Dr. James Mally is a massage teacher, educational content producer, and creator of MassageLibrary.com. He has been doing massage professionally since 1976 and teaching massage classes since 1979. His initial training was a 1000-hour massage program at Lindsey Hopkins School in Miami. He later attended Bastyr University in Seattle, graduating as a Naturopathic Doctor in 1984.
In 1990, he founded Healing Arts Institute, a California state-approved massage therapy school. He owned and directed the school until 2011 and graduated over 3000 massage therapists.
He produced his first massage video, Deep Tissue Massage, in 1996. The video employed a 3-D computer skeleton and is believed to be the first massage video to use 3-D computer graphics. He produced other videos (now DVDs) and workbooks on Sports Massage, Swedish Massage, Side-Lying Massage, and Massage Cupping. These DVDs and workbooks are being used in massage schools worldwide. His Side-Lying Massage DVD has been translated into Japanese and is very popular in Japan.
Dr. Mally sold his massage school in 2011 to have more time to see massage clients and develop, practice, and refine massage techniques. He operates a teaching practice where he works with massage therapists and their problem clients, sharing assessment techniques and strategies to help the clients. Selling the school also allowed Dr. Mally to travel to teach his workshops internationally, produce more DVDs, and develop an online massage library at www.massagelibrary.com.
Dr. Mally is approved by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Provider #451329-10
Dr. Mally was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame in 2018.
Soft Tissue Release
Bloom! School for the Therapeutic Arts - Newport, Maine
October 10, 2023
Tuesday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$160 + $10 materials
Nerve Glide Techniques
Bloom! School for the Therapeutic Arts - Newport, Maine
October 11, 2023
Wednesday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$160 + $10 materials
Saturday & Sunday October 14 & 15, 2023
9 am - 6 pm
16 hours ($320 + $20 materials)
November 5, 2023
Sunday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials fee)
Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain
Hands on Healing - Roseville, California
February 24, 2024
Saturday 9 am - 6 pm  (8 hours)
Massage Cupping
February 25, 2024
Sunday 9 am - 6 pm (8 hrs.)
$160 + $27 materials
March 15, 2023
Friday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $20 materials fee)
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage
Sunday, March 17, 2024 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage
March 18, 2024
Monday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials fee)
Black Brook School of Massage
April 4, 2024
Thursday 9 am - 6 pm
(9 hours) $160 + $25 materials
Trigger Point and Counterstrain
Black Brook School of Massage
Friday, April 5, 2024
9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
Black Brook School of Massage
April 6, 2024
Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm
(9 hours) $160 + $10 materials
Black Brook School of Massage
April 7, 2024
Sunday 9 am - 6 pm
(9 hours) $160 + $10 materials
Nerve Glide Techniques
Maine AMTA Chapter
Saturday, April 13, 2024
8:30 am - 6 pm
Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain
Maine AMTA Chapter
Sunday, April 14, 2024
8:30 am - 6 pm
April 20 & 21, 2024
Saturday 12 - 6 pm, Roseville, CA
Sunday 12 - 4 pm, Auburn, CA
10 hours - $199
April 27 & 28, 2024
Saturday and Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm
(16 hours) $320 + $20 materials
Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain
Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
Thursday, May 2, 2024
9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain
Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
May 5, 2024
Sunday 9 am - 6 pm  (8 hours)
$160 + $10 materials
May 17, 2024
Friday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $27 materials fee)
May 18 & 19, 2024
Saturday and Sunday, 9 am to 6 pm
8 hours ($320 + $20 materials)
September 7, 2024
Saturday, 1 to 5 pm (4 hours)
$140
Carlson College of Massage Therapy
September 30, 2024
Monday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$160 + $10 materials
October 1, 2024
Tuesday, 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 plus $10 materials fee)
October 2, 2024
Wednesday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $20 materials fee)
October 4, 2024
Saturday 9 am - 6 pm
(8 hours) $200 + $25 materials
Materials fee is for a set of four silicone cups
Iowa Lakes Community College
Saturday & Sunday, October 5 & 6, 2024 9 am - 6 pm
16 hours ($320 + $20 materials)
Massage Cupping
Bloom! School for the Therapeutic Arts - Newport, Maine
October 13, 2024
Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$160 + $25 materials
October 14, 2024
Monday, 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
October 15 & 16, 2024
Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 am - 6 pm
16 hours ($320 + $20 materials)
October 19 & 20, 2024
Sat. & Sun. 9 am - 6 pm
16 hours ($320 + $20 materials)
October 21, 2024
Monday, 9 am to 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
Hands on Healing
Nov. 2 & 3, 2024
Saturday 9 am - 6 pm
Sunday 9 am - 1 pm
12 hours - $225 (Class materials included)
February 3, 2025
Monday, 9 am to 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
February 4, 2025
Tuesday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials fee)
February 5, 2025
Wednesday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
February 6, 2025
Thursday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($160 + $10 materials)
Nerve impingement issues can mimic musculoskeletal problems. Some examples are tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), which may be from entrapment of the radial nerve, or Iliotibial band tightness or pain from […]
Massage Cupping
Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
March 12, 2025
Wednesday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$180 + $25 materials
Carlson College of Massage Therapy
March 13, 2025
Thursday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$180 + $10 materials
Trigger Point and Counterstrain
Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
March 14, 2025
Friday, 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials)
Sports Massage
Carlson College of Massage Therapy
Saturday & Sunday, March 15 & 16, 2025
9 am - 6 pm
16 hours ($360 + $20 materials)
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage
March 28, 2025
Friday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $25 materials)
Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage - Falls Church, VA
Saturday, March 29, 2025 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials)
October 30, 2025
Sunday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials)
March 31, 2025
Monday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials fee)
May 5 & 6, 2025 - Upper Body
May 7 & 8, 2025 - Lower Body
Monday through Thursday 9 am - 6 pm (32 hours total)
Upper or Lower Body - $300
Both Classes - $550
$25 for materials
