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International Association of Animal Massage & Bodywork

Newsletter area. Please make the most of a wonderful opportunity to meet and learn from the four great conference presenters

teach and for students to know what to study listed on page 5. To make attending more convenient and affordable for members, and how much emphasis to give to each component. We are inviting you to in 2007, we will begin to hold smaller, 2- participate in the study. See page 10. day regional conferences, with sponsors and vendors. We want to provide opportunities for new talent to get Job Description information will move us toward being able to defend ourselves more experience as speakers. If you would like successfully in the state and local legislative to host a regional conference or be a arenas. It will give our clients and profession- presenter, please contact me.

al colleagues an understanding and Our member benefits have grown to appreciation of our unique skill sets and include the opportunity for low cost potential services. It will give them a business liability insurance, listings on standard for evaluating and choosing among the www.iaamb.org website for various modalities. networking and business solicitation, President’s Message This year, after attending the national NOCA opportunities for mentoring, access to The beginning of each new year draws (National Organization for Competency experts, calendars of classes, an online our attention to what we accomplished Assurance) conference in Orlando, we chat room, quarterly newsletters, and in the preceding 12 months and decided that we will have to build more discounts on workshops, products, motivates us to consider what we slowly toward the goal of testing for services and association annual intend to do in the next year. Ahh, competency assurance. Rushing into such conferences. Our most recent benefit is resolutions! I recently heard that the an ambitious goal may not be in our best from Enterprise Rent-a-Car, which will best way to make God laugh is to plan interests. It is our current understanding that offer members a 10% discount. ahead. As with every dynamic a separate non-profit corporation, distinct organization, our plans evolve as our The IAAMB continues to actively monitor from the IAAMB would be the best agency knowledge and awareness of our legislation throughout the US that affects for test development, testing, scoring, professional environment grows. I am members’ ability to practice their skills. certifying and recertifying, records pleased to share our plans with you. We encourage dialogue among the maintenance and disciplinary protocols. The You will note that some goals might various fields of animal wellness so that IAAMB role will be to promote the have changed as we continued to grow we can all work together for the best professional qualities and testing for quality and learn. The rest are all in the interests of all animals. assurance. process of becoming. You will see on page 3 that we have 38 The IAAMB was originally created to be a The IAAMB was created to promote new members. This is excellent growth. forum to bring together the many schools the professional activities, acceptance Welcome new members. We know that teaching their unique variations of animal and standing of people trained and you will discover that our association is massage. Maintaining a spirit of respect, providing animal massage and a valuable asset. Thank you again, re- collegiality and support, it has transcended bodywork. In 2006, we initiated a study memberers, for your continuing the limiting notion of competition and is that will help us to be more effective in confidence and support. successfully doing this. our promotion, marketing and The IAAMB is the premier professional legislative support. We are in the Continuing with the theme of education and process of creating a “Job Description.” association for animal massage and professional development, the IAAMB hosts bodyworkers. Thank you for the This will define what the necessary Annual Educational Conferences to provide baselines of knowledge and skills are opportunity to have supported you in access and networking opportunities with the 2006. to insure a competent practice. As most respected and acknowledged authorities soon as we have a consensus of what in their fields of expertise. 2007 will be better than we can ever we do, we can establish standards and imagine. codes and scopes of practice. And Our June, 2006 conference in Boulder, CO although I am not a personal fan of was a great success. If you attended, you standardization and homogenization, know how valuable the experience was. If you this information will be useful for missed it, there is another opportunity at this schools to know what information to year’s conference, June 15-16, in the Boston

Your president, Jonathan Rudinger

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Spotlight on…. Spotlight on… I massaged some puppies, one of which was so excited he kept coming You can be featured in our next Karen Lachapelle out of his harness. I also massaged Newsletter! mature dogs that really enjoyed, We’d be delighted to support your Wellness Fair relaxed and wanted to just hang out growth and development in with me. I massaged a dog who was a Spotlight on…

