Stretch Therapy Certification · Nairobi | Stretch Loft Academy

Nairobi  ·  30 Sept to 1 Oct 2026  ·  24 Seats  ·  By Application

Be Among The First To Master
stretch therapy in Nairobi.

It is growing fast everywhere else in the world. Here, almost nobody is trained in it yet. Ben the Baptist has certified over 500 practitioners across the United States, and this September he brings the full methodology to Nairobi: two days hands-on, an American certification, and the business model to turn it into income.

2 Days · Hands On American Certification KES 75,000
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Free to apply  ·  Nothing charged on this page  ·  Individuals and spa teams both welcome

Watch this before you apply.

Dates

30 Sept to 1 Oct 2026Two full days

Hours

9:00am to 5:00pmBoth days

Venue

Skynest by CityBlueNairobi, Kenya

Seats

24 onlyBy application

500+
Practitioners Certified
Jan 2026
Nairobi Masterclass
Global
Practitioner Directory
Issued In The USA

The Real Problem

Your clients do not have a relaxation problem.
They have a pain problem.

Sciatica. Low back pain that never leaves. A shoulder that will not lift. Hips locked from ten hours of driving. They book a massage, feel good for a day, and come back with the same complaint next month.

You already know that. You just were not trained for what comes next.

Sciatica & nerve painThe client who has tried everything
Chronic low back painThe most common complaint in any city
Frozen shoulder & neckDesks, phones, driving, stress
Locked hips & hamstringsDrivers, lifters, runners, sitters
Post-injury range of motionThe gap between physio and normal life
Ageing and mobilityClients over 50 who want to keep moving

Stretch therapy is soft-tissue and mobility work. It does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment.

Two Ways Into This Room

Whether you own the hands or you own the spa.

For The Practitioner

Turn your hands into a real income.

You are good. You are also competing with every other therapist in Nairobi on price, and price is a race to the bottom. A certified specialist does not compete in that race.

  • Charge specialist rates instead of hourly massage rates
  • Sell six-week programmes, not one-off sessions
  • Get referred by physios, gyms and clinics instead of chasing walk-ins
  • Carry an American certification nobody around you has
  • Get listed in our global practitioner directory
For The Spa Or Clinic Owner

Sell something no spa in Nairobi is selling.

Every spa in this city sells the same hour. Massage, facial, scrub, repeat. Same menu, same clients, competing on location and price. A stretch therapy programme is a different product, at a different price, for a different client.

  • Add a treatment your competitors cannot copy without training
  • Open a new client base: pain, recovery, corporate, over-50s
  • Sell programmes that rebook, instead of one-off treatments
  • Win corporate wellness contracts nobody else is pitching for
  • Certified staff are invested staff, and invested staff stay
Certify my team

Team rates available for three or more seats.

The Investment, Plainly

What it takes to earn your seat back.

This is not a certificate you hang on a wall. It is a skill with a price attached. Here is the arithmetic, using your own session rate.

At KES 4,000 a session

19

sessions to cover your entire seat

Selling a 6-session programme

4

clients at KES 20,000 each and the seat is paid for

One corporate contract

1

on-site office day can cover it outright

Four clients. That is the whole investment, and everything after it is yours. Day Two teaches you exactly how to find those four.

Illustrative arithmetic based on your own pricing. Your rates and results will vary.

Ben the Baptist, master stretch practitioner

Who's Teaching You

Ben the Baptist.
Master stretch practitioner.

Over 500 practitioners across the United States carry a certification with his name on it. He built The Stretch Loft on one belief: stretch therapy is a discipline, not an add-on. Not the five minutes at the end of a massage. A complete practice with its own assessment, its own protocol, and its own results.

He taught a masterclass in Nairobi in January. The room asked for the full thing. This is it: the first complete certification taught on Kenyan soil.

500+
Certified In The US
1st
Kenyan Cohort
In Person
Taught By Ben

What Your Seat Includes

Two days in the room.
Then everything that makes it pay.

