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AOBTA® National Convention 2009
Healing With Water: Wisdom, Will, Flow
January 8-12, 2009
Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Diego, CA
Our Presenters:
DoAnn Kaneko, Bill Helm, Michael Gaeta
Rick Gold, Debra Persinger, Joanna Flores
Michael Spatuzzi, Pam Ferguson, Iona Teeguarden
Wisdom: pulling in to our collective center and reflecting on our role in society at large
Will: conserving our foundation and creating our future
Flow: actively participating in our profession and profession-building activities
Join your colleagues for a Jing-nourishing, Qi-building, Shen-sharing experience!
See the schedule on the Convention schedule page or download a copy here: schedule
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We are proud and thankful to the NCCAOM for being our Convention Sponsor
A New Convention Experience!
Change is afoot - Check it out.
This year’s Water theme finds us pulling in and conserving our resources.
You know it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that Jing!
New Scheduling
Longer classes with the high-quality presenters you’ve come to expect at our gatherings.
Classes reflect the convention theme.
See the schedule on the Convention Schedule Page or download a copy here: schedule
Expanded AOBTA® Booth
AOBTA is the vendor this year and we’re doin’ it up right with an expanded bookstore
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AOBTA conventions
A chance to connect with friends who get your ABT jokes…
Meetings and Organizational Business
This is the time we can really get together and hash out the business of our organization. It can be fun, educational, dynamic and interesting. We’re looking forward to your participation!
Volunteer Opportunities Abound
Whether you can share an hour or six days, we can use your help. We’re asking for as many
members as can to volunteer some time and talent with no pay in sight. San Diego area members,
please contact us if you can help with local contacts or logistical requests.
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Jump on in – the Water’s fine!
At AOBTA, we reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible, including limiting our use of paper.
See you there!
We are proud and thankful to the NCCAOM for being our Convention Sponsor
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AOBTA® National Convention 2009
Schedule – at – a - Glance
New Scheduling Longer classes with the high-quality presenters you’ve come to expect at our gatherings. Download a copy here: schedule
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AOBTA® National Convention 2009
Pricing
On-Site Registration (after December 12, 2008)AOBTA Member $500.00
AOBTA Student Member $410.00
Non-Member $600.00
* 5-Element Discount $450.00
One Day - meals not included
AOBTA Member $200
Non-member $250
Two Day - meals not included
AOBTA Member $400
Non-member $500
Additional Meal Tickets
Welcome Breakfast $35.00
Saturday Luncheon $45.00
Banquet & Dancing $65.00
Post-Convention Workshops
ABT Exam Review - Free to AOBTA members ** Non-members $ 200.00
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - AOBTA members $150, Non-members $200
Discounts
* Five-Element Group Discount - 10% off - Practitioner Members Only - Price listed is per member when five or more register together and pay with one credit card (online) or in one packet (by mail or fax).
** Non-member registering for the full convention and the ABT Exam Review - Save $50.00
No charge for COSP meeting, Committee meetings.
Cancellations/Refunds
80% refund if notice is received by Oct. 30, 2008
70% refund if notice is received by Nov. 30, 2008
No refunds after Nov. 30, or for Five Element discount participants
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Convention Website and Registration
Post-Convention Workshop
A Body-Oriented Approach to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
With
Iona Teeguarden
AOBTA members - $150. Non-members - $200.
This workshop will describe the effects of trauma on the brain, as well as on the meridian system. Participants will have the opportunity to experience a simple body-oriented form of trauma work that can be used during point work, to help clients access inner resources.
The Su Wen says: “During shock, there is no home for the Spirit.” Shock disturbs the Shen. Shock trauma means that the organism enters a state of shock and is physiologically altered by it. Often, problems can be traced back to a time when an intense shock disturbed the bodymind system.
In working with trauma survivors, it is essential to avoid retraumatization, because further shocks can prolong or intensify the hyperarousal (or difficulty in moderating arousal) which is the key characteristic of PTSD. Symptoms include sleep disorders, chronic tension and fatigue, memory impairment, irritability and emotional numbness.
Remembering or reexperiencing the traumatic event can bring up the same feelings one had at the time. Therefore, to avoid feeling overwhelmed and retraumatized, it is important to feel how it feels in the body, and then to “switch channels” and focus on feelings of competence.
Iona Marsaa Teeguarden, Dipl. ABT, M.A., L.M.F.C.C.
Iona has been a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT) for 25 years and is the founder and director of the Jin Shin Do® Foundation for Bodymind Acupressure® — an international network (see www.jinshindo.org). She has taught throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe for nearly four decades, and is the author of: The Acupressure Way of Health: Jin Shin Do®, The Joy of Feeling: Bodymind Acupressure, and the Revised Complete Guide to Acupressure — the last chapter of which is “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.”
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