There are still openings for the Touch for Health Kinesiology class at Mind Body Institute in Nashville on October 8-9, 2011. See the Class Schedule and Workshops pages for more details. Register ASAP to be sure of a place and a manual.

A family package is available for Touch for Health and Top Ten Pain Releasers. An attendee can bring an immediate* family member for half price.  (*spouse, parent, child, sibling. course materials not included – i.e.: share one set.)

I’ve updated the class schedule through December 2011.

At it’s meeting on 8/8/11, the Tennessee Massage Licensure Board learned that the 2010 rules revision would probably not be approved until December 2011. The Board changed the effective date for the rules to 1/1/2012. The effective date for changes to Continuing Education requirements is 1/1/2013.

This means that I will not teach a TN Massage Law class until (at least) January 2012. Don’t panic. I will teach a law class at least once a month in 2012 after the rule changes are in effect. Wait to take a law class on the new rules.

I updated my class schedule today. There may still be an opening for Linda McCrea’s classes this weekend. Call or email her directly. I’ve added more Law, Ethics and Tai Chi classes which will be offered monthly. There will only be a Law class on August 21 if the rules have been updated. I’m going to the Massage Board meeting in Nashville tomorrow (8/8/11) for the latest.

I had fun and learned some things at the World Massage Festival at Western Carolina University near Asheville.

I took the Neck, the Shoulder, and the Low Back classes from Ben Benjamin.  They were all great classes. I now wish I had taken classes from him sooner.

The 2-hour class with Irene Diamond on her Active Myofascial Therapy (AMT) gave me some rehab approaches to incorporate in my practice. If she weren’t in California, I’d definitely take more classes from her.

The only negative is that the Western Carolina University dorm bed the worst bed I have ever slept in. Hard as boards. I thought about sleeping in the car the last night I was there.

CLICK HERE to register for:

August 12, 2011, SELF CARE: Head, Neck, Shoulders – Linda McCrea, Instructor, Knoxville, 4 CE hours, Registration $70 [$90 after July 15]

August 13-14, 2011, ALL IN YOUR HEAD: 4 techniques for Head, Neck, Shoulders – Linda McCrea, Instructor, Knoxville, 16 CE hours. Registration $250 [$300 after July 15].

Producing Mindfully

http://blog.onbeing.org/post/94651317/producing-mindfully-andy-dayton-associate-web

http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/1941/The-Healing-Effects-of-%93Massage-Mind%94

Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/health/research/21regimens.html