Details

Date: June 24 – 25, 2011

Location: Toledo, OH

Schedule

Friday

8:30-9:00
Jonathan Rudinger, President IAAMB/ACWT
Introduction and Opening

9:00-10:00
Ann Noyce
SARA: Bringing Reiki to Shelter Animals

10:15-11:15
Denise Bean-Raymond,
Equine Massage, Holistic Care

11:30-12:30
Rev. Alicja Aratyn, M. Eng.
Discover Sacred Geometry of the Human Body

12:30-1:30
Lunch/Networking

1:30-2:30
Letha Cupp
Mentors and Mixers: Turning Connections into Success for Your Business!

2:45-3:45
Denise Theobald, LMT,
founder of Canine Massage Chicago
“Clinical Sports Massage” for the Canine Athlete.

4:00-5:00
Jonathan Rudinger, Founder and President of PetMassage™ Training and Research Institute
PetMassage™ WaterWork with Dogs Demonstration

Saturday

9:00-10:00
Carol Schultz
Animal Communication

10:15-11:15
Ken Bain, LMT,
Canine Trigger Point Therapy
Stress Reduction Body Works

11:30-12:30
Jeff Varga
Artichoke (Equine Massage, Getting to the Heart of the Matter)

12:30-1:30
Lunch/Networking

1:30-2:30
Becky Brandenburg, B.A. Ed., ESMT, CMT
Client Communication
Developing the therapist-owner relationship.

2:45-3:45
Susan Beal, DVM
Cranial Sacral Therapy

4:00-5:00
Jonathan Rudinger, President IAAMB/ACWT
Open Forum & Closing

Details

• Date: September 3 – 5, 2009
• Location: Seattle, Washington

Schedule:

Thursday, Sept. 3

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
We will be meeting at Lake Union for coffee and breakfast from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. where we will be holding the group developmental sessions.

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
LUNCH

1:00 PM
We meet at the Red Lion Hotel lobby where we will travel to and tour Wellsprings K-9 Hydrotherapy Center in West Seattle or Seattle Veterinary Specialties in Kirkland.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
We will tour Pegasus Thoroughbred Training and Rehabilitation Center.

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
We will return to the Red Lion Hotel or we will travel to Emerald Downs Racetrack where we will have a behind the scenes tour with jockey/trainer Jamie Comber including an infield paddock.

5:30 PM – —
From 5:30 on, you can enjoy the races, or spend your evening networking with fellow members!

Friday, Sept. 4

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Polly Klein – Animal Communication, Reiki

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Debbie Lamonica – Canine Hydrotherapy

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Ken Bain – Tapping Into The Canine Sports Market

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Dr. E. B. Okrasinski – TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy)

Saturday, Sept. 5

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Lola Michelin – Massage Protocols for the Hock in Sporthorses

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Michael Salewski – Performance: Strategies for Animal Athletes, Therapies That Complement Massage; What They Do and When to Suggest Them

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Martha Norwalk – Human to Animal Transference

4:00 PM – 5 :30 PM
Jonathan Rudinger – PetMassage for Kids™  Program

Details

• Date: September 4 – 6, 2008
• Location: Toledo, Ohio

Schedule

Thursday, September 4th

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Maggie Lump, RVT – Canine CPR

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
LUNCH

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Susan King, HTACP, CSMT, FMT & Anastasia Rudinger, CMT, CR, CIMI | Law of Attraction

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM
George Belev, RMT, HTAP, HTACP – Tuning Forks for Dogs and Horses

Friday September 5th

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Bruce Bregenzer – ROM in Small Animal Massage

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Jean Pierre Hourdebaigt, RMT – Fitness Evaluation of the Equine and Canine

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
LUNCH

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Raquel Wynn, BS, CPT, CSCS, LMT – Stretch Your Dog Healthy

