stamping. Takes 90 min. +/- (less time with your help).

Monday, Apr. 24, 9:30 a.m. Contact Celeste: 724-4979.

for future education pieces. Contact Cate Chapin: 521-1120.

Frustrated by current RI massage laws? Want to better our

profession’s image in the media and public eye? Join the

Ellsworth: bodybalancemassage@cox.net; 206-1438.

“It’s not about the touch, but about connection!” These

words were not spoken by an enlightened massage

therapist, but by a 78-year-old woman living with

her insight and awareness. This is a remarkable statement

for a woman who was confused and disoriented much of

the time requiring care in a skilled nursing facility.

Massage and focused touch enhance the quality of life of

elders who are frail as a result of disease or the aging

process. The need for compassionate care of the elderly is

growing as our culture “ages”. People are living longer

and many require specialized care in later years. Massage

therapists can be a positive force in returning the power

of the human touch in caring for elders and the seriously

ill.

Touch is essential to being human and the need for touch

spans one’s lifetime. However, in our society touch

diminishes as one ages, especially if one suffers from a

disease or lives in a nursing facility. Touch may occur

when assisted with personal care (dressing, bathing, etc.)

or during friendly interactions, but with little connection

to the individual being touched. Gentle, focused massage

is a powerful way to offer comfort, reassurance and

nurturing human contact that can ease physical, emotional

and spiritual pain and discomfort. Touch can be the link

to healing in its truest form, a sense of wholeness.

To work with those in later life stages requires unique

qualities and skills including: knowledge of age related

changes, modified massage techniques, adaptability and

an openness to be face to face with very real and, at

times, very raw human experiences. Massage therapists

who feel drawn to work with the elderly have a unique

opportunity not only to be of service to individuals, but

also to help change the culture of how we care for our

elders.

To learn more visit www.compassionate-touch.org.

About the Author: Ann Catlin, LMT, OTR is a

COMPASSIONATE TOUCH® practitioner and teacher

from Springfield, Missouri. She may be reached at 417-

844-8514.

Massage therapists should be aware that the Rhode Island

Department of Health does not accept the new NCBTMB

reluctant to accept a test they feel is “less” qualified.

To answer a frequently asked question we looked to the RI

Attorney General’s Office website and found this under

the Consumer Protection Unit:

No. As of July 8, 2005, no gift certificate or any agreement

with respect to such gift certificate sold may contain

language suggesting that an expiration date may apply to

the gift certificate. Any unused portion of a redeemed gift

certificate shall be afforded to the consumer by reissuing

the gift certificate for the unused amount or providing cash

where the balance due the consumer is less than one dollar.

Did you know you could earn money while attending the

New England Regional Conference in Boxboro, March 23-

25? Weary massage therapists look forward to receiving

massage at the conference. “Travelers Massage” is set up

so that those MTs who want to receive massage can do so

during “off times” throughout the conference. You must

be an AMTA Professional Members to give massage. The

rate of pay is $40 per 50-minute massage. Please refer to

page 9 in your registration booklet for the application form

and additional information.

Take advantage of a little free press. Rhode Island AMTA

members can list their websites on our new Member

Web Site page at www.riamta.com. Get your name out

there by emailing carl@healthfocus101.com!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

401-575-2020; kelart@cox.net

401-849-1050; rilulu@earthlink.net

401-744-5025; pk127@juno.com

401-378-3998; blueheronj@gmail.com

401-596-3040; carl@healthfocus101.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

401-521-1120; catechapin@verizon.com

401-206-1438; bodybalancemassage@cox.net

401-847-9800; rmcobb@ccri.edu

401-724-4979; camacphee@cox.net

401-231-5727; frankrap@cox.net

401-744-5025; pk127@juno.com

Do you have some time to devote to your

chapter? If interested or you have questions

about it, please call or email Kelly LoGiudice.

She would love to talk with you about it! 575-

2020 or kelart@cox.net.

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OZ AND LEADERSHIP

an adult, I’ve been recently looking at the themes of leadership in

the Wizard himself, exposed and trumped by a character that is

the antithesis of traditional power: young, open, trusting, and lost.

When they first meet, the Wizard thunders, “I am Oz! The Great

and Powerful!” Dorothy replies, “If you please – I am Dorothy,

the Small and the Meek!” Yet it is she who gets the broomstick

from the Wicked Witch of the West. And it is she who helps the

Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion find their intelligence, heart,

and courage. She does these feats with no special powers or

knowledge, but with an open, warm, courageous invitation to

journey with her on the Yellow Brick Road.

When the Yellow Brick Road splits in three, Dorothy doesn’t know

what to do. She doesn’t—as many of us do, more often than we

admit—pretend she knows what to do. She turns to a supposedly

brainless scarecrow, a creature pointing first this way, then that

way, then both ways. She freely admits she’s lost, and asks for help.

