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happenings SEE YOU THERE AMERICAN HOLISTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CONVENTION NOVEMBER 5–7 CLEVELAND, OHIO 216-292-6644 WWW.HOLISTICMEDICINE.ORG Holistic Health Now … A Conference with Spirit is this year's convention theme. Speakers include Leland Kaiser, Ben Kligler, Tieraona Low Dog, Scott Shannon, and others. INTERNATIONAL ESTHETICS, COSMETICS AND SPA CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 7–8 FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 203-736-1699 WWW.IECSC.COM Business-building content, treatments and techniques, and more than 100 free manufacturer education classes. WORLD MASSAGE CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 12–17 WWW.ABMP.COM Learn from more than 70 of the world's top massage experts by listening to live presentations via streaming audio. If you don't have access to a computer, you can also listen in by telephone. Presentations will also be available for download. ABMP members receive half off the full registration fee. INTERNATIONAL SOUND HEALING CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 14–18 SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 505-474-0998 WWW.BIZSPIRIT.COM/ SOUNDHEALING/SO_INDEX.HTML Join researchers, practitioners, scientists, composers, musicians, and recording artists in the fields of sound healing, vibrational medicine, music therapy, and body/ mind/brain/spirit research. CREATING ENERGIES: RENEWING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIVINE FEBRUARY 20—27, 2010 LAGUNA BACALAR, MEXICO WWW.ISLAWOMENSRETREAT.COM Journey to this ancient Mayan site. The "lake of seven colors" is a natural sanctuary chosen as a place of purification, healing, and rebirth. Attend this sacred circle of support, compassion, abundance, and replenishment. DAY SPA EXPO AND BUSINESS FORUM MARCH 13–15 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 702-893-9090 WWW.DAYSPAEXPO.COM Offering strictly business focused sessions presented by industry leading professionals, Day Spa Expo & Business Forum is designed to serve the owners, operators, directors, and managers, as well as any estheticians, technicians, and practitioners who have any managerial or purchasing responsibilities in their facilities. PORTALS TO THE SELF: A WOMEN'S CIRCLE BY THE SEA MARCH 20—27 ISLA MUJERES, MEXICO WWW.ISLAWOMENSRETREAT.COM Journey to this island in the Caribbean, historically a place for healing rituals among the Mayan people. Attend this circle of support, compassion, abundance, and replenishment. SOCIETY OF ORTHO-BIONOMY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE APRIL 29–MAY 2 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 800-809-3747 WWW.ORTHO-BIONOMY.ORG An opportunity to connect and build relationships with the larger Ortho-Bionomy community from around the world. HIGHLIGHTING MASSAGE THERAPY IN CIM RESEARCH MAY 13–15, 2010 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 847-869-5019 WWW.MASSAGETHERAPY FOUNDATION.ORG Sponsored by Massage Therapy Foundation, this conference, with a special focus on translational research and public health, will bring together massage and manual therapy practitioners, educators, CIM researchers, allied health professionals, and others interested in massage research. WORLD MASSAGE FESTIVAL AND MASSAGE THERAPY HALL OF FAME JUNE 17–21 BEREA, KENTUCKY 336-957-8997 WWW.WORLDMASSAGEFESTIVAL.COM Instructors include Paul St. John (also the keynote speaker), Laura Allen, Tina Allen, Judith DeLany, Linda Kramer, Claire Marie Miller, Terry Norman, Brita Ostrom, Ruthie Piper-Hardee, Eeva Vahla, James Waslaski, and special yoga guest Linda Kramer (Sudevi). connect with your colleagues on massageprofessionals.com 17