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We had fun, we ate good food, we learned good stuff, and we practiced what we learned.

Though we were few, those who attended the October 2018 ORN Meridian Reflexology Workshop with Teri Hoskins had a great time! Our introductory class was only 4 hours, but it added valuable tools to our reflexology kit.

Another great workshop with Peter Lund Frandsen and Dorthe Krogsgaard.  Our thanks to them and to Marie Louise Penchoen for arranging the workshop.

And to all who attended and created the wonderful group energy.

Great class. Just a taste, but so useful. Many thanks to Holly Glennon.

And the Oregon School of Massage was an excellent venue for a workshop.

ARCB Says your help is needed now!
FEBRUARY 24th IS THE HEARING DATE. http://arcb.net/
Reprinted with permission. From Christine Issel:
Dear Colleague:
In Nebraska a reflexologist must be a licensed massage therapist to practice. The Platte Institute in Nebraska was contacted by a reflexologist there and told of reflexologists needing to be licensed massage therapists to legally practice. The Platte Institute Organization is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that helps with these sorts of economic barriers ...

The October Hood River Touchpoint weekend was a great success, with 25 attendees for the two-day workshop: Round About: Hip, Sciatica, Knee.
Thank you and Bravo! to Peter Lund Frandsen and Dorthe Krogsgaard for an exciting and illuminating class, and to ORN's Marie Louise Penchoen for arranging it.

RAA state delegates and conference attendees reunite in Hood River during the Touchpoint workshop on October 22 & 23, 2016.
 
ORN-member and Oregon state's representative to the RAA Delegate Assembly Cindy Rice reconnects with three of the RAA 2016 conference-attendees that came to Hood River for Peter and Dorthe's "Round about Hip/Knee/Sciatica" class. In the photo with Cindy Rice are, from left to right, RAA member Jacqueline Lyczewski of Sunnyside, WA; RAA Unaffiliated State Delegate ...

World Reflexology Week takes place during the last full week of September:  September 19-25, 2016.
 
As reflexologists, there are lots of things we can do to celebrate.
 
The Internationsl Council of Reflexologists has a page dedicated to W.R.W. (see the top menu on their home page). They offer the WRW logo for use to promote the week, guides for promoting an event or writing a news release, printable discount coupons with the WRW logo (in Word or PDF--you need to change the ...

[Thanks to RAA for permision to reprint their article.]
 
At the Orlando, Florida board meeting on May 2, 2012 the Reflexology Association of America Board agreed to adopt a 300-hour requirement for Professional Level membership.  The responsibility of developing a plan to implement the change was then passed onto the Education Committee.  
 
The Education Committee recognized that reflexology education is not equally available to everyone in the United States and therefore created ...

The Reflexology Association of America (RAA), with whom ORN is affiliated, has changed their requirement of training hours for attaining Professional status. The requirement has been 200 hours up till now, but it will be 300 hours after July 1, 2014. As an affiliate ORN has to comply with this change.