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2012 California Massage Educational Conference – Scroll down for details
Event on 2012-03-24 07:00:00

The 2012 California Massage Educational Conference

Saturday, March 24 – Sunday, March 25, 2012

Mueller College in San Diego, CA

(scroll all the way down for speaker bios and class descriptions)

• Meet AMTA National President Cynthia Ribeiro
• Attend the AMTA-CA Annual Business Meeting and Elections
• Learn from Great Speakers in an Intimate Setting
• Earn up to 12 CE Credits in two days
• Network with massage therapists from around the state
• See AMTA friends again!

Conference Schedule:

Friday, March 23
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting – location TBA

Saturday, March 24 – Mueller College Campus
7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration
8:00 am – 8:45 am Meet and Greet/breakfast (breakfast included with full registration, you may add this and other meals by choosing 'meal a la carte' and indicating the meals you plan to attend)

9:00am – 12:00pm Education Sessions (3 CE credits)

• Dr. Ronda Wimmer – Working with Professional and Olympic Athletes – Eastern Philosophy applied with the Sports Medicine Team
• John Maguire – 5 Ways to Eliminate Pain with Kinesiology
• Teri Rogers – Alarm Points of the Body
• Ron Arbel – Rossiter System of Workouts for Fast Pain Relief – Intro to Neck / Shoulders

12:15 pm – 2:15 pm Annual Business Meeting with Election of Officers and Delegates and Lunch (included with full registration, you may add this and other meals by choosing 'meal a la carte' and indicating the meals you plan to attend)

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm Education Sessions (3 CE credits)

• Meagan Holub – How to Build a Thriving Massage Practice (in any economy and on a shoestring budget!)
• Carole Osborne – Side-Lying Positioning: Maximizing Session Outcomes, Client Comfort and Therapist Efficiency
• John Maguire – 5 Ways to Eliminate Pain with Kinesiology
• Bruce Schonfeld – Structural -Visceral Integration: Fascial Manipulation for the Liver
• Oleg Bouimer – Russian Olympic Sports Massage

5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Keynote Presentation
Cynthia Ribeiro, AMTA National President

(complimentary appetizers provided during the keynote presentation)

Sunday, March 25 – Mueller College Campus
7:00 am – 2:00 pm Registration
8:00 am – 8:45 am Meet and Greet (bring your bagel and coffee and catch up with other attendees)

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Education Sessions (3 CE credits)

• Val Guin – Facial Massage: 7 Steps to Facial Rejuvenation
• Carole Osborne – Side-Lying Positioning: Maximizing Session Outcomes, Client Comfort and Therapist Efficiency
• Meagan Holub – How to Build a Thriving Massage Practice (in any economy and on a shoestring budget!)
• Teri Rogers – Jin Shin Chelation

12:15 pm – 2:15 pm Lunch sponsored by AMTA-CA Chapter Government Relations and NCBTMB – National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (lunch will be provided and you will learn about NCBTMB as well as the progress of Chapter legislative activities)

12:15-2:15 Chapter Board Meeting (location TBA – all members are welcome)

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm Education Sessions (3 CE credits)

• Ron Arbel – Rossiter System of Workouts for Fast Pain Relief – Intro to Lower Back / Hips
• Val Guin – Body Mechanics for the Massage Therapist
• Ariel F. Hubbard – Reflexology the Pain-Free Way

