Advance Your Skills. Elevate Your Practice.
Already completed Level 1? Now it’s time to go deeper.
Our advanced trainings are designed to sharpen your technique, expand your clinical knowledge and equip you to serve specialized client needs — from post-surgical care to pregnancy and fascia-focused work.
Each level builds on the last, guiding you toward full certification as a Lymphatic Drainage Specialist — a designation that signals expertise, leadership, and a commitment to excellence in lymphatic therapy.
This is where your practice transforms.
Earn Your Title AS A
Lymphatic Drainage Specialist
Students who complete all 4 levels of our training will receive an exclusive Lymphatic Drainage Specialist Certificate — a powerful credential that sets you apart as a leader in lymphatic therapy. This designation celebrates your dedication to mastering the full spectrum of lymphatic care, from foundational techniques to advanced post-surgical and fascial drainage.
Whether you’re growing your clinic, attracting higher-calibre clients, or expanding into functional healing, this specialist title signals excellence, credibility, and commitment.
Complete the journey. Claim the title. Elevate your practice.
About this course
Support clients dealing with brain fog, memory issues, stress, and nervous system dysregulation through the power of glymphatic drainage. This hands-on training teaches you how to optimize cerebrospinal fluid flow using MLD-based protocols and fascial techniques targeting the face, neck, and intra-oral structures to improve brain detoxification and healing. Enhance your impact with trauma-informed care and powerful manual sequences that reduce stagnation and inflammation, helping clients access deeper parasympathetic states and lasting relief.
Completion of Level 1 Foundation MLD Training and Functional Lymphatics is required prior to taking this course.
Content Delivery & Duration
Our trainings run over one day, May 16, 2026 from 10 AM to 6 PM, at Hotel Victoria, 56 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5E 1G5
Sample Schedule
Day 1
10 AM - 12 PM Theory
12 PM - 1 PM Lunch
1 PM - 5 PM Practical
5 PM - 6 PM Q+ A
Who It’s For
We train professionals who are ready to deepen their impact, increase their value and build a more sustainable practice.
RMTs & Manual Therapists
You're booked solid — but your body is paying the price. Learn a technique that’s powerful for your clients and gentler on your body.
Aestheticians & Spa Therapists
You want to go deeper than just beauty — and create real results that justify premium pricing.
Holistic Practitioners & Health Professionals
You see the link between lymph, inflammation, and vitality — now you need the tools to address it clinically.
Core Concepts
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Untreated and unresolved mental, emotional and physical traumas have a negative effect on the body’s ability to stay in its window of tolerance. When a client finds themselves stuck in a chronically elevated (sympathetic) or apathetic (dorsal) state, they can see chronic inflammatory conditions and symptoms rise. Many of these people walk through our clinic doors and we have a unique opportunity to offer an extra layer of client-centered care that can help them better access their parasympathetic healing state while in your care.
In this module, we will also cover core concepts regarding everything from how to offer a trauma-informed intake and onboarding to your clinic, trauma types, how trauma presents and impacts physiology, common presentations of trauma, the power of safe co-regulation, and more.
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Discover the glymphatic system—what it is, what it transports, and how it benefits the health of the central nervous system. Learn about the factors that hinder glymphatic function, when glymph drainage is most active, the best times to perform drainage, and how to confidently support those with neurodivergence in draining the brain and spinal cord.
Explore the deep connection between the central and autonomic nervous systems and metabolic function. When working with clients whose goals are to improve regulation, detoxification, and repair, understanding how to nurture their nervous systems and bodies to best support positive health outcomes is a skill we dive into refining. Enjoy this scientific, yet deeply heart-centred training and expand your confidence in treating clients with health complaints stemming from poor clearance of cerebral waste.
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Learn the steps to properly assess, palpate and massage the masseter bone, temporalis, and zygomatic arch to release key nerves and improve pathways for CNS drainage.
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This is an intra-oral component of the treatment and helps to improve the nutrient flow to the brain by releasing roadblocks in the tissue surrounding the pterygoid venous plexus.
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Master the steps to manipulate the tissues surrounding the occipital bone, lending to improved drainage from the brain to the main lymphatic ducts, the thoracic and right lymphatic duct.
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Confidently learn to manipulate the tissues surrounding the mastoid bone, creating space for blood flow to the dura and sinuses, an essential step to comprehensively support your clients in improving the quality of cerebrospinal (CSF) and a decrease in inflammatory symptoms.
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This step in the sequence helps remove stagnant fluids in the brain, which can contribute to headaches, memory and concentration issues, and brain fog. It involves the assessment of eye tension and gentle massage of the eye to release nerves and improve fluid movement in the brain.
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Learn the technique to safely and effectively reduce pressure in the cranium, improving the drainage of cerebral spinal fluid when your client is sleeping.
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Learn the fundamentals of the polyvagal theory, how different traumas present and how to best hold space for their presentations in practice. Gain confidence in how to regulate your own energy when in the presence of someone who is dysregulated. Build trauma-informed intakes and dive into contraindications for certain brain presentations.
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At the Toronto Lymphatic Academy, we understand that mastering any skill takes practice and support. That’s why we offer access to our private group practitioner forum where we will answer any text, video or voice note questions related to refining your skills.
Graduation is just the beginning. Our commitment to you doesn’t end when the course does. We're dedicated to supporting you as you launch and grow your career in manual lymphatic drainage, ensuring you have the confidence and resources to succeed.
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Bundle & Save on TLA Lymphatic Drainage Courses
When you train with the Toronto Lymphatic Academy, you’re not just learning techniques — you’re expanding your capacity to create meaningful change in your clients’ health, recovery, and long-term well-being.
Begin with Level 1 Foundation MLD Training, where you’ll learn full-body lymphatic drainage fundamentals. Once completed, you’re free to choose any advanced course in any order — customizing your path based on your practice and the clients you support.
Individual Enrollment
Level 1 Foundation MLD Training: $2,288.00 + HST
Advanced Training(s): $1,788.00 + HST each
Bundle Tiers:
Tier 1 — Level 1 + 1 Advanced Training
$3,826 + HST (Save $250) • 10% off workshops for 1 yearTier 2 — Level 1 + 2 Advanced Trainings
$5,364 + HST (Save $500) • 15% off workshops for 1 yearTier 3 — Level 1 + All 3 Advanced Trainings
$6,802 + HST (Save $850) • 20% off workshops for 1 year
Eligible Advanced Trainings: Functional Lymphatics, Post-Op + Fascial Release, and Glymphatics + Trauma Informed Care (Functional Lymphatics is recommended before enrolling in Glymphatics + Trauma-Informed Care). Lymph Brush Pro Training with Cecily Braden is not included in bundle pricing.
Payment Plans
Prefer to split your payment into 4 interest-free payments? Select Klarna at checkout to divide the total and pay over time with flexible monthly options (plus, no added fees if paid on time!).
Already completed Level 1? Click here for alumni bundle pricing.