The Scarecrow says he doesn’t have a brain but also reveals he

does have a brain, and a clever, witty one, saying, “I’m not very

smart about these things, but [if you pull that lever over there, I

think I’ll get down].” If we were in Dorothy’s shoes here, how

tempting it would be to say to the Scarecrow, “Of course you

have a brain! You just told me what to do!” We might try to help

him on the spot, to convince him—isn’t this what leaders do?—

that he has a brain. But Dorothy doesn’t do this; she listens, she

takes him on his word, she asks questions. “What would you do if

you had a brain?” She invites him to imagine, and then she invites

him along on her quest. She starts building a team and continues

to do so with the lion and tin man.

How does all this relate to RIAMTA? Let’s review my history as

your elected leader. I had only been a professional member for

less than a year when I attended my first RIAMTA meeting. There

were openings for a first vice president and an education chair.

The VP’s primary responsibility was membership and I realized

that I had an idea for growing membership. Despite my lack of

experience in the field, I knew that it was important to contact

students while they were in massage school since that is how I

originally heard of AMTA.

So I spoke my idea and was elected. That year I got the newsletter

up and running; contacted massage schools about advertising to

defray printing costs and sent newsletter copies to the RI, and

closest MA and CT schools.

Just as I was getting an understanding of the responsibilities of

vice president, our previous president ended his term. He asked

me to run. I thought, “I’m not ready. What do I have to offer?

Can I do this?” Again the dream of a growing active chapter led

me to run and get elected president.

I aspire to Dorothy’s leadership style. As Brian D. McLaren writes

she finds other needy people (actually not people exactly, but you

get the point), one in need of courage, another in need of

intelligence, another in need of heart. She believes that their varying

needs can be fulfilled on a common quest, and her earnestness,

her compassion, her determination, and her youthful spunk

galvanize them into a foursome (five, with Toto) singing down

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At February’s meeting, delegates for the National

Convention 2007 will be elected. As a delegate you get

conference registration, accommodations and meals paid

for by our chapter and free continuing ed credits!

In exchange delegates have a few responsibilities: 1) Accept

proposals from members—a direct way for members to

make changes in the AMTA. Details on writing a proposal

are at the AMTA website. 2) Present the proposals to our

RI members during a chapter meeting to get feedback. 3)

Vote on the proposals with delegates from all states at the

national convention. 4) Write an article for our chapter

newsletter about experiences and the results of the voting.

The following volunteer positions are open for election at

our winter meeting. Each position is a two-year

commitment that involves attendance at four meetings and

a retreat each year. We have a wonderful time together

sharing ideas and growing our chapter as your elected board.

updates board roster. A good starting place for someone

first volunteering. Call Jane, current secretary, at 378-3998

to ask questions.

VP’s on membership and outreach to massage schools. Call

responsible for implementing and delegating so that the

overall vision of our chapter is achieved. While Kelly Lo

Giudice, current president, is running again she welcomes

anyone with a dream for our chapter to run as well. Call

Kelly with any questions, 575-2020.

avoid all problems and dangers; she doesn’t protect them

from all threats and temptations. But she doesn’t give up,

and her passion holds strong, and in the end, they all get

what they need.”

I have often felt small and meek like Dorothy, yet continue

ahead with an open heart and lots of determination. I

have this quest and I hope to enroll and encourage others

on this quest. Along the way I have had my failures,

struggles and tough learning experiences and I also gained

confidence, experience and knowledge.

Luckily, AMTA has recognized the need to train volunteers

and create opportunities to share information between

chapters. For the past three years they have held a Chapter

Volunteer Orientation Program (CVOP) at national

headquarters. (You can view an outline of this training at

chapter presidents from across the USA, learned about

AMTA’s mission and the support it offers state chapters.

Energized by this information I organized a retreat for our

board utilizing some of the new information and we are

still implementing some of those ideas.

My vision is for engaged members and an active chapter

that provides services such as regular newsletters, continuing

education, events such as sports massage and networking

opportunities at the New England conference. I extend an

invitation to you all to journey with me on this Yellow

Brick Road adding in your talents and ideas to help our

chapter and profession grow and remain strong. See you

at the February meeting.

Don’t wait until the deadline. Contact me if you need a

mail-in registration form. The team is scheduled for postmassage:

be in Boston by 11 am. Massage is performed in

an air conditioned auditorium. You’ll work with therapists

from all over New England and Canada. A light lunch is

provided. To carpool contact me. I will be renting a

passenger van so first come, first ride.

University of Rhode Island, 10 am - 1 pm (depending on

amount of therapists). Arrive around 9:30 am. There is a

registration form for this event.

From Noon - 5 pm at Tiverton Middle School.

Take advantage of this valuable resource! Contact Paula

Kochanek, Video Librarian, at (401) 744-5025 or

pk127@juno.com.

