beliefs, and discuss how mindfulness practices can help free us from negative thought patterns. We will incorporate movement and grounding body-centered practices can help support a distressed emotional body system.

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A highly experiential training

You will learn simple body-centered practices to help people feel more alive, connected and embodied through breath, bioenergetics, massage and compassionate presence. Through these embodied practices you will discover the body’s innate ability to recalibrate, reset and restore to its natural flow, 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.

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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.

This training is designed with for the massage therapist, mental health professional, nurse, physician, yoga teacher or other health care professional to better understand the latest tools and 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. This is a highly experiential training.

Unity of Tidewater is a wonderful oasis centrally located in Virginia Beach, conveniently located off of 64 with easy access to Norfolk, Hampton and Virginia Beach. For those traveling to the training, there are an abundance of hotel and AirBnb accommodations close by.

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 to ensure deliverability.

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

Unity of Tidewater

Virginia Beach

  • 5580 Shell Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
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