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 where he graduated 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 during that time.

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 went on to produce 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 so he could have more time to see massage clients and to 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 more to teach his workshops internationally, do more DVD production, 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.

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  • Sports Massage – Arcata, California

    Loving Hands Institute 32 Sunnybrae Center, Arcata, CA

    July 30 & 31, 2026
    Thursday and Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
    8 hours ($360 + $20 materials)

    $380.00

  • Sports Massage – Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    South Dakota School of Massage Therapy 100 N. Krohn Place, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

    August 15 & 16, 2026
    Saturday and Sunday 9 am - 6 pm
    16 hours ($500 + $20 materials fee)

    $520.00

  • Soft Tissue Release – Spencer, Iowa

    Iowa Lakes Community College 1900 N Grand Ave., Spencer, IA, United States

    August 17, 2026
    Monday 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
    $200 + $10 materials fee

    $210.00

  • Massage Cupping – Spencer, Iowa

    Iowa Lakes Community College 1900 N Grand Ave., Spencer, IA, United States

    Massage Cupping
    August 19, 2026
    Wednesday 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
    $200 + $25 materials

    S225.00

  • Sports Massage – Falls Church, Virginia

    Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

    Wednesday and Thursday, September 16 & 17, 2026
    9 am - 6 pm
    16 hours ($380 + $20 materials)

    $400.00

  • Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain – Falls Church, VA

    Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

    Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain
    Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage - Falls Church, VA
    Friday, September 18, 2026 9 am - 6 pm
    8 hours ($200 + $10 materials)

    $210.00

  • Soft Tissue Release – Falls Church, Virginia

    Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

    September 19, 2026
    Saturday 9 am - 6 pm
    8 hours ($200 + $10 materials)

    $210

  • Nerve Glide Techniques – Newport, Maine

    Bloom! School for Healing Arts 152 Main St., Newport, ME, United States

    Nerve Glide Techniques
    Bloom! School for Healing Arts - Newport, Maine
    September 25, 2026
    Friday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
    $200 + $10 materials

    $210.00

  • Massage Cupping – Anamosa, Iowa

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

    Massage Cupping
    Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
    October 7, 2026
    Wednesday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
    $200 + $25 materials

    $225.00

  • Cupping Applications – Anamosa, Iowa

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy
    October 8, 2026
    Thursday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
    $200 + $10 materials

    $210.00

  • Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain – Anamosa, Iowa

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

    Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain
    Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
    October 9, 2026
    Friday, 9 am - 6 pm
    8 hours ($200 + $10 materials)

    $210.00

  • Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain – Anamosa, Iowa

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

    Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain
    Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
    October 10, 2026
    Saturday 9 am - 6 pm   (8 hours)
    $200 + $10 materials

    $210.00

  • Nerve Glide Techniques – Anamosa, Iowa

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

    Carlson College of Massage Therapy
    October 11, 2026
    Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
    $200 + $10 materials

    $210.00