To every thing there is a season.

As announced several months ago, the Oncology Massage Education Associates (OMEA) teaching team continues to transition and transform after 18 years.  We have been very special to one another, not only professionally but also personally.

This picture of our team was taken in Santa Fe in the Fall of 2015, and it captures our regards for one another and the enthusiasm about our joint errorts in teaching.

There is, however, no sadness about the transition that is happening now. It is time.

Several instructors have decided it's time to retire from teaching, others are continuing with providing education. The team decided that those still teaching will start fresh with new teaching organizations, new course titles,and adjustments to their curriculum. This also means needing to apply for recognition under NCB and other organizations.

Gayle has downsized her teaching practice. She will continue to offer the 30-hour foundational class, “Massage for People Living with Cancer” at schools in the Pacific Northwest. Feel free to contact her at: medhands825@gmail.com

Mary has been a part of Gayle MacDonald’s esteemed teaching team for several years and has formed her own business, Full Circle Health and Wellness LLC. In addition to private clinical practice of massage therapy three days a week, she will continue to teach and will expand course offerings in the future. Applications to NCBTMB and S4OM are pending, and there is every confidence about being accepted given that this course is based on Massage for People Living with Cancer, which has long been recognized by both NCB and S4OM. Feel free to contact her at fullcircle.mat@gmail.com or 301-806-5673 (cell/text).

We have loved learning from and teaching all of you. It has been the honor of a lifetime.

Blessings! Be well until we meet again.

	Oncology massage, the world over, is driven by touch therapists who feel called to this rewarding profession. They work with a deep and abiding devotion to the heart of the world. They hold joy and suffering and walk willingly with those who ask.                         —Gayle MacDonald                  Medicine Hands, 3rd Ed.