Our mission at Sacred Stone is to provide knowledge and learning inspired by Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the ancient healing system of India, and translated means "the science of life". Also known as the "sister science to yoga" it is a body-mind-spirit physiotherapeutic healing system based on restoring an individual's health through balancing the five universal elements of ether, air, fire, water and earth.

At Sacred Stone we offer comprehensive home-study programs for massage therapists, estheticians, students and teachers of yoga, and other healing professionals. We are certified by The National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork to provide professional continuing education.

Sacred Stone Massage Therapy incorporates the power of heated and cooled sea stones in therapeutic bodywork. This therapy blends perfectly with the principles of Ayurveda. Karyn Chabot, DAy, MS, LMT, founded Sacred Stone Massage Therapy in 1999, in Rhode Island. She was the first to bring this unique therapy to the East Coast, and has since trained over 1,500 Sacred Stone Therapists. She remains one of the country's leading providers of continuing education for licensed massage therapists and healers. Karyn also founded Sacred Stone, a school inspired by Ayurveda offering continuing education in professional massage therapy.

Karyn first discovered the healing power of stones while working to understand and relieve her own physical pain from fibromyalgia. With the help of client feedback, her own educational background, and inspiration, she developed Sacred Stone Therapy. Massage therapists from around the country became interested in SST, and Karyn began receiving requests to start teaching.

Karyn has an extensive education in the healing arts. In 1997 she graduated from The Ayurvedic Institutein New Mexico, where she studied with the renowned Ayurvedic physician, Dr. Vasant Lad. Two years earlier she had graduated from Goddard College with a BSc in Health & Wellness Sciences. Her studies have included two years at the Maharishi University in Vedic Science at the master's level, and another year at Goddard College to gain her Master's degree in Ayurvedic Medicine. She has also completed graduate work at Universal Massage Therapeutics of New Mexico.

During her career in the health industry Karyn became a licensed nationally certified Massage Therapist,a certified Ayur*Yoga Instructor, and a nationally certified yoga instructor from the Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica. She studied Ayurvedic Blueprinting with Gandharva Sauls, and graduated from the Ayurveda-Yoga Institute of NYC. She later became a certified master crystologist with the Taomchi Association of America, a 2nd Degree Reiki Practitioner, a certified Quantum Touch therapist, a certified Fitness Trainer and Nutritionist, and also became certified in modules I and II of The Bodytalk System. She studied Marma Therapy with Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. Vaidya Mishra, and Dr. Naina Marballi at Ayurveda's Beauty Care in NYC. In addition Karyn became a certified Ayurvedic Beauty Specialist with Sonia Masocco at The Ayurvedic Institute. She also took level one of The Yuen Method of Healing, and holds a certification as an Ayurvedic Pancha Karma Therapist and Medical Thai Therapist

Karyn has presented Sacred Stone Therapy on national TV, in national and international spas and healing centers, and at many of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association annual conferences. She has also published industry-related articles in national magazines and has produced 7 comprehensive instructional DVDs on the art of stone healing and Ayurvedic spa therapies. In addition, she has written 8 illustrated bodywork books and correspondence courses for massage therapists. Sacred Stone Therapy was featured on the cover of the American Massage Therapy Association's Magazine in Oct 2003 and March 2005. Karyn is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association, The National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and The National Ayurvedic Medical Association. She is also a former adjunct faculty professor at Bristol Community College, MA, in their massage therapy program.

Her best healer and best friend is her 22-year-old daughter, Jaeda Chabot,LMT who is following in her mother's footsteps and working as a licensed massage therapist and esthetician in Boston.

Sacred Stone Presents
Newport Academy of Massage Therapy & Ayurveda (NAMTA)
79 Thames Street
Newport, RI 02840
Toll-free (877) 832-1372