Thank you for your interest in AKS Massage School. We hope that this web site provides a comprehensive overview of AKS that will assist your selection of a school of massage. AKS holds the quality and essence of touch and the interdependence of mind, body and spirit as its guiding principles.

Graduates from the Certificate Program are well prepared to sit for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork examination required for practice in the National Capital area. However, AKS offers more than a "minimum" education. Students receive a broad education that develops skills and professional commitment expected of conscientious massage therapists. The curriculum presents professional ethics and business practice guidelines.

AKS teaches students to tune in to their clients - reaching kinesthetic awareness - to create a mutual, rather than purely clinical, experience. AKS provides a fun, safe and professional atmosphere where questions and the ability to discern are encouraged.

The decision to go to a massage school to undertake a demanding academic program will mean a change in your lifestyle, as well as a meaningful addition to your capacity to care for others. It is fun, hard, exhausting, but most of all, rewarding.

I encourage you to look carefully at AKS as well as other schools. AKS has a wonderful staff. They are capable and caring, and the students tell me how much they like and respect their teachers. We ask students to work very hard, and they respond and succeed.

Please feel free to contact me and ask questions.

Home phone: (703) 476-9095
Cell phone: (703) 304-1146

Read through this material, then get your support network of family and friends behind you, and come sit in on a class before you enroll. I wish you every success in your endeavors.

Sincerely,

H. Katharine Hunter, CMT
AKS graduate 1993
Owner/Director, Since 1999