afmte intro-to-2011-conference
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These are the intro slides to the Alliance's Second Annual Conference which was held in the beautiful and historic city of Charleston, South Carolina on August 18-20. With a theme of Bringing Teaching to the Next Level, the conference brought a specific focus to the need for establishing standards for teacher training in the massage therapy field. It was an enthusiastic and collaborative event attended by participants from all facets of the massage education sector, including school directors, teachers, continuing education providers, and leaders of stakeholder organizations.TRANSCRIPT
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From the introduction to the 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCEFrom the introduction to the 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCECharleston, South Carolina | August 18-20Charleston, South Carolina | August 18-20
From the introduction to the 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCEFrom the introduction to the 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCECharleston, South Carolina | August 18-20Charleston, South Carolina | August 18-20
Bringing Teaching to the Next Level
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How do we approach the process of
Bringing Teaching to the
Next Level?
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The pursuit of standards and teacher
development is important, but is not the whole picture…
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We are part of a living tradition of healing arts
practitioners and teachers
The essence of our work is one with the embodied
wisdom that dwells within each of us
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Let’s call forth some of the pioneers of the modern era who have blazed a trail for us around working with the body in an integrative and educative approach
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Moshé Feldenkrais, D.Sc. (1904-1984)Functional IntegrationAwareness through Movement
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Movement is life.
Life is a process.
Improve the quality of the
process and you improve the quality
of life itself.
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Ida P. Rolf, PhD (1896-1979)Structural Integration
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The body process is not linear, it is circular; always, it is circular. One thing goes awry, and its effects go on and on
and on and on.
A body is a web, connecting everything with everything else.
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Randolph Stone, DC, ND (1890-1981)Polarity Therapy
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True health is the harmony of life within us, consisting of peace of mind, happiness and well-being.
It is not merely a question of physical fitness, but is rather a result of the soul finding free expression through the mind and body of the individual.
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F. Matthias Alexander (1869-1955)
The Alexander Technique
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You translate everything – whether physical, mental, or spiritual, into muscular tension.
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Charlotte Selver (1901-2003)Sensory Awareness
We have the ability within ourselves – if we become more awake – to feel more clearly what our own nature has to tell us.
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Thomas Hanna, PhD (1928-1990)Somatics
The human body is not an instrument to be used, but a realm of one's being to be experienced, explored, enriched and, thereby, educated.
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Ron Kurtz, PhD (1934-2011)Hakomi Therapy
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To support self-discovery, we use mindfulness. For mindfulness, we need safety. For safety, we need loving presence.
All of that is part of the dance. And, we need to see and feel who the client is. For that, we have to train ourselves.
We need to focus on the nonverbal. The storyteller… not just the story.
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Milton Trager, MD (1908-1997)Trager Psychophysical Integration
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There is a way of being which is lighter... which is freer. A way in which work as well as play becomes a dance and living a song.
We can learn this way.
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As teachers, our job is to help students discover their innate
capacities – waking up that massage therapist
who already lives inside.
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You can't give what you don't have;
the responsibility of massage education is to bring a student to the fullest sense of themselves so
that they may share that with others.
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The highest potential for touch therapies is the evolution of consciousness on the planet.
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The Alliance is committed to strengthening and improving the quality of massage education, as well as carrying forward the essential lineage of our field.
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We encourage schools, teachers and CE providers to join the Alliance, and to get involved in the many projects to manifest the mission and goals of this non-profit organization.
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