Last year, while studying at Bancroft Katrina rescue and a Chihuahua who Please send us your information School of Small Animal Massage needed relaxation because his person for our next issue by March15th Therapy I was looking for a place to was fostering another dog at the time. 2006. gain some experience as well as internship hours. With great luck I The people who brought their dogs to came upon DogTalk & Therapet, the Wellness Fair were nice caring Let the IAAMB Help You Market LLC and New England Partners, people who treat their dog as a part of Your Schools and Skills Inc in Pelham NH and inquired about the family (they are of course)! Just If you have produced any instructional internship opportunities. I walked like us our furry family members need videos, DVD’s or books; we’d like to let into the place and thought” Wow”! to be massaged too! (I get one every your fellow members know about This was the coolest, calmest place I month). them. Please send us a list of your had ever set foot into and it was all published materials, prices, ordering about dogs!! Maureen Ross and her I enjoy participating in this Wellness instructions, etc. Fair because there are lots of people husband Gary run this sanctuary and Consider offering a discount to I was smitten. Maureen told me that who do not know how beneficial members on your classes and they didn’t have any employees per massage is for their . I like it when materials. Even a 5% discount would say but if I wanted to participate in the dogs come in somewhat excited be an incentive for members to the Wellness Fair coming in Nov., I and unsure of what I am going to do to purchase your products and learn your was more than welcome to. Let me them – is she going to give me a shot? techniques! tell you, I had such a great time that Cut my nails? Once they realize that I year and received lots of “pawsitive” am just there for their comfort they lay feedback that I was convinced that down or sometimes lean against their being a small animal massage person and enjoy the ride. That for me practitioner was what I wanted to be. is so worth it. MEMBERS CHAT ROOM I graduated in April of this year and was thrilled when Maureen invited Karen Lachapelle – Rub My Belly HUGE thanks to Maryjean me to come back! Small Animal Massage Therapy Ballner and Maggie Bielenberg Certified Massage & Reiki Practitioner for setting up this chat room to This year I would split the time with connect us. Please go to the fellow alum from Bancroft by the following link: name of Tracey Zysk so that my dog http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/ Sparky and I could partake in the group/IAAMB/ other services that were being You can then join the group and offered at the Wellness Fair such as bark, and whinny! T-Touch, Reiki, Grooming, Nutrition, Aromatherapy, the READ program, ARNNE and Libby’s pets. The $500 raised at the Fair went to ARNNE

® and Libby’s Pets. Maureen set me Remember-ship up as she did last year in her office To you who have renewed so that I could close the door to your membership: massage the dogs in peace. Thank you for your continued

interest and support. Their people would sit in the office With your help, in the New Year while I inquired about any physical we will see the IAAMB ailments and if there were none, membership and mission which was the majority this year, I develop and grow. would simply give the dogs a simple head to tail massage.

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Welcome New Members

Aimee Accinno Babette Joleh Foshati Cindy Pechaitis Seekonk, MA Beverly Hills, CA Avon, OH [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Randall J. Aument Eric B. Grover Lisa A. Pepe Marietta, PA Lodi, OH Boynton Beach, FL [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Susan Ball Lana Hall Linda Pilus Vero Beach, FL Basalt, CO Amenia, NY [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.lifeforces4u.com Kelly Bradish Ricko Rask Northville, MI Elizabeth Kaiser Lihue, HI [email protected] Keene, NH [email protected] [email protected] Sherri T. Cappabianca Jennifer L. Roy Winter Park, FL Tomoko Kawasumi Waukegan, IL [email protected] Falls Church, VA [email protected] [email protected] Joy Ellen Casamento-Walker www.pawsitivetouch.com Karen Sanders Olympia, WA West Chester, OH [email protected] Patricia Klappa [email protected] Milwaukee, WI Diane L. Cimo [email protected] Cecilia Schallenberger Walnutport, PA Elkwood, VA [email protected] Ruth Kouri [email protected] Herndon, VA Edna Corney [email protected] Christine Schwitters Cocoa, FL Smyrna, GA [email protected] Renee Krolo [email protected] Chicago, IL Debbie K, Currier [email protected] Michael Scott Aubrey, TX Camden, SC [email protected] Christel Kruse [email protected] www.serenitpetmassage.com Houston, TX www.equinemassagetraining.com [email protected] David De La Fuente Susan Lorena Snodgrass New Braunfels, TX Shaina Lewis Newark, OH [email protected] Blenheim, ON Canada [email protected] [email protected] Claire Demarest Allison Lee Strathearn Portland, OR Lisa Mc Bride, LMT Apache Junction, AZ [email protected] Lemoyne, PA [email protected] [email protected] Kathryn Dvorak Karen Turkowski Delafield, WI Alexia Macri Crystal Lake, IL [email protected] Chicago, IL [email protected] [email protected] Carolyn Anne English Leann M. Zalasky Delray Beach, FL St. Louis, MO [email protected] [email protected]

