Greetings and Welcome to the Hands Of History Podcast, a Production of the Society Of Massage Archives, where we delve into the rich tapestry of massage therapy's past, explore its evolution, and share the stories that have shaped this vital practice.

Join your host, Kirby Clark Ellis, for a conversation with Pamela Ferguson.

Pamela Ellen Ferguson Dipl.Asian Bodywork Therapy (NCBAHM), AOBTA (r) and GSD Certified Instructor, LMT (TX) has developed Zen Shiatsu and CEU training in the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, over the past four decades. Her first career was in journalism and she has published 11 books including three textbooks, The Self Shiatsu Handbook (1995), TAKE FIVE- The Five Elements Guide to Health and Harmony (2000) published in English and German. Together with Debra Persinger (Executive Director of the FSMTB), Pam co-edited the anthology SAND TO SKY - Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine (2008). Pam is also the Asian Bodywork Therapy columnist for the monthly Acupuncture Today. Pam is finalizing co-editing an anthology on PTSD/PTSI with Randall Sexton, a psychiatric nurse practitioner.

In 2000 Pam formed a team with colleagues representing their national organizations, to successfully remove Shiatsu, Trager, Rolfing and Reflexology from Texas massage therapy laws. Pam is a former national board member of the AOBTA (r) - the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia, and currently serves as chair of peer review. Pam had a global upbringing, is dual national British and American, and currently lives in Austin Texas. She was dean of Asian Bodywork Therapy Dean at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine from 1996-2004.

Recently she donated her teaching archives to the H.J Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports, at the University of Texas at Austin.