Presenter Bios/Class Descriptions:
Ron Arbel is a Holistic Health Practitioner with an Associates degree in Holistic Studies, a Board Certified Structural Integrator. Ron has been practicing Rolf Structural Integration, human movement potential, and connective tissue work in his private practice in the San Diego area since 1999. Ron Arbel (www.ronarbelhhp.com) is Primary Faculty at the International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB www.ipsb.edu) teaching Structural Integration and anatomy since 2001. Ron functions as the Structural Integration department coordinator; and is a Co-author of the book A Dynamic Relationship to Gravity.Ron is one of few senior Rossiter instructors in this country that certify Rossiter coaches. Ron has years of experience applying The Rossiter System (www.therossitersystem.com) in corporations, governmental and educational institutes exposing hundreds of employees to this powerful complementary and alternative to orthopedic medicine and Physical Therapy.Class Description: "Step out of Pain the Rossiter Way" workshops teach powerful, two-person connective tissue stretching techniques in a lively, interactive setting. Wow your clients with newfound and quick ability to prevent and relieve pain in the neck, shoulder, low back, hips, legs, knees. You'll leave with techniques, new ideas for marketing your practice and a whole new way of providing pain relief: use your feet instead of your hands to change tissue, invite clients to remain clothed, and position clients on the floor, not a table. Engage them in the stretching routine, and results are faster, deeper and truly astounding, even for long-term chronic pain conditions. Really! Try one simple stretch…and you'll be hooked!
Oleg Bouimer is the Director of Advanced Studies at Southern California Health Institute and a former professional athlete from the Ukraine, has been a rehabilitation specialist, researcher & educator for over two decades.Oleg has graduated with honors from The State Institute of Physical Education, Ukraine and conducted experimental studies on the effectiveness of massage therapy with injuries in sports at The Center for Scientific Research Studies at The State Medical Institute in Ukraine. Oleg is Executive Director of the Global Wellness Institute, a non-profit organization, with a main focus on massage therapy research.Class Description: This course is based on several decades of scientific studies of the effects of massage on athletic performance in the former USSR. It offers a blend of scientific facts presented in understandable terms, and their practical application. It covers pre-event, post-event and training variations of sports massage. The wide range of kneading techniques is explored as the main tool in working with muscles. Biomechanics of the therapists are addressed. This is a hands-on course with emphasis on working deeper with less effort.
Val Guin "During my massage career of over 2 decades I had to develop an effective way to sustain my clientele, teaching schedule, and my own health. I have dedicated my life to spirit, my family and to my students. As bodyworkers, it is absolutely essential that we enter each day, each session, and each moment with openness, compassion, empathy and freedom for our clients and ourselves. By practicing efficient posture, breath, thought, and action, you can find both freedom and strength in your body and in your life. Being authentic in our bodies and minds allows us to expand beyond these, becoming our truest selves. Along with being adept at several deep tissue techniques, I created the Forearm Dance™ technique. Practice Forearm Dance™ and you will learn more efficient work habits while having fun and feeling good!"Class Description: Sun AM:Before botox, before plastic surgery, put your face in your own hands!You will learn in this workshop:• Acupressure Face Lift• Myo-fascial release for fine lines, scars and wrinkles. • How to Work your entire body by way of the Micro-systems of the face;• Do all of these techniques on yourself and then on a partner.Sun PM:Does this sound remotely familiar to you? "My back and neck are so tired after I work…" OR "I don't want to have to ice down my hands and wrists after each client just to keep going…" OR "I really want the energy and stamina to have a larger practice…"
Val Guin's Forearm Dance series is based in Tai Chi, Martial arts, Yoga and Dance. We will use these principles to address the most common habits and mistakes, which can make your work less effective and cause you injury. You will be able to immediately apply these basic body mechanics to the most common tools and strokes you already use in a Full Body Massage including several Deep Tissue applications.You will be able to put these techniques into your practice instantly breaking habits that do not work and creating a practice that does!
Megan Holub, Founder of MASSAGE LA, Author of The Magic Touch: How to Make 0,000 as a Massage Therapist book series, Celebrity Massage Therapist, and a Nationally Certified NCBTMB Provider of Continuing education courses including: "How to build a thriving Massage Practice in ANY economy (on a bubblegum and shoestring budget!) in 5 simple steps. Meagan is a WIBB blog contributor for Massage Today Magazine and has been featured in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, Massage Therapy Journal, Massage Magazine and self-professed "Guru of building successful massage businesses on a bubblegum and shoestring budget" Class Description: Megan Holub shares how you and your Massage Practice can thrive in ANY economy.
Ariel F. Hubbard, H.H.P., R.M.T. has practiced modalities in the Holistic Health field since 1988. She has worked with clients and students in the clinical, academic and corporate settings, and has learned that preventative healthcare and education make a tremendous difference in long-term health, vitality and quality of life. She has been a professional member of the AMTA since 1997, nationally-certified since 2008 and California state-certified since 2011. She is the founder of the California Academy for the Healing Arts, an academy that provides vocational training in holistic health as well as maintaining a private holistic health care practice.Class Description: Reflexology is an effective and powerful adjunct modality to massage. It may be used to help make massage work less difficult, and to help the client alleviate symptoms of pain and stress in minutes. This session will cover application of the Egyptian Method(TM), an introduction to zone theory and the reflex points on the feet, as well as a pain-free Reflexology protocol.
