Largest.  Our average class size is between 10 to 24​ students giving you access to personalized training while exposing you to a wide variety of body types and massage preferences.  1,200 student clinic clients adds up to serious experience so that you can master your craft.
Oldest.  With over a century of combined experience on our faculty, you learn the healing art of massage therapy from true masters.  Vocational massage is simply not taught here.
Wisest.  The HAC curriculum draws from the latest developments in massage therapy technology while being rooted in centuries of compassionate healing tradition that will guide you to deep personal transformation, best in class, skill and, yes, happiness.

See Why HAC Is More Than A Massage Therapy School ...

We are a community of compassionate healers devoted to well-being.

Call us at (314) 647-8080
Our massage therapy education in a nutshell:
care, breathe, touch.  
In that order.
Transformational Massage
​and Breath Education
Compassion, Respect & Fun
Quality of Life For Cancer Patients
"Many people say that we are the 'Harvard' of massage therapy, but that does not mean that Harvard is The Healing Arts Center of general education.  Compassion and service to beings is what we stand for.  It is what we insist on from our students."
- Tom Tesserau, HAC Headmaster
Community and Professional Education
Because There Is Always Room For More Skill
Introduction to Transformational Breathwork
September 29
Monthly Transformational Breathwork Class
October 14
Prenatal Massage
October 20 - 21

Breathe Deep

Monthly
Transformational
Breathwork Class

Sunday, October 14
9 am - 10:30 am
(Prerequisite: Introduction to Transformational Breathwork)

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What's Included In Tuition

The short answer is: everything.  Books, fees, insurance, test and license fees. 

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Photo: Graduating students make hand prints for the "Book of Hands", an HAC tradition that is part of the Red Robe Ceremony (Graduation)
We Teach Our Students How To Expel Pain and Anxiety From Human Beings
The Healing Arts Center Student Clinic is a great bargain for the public and an essential tool for our students to develop expertise.
Get a Massage in the Student Clinic
$35 per clinical hour (50 minutes)
Call (314) 647-8080 to book an appointment.
More Than A School,
​It's A Family
The Healing Arts Center celebrates being.  All kinds of being.  From meditation training to learning how to expel injury and pain from the being of another, you cannot help but become a love agent for compassion in the world.