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One learns by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.

-Sophocles, 469-406 B.C.

About the Instructor

Hello, My name is Dr. Thomas F. Ahern, Jr., and I look forward to being your teacher. If I reach this goal with you as I have with others, then this part of my life will have been fulfilled. Thank you for considering my school.

I have been a facilitator of healing all of my life. The first person's life I saved was three years old. I was five. I jumped in and saved him from drowning; not knowing how to swim myself. I got us both out, and -- I must confess -- I was wearing a Superman suit at the time.

My life-long massage therapy education started when my grandfather taught me massage while still a small boy. He firmly believed as do I, that everyone should practice this healing art.

Following his example, my learning continues. I am a Reiki Master and teach traditional Usui Reiki levels 1 and 2. I have spent years studying a variety of massage techniques and then distilled each into the essence of most effective technique. As I learn additional massage techniques and therapies, I add them into my school curricula, so as to provide the best possible educational experience for each of my students.

A Buddhist Lama once asked me, if I was a good teacher.
I said that I was only as good as my students.
She bowed and said, “Very good answer.”
She then asked me, “How good are your students?”
I said, “They are all awesome.”
Again, she bowed and smiling now said, “Ah, very good answer.”

What I do for a living is, every day, all day long, helping to heal people and make everyone feel better. I also get to teach my students to do this. You too can learn to do what I do. Worldwide I have been blessed with more than 2,100 students, all of them making a positive change in this world of ours. Please come to learn and share this healing art.