Course Description

Advancing health equity as bodyworkers and healthcare practitioners is worthwhile and achievable. In this course, you will have space to explore how structural forces, such as bias, racism, and poverty, shape health outcomes, and collaborate on what to do to cultivate more equitable healthcare practices.

This course is intended to provide you as a massage therapist or bodyworker with grounded guidance and the relevant knowledge and skills to advance health equity in your own practice. Together we'll examine how social and economic conditions shape health, identify the roots of health inequities, practice using inclusive language, and develop strategies you can adapt to your own clients and context.

Expect reflection, realistic scenarios, and collective problem-solving. All are welcome!

This course meets and exceeds Washington's Health Equity continuing education requirement (RCW 43.70.613).

 

Date & Time

Saturday, June 6th, 2026

Class is from 10am-3pm
(with 1 hour break for lunch)

 

CE Hours

4 Health Equity CEUs

 

Cost

$90 plus sales tax

 

Location

Soma Institute of Structural Integration
772 Camano Ave, Suite 101
Langley, WA 98260

Hostel-style lodging is available at the Soma House for $55/night. Availability is limited. Email the Soma Institute to reserve a bed. 

 

Instructor

Nirvana Kelly Scott, M.Ed.

Nirvana Kelly Scott is a public school educator and consultant. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology. She has worked for several years in Atlanta, GA, as an antiracist educator in K-12 school settings and with nonprofit organizations, including Pace Academy, where she served as Director of Equity and Inclusion. She recently completed a Master’s in Teaching at the University of Washington.

Refund Policy

Refund Policy—Illness or Exposures:
If an attendee is exposed to illness, or becomes sick within 10 days of the workshop, they will be kindly asked to stay home and be issued a full refund.

If an attendee becomes sick or exposed after they have begun attending, then their registration will be transferred to another, future workshop with Nirvana Kelly Scott either hosted at the Soma Institute or another location, to be taken within 2 years.

Refund Policy—General Cancellations (Non-Illness):
Cancellation made greater than 30 days before the start of the course—90% of payment refund.

Cancellations made between 30 days and 12 days before the start of the course—50% payment refund.

Cancellation made between 12 and 0 days before the start of the course—no refund.

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