Tennessee School of Massage

A Memphis Massage Institution, Tennessee School of Massage has been graduating leaders in the massage community for over 37 years!  David and Cissie Pryor founded the Tennessee School of Massage in October 1988. They both recognized the need for a comprehensive training program offering holistic, professional massage training specializing in the art of massage. Tennessee School of Massage has had the pleasure of instructing hundreds and hundreds of students that today are licensed massage therapists serving clients in Memphis, the greater Mid-South, and across the nation.

Today, Tennessee School of Massage is focused entirely on teaching Continuing Educating for LMTs through Cissie Pryor RN, LMT, Aromatherapist, Sound Healing Practitioner, Energy Worker and Hypnotherapist.

We look forward to working with you on a professional individual or class level to increase your knowledge and lead a happier, more productive life in any setting that you currently are involved with. We value you, your individuality and your strengths & struggles. After all, "We are all just walking each other home...

Tennessee School of Massage Primary Instructor 

     

Cissie Pryor

RN, LMT, Aromatherapist, Sound Healing Practitioner, Energy Worker and Hypnotherapist

Cissie Pryor developed an interest in all things health related early on in her life. At 22, she graduated from the Methodist School of Nursing and began her professional career in psychiatric nursing. While working within the hospital setting, she began studies in hypnotherapy and other complementary health alternatives to support mental wellness. A devotee of Eriksonian Hypnosis, Cissie was certified in hypnotherapy in 1982, authored a wellness and stress reduction program and an assertive training booklet for a local institutional hospital and produced a hypnosis soundtrack for the hospital’s psychiatric unit. Cissie worked with Dr. Paul conducting research in hypnosis and schizophrenia and was also a local coordinator for M. Scott Pecks’ Foundation For Community Encouragement.

In her practice and research over the years, it became apparent to her that massage, hydrotherapy and detox methods were key to healthcare and mental wellness. She believes people are empowered to live a healthy life when their central nervous system is relaxed and when they are in control of their mind and body.

In 1988, Cissie finished her foundational massage education and became the first R.N., Nationally Certified Massage Therapist in Tennessee. Cissie also studied aesthetics under Lydia Sarfati at the Repechage Educational Center in New York and added skin care to her spa's expanding menu. She and her soon-to-be husband, David Pryor, started a successful massage practice and opened the Tennessee School of Massage in 1988.

In 2014, Cissie and her husband traveled to Peru with a group led by Dr. Dennis McKenna. This excursion led her into the study of plant medicines and sound therapy.

In 2016, she and husband David began their study of sound using gongs, singing bowls and other overtone producing instruments. Over the next few years, they added a foundational sound course to the curriculum at Tennessee School Of Massage.

Today, Cissie teaches sound healing, therapeutic touch, reflexology, cupping and many more alternative therapies as continuing education and stand-alone courses. Her spa, Living Health Day Spa offers treatments in esthetics, bodywork, aromatherapy, sound therapy and cupping.

Cissie and David Pryor are lifelong partners and native Memphians. Together, they raised three children and enjoy expanding their career interests whilst helping people live happy, holistic and fulfilling lives. Currently, the spa has expanded it's services and include a beautiful ambient sound room where they enjoy teaching new skills to therapists who want to add singing bowls and gongs to their practices. Other specialties include hypnotherapy, aromatherapy, several different forms of cupping and other classes.