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New: PetMassage for Kids: A Kid’s Guide to Massaging Dogs DVD, Audio CD and Kids Zone page on PetMassage.com These lessons promote wellness, safety, enhanced interspecies understanding and cooperation. The next generation and their parents will learn how massage can be a powerful and beneficial skill for them and their dogs. They will soon be our clients and our future colleagues!

This video, for the first time, introduces children to the skills of canine massage in a genuine, honest, loving, respectful lesson. Kids learn the difference between massage and petting, the importance of asking permission before touching, and how they can use all 5 of their senses in a dog’s massage. In a fun lively round-table conclusion, dog puppets review the many benefits they get from massage. 60 minutes plus BONUS MENU FEATURES: Study guide /Resources / History of Animal Massage / CD Sampler / and more Ages 4-and up

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Tallgrass Announces New Instructor – Kim Bauer Larkspur, CO ------Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute is proud to announce that Kimberly Bauer has successfully completed her instructor training and is now a Certified Tallgrass Equine and Small Animal Acupressure Instructor.

Kim has studied acupressure and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) since 1999. Additionally, Kim is a Certified Tallgrass Equine and Small Animal Acupressure Practitioner as well as a Large and Small Animal Massage Therapist and Instructor for the Northwest School of Animal Massage (NWSAM). She teaches some of the distance learning hands-on portions of the NWSAM Certification Program.

Kim draws from a depth of knowledge and continued study of acupressure, TCM, massage, and flower essences in her practice and as an instructor. In addition to her course work with Tallgrass, Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and she has had the opportunity of studying with Diana Thompson of a Master of Arts in Teaching. She was a middle Hands-On Horse Care and continues to study with Sean Fannin of and elementary school classroom teacher for the Center for Traditional Health Arts. Kim currently has her own 14 years before choosing to blend her teaching complementary therapy practice, Animal Ease Therapies, LLC abilities with her love of animals (http://animaleasetherapies.com/). She works directly with clients to create individualized therapeutic programs.

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th Attend the 4 Annual IAAMB Educational Conference

June 15th and 16th, 2007 Friday and Saturday,

Framingham Sheraton Hotel 1657 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01701 (Approx. 20 minutes from Logan (Boston) Airport) Two days of networking… Two days to expand your skills & awareness… Two days that may change your life! Two Days of Conferencing for Today’s Animal Massage and Bodyworkers

Featured Speakers:

Maryjean Ballner Topic: Writing and Getting Your Jean Pierre Hourdebaight, RMT, LMT Article Published Topic: Equine and Canine: Author of Massage, Gait and Compensation. Dog Massage, articles in Founder of Massage Awareness, Inc., Dog Fancy, Whole Cat Author: Equine Massage: Journal, Winner of Cat A practical Guide, Writer’s Association Canine Massage: A Practical Guide, & 1999 Muse Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Medallion for Video Excellence

Don Doran, LMT Topic: Equine Sports Carol Komitor, CMT, CHTP/I, CHBMT, ESMT Massage: Evaluation of the Equine Back and Topic: Healing Touch for Correcting Problems in Animals Founder of Healing Saddle Fitting3rd Generation Touch for Animals®/ Komitor Horseman, Founder of Equine Healing Method, Inc. combines Sports Massage, Equi-pressure- knowledge of animals, with energy- Acupressure Course, Animal based healing. Dynamics Co., “The root cause of many problems is incorrect saddle fit.”

All four sessions will be ½ day mini-workshops. Learn skills to continue to develop your successful practice.