The Certification

Two days hands-on with Ben

9:00am to 5:00pm both days at Skynest by CityBlue, Nairobi. Practical assessment on Day Two, certificate presented in person.

$2,997US Tuition

Included

The 30-Day Business Coaching Call

Thirty days after certification you get back on Zoom with us. Not a technique review. A business review: what you charged, who booked, what stalled, and exactly what to change. This is the call that separates certified from booked out.

$497Value

Included

The Practitioner Playbook

Lifetime access to our full online library of stretch techniques. Every sequence and progression, filmed and broken down. Yours for as long as you practise.

$997Value

Included

The Stretch Reference Guide

The quick-reference you keep beside the table. Assessment cues, sequences and contraindications at a glance, so you never guess mid-session.

$197Value

Included

The Practitioner Business Kit

Intake and consent forms, session and package pricing templates, a corporate pitch template, and your certified practitioner badge for your spa, website and socials.

$297Value

The Part That Keeps Paying

The Global Practitioner Directory

Listed alongside every practitioner we have certified worldwide. When someone in your city searches for a certified stretch therapist, they find a name. In Kenya, that list is nearly empty.

Ongoing
Included with every seat, on top of the training
$1,988 value

The Kenya Scholarship

Same training. Same certificate.
A fraction of the price.

Americans pay $2,997. We are not running a lighter version in Nairobi. Same methodology, same man, same materials. We are absorbing the difference so the first generation of certified stretch therapy practitioners in Kenya actually exists.

Standard US Tuition

$2,997

Over KES 380,000
What American practitioners pay

Nairobi Scholarship Seat

KES 75,000

Two-day certification, plus $1,988 of included materials, coaching and lifetime access
Payment plans and team rates available

Roughly 80% below US tuition
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24 seats  ·  Free to apply  ·  Nothing is charged on this page

Inside The Two Days

Day One builds the skill.
Day Two builds the business.

No three-hour lectures. You learn the protocol, then run it on a real body while Ben watches and corrects you.

Hands-on stretch therapy training in progress
  • Assessment. Reading a body and finding where the pain is actually coming from.
  • The methodology. The full Stretch Loft protocol, exactly as taught in the States.
  • Table skills. Positioning, leverage and breath, so you can work all day without wrecking your own body.
  • The complaints that pay. Sciatica, low back, frozen shoulder, locked hips, post-injury mobility.
  • Adapting the protocol. Desk worker, athlete, post-injury, older client. Same method, different application.
  • Pricing and programmes. What to charge, and how to sell six sessions instead of one.
  • Corporate and partnerships. The pitch for offices, gyms, physios, hotels and clubs.
  • Assessment and certification. Evaluated hands-on, then certificates presented.
Stretch Loft Academy certification, issued in the United States

What You Walk Out With

Your name. Our seal.
Issued in the United States.

  • Physical certificate, presented in person in Nairobi
  • Digital copy for your spa, website, WhatsApp Business and socials
  • Listed in the global Stretch Loft Academy practitioner directory
  • Licensed language you are permitted to use in your marketing

A professional certification of training issued by Stretch Loft Academy (USA). It is not a government licence and does not replace any local registration required to practise.

This Is An Application, Not A Checkout

Not everyone who applies gets a seat.

Twenty-four people will work on each other for two days. The standard of the room is the standard of the training, so we choose it deliberately.

You're Eligible If

  • You have at least 2 years of hands-on bodywork experience. Massage, physiotherapy, personal training, sports therapy or spa work.
  • You are done competing on price and want to be seen as a professional.
  • You want an internationally issued certification with a standard behind it.
  • You want to be first into a market nobody in Kenya has claimed.
  • You can be at Skynest by CityBlue, 9:00am to 5:00pm, on 30 September and 1 October.

Spa and clinic owners: the two-year requirement applies to the staff you send, not to you.

We'll Turn You Down If

  • You have under two years of hands-on experience. Apply anyway and we will tell you honestly what to build first.
  • You want a certificate to hang on a wall and change nothing about how you work.
  • You are looking for theory. This is physical, direct, and you will be corrected in front of the room.
  • You cannot commit to both full days. Certification requires the Day Two assessment.

