Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Hunter Sub Branch and an Educational Workshop will be held at 9.00am on Sunday 20 May 2001 at Adamstown Senior Citizens Hall 153a Brunker Road Adamstown.

Education Workshop commences at 10.00am: Functional Stretching Demonstration for Massage Therapists (3 Hours) Sharon Clark, who has training in Exercise Therapy and massage, is a senior posture and flexibility instructor and the national P & F Coordinator for the Kit Laughlin's organization and will present a practical stretch demonstration for massage therapists. This will involve functional flexibility for the therapist and you will be lead through an assessment of your own flexibility patterns together with the correct methods of performing a number of stretches specifically for therapist but which can also be utilised with your own clients. In learning the correct method you will be taught how to stop clients cheating at their stretches. It is a practical demonstration and you are required to wear loose flexible clothing (no jeans, belts or buckles or loose brief shorts) (try cycle shorts), bring a pen and paper for notes and a banana. Sharon will provide all the mats and straps for the exercises. There will be time provided at the end for questions. The web site: www.posture-and-flexibility.com.au provides some excellent resources on this topic. Sharon will have copies of the Kit Laughlin stretch book available at a reduced cost of $30. Meeting & Workshop cost: $15 (members) and $20 (non-members) payable at door upon entry.

-- John Cavanagh (lochcav@bigpond.com), April 26, 2001