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CASE STUDY: Witnessing came to mind from him, there was a bond growing Jonathan teachings and the power of between us and I wanted to give LEONARDO working with loving intention on the him his own home. By Karen Christensen energetic body. There was not a IAAMB Member chance of hands on bodywork with this Today, one year and one month

guy and I was inspired to try the new since we first met Leo is fully I met Leonardo on my first shift energy work I was learning. I sat with pettable, loves to be brushed and of volunteering as a socializer at him for many minutes, speaking softly have bodywork. He enjoys paw the Foundation shelter and sending him warm loving thoughts, massage and I have been able to November 2005. I had been visualizations of non-threatening trim his hind toenails. I recently did using PetMassage on dogs for a contact. There are petting sticks a pendulum reading on him and while and was working on Level available at the shelter to use on the found Chakras 1 and 2 to be nearly 2 Energy work with dogs at the difficult , a length or dowel covered and totally non-active. He really time. I was looking for animal with felt padding on one end. Some enjoyed the Chakra balancing related volunteer work and it cats cannot stand the presence of the session, something I am going to seemed to me that cats would stick as they may have been abused, use more with him. benefit from PetMassage as well

as the T-touch and Acupressure Leo was not terribly impressed with the Our daily sessions conclude with techniques that I already had stick and the force of his strike sent the him purring deeply, he allows me training in. stick flying across the room. I returned to move his body around but I have

to silent communication, keeping open not tried to pick him up yet. He is Leonardo had been at the shelter to feeling his energy and was appalled still rather shy and likes to survey for close to a year, he was anti- at the violent images and pounding our movements in the kitchen from social and aggressive with fear that came off him. Over the under our bed. Although he still people, withdrawn from the other course of a few weeks one shift per moves with some difficulty, I can cats he shared a room with, week, Leonardo began to calm down see an overall improvement and impossible to handle and and was happy to receive above the hope that time will bring him closer basically hid in a special body energy work. Soon I was able to to comfort. His facial hair is filling cupboard with only his head rest the petting stick on his neck and in, the third eyelids are rarely visible through an opening near after five minutes energy work I could visible, and even though he has the floor. Rarely at MEOW will a lay my other hand on his back where it lost perhaps two pounds he cat not be listed on the Cat- would stay motionless for another five remains a very large but not obese alogue on the website, Leonardo or so minutes. I blended T-touch with cat. was one of those cats. He was light massage and positional release deemed un-adoptable. When I along his spine. Manx are prone to was shown the room of shy cats spinal problems and although I had not that I was to work in, I was given seen him move yet I suspected he had warnings about a handful of cats mobility problems due to prolonged that were likely to strike, bite, or periods of inactivity and being otherwise be aggressive. When overweight. One pivotal day, Leonardo the shelter supervisor said, “And came to life. He sat up and stretched this is Leonardo…” as she his back, looked at me and then stood opened the cupboard door I up and walked past me out the knew which cat I would work with cupboard door! He sat up on his first. Twenty-two pounds of haunches and surveyed the room, spitting, hissing and striking myself and the other volunteers who Manx, his face was crosshatched came in to see this previously un-seen like cut velvet from past battles, cat. We slid a dish of food over to him his third eyelids were torn and and he ate. From that day on they half covered each his eyes, Leonardo came out more and more to anger and fear and profound lay about the room and snuggle with sadness enveloped this large other shy cats. I decided to adopt Leo tuxedo cat. four months after I had first lay eyes on

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for students of equine massage, for $19.95 (reg. $24.95) This is available as an addition to [email protected] and/or www.equhealer.com your IAAMB membership.

PetMassage, Ltd. offers 5% member discount for all Currently this is for U.S. residents workshops. www.petmassage.com only. We are looking into Canadian and overseas plans. RMSAAM (Rocky Mountain School of Acupressure and Animal Massage) offers a 10% discount for all members. To the Canadians currently with insurance in force, you’ll have Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute offers $25 off for both coverage until your next renewal their hands-on and online courses for 2007. date. We’ll keep you informed of the status of insurance for Enterprise Rent-a-Car: 10% off. Please book online Canadians. (www.enterprise.com) to receive the discount and use IAAMB’s Corporate Number is 20D3740.

