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At 12:58pm on July 31, 2011, Lolita Knight said…

Hi Daniel

 I have been away teaching CE classes in WV and VA and will be off again to TN and then the SW in Sept. Oct to Colorado Springs, CO and 3 places in NM and Lubbock Texas. Perhaps contact me on my email lolitaknightce@comcast.net so we can have more direct contact to see if you can attend some of my Fijian Massage courses and/or become an instructor as this is my focus before retiring to Aussie in 2012. Cheers, Lolita

At 10:20pm on July 23, 2011, Verona Warburton said…

Thank you Daniel,

I actually like this Website.I was exposed to it through the World Massage Conference.

Massage Therapy is very very popular here in Jamaica, infact the Industry is over Populated with Therapists and there is not a body or organisation to protect us from unscrupulous employers.

There is a Massage Association of Jamaica that is not even supported by Therapists.I have been trying to open Therapists eyes on the International scene but is getting across too slow....There are a lot of really good Massage Therapist here.

At 9:48am on July 4, 2011, Lolita Knight said…

Hi Daniel

 

Thanks for your interest in the Fijian Massage.  My first experience was in 1997 in a remote village in Kandavu, Fiji Islands.  From that time to present I have added many strokes and it can be completed standing, sitting in a chair and even having the therapist lie down on the floor. However, with all strokes the hands or arms are never used.  All strokes are completed using the 9 parts of the foot. 

 

Lomi Lomi came from Hawaii and uses the forearm and hands so the 2 are totally different.

 

  I am planning on retirement to Australia in 2012 and my focus is to have one last great year teaching not only the Fijian Barefoot Massage, but also the Indian Head, Chinese Facial and Soft Touch Island methods.  I am hoping to train a few instructors in these methods and am hoping to find someone in California to carry on these beneficial modalities.  Let me know if you know of anyone in CA that would be interested.

Details of all my classes are on my website www.fijianmassage.com  Cheers Lolita

At 11:46am on June 30, 2011, Ingrid Sagdahl said…

Hi Daniel!

Thank you for the welcome! Its really nice to have found a community like this. I dont do Lomilomi, but i have heard about it and seen it being done. It would have been nice learning it. Sounds great with that festival. Did you learn anything new? Guess you met alot of interessting people. Look forward to read more about your work!

Ingrid

At 9:17pm on June 29, 2011, Zhang Yu said…
I am so glad to hear that. Congratulations!
At 10:18pm on June 4, 2011, Zhang Yu said…
Dear Dan,I cann't sign out this web,my God! We have no rights.
At 1:00am on May 22, 2011, Zhang Yu said…
I am back,but I cann't see any professionals photos.
At 10:59pm on May 21, 2011, Zhang Yu said…
Dear Dan,I want to thank you so much.It's  effective what you post the information for me here.The blockade of the my website has been raised.I am so happy.Thank you again.
At 3:07am on May 15, 2011, Luzviminda Barlongay Quiaño said…

whewww!!!!meaning your already a veteran when it comes to massage,....wow!!!!

 

At 10:04pm on May 13, 2011, Luzviminda Barlongay Quiaño said…

thank you...i hope that it will help me to understand some situation...actually massage is my passion, i really love my work...and im not consider this as a job but its always my pleasure to served and satisfied my clients and i see to it that they will come back to have my service... here in the philippines not all the clients are filipinos i also serve other nationality like european,americans and asean people...but you know what sometimes other countries are more appreciative than filipinos...maybe because here in the philippines massage is very common and it is cheaper, it only cost $5 to $6/hour unlike in your country its a little bit expensive isn't it? thats why the competition here is very tight but not all the practioner here is licensed...but eventhough they are licensed they're quite good..how bout you?do you mind if i ask you about your story?when did you start as a therapist or you know,. your activities as a therapist...hehehehe...im just telling whats on my mind right now...if u dont mind...

At 11:01pm on May 12, 2011, Ashesh mehta said…
Hey Thnks daniel .
At 5:54pm on April 22, 2011, Cynthia Nagel said…
Thank you!! 
At 10:23pm on March 29, 2011, Tonya Brooks-Taylor said…
Daniel, I believe you mentioned you already read MA polices regarding Massage Therapy but here's a link to the mass.gov site in case you need it: MA Code of Professional Ethics for MTs 269 CMR 5.00.  I don't believe I'll be able to help you with understanding decisions around any past, present or recent policies the MA Board of Massage Therapy may have made.
At 9:32pm on February 24, 2011, Peggy Sue Resseau said…
Business is good up here probably just not as sunny. I'd love to share more info about my Cervical class, maybe I will need to take a trip down there to hold a class.
At 9:21am on February 15, 2011, Alexei Levine said…

Daniel,

I'm sorry to post this here, for some reason I can't message you, I just wanted to make sure you got this info, just delete it when you're done :)

Daniel,

If you read the regulation you will see that it is not required to go to an accredited school in the state of California.  The school has to be approved by the BPPE (the CA Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education, which is not an accrediting agency), which all massage schools (that are operating legally) in the state are.  This means that the massage school got their license from the state to operate as a school.  Getting this school license means the school has passed certain requirements and posted a bond so that if they had to close, their students would be reimbursed for any unearned tuition.  The situation is the same in most states in the country, and in fact roughly 3/4's of all massage schools nationally are licensed or approved to do business as a school in their state, but have not been accredited by a private accrediting agency.  Most massage schools could not afford to get accreditation from one of these private accrediting corporations without a hefty tuition increase.  In the case of our school we would have to triple or quadruple our tuition so that we could afford the fees to the accreditation agency, and hire the extra people to administer the federal financial aid (mostly in the forms of loans to students, which have to be paid back by the student not the school if the student can't repay their loan).

 

At 8:08pm on November 16, 2010, Gary W Addis, LMT said…
Thank you for the friend request, Daniel. I am honored by your offer, and gladly accept.
At 12:55pm on November 16, 2010, Truc Dinh said…
Thank for become my friend, Please guide and teach me what i do not know, and mean to ask you about KMT that you have mention a few time in your post. I have a chance to visit Korea a year and ago and very interesting in their massage technique, what amaze me is it all done by bline people. Thank again.
PS: cause I am Asian so I am want to know more about Asian body work.
At 11:11pm on September 16, 2010, Zhang Yu said…
Hi Daniel,I added new lines about China Bama longevity village in my forum.Please share .Maybe you can see the different with your third eye if you there.
Zhang Yu
At 1:39am on September 13, 2010, Zhang Yu said…
Hello Dan,TCM think the body with whole, not isolated .The every meridians includes the skin,vein,adipose,nerve, lymph,muscle,skeleton and organs.The doctor only need to know which meridian through the focus when judge the disease.Then the doctor
chooses the points of the meridian to massage,acupuncture,take Chinese medcine or external application.It's the same to treat the fascia disease.For example,it is the Stomach-Meridians or Spleen-Meridians with problem if you with kneel pain.The TCM doctor with such thinking to treat all kinds of diseases.

About my child Tuina,"Is the fascia system fully developed at birth?" Yes,I think so.Some of the patients with pain of the shoulders,I elevate their kidney Yang-Qi with my Tuina,Then their pain disappearance.
Yes,you are right.Child Tuina while different in application from General Tuina, it uses diagnosis and some prescriptions of mine.
At 1:38pm on September 12, 2010, Stephen Jeffrey said…
Hi Daniel, you are putting up alot of v interesting info, cheers mate:)

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