John Macguire is a world-renowned expert in Touch For Health Kinesiology. Over the past 30 years he has taught tens of thousands of people from 81 countries. He is a faculty member of Anthony Robbins' Life Mastery University, where his students are amazed by the profound and rapid results they receive using his easy to follow methods. As the founder and director of the Kinesiology Institute, John developed the Kinesiology Certification and Mentorship Program, through which many graduates have developed successful practices transforming people's lives. He is known for his ability to make complex material practical and easy to understand.Class Description: Participants will learn techniques from Touch for Health and Energy Kinesiology to performsimple and easy to apply massage and acupressure techniques to immediately eliminate backpain, neck and shoulder stress, headaches, and muscle cramps. They will also learn how toquickly clear stressful emotions of fear, anxiety, overwhelm and resentment by activating stressrelease reflexes.
Carol Osborne has dedicated over 30 years of her professional career to developing prenatal and deep tissue massage therapy as a practitioner, author and award-winning, international educator. She is the author of Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy, and of Deep Tissue Sculpting, a contributing author to Teaching Massage Therapy, and a frequent contributor to professional periodicals and on-line resources. Carole has trained thousands of massage therapists and other perinatal specialists in her Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy certification workshops. Sidelying positioning is one of her specialties. She co-founded the International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB) in San Diego, in 1977, and she continues to teach there and as a widely sought after continuing education provider. For more information about Carole Osborne visit: bodytherapyassociates.com or Facebook page: Carole Osborne's Prenatal and Deep Tissue Massage TrainingClass Description: Are you ready to refresh your MT practice? Would you like more pregnant women, post-surgical patients, and elders in your practice? Do your ongoing clients return with the same complaints each session? Learn the benefits and possibilities of side lying positioning. See how to relax and stabilize your client on her side. Practice body mechanics that make side lying work easier on you. Explore how to improve access to and increase mobilization of the pelvis, pectoral girdle and spine. Hear how therapists & businesses have opened new markets by featuring side lying positioning options. Attendees need to bring a table and 4-6 pillows of varying sizes or a side lying positioning system.
Teri Roges ~ Acupressurist, Holistic Health Practitioner, Writer, Teacher, Healer and Naturopath has been studying massage and Eastern healing arts since 1980 throughout the United States and the Pacific Rim. Since 1985, she has taught massage and Eastern modalities at several colleges, massage conferences and exclusive spas in the United States.Class Description:Sat AM:The Front Mu and Back Shu points on the torso of the body are a reflection of what is going on with every organ, system and meridian of the body. This class would show the location and why they are so important. Students would determine how to identify, palpate and balance these points. This is a technique that can be an addition to any other style of treatment.Sun AM:This is an ancient treatment for opening and balancing the energy centers of the body, grounding the energy, and balancing the magnetic energy poles. It is extremely helpful with hyperactive clients and children; severe and terminal illnesses; unsettled, nervous or grieving people. Students will learn techniques that can even be used with people in a coma. This is also a very calming way to end a massage session with your client.
Bruce Schonfeld, Certified Advanced Rolfer, has dual backgrounds in Fascial Manipulation associated with Rolfing Structural Integration and Visceral Osteopathy. He has taught Structural Integration since 1996 and studied Visceral Manipulation since 1997, including directly with Jean-Pierre Barral, DO since 2001.Class Description: As structure and function are inter-related, Structural-Visceral Integration (S-VI) offers a Systems Anatomy perspective regarding Qi stagnation and physical mobilization of the Liver. Holistic assessment, palpation and the restoration of normal range of motion to motion restricted anatomy is the focus of this hands-on class. Often the anatomical elephant in the room regarding the therapeutic equation, the musculo-skeletal system is often in a chronic state of secondary compensation around underlying visceral and membranous restrictions offsetting alignment and structural integrity.
Ronda Wimmer, OMD/DOM, MS, LAc, ATC, CSCS, CMT Ronda Wimmer has been in the sports medicine profession for over twenty five years. Her experience and expertise is unique and extremely diversified academically and clinically. Her teaching background is multi-disciplined and she is currently teaching at Chapman University, Golden West College, California State University, Long Beach and South Baylo University. Dr. Wimmer is an advocate and recognized authority in promoting and implementing Oriental medicine as part of the sports medicine team and for preserving indigenous cultural heritage. Clinically, she has a private practice in Newport Beach, CA and has traveled nationally and internationally working with Olympic athletes as part of the sports medicine team for the 2004 Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Volleyball World League Championship; she has also worked with the USA Men's Volleyball Team and currently with the Anaheim Ducks.She has lectured internationally on sports medicine, written numerous articles, taught seminars, appeared on national radio and TV, and has peer reviewed and published several books within sports medicine, anatomy, physiology, ethnomedicine, and Oriental medicine.Class Description: This seminar will discuss the breath of depth of working with a sports medicine team, integration of Eastern diagnostic philosophy used in treating injuries and performance enhancement, injury mechanisms and assessments, comparative between diagnostic methods and treatment a approach, similarities and differences of working with elite athletes and the general population. We will also address if time permits advances and dilemmas in research.

at Mueller College
123 Camino de la Reina – North Building
San Diego, United States