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IN THE NEWS

Tallgrass Receives C A A O R PetMassage Health & Lisa Speaker of Rocky Mountain NCBTMB Approval School of Animal Acupressure and Fitness Center and Massage founded the Colorado Larkspur, CO ------Tallgrass IAAMB in Dog Fancy Alliance of Animal Owner's Rights in February 2007 Excerpt from Animal Acupressure Institute has September 2006. She is joined by recently been approved by the board members, Nancy Zidonis of an Article titled: Sweet relief National Certification Board for Tallgrass Acupressure, Carol by Maryann Mott Therapeutic Massage and Komitor of Healing Touch for Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a Animals and Turi Norman, DVM in “Jonathan Rudinger owns the continuing education Approved addition to a large committee of PetMassage Health & Fitness Provider for their entire Animal interested pet owners and animal Center in Toledo, Ohio. The 5200- Acupressure Practitioner practitioners in Colorado. square- foot facility has a heated Certification Program. indoor pool, treadmills, and After months of lobbying various trampolines – all for dogs. Private Tallgrass offers a comprehensive legislators, Lisa secured a meeting training sessions are also available equine and small animal with Representative Wes McKinley. for owners who want to learn canine acupressure training program that In November 2006, Lisa and Carol massage. “It’s a great way for consists of 10 courses; there are met at the State Capital with people to give something back to five online and five hands-on Representative Wes McKinley and the own dogs,” he says. courses. It is a highly interactive secured his commitment to carry an training program and focuses on animal owner's rights bill in the “Rudinger, a licensed human Traditional Chinese Medicine. The spring of 2007. McKinley filed the massage therapist for 15 years online courses are available bill title in the first week of before opening the center in 1997, worldwide and the hands-on December 2006. Lisa Speaker will recommends a variation of the courses are conducted throughout be performing a horse massage human massage Watsu, a blend of the United State, England, New demonstration for legislators in massage and stretching while Zealand, and Australia. February or March 2007 at the state floating in warm water. During this capital to generate press around the 15 minute session, dogs float in a For further information regarding the bill and garner support from the 90-degree heated pool, supported Tallgrass training and Practitioner legislators. The bill will be by the therapist while gently being Certification Program go to: submitted in its final form in March rubbed. “It’s really therapeutic for www.animalacupressure.com, or or April. For more information or to older dogs with issues of or 888.841.7211. You are invited to support this cause by making a pain in their joints,” Rudinger says. sign-on to the Acupressure & donation please visit our website at Complementary Therapies Chat www.caaor.org “To find a certified canine therapist, Room on the Tallgrass Website. ask your veterinarian, local animal Lisa Speaker had a live national massage school, or visit the radio interview in November with International Association of Animal N O T I C E : Shawn Messonnier DVM, author, Massage and Bodywork at the award-winning The Natural www.iaamb.org Effective March 1st Health Bible for Dogs & Cats. State laws vary widely as to who Per Marty Swager, manager of Dr. Shawn is live each week on can professionally perform animal the Hands-On Trades Protection Martha Stewart Radio Sirius 112, massage. Some only allow Plan, the annual premium for Tuesday night from 7-9 PM CST. veterinarians, while others require our liability insurance will therapists to be qualified to work on increase from $142 to $160. Shortly, you will be able to hear it by humans first. Call you state going to www.rmsaam.com. veterinary board for regulations or If you have questions, please call log on to the IAAMB website for a Marty @ 800-872-1282 or e-mail him list of laws by state.” at: [email protected] .

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If you have questions about your practice we are here to help you. Please e-mail your questions and the panel member will contact you directly.

IAAMB Educational Panel

Established 1991 Lynne Flanagan: Paws that matter Massage Therapy – Reiki

Marleigh Freyenhagen: Equihealer, Equine Animal Massage Programs and Private Sessions Herbal Workshops and Pet First Aid Training. massage and bodywork

Robyn Gray: Physical Therapist, Canine 1-866-919-TREE (8733) ~ www.treetopsweb.com Ma ssage Julianna Andersen: Balancing Body Systems, Alternative Animal healthcare, Massage Therapy – Flower Essence CAAMB Erin Kelly: EKG. LTD (Erin Kelly Group) Canine The Colorado Association of Animal Massage & Bodywork Massage – Flower Essence – Reiki has a website: Carol Komitor: Healing Touch for Animals – http://www.optimumchoices.com/caamb.htm Energy Medicine/Bio-Field For information you may contact the following

