June 2011 Blog Posts (27)

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I would like to thank all the folks that sent books and donations for the Massage Therapy Repository and a special "Thanks!" to the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in Boulder, CO for agreeing to house Massage Therapy information and artifacts. Brent Nelson and his staff are the best!



The Grand Opening and Ribbon-cutting Ceremony was May 13! Thanks ABMP for coming… Continue

I inadvertently insulted a massage school owner yesterday by making a FB post saying that I wasn’t impressed by a school that had only one teacher to teach the entire curriculum, and that I wouldn’t choose such a school, personally. To begin with, I wasn’t speaking of his school when I made the post, and I had no idea that he was teaching his entire program himself, as his website gives a different impression, listing four faculty members. A couple of his satisfied graduates weighed in with…

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At the Highlighting Massage Therapy in CIM Research conference 2010, William Meeker, DC, MPH asks the salient question “Why are we trying to do this by ourselves?”

 

Moderating the panel “Role of Massage Therapy in Public Health”, Meeker described that CAM professions are all pursuing the same goals: generating research and evidence-based practice, lobbying government for policy change and inclusion in health care, negotiating with the insurance industry for better service…

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The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education has published a free 16-page booklet that features a complete description of the new membership and dues structure, with a focus on the new Gold Level Membership Program. This…

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Please if anyone in the Los Angeles area that would like to buy a slightly used Massage Table in excellent condition.

Please email me at leilamanny@gmail.com.

please state that it is about massage table .

selling for $250.00.

Thank You.

 

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.” ~Chinese Proverb

The first day of Spring I was handed a twenty pound beautiful, groggy, confused, and sick little girl.  We had very little in common, yet a red thread had drawn us together for some time now.  She began her morning in a village in China.  She left the wonderful foster…

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