1. Reflexology Applications and Techniques, The Original

Ingham Method, I & II

2. Learning Reflexology, Merle Sunde

3. Art of East Asian Foot Reflexology I, Zoku Shin Do

4. The No-nonsense Approach to Physical Fitness, Jack

Attack – 3 Videos

5. Shea Professional Seminars Vol. 4, The Thorax, Shoulder

Girdle and Respiration

6. Shea Professional Seminars Vol. 5, Visceral Manipulation

(Basic)

7. PMV Productions Presents Massage for the Mature

Healthy Person

8. PMV Productions Presents Massage for the Emphysema

Patient

9. Russian School of Clinical Massage, The Kurashova

Method

10. Russian School of Sports Massage, The Kurashova

Method, I & II

11. ECI Dissection of Low Back

12. ECI Dissection of Hip and Pelvis Region

13. ECI Dissection of Scapohumera Region

14. ABC of Geriatric Massage

15. The Ten Step Protocol, John Upledger

16. Seated Massage Experience, Raymond Blaylock

17. Clinical Sports Massage Vol. I, II, III, Benny Vaughn

18. Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques, Erik Dalton; 3 videos

& manual

19. Tai Chi Strength and Conditioning–Fundamentals

20. Active Isolated Stretching, Aaron L. Mattes

21. Active Isolated Stretching Assisted, Aaron L. Mattes

22. Traditional Massage of Thailand, Kay Rynerson Book &

Video

23. Acland’s Atlas of Human Anatomy–6 DVDs

24. NeuroKinetic Therapy by Benny Vaughn, Arm & Leg

25. NeuroKinetic Therapy by Benny Vaughn, Hip & Pelvis

26. NeuroKinetic Therapy by Benny Vaughn, Shoulder

27.NeuroKinetic Therapy by Benny Vaughn, Thigh (2 copies)

28. Ayurvedic Spa Treatments with Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa

29. Ayurvedic Face Massage & Shirodara with Karta Purkh

Singh Khalsa

30. Swe-Thai Massage with Margie Meshew

31. Frozen Shoulder Syndrome by Elaine Calenda

32. Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians Lateral Line, Tom

Myers

33. Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians Spiral Line, Tom

Myers

34. Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians Superficial Back

Line, Tom Myers

35. Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians Superficial Front

Line, Tom Myers

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2nd Annual RIAMTA Chapter

Saturday, March 25

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

At AMTA New England Regional Conference

Holiday Inn Boxborough Woods Hotel in Kelly

LoGiudice’s room. Look for announcement in

the Exhibit Hall for the room number.

All Rhode Island members are welcome whether

you’re visiting just the Exhibit Hall or registered

for the conference. Last year we had a marvelous

time and went to dinner together for fun, food

and dancing.

We look forward to

meeting all of you at

our February meeting!

Nicole Ainsleigh

Stephanie Blier

Christine Boisvert

Virginia Marsella

Erin O’Cain

Melissa Palumbo

Angela Perry

Amy Pesare

Theresa Peterson

Terri Simao

Jimane Sparby

Rebecca Stanley

Mandy Anctil

Michelle Barber

Rachael Campbell

Elizabeth Contreras

Diana Fleury

Lawrence Gallegher

Maureen Hendershot

Ginny King

Jennifer Ann Olsen

Leah Bornstein

Carol Radcliffe

Jean Saternis

Mary Williams

LouAnn Botsford

Kelly Brown

Kim Fortune

Johnathan Lizotte

Kate Siner

Nicole Cambio

Mary Louise King

Nathaniel Landi

Donna Lomax

Brian Powers

Stephanie Trowbridge

Barbara Battey

Gina Borden

Stephanie Caddick

Sandra Glode

Alyssa Migneault

Karen Small

Amy Smith

Sharon VanArsdale

The New England Regional Conference (NERC) is a

cooperative effort of the 6 New England AMTA state

chapters, to provide a high-energy weekend packed with

networking and social opportunities as well as top-level

educators offering continuing education to massage

therapists. The full 3-day event—March 23-26 at the

Holiday Inn in Boxborough, MA—costs only $349. This

price includes a choice of classes on Friday, Saturday and

Sunday; lunch, dinner and a keynote speaker on Friday;

breakfast, lunch, dinner, entertainment and dancing on

Saturday; and breakfast on Sunday. It offers a packed exhibit

hall to purchase the latest and greatest supplies as well as

the basics to keep our practices moving along. You also

have the option to choose parts of the weekend and pay

for only what you want to attend. The exhibit hall is free

to visit and open to all. Most NERC workshops are

NCBTMB approved for credit towards your next renewal.