Kathy Shipley: Research Margaret Auld-Louie: 303-271-1649 E-mail Jonathan Rudinger: PetMassage, Ltd., [email protected] Energy Work with Dogs Lisa Speaker at 303-669-4227 or [email protected]

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Help us to define our Then there are their human RESEARCH STUDIES companions. They will feel more Job Description. As an Our new Research Committee, secure and competent when they headed by Kathy Shipley, is ready can identify the level of competency anima l massage and and willing to support you in they can trust. bodyworker, we value developing your studies. Send your your professional The veterinary community will be mor e studies and suggestions to opinion. willing to acknowledge accepting, hiring, [email protected] and referring clients when they see a practitioner who has completed a serious A term I learned at the National training program and completed testing Organization for Competency for competency and who adheres to a Your Knowledge & Assurance, NOCA, conference specific scope of practice and set of was “SME.” It stands for Subject Experience ethical standards and professional Matter Expert. That’s you. You are conduct. are our Association the expert who determines or has figured out through your hands-on Individual state legislators will have a Resources experience what it takes to provide standard of competency they can accept animal massage and bodywork. to create laws. The competency We like to offer the service of certification will be the benchmark that posting all the states’ Veterinary How would you describe the job will allow our practice to gain legal and scopes of practice or other that we do and teach? What are professional acceptance and value. applicable legislation. These laws the baselines of knowledge and and legislations can change daily. skills one must have to practice We project that by 2017 animal massage competently? What are all the and bodywork certificants will not only be What laws are on the books in things that a provider does in the an accepted, highly valued private your state which affect your being practice of animal massage and practice; it will be integrated into the able to practice your craft? bodywork? What skills are practices of most veterinary clinics in the absolutely necessary? What US. This means a new job classification Please take a few of minutes to knowledge set must she know to and the creation of tens of thousands of help us collect this data. Email, or be effective and safe? jobs for trained, qualified professionals. mail us the information as it relates to your practice in your These questions go beyond Call to action: We need your input. It is state. E-mail to: [email protected] scope or limitations of practice. very important in our future ability to They must include body practice that we complete this study. mechanics, gait and structural Please take an hour or so to write your observation, palpation skills, 1st draft of our Job Description. It needn’t species -specific anatomy and be complete or polished. We will physiology, skin and coat incorporate your suggestions along with pathologies, and animal body the other study submissions for an language. They also include overall description. Initially, list all the customer service, theories and items that you do in your practice. Then, techniques of Swedish, Cranial list the things you need to know to do sacral, trigger point, Tui na, TCM, whatever it is you do. Please send your Let the world know that you are a

Acupressure, use of touch lists and suggestions to member of the variants, such as Reiki and [email protected]. Our goal for International Association of Animal accepting these first submissions is Healing Touch, use of Massage and Bodywork environmental behavioral February 15th, 2007. Thank you in Include the logo on your letterhead, influences and modifiers such as advance for your help. business cards, brochures, and aroma, flower essence, sound, website. light and water.

Our job descriptions will validate the natural, non allopathic, softer skills that will add balance and MEMBER DRIVE reintroduce the human intuitive component to current veterinary Encourage your friends and colleagues to enroll in the IAAMB. Each membership technology and practice. The ones you bring in will reduce your next year’s membership dues by 10% who will be most affected will be Be sure to tell your friends and colleagues when they join, the animals, who can be assured to let us know they were referred by you. of safe, effective, knowledgeable treatment.