3 :30 – 5:00 PM 
Bryan Carlton Flournoy, B.S., Ph., R.Ph. – Animal Communication

Friday Night Dinner
Opportunities for networking, show and tell and silent auction

Saturday, September 6th

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Kathy Veder, CHTP, BS, CEA, CFSP – Healing Touch for Animals® in the Aquatic Realm

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
MaryAnn Field – Working with Stone as Alternative Healing Modality

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
LUNCH

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM 
Jonathan Rudinger, RN, LMT – PetMassage™ WaterWork

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM 
Lola Michelin, LMP, LAMP, NWSAM Director of Education – National Certification Testing

Details:

• Date: June 15 – 16, 2007
• Location: Framingham, Massachusetts

Schedule:

Thursday, June 13 (Pre-Conference)

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Lola Michelin – Business Practices/Standards of Practice

Wednesday, June 14 (Pre-Conference)

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Linda Ehlers, D.C. – Lobbying, Laws, & Legislation

Thursday, June 15

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
REGISTRATION

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Joanne Lang – Biomechanics, Motion & Massage (KEYNOTE)

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
JoMarie Indovina – Qigong: Healing Without Touching

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Lola Michelin, NWSAM – Standards of Practice

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Linda Ehlers, D.C., IAAOR – Lobbying, Laws & Legislation

Friday, June 16

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Maryjean Ballner – Dog & Cat Massage for Fun & Profit

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Daniel Beatty, DVM – Animal Chiropractics: The First thing you need to know are the Basics

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Advisory Board Luncheon – Millennium Harvest House (Jonathan, Anastasia, Tomi, Lisa, George, Linda, Debbie, Virginia)

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Kate Solisti-Mattelon – Interspecies Communication

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Jonathan Rudinger, Pres. – IAAMB Assoc Brainstorming Session

7:00 PM
Dinner/Mixer

Saturday, June 17

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Jonathan Goldman – Healing with Sound

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Jonathan Rudinger – Dogs Say the Darndest Things

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Dr. Temple Grandin – Animals in Translation

Details:

• Date: June 15 – 17, 2006
• Location: Boulder, Colorado

Schedule:

Tuesday, June 13 (Pre-Conference)

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Lola Michelin – Business Practices/Standards of Practice

Wednesday, June 14 (Pre-Conference)

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Linda Ehlers, D.C. – Lobbying, Laws, & Legislation

Thursday, June 15

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
REGISTRATION

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Joanne Lang – Biomechanics, Motion & Massage (KEYNOTE)

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
JoMarie Indovina – Qigong: Healing Without Touching

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Lola Michelin, NWSAM – Standards of Practice

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Linda Ehlers, D.C., IAAOR – Lobbying, Laws & Legislation

Friday, June 16

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Maryjean Ballner – Dog & Cat Massage for Fun & Profit

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Daniel Beatty, DVM – Animal Chiropractics: The First thing you need to know are the Basics

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Advisory Board Luncheon – Millennium Harvest House (Jonathan, Anastasia, Tomi, Lisa, George, Linda, Debbie, Virginia)

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Kate Solisti-Mattelon – Interspecies Communication

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Jonathan Rudinger, Pres. – IAAMB Assoc Brainstorming Session

7:00 PM
Dinner/Mixer

Saturday, June 17

9:00 AM- 10:30 AM
Jonathan Goldman – Healing with Sound

10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Jonathan Rudinger – Dogs Say the Darndest Things

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Temple Grandin – Animals in Translation

• Date: April 22 – 24, 2005
• Location: Toledo, Ohio

Conference Program In-Brief

Pre-conference workshops

Tuesday – Thursday, 10 AM – 5 PM

Animal Bowen
Small Animal Anatomy & Physiology
Location: PetMassage™ Institute

Conference Schedule

Friday

Location: Clarion Hotel

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Registration and orientation
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Canine CPR – Mandy Zajac (Separate registration)
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Break for lunch
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Animal Bowen™ Touch Balancing – Carol Bennett and Lynn Peck
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Canine Iridology Christine Agro

Saturday

Location: Clarion Hotel

9:00 AM – 11:00AM Canine Foot Reflexology – Sue Stackhouse LMT
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Anatomy and Physiology – Karen Henderson DVM
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Break for lunch
2:15 PM – 5:00 PM Rehabilitation, Scope of Practice, Developing Relationships with Other Professionals – Lola Michelin, LMP LAMP SAMP

Saturday night
Dinner and business meeting with social time mixer/ cash bar.

