Hi Friends

Im new to CA and am licensed in NC and NY. Im a provider of CE's in Ayurvedic Massage. anyone want to learn? Im looking for MT's who are interested to attend/organize/promote together for this training.

Namaste
Lara Narayani
check out my site.

For anyone interested in developing their reflexology thumb walking technique you may visit www.orthoflexology.com
Click on the blue screen titled "Reflexology Fundamentals Introduction" there are 2 chapters from the DVD you may watch for free to improve or develop your thumb walking technique, the hip-sciatic/pelvic/knee-leg chapter is there as well and can be used for anyone presenting hip, sciatic or leg challenges. This area also works great for knumb toes.

All the best.

Scott

I'm very interested in California state certification and CE credits in California. I'd appreciate receiving information on certification and CE credits. Warmly, Ariana Vincent, Ariana Institute, www.arianainstitute.com

Ariana: Full details about the California Massage Therapy Council and its certification program are available at http://www.camtc.org/

There are no legislatively mandated CE requirements for renewals of certification.

One small note. Governor Schwarzenegger has signed AB 48. What ever its faults, this does mean that California will once again have an approval process for private postsecondary schools, including massage schools.This will, in the future, simplify the tasks before CAMTC, since SB 731 (which created CAMTC) refers to "approved schools". The prior school oversight authorization expired on 1 January 2007. The new law goes into effect in January, but it will be some time after that before the new agency is actively reviewing existing schools and approving new ones. The new agency will be a the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) and be part of the state Department of Consumer Affairs. The prior agency had the additional word "vocational" in its name and was the BPPVE.

Dear Keith - Thanks so much for your informative post regarding HB 48. Warmly, Ariana Vincent, Ariana Institute, www.arianainstitute.com

Hey my name is Pamela and I love massage therapy / healing arts and i'm so happy see all beautiful healers and facilators connecting. I really want us to band together and grow and expand this industry into a positive place it should be. I gotta go but much love.

Pamela, I don’t believe that I would have been able to get into this field in another state. We have such a wide selection of educational opportunities, great practitioners with diverse ranges of talents and experiences and less restrictive legal requirements that other states. Not only am I able to practice but I have a wide range of alternatives when I need help.

Currently I practice at a center in the East Bay with people who do all sorts of things. This helps me get better care for my clients because I have a wide variety of alternatives that I can refer my clients for the specific help they need.

Thats great Carl,Although their are pro & cons to it being so easy get liscense in this state but glad to be amongst creative talented and humble pratictioners. I really LMT OR CMT moving forward in with the State license I've myself a dead line of April 2010 to State Liscened just have to take care of some unfinished business.

Hi Lara,
Where in CA are you? In Southern CA, especially the San Diego area where I live Ayurvedic modalities are very popular. It might be b/c of all the yoga centers and also the Deepak Chopra center is in this county.

Where ever you are, if you haven't thought of it, try approaching the local massage schools to offer a course in it or that can be one place to advertise your classes.

Good luck!

I've added a couple of updates in the last couple of days to the CAMTC certification discussion.

FINALLY, RESEARCHING MASSAGE TABLES IS MADE EASIER!!!!

One AT-A-GLANCE resource for anyone who is trying to decide on which table to buy! There is now a downloadable chart created by Massage Warehouse which compares many features and benefits on many of the leading table manufacturers products!!! THIS IS GREAT FOR SCHOOLS!!!! Please feel free to log on and download this for yourself and your students!

http://www.massagewarehouse.com/mastertablelist/index.html

For those interested, I just wrote a short blog post on the latest CAMTC processing statistics.

It is great to be a member of this group. I just received news that I am accepted as a CE provider in California. I wish everyone the very best life has to offer for the upcoming year. Warmly, Ariana Vincent, Ariana Institute, www.arianainstitute.com

Hello fellow California Massage Therapists. I am looking for therapists to help give massages to runners at the finish line of the Napa Valley Marathon on Sunday March 7th. If you are in the SF Bay Area anywhere to the Sacramento Area, we would love to have you join us, the more the merrier.
Please contact me directly at wellnesscollective@att.net
Thank you - Kirsten Niesar, CMT

I just got back form Palm Springs, the Riviera Resort. BEAUTIFUL! I was there with our Convention Coordinator and Chapter Adminstrator, making preperations for our conveniton in March. California Massage & Bodywork Convention, March 4-7. Check out the details on www.amta-ca.org.

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