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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear RAC Members, Fifteen years into the new millennium, reflexology is still relatively unknown by the public. It is up to each of us to educate, inform and share the benefits of this practice.
One of the ways we can do so, is to educate ourselves through participation of various events and conferences held throughout the year. This Fall was busy for reflexology awareness, with World Reflexology Week occurring the last week of September 2015. Also, the 25th anniversary of the founding of International Council of Reflexologists was celebrated in Sheffield, England starting September 17th, thereby providing another opportunity for reflexologists to come together. This Fall is the perfect time to start planning your new year. As the leaves turn red, gold and brown, take time to reflect upon how reflexology has impacted your life. How would you like to share this wonderful practice with others? The next RAA National Conference will be held Anchorage Alaska April 28th to May 1st, 2016 and RAC will also be organizing a conference of our own this coming year. As a board, we are working hard to begin implementing new benefits for you, our membership. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, Ariana Thaxter President Board of Directors
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Let's All Make An Important Phone Call This Month!
The National Institutes of Health has a website for The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and Reflexology is NOT listed nor mentioned at all in their website!!! They have an Index page A to Z and under "R" Reiki is listed as well as Relaxation Techniques, but nowhere is REFLEXOLOGY mentioned. We are asking every Reflexologist (that's YOU) to call them and request that Reflexology be listed in their Index Page. If they get enough phone calls, it will make a difference. Reflexology should and must be recognized by The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.You may remind them:
- That Reflexology is a non-invasive complementary stress reduction practice involving the use of alternating pressure applied to the reflexes within the reflex areas of the body located on the feet, hands and outer ears;
- That the field has its own history, educational standards, state, national and international membership organizations, a psychometric valid national certification exam for practitioner;
- That reflexology has over 300 separate studies from around the world proving its efficacy and safety; and
- Michigan State University has been awarded over six million dollars worth of research grants to study Reflexology through the National Cancer Institute which is also part of the NIH.
Please call the General and Health Information Specialists at the NCCAM Clearinghouse at 1-888-644-6226, Monday-Friday 9-5pm EST.
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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF REFLEXOLOGISTS CONFERENCE REPORT
The 25th anniversary of the founding of International Council of Reflexologists was celebrated in Sheffield, England in September. Sheffield was the perfect venue for the silver anniversary of ICR as it is the home of the Hall of the Company of Cutlers. The Company of Cutlers is one of the oldest guilds in Europe founded in 1638. The guild originally involved silversmiths and cutlery makers and had an apprentice program that could lead one to become a freeman. The group now includes metalworkers of all kinds, manufactures who 'cut' their product at some stage of production, steel and stainless steel producers. The Master Cutler opened the conference introducing the audience to the Guild and inviting a tour of their beautiful meeting/business Hall with beautiful silver pieces on display. There was also a free museum adjacent to the venue where one could view beautiful works of silver manufactured in Sheffield. At this conference the energy was high during the whole time. Live music was a big factor-Gospel music at the welcoming reception and a live band playing show tunes at the Gala dinner-were all arranged by Jennie Levick, ICR director from Sheffield. The last speaker, Peter Lund Frandsen of Copenhagen, closed the conference by playing his saxophone as part of his presentation: "A New Light on Reflexology". If you have a chance check out the conference on Facebook.
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A BOOK REVIEW by Adrianne Fahey IN THIS TOGETHER: MY STORY BY ANN ROMNEY
Ann is the wife of the presidential candidate Mitt Romney. During the campaign it came to light that Ann suffered from MS and found remission partially through Reflexology. This is her story. This book, written by Mitt Romney's wife, chronicles her struggles with multiple sclerosis. She was first diagnosed with MS in the late 1990s. She suffered from debilitating fatigue as a result of the MS that kept her from doing many of the activities she had previously done in the past. Steroids arrested the progression of her disease, but they did nothing for the overwhelming tiredness she constantly felt. She was not very open to any alternative or complementary therapies at the time, but when a friend of a friend of hers suggested a reflexologist for her back pain, she decided to give reflexology a try. Ann devotes 12 pages in her book to her experiences with reflexology and is a strong advocate for it; although, as she states in her book, it "does not replace Western medicine; it can be used in addition to science-based treatments."Read Full ReviewIn This Together: My Story, by Ann Romney, © 2015, ISBN #978-1-250-08397-5, $27.99.
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RAA 2016 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Anchorage Alaska
April 28 to May 1, 2016
Credits: 18 CEs All reflexologists are invited to attend the Reflexology Association of America's biennial conference in Anchorage, Alaska in 2016. The RAA Board has negotiated a generous lodging fee from the beautiful Sheraton Anchorage Hotel and Spa (our conference venue as well as lodging choice) of only $103/night per room. Speaker line-up, other pertinent details and registration options can be viewed here. Christine Issel will be speaking on Energy, The New Frontier and then Putting it All Together. She will also be doing a legislative update on Saturday. http://reflexology-usa.org/conference-information-and-registration/ |
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