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📸 It’s National School Picture Day!

You know the drill: questionable hairstyles, awkward poses, big smiles, and a photo you definitely thought was going to look better. 😂

Some of the Healwell team are taking a trip down memory lane and sharing their childhood school pictures—and we want to know:

👀 Can you guess which Healwell staff member is which?

Swipe through, make your guesses, and let us know in the comments! And while you’re at it, share your own school picture if you’re brave enough. 😉

Because before we were massage therapists, educators, advocates, and nonprofit folks, we were all just kids trying to figure it out.

Happy National School Picture Day! 🎒📚✨

What if the most powerful thing you can offer someone isn’t another technique—but an invitation to exhale?

At Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming, David Lobenstine will lead Excellent Exhale, an exploration of breath, relaxation, movement, and therapeutic presence.

The exhale can be a doorway.

A moment to soften.
A chance to slow down.
A way to reconnect with the body.
A reminder that we don’t always have to hold on so tightly.

In this session, David will explore how paying attention to the breath can deepen our work and help us create more space for relaxation, connection, and meaningful therapeutic care.

Because sometimes, before we can help someone feel more at home in their body, we need to remember how to breathe in our own.

Join us October 23–24 in Arlington, VA, for 13 CEs and two days of learning, connection, and restoration.

Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming
October 23–24, 2026 | Arlington, VA
13 CEs • Yoga • Sound Bath • Rooftop Reception • Meals Included

✨ Come home to your practice, your community, and yourself.

Event sponsor American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA

You can care deeply without carrying everything.

As massage therapists and caregivers, we’re often asked to hold space for other people’s pain, uncertainty, grief, stress, and vulnerability. And sometimes, in the process of being present for someone else, we lose track of where they end and we begin.

At **Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming**, Sakinah Irizarry and Ericka Clinton will explore **Holding Space Without Losing Yourself**—a thoughtful conversation about boundaries, presence, emotional labor, and the skills we need to stay grounded while caring for others.

Because being a compassionate practitioner doesn’t mean absorbing everything your clients bring into the room.

It means learning how to be present **without disappearing yourself.**

Join us October 23–24 in Arlington, VA, for 13 CEs, meaningful education, connection, and restoration.

Come learn how to care for others without leaving yourself behind.

**Body & Soul: A Healwell Homecoming**
October 23–24, 2026 | Arlington, VA
13 CEs • Yoga • Sound Bath • Rooftop Reception • Meals Included

✨ Come home to your practice, your community, and yourself.

Event sponsor: American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA

healwell.org/homecoming

The preliminary schedule for the 2026 International Virtual Symposium is now available!

Join practitioners, educators and industry representatives from Australia and overseas on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October for two days of online learning, professional connection and international perspectives.

Presented under the theme 'Practitioners Enhancing Health and Wellbeing', the symposium is delivered in collaboration with the Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association, Healwell and Massage Aotearoa New Zealand (MANZ).

Massage & Myotherapy Australia members can claim 6 CPE hours for attending, and all registrants will receive access to session recordings for six months.

To learn more about the 2026 International Virtual Symposium, click the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/44s9t642

Introduction to Oncology Massage Dispelling the Myths and Preparing Practitioners with Ericka Clinton at the American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA National Convention

Competency & Compassion Working with Special or Vulnerable Populations at the American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA National Convention in Denver

Our very own Ericka at the American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA National Convention!

More fun at the American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA National Convention in Denver.

Healwellians in the wild at the American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA National Convention in Denver!