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In This Issue...

Pulse, May/June 2013 

• AOBTA 2013 Conference: The Yin and Yang of Nurturing

• AOBTA Calendar
                            
• WEBSITE UPDATE: Professional  Directory: Create Your Entry

• Featured Member Benefit: AOBTA Website Calendar of Events
 
• Favorite Facebook Postings
        
• FOR OUR CLIENTS: Ergonomics of Asian Bodywork Therapy

• IN THE PUBLIC EYE: New Book by Steve Zimcosky, AOBTA CP

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• Resource Directory

AOBTA 2013 Conference

Asian Bodywork Therapy Article - Check it out!

Asian Bodywork Therapy article!

In "Massage & Bodywork" Magazine
(March/April edition)

Check out the article "Journey to the East: Asian Bodywork Therapy"
by Anne Williams

The Newest AOBTA Certified Instructor!

Congratulations to Lisa VanOstrand, our most recent
AOBTA Certified Instructor!   
Lisa was approved as an AOBTA Certified Instructor in Medical Qi Gong during the recent AOBTA Conference in May.

Lisa VanOstrand, is a senior instructor of Medical Qigong, following the tradition of Jerry Alan Johnson. Lisa has been involved in the healing arts for over 25 years where she has studied many energetic modalities.  She held various positions at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing during her 12-year career there, including teacher and Dean of Advanced Studies.  She is currently teaching Medical Qigong healing certification programs in Florida and New York, Lisa is also in her 3rd year of acupuncture school.

Featured Member Benefit

Featured Member Benefit:

The AOBTA® Website's Calendar of Events

The new AOBTA® website’s Calendar of Events is up and running!
Although much of the new AOBTA website is still under construction, the site’s Calendar of Events is now functional and open for business!
The calendar is a major benefit to AOBTA members and the public:

• It includes educational, public, networking, and organizational events in one easily-accessible calendar.

• You can search for events by year, month, week, day, category, location or subject.

• It’s a fast and easy way to find relevant continuing education opportunities.

• Organizational activities (board meetings, committee meetings, regional networking events, etc.) are included in the calendar so you can be alert to what is happening in your organization.

• Public visitors to the site will be directed to the events created specifically for them.

The goal is to provide a comprehensive listing of events that are relevant to both the public and to the professional and personal lives of AOBTA members!

• Those events can include those related to public education, Asian Bodywork Therapy, Oriental Medicine, business skills, building a successful practice, ethics, first aid and CPR, personal development, networking, conferences, etc.

• If you become aware of an event relevant to ABT, OM or building a practice that you think your fellow members or the public will be interested in, please take a moment to submit that event.

It is a membership benefit to have your events listed in the website calendar.

Do you have an event planned? Don’t forget to get it listed!

Take a look at the AOBTA Calendar of Events in the Menu bar at the top of the Home Page.

Submit events to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  Please provide the following:
  • Name of the Event
  • Date and Time
  • Location
  • Type of Event (CE, Public, Networking, AOBTA Organization)
  • Instructor (if any)
  • Contact information: website, email, phone

AOBTA and ABT In The News

  • AOBTA President, Wayne Mylin, and Director of Membership, Angela McConnell, attended the meeting of the Oriental Medicine organizations in March.  This is an annual meeting with the purpose of bringing together the national organizations that represent the various Oriental Medicine professions.
  • AOBTA President, Wayne Mylin, and Past-President, Debra Howard, attended the meeting of the Federation of Therapeutic Massage, Bodywork, and Somatic Practices Organizations in April.  This is an annual meeting of the national massage, bodywork, and somatic practices organizations.

Bulletin Board - Thank You's and Acknowledgements

  • Thank you to the 2013 Conference Team... Stuart Watts, Bev Sonen, Matthew Sweigart, Angela Plugfelder, and Wayne Mylin for a wonderful conference!
  • Congratulations to Deborah Valentine Smith!  She recieved the President's Award and a Lifetime Membership from AOBTA President Wayne Mylin at the conference.  Much deserved!!
  • Thank you to the Conference attendees for their enthusiastic and wise participation in the brainstorming session during the membership meeting!  A wealth of good ideas was generated that evening!
  • A special aknowledgement for the AOBTA Minnesota Chapter!  Good job organizing a number of educational and networking events!

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More often than not, that's because they changed their email address, moved, and/or changed their phone number and forgot to tell us!

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