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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1ST QUARTER 2007

Dates School Course Location Link JAN 27-28 *RMSAAM (Rocky Anatomy in Clay: Equine & Canine Boulder, CO www.rmsaam.com Mountain School of Animal Acupressure & Massage) FEB 2-8 * RSMAAM Acupressure Cert Level 1 Large and Denver, CO www.rmsaam.com Small Animal 4-10 *PetMassage Ltd. 7 Day Foundation Workshop for Toledo, OH www.petmassage.com Canines 12-16 *RMSAAM Equine Sports Massage Certification Brighton, CO www.rmsaam.com

16-18 HTA (Healing Touch Level 1 Tampa, FL www.healingtouchforanimals.com for Animals) 17-18 * Tallgrass Animal Intro to Traditional Chinese Medicine San Diego, CA www.animalacupressure.com Acupressure Inst. (Equine or sm. animal) 19-22 * Tallgrass Meridians & Specific Conditions 1 & San Diego, CA www.animalacupressure.com 2 (Equine or Small animal) 21-24 *RMSAAM Canine Massage Certification Denver, CO www.rmsaam.com 23-25 HTA Level 1 Denton, TX www.healingtouchforanimals.com 24-3/2 *RMSAAM Equine & Canine Massage Cert. Brighton, CO www.rmsaam.com 25 *RMSAAM Essential Oils & Aromatherapy for Denver, CO www.rmsaam.com Animals MARCH 2-4 HTA Level 1 Memphis, TN www.healingtouchforanimals.com 2-4 HTA Level 1 W. Palm Bch, FL www.healingtouchforanimals.com 2-8 *RMSAAM Acupressure Cert. Level 1 Large and Denver, CO www.rmsaam.com Small Animals 3-4 *Tallgrass Equine Acupressure & TCM Kiowa, CO www.animalacupressure.com

4-10 *PetMassage Ltd. 7 Day Foundation Workshop for Toledo, OH www.petmassaage.com Canines 5-9 *RMSAAM Equine Sports Massage Cert. Brighton, CO www.rmsaam.com 9-11 HTA Level 1 Denver, CO www.healingtouchforanimals.com 9-11 HTA Level 1 Philadelphia, PA www.healingtouchforanimals.com 9-11 *Tallgrass Equine Aromatherapy Nelsonville, OH www.animalacupressure.com 16-18 HTA Level 1 Cleveland East, www.healingtouchforanimals.com OH 16-18 HTA Level 4 Baltimore, MD www.healingtouchforanimals.com 18-22 *PetMassage, Ltd. 5 Day Advanced Workshop Toledo, OH www.petmassaage.com

23-24 *PetMassage, Ltd 2 Day WaterWork Workshop Toledo, OH www.petmassaage.com 23-25 HTA Level 1 Atlanta, GA www.healingtouchforanimals.com 23-25 HTA Level 1 Norfolk, VA www.healingtouchforanimals.com 26-4/1 *RMSAAM Acupressure Cert. Level 1 Large & Sedona, AZ www.rmsaam.com Small Animal 28-31 *RMSAAM Canine Massage Certification Denver, CO www.rmsaam.com 30-4/1 HTA Level 1 Cincinnati, OH www.healingtouchforanimals.com 30-4/1 HTA Level 1 Los Angeles, CA www.healingtouchforanimals.com 31-4/1 *Tallgrass Equine Acupressure & TCM Carson, WA www.animalacupressure.com

* = member discounts apply For additional class offerings, please contact schools

3347 McGregor Lane Toledo, OH 43623 USA www.iaamb.org 1-800-903-9350 419-464-8922 IAAMB Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1, January 2007 12

IN THIS NEWSLETTER Spotlight on: Karen Lachapelle, Case Study: Leonardo, submitted by Karen Christensen New Members; New look for the IAAMB website, New Chat Room, New Instructor at Tallgrass, New CAAOR, New Discounts, New Advertisements, New School Calendar. President’s Message & more!

LOOK AT OUR REDESIGNED WEBSITE: www.iaamb.org

IAAMB Mission Statement To better serve you, we have revised our website. Note the ease of

We are a professional community of people navigating as you glide through the site. Special note: We now have a link who share the goal of providing complementary, loving for the IAAMB Chat Room under Member Benefits. support for animals that extends internationally.

Please send your submissions for the newly added Members in the News We gentle animal bodyworkers, with confidence and so that we can post them on the website (as long as we have re-print compassion, assist others to develop their talents permission from the editor or writer.) by teaching and providing our specific, uniquely personal techniques. While you are visiting our website, please check for any corrections or additions to your member listing. If you have any changes or additions please e-mail them to us at: [email protected]

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