Daniel,

I'm sorry to post this here, for some reason I can't message you, I just wanted to make sure you got this info, just delete it when you're done :)

Daniel,

If you read the regulation you will see that it is not required to go to an accredited school in the state of California.  The school has to be approved by the BPPE (the CA Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education, which is not an accrediting agency), which all massage schools (that are operating legally) in the state are.  This means that the massage school got their license from the state to operate as a school.  Getting this school license means the school has passed certain requirements and posted a bond so that if they had to close, their students would be reimbursed for any unearned tuition.  The situation is the same in most states in the country, and in fact roughly 3/4's of all massage schools nationally are licensed or approved to do business as a school in their state, but have not been accredited by a private accrediting agency.  Most massage schools could not afford to get accreditation from one of these private accrediting corporations without a hefty tuition increase.  In the case of our school we would have to triple or quadruple our tuition so that we could afford the fees to the accreditation agency, and hire the extra people to administer the federal financial aid (mostly in the forms of loans to students, which have to be paid back by the student not the school if the student can't repay their loan).

whewww!!!!meaning your already a veteran when it comes to massage,....wow!!!!

Hi Daniel!

Thank you for the welcome! Its really nice to have found a community like this. I dont do Lomilomi, but i have heard about it and seen it being done. It would have been nice learning it. Sounds great with that festival. Did you learn anything new? Guess you met alot of interessting people. Look forward to read more about your work!

Ingrid

Hi Daniel

Thanks for your interest in the Fijian Massage.  My first experience was in 1997 in a remote village in Kandavu, Fiji Islands.  From that time to present I have added many strokes and it can be completed standing, sitting in a chair and even having the therapist lie down on the floor. However, with all strokes the hands or arms are never used.  All strokes are completed using the 9 parts of the foot. 

Lomi Lomi came from Hawaii and uses the forearm and hands so the 2 are totally different.

  I am planning on retirement to Australia in 2012 and my focus is to have one last great year teaching not only the Fijian Barefoot Massage, but also the Indian Head, Chinese Facial and Soft Touch Island methods.  I am hoping to train a few instructors in these methods and am hoping to find someone in California to carry on these beneficial modalities.  Let me know if you know of anyone in CA that would be interested.

Details of all my classes are on my website www.fijianmassage.com  Cheers Lolita

Thank you Daniel,

I actually like this Website.I was exposed to it through the World Massage Conference.

Massage Therapy is very very popular here in Jamaica, infact the Industry is over Populated with Therapists and there is not a body or organisation to protect us from unscrupulous employers.

There is a Massage Association of Jamaica that is not even supported by Therapists.I have been trying to open Therapists eyes on the International scene but is getting across too slow....There are a lot of really good Massage Therapist here.

Hi Daniel

 I have been away teaching CE classes in WV and VA and will be off again to TN and then the SW in Sept. Oct to Colorado Springs, CO and 3 places in NM and Lubbock Texas. Perhaps contact me on my email lolitaknightce@comcast.net so we can have more direct contact to see if you can attend some of my Fijian Massage courses and/or become an instructor as this is my focus before retiring to Aussie in 2012. Cheers, Lolita

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i !Danial ,how r u? here in Nepal actually people have no scope in Nepal yet, The government here dont have any academic level of studies at all Just for massage..like you have in your countryI was able to learn through a Spa training programme and just got a certificate for it and experience certificate.I do ayurvedic abdominal massage.

Dan, you are both acupuncturist and MT, correct?

A situation has arisen with an Australian contact.  For three months he has been visiting a similarly qualified therapist for an aching shouldr; the pain radiates down his arm into his hand.  For the entire visit the therapist has performed acupuncture, and nothing else.  No working of trigger points, no work for TOS, nothing but acupuncture.  And the pain is as strong as ever. 

I advised my contact to ask for TP work: the therapist became irate-- HE knows what is best! 

On the assumption that the therapist is milking my distant friend, I found an NMT-proficient therapist for him in Australia, and advised him to schedule an appointment.  As I told him, working trigger points and relaxing, especially TOS, will not cause him further harm, and may relieve the pain--something the other guy hasn't been able to do in three months.

Your thoughts? 

Daniel, thanks for the response. 

Over a dozen or more exchanges, I described TOS, the difference between TPs and acupuncture points.  Whew! a lot of work trying to educate someone!  I think the gent followed the advice and reports relief after a few minutes with a therapist who has his interests at heart.

Hey Daniel!

Thanks for the info on the lymphatic drainage again. I think I'm gonna purchase the whole kit and implement it in my bodywork treatments.

Daniel,

Thank you so very much for answering my question. 

I had never encountered this 'twitching' issue, and am happy that I can now reassure my client.

Dan thanks for the invite...look forward to getting to know ya...Glad to see you are right down the road

Hey, I'm glad we became friends. In Georgia massage is quite enough popular for medical therapy. Usually people use massage therapy for prevention of physical problems or for solving already existed problems. Personally I work in several spheres - medical, children and sport massages, also manual therapy and medical physical culture. I have also founded a learning-center where students can study all those spheres and it's quite popular. What about you?

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the friend request!

Have a great holiday season!

Therese

I hadn't heard anything about the baby's death - that is tragic.

The scientific evidence is the work that John Upledger did in the 70's to show movement of the cranial bones, and then also he worked with an Israeli physicist to measure what happens in the client's body during a treatment session.  They were able to show that the electrical resistance in the body varies according to the therapist's intention, and also that during a physical release the resistance drops very low - it's such a difference that from a different room the physicist could tell when a release was happening, simply based on the readings of his instruments.  That's what I can think of off the top of my head.  Oh, they also did studies on the effects of CST on PTSD in Vietnam Veterans, and now they are working with current veterans.

Do evidence based therapists attack everything?  I don't know much about that area but they seem to be generally aggressive.

Mahalo nui loa Daniel !

Nice to meet you and you are doing great work here.

top of that you speek japanese ? wow.

please keep in touch, Aloha

Shin-TAO

Hi! It's nice to meet you. :)

Have a wonderful day!

No, so my 1st step is to apply for a school?

hi daniel, i am addicted to hats and also to zero point energy tools...have you heard of them.  i belong to a group called Amega Global and i want to make sure that everyone on the planet will be part of this group in time.  please i hope i am not intruding but can you help me be the best business associate possible...i invite you to come into the world of Amega Global. www.myamegaworld.com/back2source

Thanks for the request!

I started with LomiLomi growing up as well as fotofota, tolotolo, and amoamo. I learned from family who are from Tonga. I started Ma-Uri a little over 10 years ago. To me personally it's not too much of a difference outside of the belief system and it is a more uniformed process. The last thing you learn how ever is touch. They want you to be 100% in tune before you put your hands on any one.

Hi Daniel, I am still quite new to Lomi Lomi. I do temple style and I'm yet to have given a pre natal Lomi lomi. The pre-natal massage I give is general relaxation massages.