why learn with continuing kneads?

Because massage therapists deserve continuing education that is practical, thoughtful, and sustainable.

Continuing Kneads offers hands-on training for RMTs who want to deepen their skills, protect their bodies, and bring more confidence and creativity into the treatment room. Founded by Jamie Lynn Chediac, RMT — a therapist, educator, and clinic owner with over 20 years of clinical experience — CK workshops are grounded in real practice, small-group learning, and therapist longevity.

We teach skills you can actually use, with a focus on clinical reasoning, body mechanics, client comfort, and sustainable treatment strategies. This is continuing education for therapists who want to keep doing meaningful work — without losing themselves, their bodies, or their love for the profession along the way.

Our mission is to help RMTs feel confidently capable in the work. In a nutshell we want you to feel curious again, energized again & sometimes even a little bit in love with the work again.

Continuing education for massage therapists who want to treat with confidence, creativity, and longevity.

built by an RMT, for RMTs

Continuing Kneads was founded by Jamie Lynn Chediac, RMT, a practicing massage therapist, clinic owner, and educator with over two decades of hands-on experience.

Jamie has been a Registered Massage Therapist since 2004 and has been teaching massage therapists since 2008. Her work is shaped by years in clinical practice, business ownership, movement education, mentorship, and the lived reality of trying to build a long, meaningful career in massage therapy.

This is education that comes from the treatment room and the lived experience of coaching individual massage therapists to cultivate their dream careers.

therapist longevity matters here

Massage therapy is meaningful work, but it is also physically demanding work. Many therapists reach a point where their hands, wrists, shoulders, back, or energy simply cannot keep up with the way they were taught to treat. Continuing Kneads exists, in part, to offer another way forward.

Our teaching emphasizes sustainability — not as an afterthought, but as a core part of clinical excellence. Because protecting your body is not separate from caring for your clients. It is what allows you to keep showing up with presence, skill, and longevity.

small classes, strong support

Our workshops are intentionally small so participants can receive meaningful feedback, ask questions, and practice in a supportive learning environment. You are not expected to perform perfectly. You are invited to explore, refine, make mistakes, and build skill with guidance.

We value curiosity, humour, clinical thoughtfulness, and the reality that every therapist brings a different body, background, and learning style into the room.

evidence-informed,
experience-grounded

Continuing Kneads honours both clinical experience and ongoing learning.

We aim to teach in a way that is evidence-informed, anatomically thoughtful, and grounded in what actually happens in the treatment room. We are interested in the nervous system, therapeutic relationship, movement, pressure, positioning, and the many subtle decisions that shape a good treatment.

Our classes are not about rigid protocols. They are about helping you become more responsive, adaptable, and confident in your work.

we teach skills you can
actually use

Our classes are designed to translate directly into your practice.

Whether you are learning barefoot massage, refining your hands on treatment strategy. We’ll aim to share smart ways of work while reconnecting with lighter body mechanics that offer deeper results.  You’ll always leave our workshops with tools you can understand, adapt, and use with real clients.

We focus on:

  • Clear clinical reasoning

  • Therapist body mechanics

  • Client comfort and communication

  • Practical treatment flow

  • Safe transitions

  • Sustainable pressure strategies

  • Creative use of positioning, leverage, movement, and touch

We don’t believe in overwhelming you with information you will never use. We believe in helping you build confidence through a thoughtful, well-supported practice.

barefoot massage is more
than a modality

Continuing Kneads is especially passionate about bringing barefoot massage into the Canadian massage therapy landscape in a thoughtful, professional, and clinically grounded way.

Barefoot massage is not a novelty. It is not a gimmick. It is a powerful, adaptable, gravity-assisted approach that can offer broad, effective pressure while reducing strain on the therapist’s hands and upper body.

When taught well, barefoot massage can be integrated beautifully into a modern RMT practice. Our goal is to help therapists understand not only how to use their feet, but how to think with their whole body.

education with heart

At the centre of Continuing Kneads is a simple belief:

Massage therapists deserve education that supports the therapist as much, if not more, as the technique.  This isn’t about dismissing the work or the body on your table.  This is about putting the longevity of the therapist first so that they can show up to every treatment with the same quality of presence every session.  The reality is the greatest service we can offer to our community of clients is when we protect the longevity of our practice.

Whether you are newer to practice, feeling the strain of years in the treatment room, or looking for fresh ways to expand your clinical toolkit, Continuing Kneads offers a space to learn, reconnect, and grow.