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05/11/2026

Leading to National Board Certification

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05/09/2026

Blue Heron Academy proudly presents our Black Belt and Black Sash Awards Dinner. This gathering is more than an awards ceremony. It is a recognition of years of discipline, perseverance, humility, and personal transformation through the martial arts.

We are honored to recognize:

Jamar Douglas – 2nd Degree Black Belt Award
Jamar has continued to demonstrate dedication, consistency, technical growth, and the deeper character qualities that the black belt is meant to represent. A second-degree black belt is not simply about time or physical skill. It reflects the beginning of maturity within the art, where knowledge begins to deepen into understanding, responsibility, leadership, and service to others. Jamar’s continued commitment and hard work have earned the respect of his teachers and fellow students alike.

Adam Conley – Black Sash Award
The Black Sash Award represents an important milestone in the internal arts traditions and symbolizes dedication to personal refinement, balance, discipline, and inner development. Adam has shown steady commitment, perseverance, and sincerity in his training journey. The black sash is not simply an external symbol, but a recognition of growth in focus, patience, and the lifelong pursuit of mastery through humility and practice.

The martial arts teach self-control, courage, compassion, protection of others, and the development of character. These awards recognize not only physical skill, but the inner journey that accompanies true martial training.

Congratulations to Jamar and Adam!

05/06/2026

Hands on Continuing Education

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05/05/2026

Many thanks to Amanda for her expert assistance at yesterday's Breast CA workshop. Especially her demonstration on making a skin and scar suave from comfrey, calendula, and ginger with castor oil, flax seed oil, shea butter, and lanolin. It was a great group of therapists.

05/02/2026

At American Health Source, learning happens best in community.

Our Building a Healing Community workshops bring practitioners together to exchange knowledge, develop practical skills, and renew their commitment to helping others heal.

👉 Upcoming workshops
https://americanhealthsource.org/seminars.htm

05/02/2026

Master Class

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05/02/2026

I am pleased to make this important work available to our community.

Breast cancer recovery does not end when medical treatment is complete. Many patients continue to live with pain, restriction, scar tissue, radiation fibrosis, and limited movement that affect their daily lives. These challenges are real, and they require thoughtful, skilled, and compassionate care.

Our new booklet and Master Class, Breast Cancer: Radiation Fibrosis, Surgical Scar Remediation, and Clinical Massage Therapy Applications, presents a clear, clinically grounded approach to supporting recovery. This work is designed for massage therapists, healthcare professionals, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how to safely and effectively work with post-surgical and post-radiation tissue.

Inside this material, we address:
• Radiation fibrosis and its long-term effects on tissue
• Surgical scars and adhesion patterns
• Lymphatic considerations and lymphedema risk
• Pain, sensitivity, and nervous system response
• Safe, assessment-driven manual therapy techniques
• Functional movement restoration and postural balance
• The use of topical herbal applications and therapeutic modalities

This is not a technique-driven course. It is a clinical thinking course. It teaches you how to assess, how to adapt, and how to treat with precision and restraint.

This workshop is part of our ongoing commitment to Building a Healing Community, where knowledge, skill, and compassionate care come together to support patients in meaningful ways.

If you are called to do this work, we invite you to join us on Monday, May 4th, from 9AM to 4PM at my Cascade Village Office.

The 50 page booklet is a free download at this link:

Breast cancer recovery: holistic massage strategies for breast tissue, scar remediation, radiation fibrosis and lymphedema management to restore function and reduce pain. An assessment-driven clinica