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Book Signing to commemorate the release of three new Massage Manuals from the Ariana Institute!

It is with great excitement that nationally known massage and bodywork educator, Ariana Vincent, CEO of the Ariana Institute for Wellness Education, announces that she will be hosting a book signing to commemorate the completion of the next installment in the Ariana Institute’s Seven Massage Manual Series.

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Golden Opportunities For Massage Therapy Instructors

What opportunities lie ahead for massage therapy instructors? The first step to answering this question is to go within and determine the type of environment that best suits your personality patterns, conforms with your personal and professional goals, and that you would find the most soul-satisfying. Many Massage Therapy Instructors aspire to offer CE courses in one of three ways: (1) independently, (2) by working for a national company that offers CE courses, and/or (3) by offering CE courses in a formal massage school environment.

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Engaging the Growing Tejano Market

A presentation by Gabriel Reyes

Gabriel Reyes is considered one of the pioneers of Hispanic marketing in the Entertainment Industry. He has been featured on CNN’s Latino in America as well as one of the “50 Most Powerful Latinos in Hollywood” by The Hollywood Reporter as well as the “100 Most Influential Latinos” by Hispanic Business Magazine. Reyes is President and Founder of Reyes Entertainment, one of the premier marketing and public relations firms focused on the bilingual media market and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has represented major studios, major networks, major artists and mainstream shows. Gabriel is from Pharr, Texas, in the Valley. He attended UT Austin and has a degree in Fine Arts. After graduation, he became an actor, a model, and a dancer. He has owned Reyes Entertainment for over fifteen years.

His presentation at the Constant Contact “Get Down to Business” seminar in Austin, Texas, on May 20, 2011, focused on how business owners can aggregate more Hispanic consumers into their businesses. Continue reading “Engaging the Growing Tejano Market”

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Save our Hands! Brown Hand Center of Austin

Save our Hands! Brown Hand Center

Reflections on the Austin Licensed Massage Meetup on May 5, 2011, in the office of Andres Lerner, M.D. and Rebecca Zupo, LMT, Financial Counselor of The Brown Hand Center, Austin
The Austin Licensed Massage Therapists were warmly welcomed by Andres Lerner, M.D., and Rebecca Zupo, LMT, at the Brown Hand Center in northwest Austin on May 5, 2011. Once we comfortably settled in, we participated in an informative guided tour of the hand center. Continue reading “Save our Hands! Brown Hand Center of Austin”

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Pain Management Tips

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Pain Management continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US.  Please visit https://arianainstitute.com/ce-online/ for registration and details.

Pain Management Tips – Pain Management Through Touch

  • Generally speaking, pain is the body’s way of letting us know we are not well.
  • Pain can be occasional, acute or chronic, dependent on whether the person has had an accident, is suffering from musculoskeletal dysfunction or musculoskeletal degeneration or lack of movement or mobility.

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The Benefits of Prenatal Massage

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Prenatal Massage continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US.  Please visit https://arianainstitute.com/ce-online/ for registration and details.

Prenatal massage offers a wide range of physiological, emotional and psychological benefits such as: Continue reading “The Benefits of Prenatal Massage”

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Successfully Marketing Massage

PRACTICE BUILDING TIPS

  • Take time to create a clear vision of what you want and need based on your values.
  • Think about tangible and tasteful ways to cultivate referrals, increase your presence in your client’s lives, and fill your practice, all the while staying true to your values and principles
  • Examine how attitudes about money, value, socioeconomic class, and the age-old clash between commerce and healing, can affect your ability to truly useful to those you serve.
  • Appreciate what you have.  Focus on what you’re grateful for in your life. Continue reading “Successfully Marketing Massage”
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History of Reflexology

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Reflexology continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US.  Please visit www.arianainstitute.com for details.

Reflexology has been used for more than 5,000 years. History suggests that foot reflexology was used by the ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Japanese. The most concrete evidence of the practice of Reflexology in ancient cultures was the discovery of the wall painting shown below depicting the practice of Reflexology in the tomb of Ankhmahor (highest official after the Pharaoh) at Saqqara, which is also known as the Physician’s Tomb. This Egyptian wall painting is dated at the 6th dynasty, about 2330 B.C. Continue reading “History of Reflexology”

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The Origin and History of Reiki

Dr. Mikao Usui, Founder of the Usui System of Reiki

Ariana Institute offers online and onsite Reiki Levels One, Two and Three (Master) continuing education courses for massage therapists. These courses are approved by the National Certification Board as well as the majority of states within the US.  Please visit www.arianainstitute.com for registration and details.

The origin of Reiki can be traced back thousands of years ago to the ancient cultures of India, Tibet, China, and Japan. This technique was rediscovered in the mid-1800s by Dr. Mikao Usui of Japan.
Dr. Usui, Japanese theologian, and a missionary, was the founder of the Usui System of Reiki. He was born August 15, 1865, in the village of Yago in the Yamagata district of Gifu prefecture, Japan. Dr. Usui had an avid interest in learning and devoted his energy to his studies. Continue reading “The Origin and History of Reiki”

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