Sunday

Location: Clarion Hotel

9:00 AM – 10:45 AM PetTest Hair Analysis – Bob Smith
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Research Committee Report: Effects of Massage on the Body – Members: Manuela Hejna and Connie Riehl

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Break for lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Keynote with Jonathan Rudinger
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Treating Inflammation and Degeneration with Homeopathy! – John J. Hanover, DVM
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Closing Remarks/Open Microphone facilitated by Jonathan Rudinger

Post-conference Workshops

Location: PetMassage™ Institute

Monday-Wednesday April 25-27, 2005

Advanced PetMassage™for Dogs 3-day Workshop
(Prerequisite: PetMassage™ 5-Day Workshop)
Thursday-Friday April 28-29, 2005

WaterWork™ for Dogs Workshop
(Prerequisite: PetMassage™ Advanced Workshop)

• Dates: June 25 – 27, 2004
• Location: Toledo, Ohio

The Inaugural International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork Educational Conference was presented to encourage education, networking, and professionalism in the fields of animal massage and bodywork.

Our goal was to make this conference professional, educational and entertaining for all of our attendees. We succeeded.

The Conference was held at the Clarion Hotel
Westgate, 3536 Secor Rd., Toledo, OH.

Our speakers covered a wide variety of subjects and demonstrated the tremendous depth of knowledge, experience, and purpose in our burgeoning organization.

• The conference proper started with Barb Rennert, of the Red Cross teaching a certification course on Small Animal CPR.
• Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis, from Colorado, not only held the pre-conference workshop, they also started off the conference with a great discussion of small animal acupressure. Their lecture caught the attention of the editors of our primary regional newspaper, The Toledo Blade, who published an article about the conference on the front page of the next day.
• Bryan Carlton Flournoy, mesmerized the audience with his animal communication lecture, which was more of a streaming channeling.
• Jonathan C Rudinger gave the Keynote address, sharing his vision of the organization and challenging those in attendance to work together to grow and develop the IAAMB.
• Marcia Holman showed us how we can use the principle of Feng Shui in our offices and homes.
• Cindy Blum traveled from Maryland to discuss the use and philosophy of Bach Flower/ flower essences.
• Stacy Lewis flew in from Minneapolis for a day to share her experiences and insights as a Tellington®TTouch instructor.
• Patricia Whalen-Shaw discussed equine massage;
• Aimee St-Arnaud demonstrated how she and the Best Friends Animal Society has used activism in helping animals throughout the United States.
• Reiki energy was shared with speaker Susan Bones.
• Business Coach, Linda Fayerweather showed us how organization and strategic goal setting will help us grow our businesses.
• Teresa Mazzella, Angel Scent Aromatherapy, our ambassador from CANADA, discussed the chemistry and science that underpins aromatherapy. She also shared which essential oils are beneficial and which we need to watch out for.
• David Drake, DVM, balanced out a lot of the more esoteric, touchy-feely energy work with very specific anatomical descriptions of locations of acupuncture sites, how, why and when treatment is performed.
• Jonathan Rudinger discussed the effects and practices of massaging dogs in water.
• Erin Kelly, of Michigan, shocked and amazed those in attendance with her demonstration of EFT, E-tap.
• Beth Taylor, from Illinois, discussed animal nutrition and the benefits of using a raw, natural and organic diet for our dogs and us.