Come to be built, not to be flattered.

Kenyans Who Have Already Trained With Ben

Don't take my word for it.

Ben ran a masterclass in Nairobi in January. These are people who were in that room. The certification is the full version of what they got a taste of.

Storm
January masterclass, Nairobi

Fela
January masterclass, Nairobi

Nyokafi
January masterclass, Nairobi

Stretch therapy training session Practitioner working on a client Stretch Loft Academy practitioners
Stretch Loft Academy cohort group photo

A Stretch Loft Academy cohort. Nairobi's is next, and it is twenty-four people.

24 Seats  ·  Skynest by CityBlue, Nairobi  ·  30 Sept to 1 Oct 2026

Apply for the Nairobi cohort.

Free to apply. We review every application and reply within 48 hours. Accepted applicants are enrolled on a personal Zoom call.

Application, Nairobi 2026

Two minutes. Nothing is charged here.

No payment is taken here. Pricing, team rates and payment options are confirmed on your call. Terms apply.

Straight Answers

Questions people actually ask

Will this actually make me money, or is it just a certificate?

Day One teaches the skill. Day Two teaches the business: what to charge, how to sell a six-session programme instead of a single session, and how to pitch offices, gyms and clinics. Then thirty days later you get back on Zoom with us to review what you charged, who booked and what stalled. Nineteen sessions at KES 4,000, or four programme clients, covers your entire seat.

I own a spa. Why should I certify my staff?

Because every spa in Nairobi is selling the same menu to the same clients at roughly the same price. A stretch therapy programme is a different product entirely: a different client, a higher price, and a reason to rebook. It also opens corporate wellness, which almost nobody local is pitching. Team rates start at three seats, and we will help you build the treatment menu and pricing on your call.

What exactly is stretch therapy?

A complete hands-on discipline where you move a client through an assessed, structured protocol to restore range of motion and release restriction. Not the five minutes at the end of a massage. The whole session, with a method behind it and a result at the end.

What can I actually work with?

Sciatica and nerve-related pain, chronic low back pain, frozen shoulder and neck restriction, locked hips and hamstrings, post-injury range of motion, and mobility work for clients over 50. It is soft-tissue and mobility work, and it does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment.

Where is it held, and what are the hours?

Skynest by CityBlue in Nairobi, 9:00am to 5:00pm on both days, 30 September and 1 October 2026. Venue directions and what to bring are sent to enrolled practitioners beforehand.

Why do I have to apply? Can't I just pay?

Twenty-four people will spend two days working on each other. The standard of the room is the standard of the training. Applying is free and takes two minutes.

I have less than two years of experience. Any chance?

Apply anyway and be honest. We will tell you straight whether to come now or build first, and if it is the latter, what to build. We would rather give you a real answer than take your money.

How do I pay, and can I pay in instalments?

Nothing is charged on this page. On your call we will give you a method that works from a Kenyan phone or bank, M-PESA included. Payment plans and team rates are both available. Ask on the call.

Why is it KES 75,000 when Americans pay $2,997?

Because a certification nobody in Kenya can afford builds nothing. We are funding the difference to seed a first generation of certified practitioners here. This rate is for this cohort. It is not permanent.

Is the certificate recognised outside Kenya?

It is a professional certification of training issued in the United States by Stretch Loft Academy, and it carries that name anywhere it is known. It is not a government licence. If your country requires separate registration to practise, this does not replace it.

One Last Thing

Somebody in Kenya is going to own this work.

In two years there will be certified stretch therapy practitioners and spas across this country. Right now there are almost none, and there is a public list with almost no Kenyan names on it. Everything about your position is decided by which side of that gap you are standing on.

Twenty-four seats. Two days. Apply while it is open.

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Free to apply  ·  Individuals and spa teams both welcome

Ben the Baptist

Master stretch practitioner.
Over 500 practitioners certified across the United States.

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