Recipient of the National 2024 Excellence in Education Award.
the new Interstate teaching collective & distance Program
For Distance & Out of State Prospective Students (still with hands-on in-person instruction)
Want to learn reflexology but don't have a reflexology school in your area?
For those at a distance who can't attend bi-weekly hands-on classes, you can still enroll. You will take the online alternating Saturday Zoom classes with the local students, and attend 3-day weekend classes for your hands-on training (three 3-day weekends for WA residents; two 3-day weekends for out of state). We have great hiking, kayaking and world-class museums in the area if you want to tack on some sightseeing to your hands-on training!
Maximum of 6 students. Classes start Jan. 10, 2026.
If travelling to Tacoma for the 3-day hands-on classes is too impractical (e.g., if you live on the East Coast), you may be able to take your hands-on training with a reflexologist in your area, while taking the rest of the Program online to complete the Anatomy & Physiology and other didactic components required to sit for the ARCB National exam.
For non-WA students, it's your responsibility to find out in adavance what the requirements are in your state for practicing reflexology.
I am pleased and proud to announce that long-time instructor Kiannaa Leighland joined the staff of Reflexology Academy NW (RANW) in Jan. 2025 . Kiannaa started the first WA-State approved reflexology school in 2000. She will teach the hands-on classes to Vancouver WA-area students and any Oregon students who prefer to do their hands-on training in southern WA rather than coming to Tacoma for the 3-day distance cohort hands-on weekends. About Kiannaa, seasoned ARCB-reflexologist Nancie Hines of Portland said " Kiaanna is a brilliant choice....
We have all had classes with her. I'm really pleased you are bringing her on for hands-on. There is no one better in this area to associate with...."
Half of these Zoom class attendees are RANW's first Distance class, traveling in for two 3-day hands-on classes
And we're on our way with the Interstate Teaching Collective (ITC)!
ITC SUGGESTED COST GUIDELINES
For online didactic classes: $10-$25 per hour depending on number of students and materials provided. Cost to be agreed upon between online instructor and student.
For hands-on private tutoring: $30-$55 per hour depending on number of students and geographic area. To be agreed upon by the Tutor and the Student.
Inviting Reflexologists to teach -- just hands-on!
For those who’ve never taught but think you’d like to, this is a great opportunity for you to learn how to teach* and then be able to teach unencumbered by having to create an entire Program.
For those who’ve taught but are not presently interested in teaching a whole Program, here’s a way you can put your skills to work and hone them without having to teach “the full Monty”.
You get to decide your training schedule, what you’ll charge the student(s), and the composition of your clinical instruction. That might include apprenticeship where part of your hands-on instruction would be having students join some of your client sessions, or it might consist purely of hands-on classroom instruction. Maybe you approach a local massage school and teach an intro class to drum up interest. You decide!
If you have two years of reflexology experience and are ARCB certified, contact me if you’re interested in participating in this new Interstate Teaching Collective.