As I leave my work day here at ABMP and head to one of my volunteer commitments, I’m often conflicted with the desire to instead head home, see my family, and put my feet up for the evening.
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The ABMP community will celebrate EveryBody deserves a massage week July 16–22, 2017.
When Kristen Steele signed up for a continuing education workshop in Comfort Touch with me, she wanted to be able to read the handouts and textbook just like everyone else. But she had a problem.
When poet Walt Whitman wrote that you should always keep your face to the sun and the shadows will then fall behind you, I assume he meant with a broad-brimmed hat and covered in sunscreen.
April is National Stress Awareness Month. It’s important to be aware of the repercussions of the dragon that is stress. Together, we can work to inform the public about the effects of stress and tips to combat these symptoms.
A couple years ago, I got a call from a massage therapist who had a very special transgender client who’d educated him about how important massage therapy was to his surgical recovery and self-esteem.
The trend continues, and accelerates: fewer schools, fewer graduates. The number of massage therapy training programs in the United States is at its lowest since 2003, and the number of graduates from those programs is the lowest since ABMP began conducting the survey in 1998.
Since 1997, the ABMP School Forums have brought together the brightest minds in bodywork education to share ideas that shape the future of massage therapy. If you are a dedicated school owner, director, admissions representative, instructor, career services counselor, or curriculum designer—this is your conference!
Join ABMP on the road in May and collect your CEs. In May there are two wonderful opportunities for massage therapists to connect, learn, and rejuvenate. And we’re excited to welcome you to these opportunities.
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Today I have the honor of raising my glass to toast Mari Gayatri Stein, a gifted illustrator who spent years drawing mirthful, insightful images educating others about ethics in the massage therapy field. Mari passed away last week on March 2 after a journey with cancer; today would have been her 70th birthday.