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Monday, July 23, 2007 09:50: AM (approximate- Connie agreed I should be in another class.)
Met with Connie after the previous weekend’s Reiki-ssage I class. Reminded her of our mutual agreement that I belonged in the next massage program so I wouldn’t miss anymore important classes, which others were based on. I emphasized that only after taking the last class, which should have been taken prior to the advanced Reiki-ssage II class, had other information begun to make sense.
I restated the surprise of others in the advanced class that I had not taken the first class first, and that now I understood more thoroughly the necessity of taking all the classes in the order they were designed. It seemed to work well for the other students and I was requesting the same opportunity.
Connie said she understood, it was probably a good choice, should work better and that I could take the Tuesday and Thursday class with ********. Connie said she would let me know when that class would begin. She mentioned the next day, but it didn’t seem realistic and I did not hear from Connie so I assumed she had been unable to reach ******** that quickly.
There was also the matter of ordering books and it took several weeks for mine to be ordered and arrive. I expected the same for ******** and was not surprised when Connie did not call.
Resources
I thought I'd done my homework until I pursued help by filing a dispute with my credit card company. Then I realized I'd barely scratched the surface of information available. Still, I also have to say that the only thing I've found out so far that would have kept me from continuing with the Reiki Council and The Sanctuary School is that I should not have begun classes until I had payment information from TFC. Connie Vrenios had me using used books donated by a previous student for over a month, which was over half the time I was there. I had no business using their materials until they were "mine" and being paid for through the loan I thought was being submitted. Hopefully other would be students, from whom Rick Vrenios or Connie Vrenios request(s) a down payment from in order to submit a loan that doesn't end up submitted, may benefit from information provided in the resources below.
Illinois Legal Aid
Nolo
Illinois Pro Bono
Carol Stream Office of Praire State Legal Services provides free legal services in civil legal matters for persons who have incomes below 125% of the federal poverty guidelines and senior citizens age 60 and older regardless of income.
ISBE - Illinois State Board of Education In Illinois, a school's curriculum usually must be approved by the ISBE. As it happened for me, that may not apply to classes taken as a member even if you are a student or licensed.
Illinois Department of Finanical and Professional Regulation
Chicago Better Business Bureau
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
American Massage Therapy Association
American Massage Therapy Association Illinois Chapter
Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
Illinois Legal Aid
Nolo
Illinois Pro Bono
Carol Stream Office of Praire State Legal Services provides free legal services in civil legal matters for persons who have incomes below 125% of the federal poverty guidelines and senior citizens age 60 and older regardless of income.
ISBE - Illinois State Board of Education In Illinois, a school's curriculum usually must be approved by the ISBE. As it happened for me, that may not apply to classes taken as a member even if you are a student or licensed.
Illinois Department of Finanical and Professional Regulation
Chicago Better Business Bureau
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
American Massage Therapy Association
American Massage Therapy Association Illinois Chapter
Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
My Experience with Rick Vrenios, Connie Vrenios, Reiki Council and The Sanctuary School
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This blog details an attempt to complete a Reiki-based massage therapy program at The Sanctuary School which was cut short by Rick Vrenios and Connie Vrenios who chose not to submit the loan we agreed to in writing. A scan of that loan application dated June 13 2007 is chronologically entered near the bottom of this page.
This blog details an attempt to complete a Reiki-based massage therapy program at The Sanctuary School which was cut short by Rick Vrenios and Connie Vrenios who chose not to submit the loan we agreed to in writing. A scan of that loan application dated June 13 2007 is chronologically entered near the bottom of this page.
To clarify a point made by Connie Vrenios and Rick Vrenios' in their BBB response about me creating a "flurry of communications", 1) this began in pursuit of my $2000 downpayment; 2) it's unlikely attorneys are inclined to immerge themselves in dense, convoluted communications for issues like this. Surely most would glance at this mess and rightfully refuse involvement. Maybe Connie Vrenios and Rick Vrenios relied on offensively dense and convoluted communications to prevent legal pursuit. I can't speak for them, but I have a consistent history of being verbose, so again their accusation is baseless and unprovable.
This blog is intended to serve as a constructive outlet for this experience. Though I'll never know why this happened, I do want others to know Connie Vrenios and Rick Vrenios disappointed me to the core. I also want to believe someone else will be helped by not being similarly victimized. My biggest mistake with The Sanctuary School and the Reiki Council though was wanting to continue to trust after common sense said enough is enough. There could have been much more to say here, but I didn't journal as I should have. Much is already not posted here because it's mostly rambling while trying to organize where I went wrong.
Outside legal means, any representative for The Sanctuary School and Reiki Council who decides to contact me should email transparent and clear discussion and know it will all be posted here and backed up elsewhere. This blog will be edited for clarification, typos and updated to add evolving details, so it will remain a work in progress through the last communication.
This blog is intended to serve as a constructive outlet for this experience. Though I'll never know why this happened, I do want others to know Connie Vrenios and Rick Vrenios disappointed me to the core. I also want to believe someone else will be helped by not being similarly victimized. My biggest mistake with The Sanctuary School and the Reiki Council though was wanting to continue to trust after common sense said enough is enough. There could have been much more to say here, but I didn't journal as I should have. Much is already not posted here because it's mostly rambling while trying to organize where I went wrong.
Outside legal means, any representative for The Sanctuary School and Reiki Council who decides to contact me should email transparent and clear discussion and know it will all be posted here and backed up elsewhere. This blog will be edited for clarification, typos and updated to add evolving details, so it will remain a work in progress through the last communication.
Friday, December 14, 2007
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