
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts
Arizona’s Premiere Holistic Healthcare College
We teach people how to Touch Lives, Heal Bodies & Free Souls!
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA) is state licensed and nationally accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training) as a private college for Holistic Healthcare careers and continuing education.
Our main campus is in Tempe, Arizona. Our branch campus is in Flagstaff, Arizona and features a 750 Hour Professional Massage Therapy program, a variety of Continuing Education classes, as well as a very busy Student and Professional Clinic.
Our students come from all over the country and the world, from all walks of life to experience SWIHA. We have a rainbow of students from ages 18 to 80 years old. Each student is on their sacred path of self discovery all for different reasons. When you step into our doors you feel a sense of belonging. There is a kindred soul feeling. The program offered at the Flagstaff campus is designed to prepare students to begin entry-level positions in their chosen field while they are completing the requirements for the more advanced Holistic Health Careers or self-employment.
As an innovative community healing center, SWIHA is committed to providing the BEST training available while creating a transformational life experience for our students and those they will learn to serve. With a deep commitment to providing on-going entrepreneurial support for holistic healthcare practitioners in private practice and to those establishing or growing a business, SWIHA teaches people how to “Touch Lives, Heal Bodies & Free Souls,” where individual, client, community and global healing is emphasized and embraced.

SWIHA’s Core Values:
- Spirit-Directed
- Community-Centered
- Emphasize Choice and Flexibility
- Encourage a Diversity in Learning Styles and Delivery Systems
- Focus on Self-Healing –Self Empowerment-and Self-Sufficiency
- Entrepreneurship-We Support You Doing Your Dream
- Flexible programs of studies
- Part-time or full-time classes
- Small, intimate classes
- World-class faculty & instructors with professional experience
- Financial aid to those who qualify
- Career planning and assistance for students and graduates