There is so much for your mind and your business at NERC,

but there are also your peers; you can’t beat networking

with people from your own state and surrounding states

in this supportive environment. If you’ve never been, now

is the time to experience it for yourself. Isn’t it time you

stop missing out?

Contact Beth Giguere, Conference Coordinator

Phone/Fax: 401-233-8108 or www.AMTA-NH.org

Be aware of another email scam in which a potential client

sends an email posing as an out-of-state business man asking

to book several appointments in advance. You receive a

worthless check for a large amount and the person wants

a refund for the difference. Authorities can do nothing

unless someone loses money to them.

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Thai massage addresses the balance of energy through

manipulation. This course will teach you bodywork as a moving

meditation, the core practices of proper breathing and physical

alignment for practitioner and client, palming and thumbing

techniques. Physical considerations for clients are discussed. From

this course students can expect to know enough material to

give a balanced one-hour Thai massage. For therapists working

on a table, adaptations are shown that allow you to add Thai

Massage to your repertoire. Contraindications and special needs

are addressed. Participants in this workshop must be able to get

down and up from a floor mat. Please wear loose comfortable

clothes and bring a pillow.

(16 Category A CEU’s through NCBTMB)

This workshop will help you recognize the areas of your life

that can be amended so that you can effectively nurture yourself

and others and avoid (or recover from) the downward spiral

of “burnout.” This insightful roundtable discussion and sharing

experience addresses:

• Defining burnout, its signs and symptoms

• Discussion of aspects of burnout, which put massage therapists

at high risk

• Questions to gain clearer perspective on your burnout

potential

• Reviewing issues currently causing career stress

• Dealing with difficult clients, setting limits and boundaries,

overworking, career satisfaction and multi-dimensional

relationships

• Preventing burnout and defining methods to get help if

burnout already exists.

Reiki (ray-key) is an ancient system of natural healing. In

Japanese, Reiki means “universal life energy” and is a holistic,

hands-on healing system that touches on all levels: body, mind,

and spirit. Gentle and non-invasive, Reiki enhances the body’s

natural ability to heal itself and is a powerful way to relieve

stress and promote wellness. During this 8 hour workshop:

• Gain knowledge of the meaning and history of Reiki

• Demonstrate how to perform a Reiki I treatment on others

• Demonstrate how to perform a Reiki I self-treatment

(.7 Contact Hours)

Medical massage doesn’t just happen in hospitals and doctors’

offices. It happens each and every time you work with a client

who has a medical condition or takes medication. This informative

workshop will enhance your confidence in the art and science of

medical massage. In a format of lecture and interactive questions

and answers this class will review methods for assessing clients’

medical histories, as well as treatment planning that considers the

information they disclose about their medical conditions and

medications. This workshop will address • Medical Pre-cautions

and Contraindications for Massage • Clear, Concise Medical History

Taking • Medications and Massage • SOAP Notes • How to obtain

medical consent and advisement

The Second Degree Workshop is open to all students who have

completed First Degree Reiki and would like to use it actively in

their lives. Explore Reiki in greater depth and expand your healing

capabilities. Completion of Reiki I required. In this ten-hour

workshop, students will:

• Learn how and be able to write out the Reiki II symbols

• Demonstrate how to perform a Reiki II treatment on others

• Demonstrate how to perform a Reiki II distance healing

• Demonstrate how to perform a Reiki II self-treatment.

(.9 Contact Hours)

For a Spring registration form download one at

www.ccri.edu/lifelong/, call 333-7070, or register in person

at a Lifelong Learning Office at any of the CCRI campuses.

The above seminars all take place at the Newport campus.

Community College of Rhode Island

Division for Lifelong Learning

Newport County Campus

One John H. Chafee Boulevard, Newport, RI 02842

401.851.1661

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2-5 pm Care New England, Warwick

Boxboro, MA; www.AMTA-NH.org

Celeste MacPhee: 724-4979

11 am Frank Rapone:231-5727. See page 3.

9:30am Celeste MacPhee: 724-4979

9:30am -1pm Frank Rapone:231-5727. See page 3.

12-5pm Frank Rapone:231-5727. See page 3.

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do they express any opinion in regard to the legality of the use of any

product advertised herein in connection with the practice of massage

therapy.

Subscriptions to the RIAMTA Newsletter are free to RIAMTA members

and $20/yr for non-members.

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THERAPIST NEEDED:

All That Matters in Wakefield, RI has openings for

licensed massage therapist 2 to 3 days/week. Please

send resume to joan@allthatmatters.com or call

401-782-2126 for an application.

RI CHAPTER AMTA

c/o Celeste MacPhee

134 Crescent Road

Pawtucket, RI 02861

See you at Care New England Wellness Center, 2191 Post Road, Warwick, RI; 401-732-2413.

exit. Take the very next right at the light (opposite the airport entrance) and you will enter the parking lot

of the Wellness Center. The building is on the right.

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