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This ground-breaking multimedia presentation allows you to participate directly in a discussion of this vitally important topic. Internationally acclaimed author and educator Irene Smith uses book, video and audio CDs to share her experience with unprecedented clarity, understanding and compassion. Whether to prepare yourself personally or as a basis for group exploration, this versatile package contributes a depth of wisdom and education that supports anyone working with the seriously ill or the dying.
"This multi media pack offers significant support materials for practitioners who work with seriously ill clients in hospitals, their homes or hospices." — Lisa Mertz, Massage Magazine 2004
"From the depths of her extensive personal experience, Irene Smith has crafted a well organized, articulate, and thoroughly informative practical guide and inspirational resource." — Dawn Nelson, author, From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving
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This ground breaking video presentation allows you to participate directly in a discussion of this vitally important, but rarely addressed topic. Internationally acclaimed author and educator Irene Smith delivers her experience with unprecedented clarity, understanding and compassion. Whether to prepare yourself personally or as a basis for group exploration, this video presentation contributes a depth of wisdom and education that supports anyone working with the seriously ill or the dying.
"The Emotional Impact of Working with the Dying has timeless lessons for bodyworkers who work with the ill or the dying. In this video Irene Smith speaks to aspects of the practitioners' experience that are rarely addressed. I can hardly wait to share it with my students."— Gayle Mc Donald, author of Medicine Hands Massage for People with Cancer
"I am filled with gratitude for you and Chuck Buck for your narrated slideshow/DVD.
I just presented it in class this morning and it facilitated some very important reflection and also allowed feelings to surface that might not have done so without a very visual, tangible image and story.
I felt moved to light a candle for Chuck – it’s the first time I have done that. As I watch him and you again and again with different groups of students, I find it touches me more and more deeply. I thought that I might get desensitized, but actually the opposite is true." — Julie McGuinness, Instructor, National Holistic Institute, San Francisco Campus
This 80 minute videotape seminar taped in 1988, is a powerful overview of Irene's years of massaging people with AIDS. Irene shares her experiences and professional insights, with a focus on emotional preparation for the practitioner. The seminar includes her memorable slide presentation Christmas with Chuck, Irene's last massage with a man dying of AIDS.
The seminar concludes with intimate group sharing from the audience.
The information and sharing in this seminar is timeless, however Irene refers to Service Through Touch and this organization no longer exists. Everflowing is the new name for Irene Smith's work.
Also available on DVD format for $29.95
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This is the new 2010 edition of
This handbook includes: an introduction to touching with centering exercise; the Potential Outcomes for the Use of Touch in Palliative Care and the 5 layers of skill for Creating a Safe Container for the Touch Relationship with a Dying Person. Click to see Training Schedule.
Book Only
Manual includes: An Introduction to the Business of Dying; Potential Outcomes for the Use of Touch in Palliative Care; Precautions and Guidelines; Quality Assurance; The 5 Layers of Skill for Creating a Safe Container for the Touch Relationship; Everflowing Touch Techniques and Body Mechanics; Side Positioning of the Client; Working in a Client’s Home; and The Emotional Impact of Working With the Dying; and Resources Guide.
This resource is the training materials for “Everflowing Massage Program Manual for Hospice Home Care” listed below Click to see Training Schedule.
"Providing Massage in Hospice Care is an invaluable tool and truly a great gift to the Hospice and Massage Communities and to anyone caring for individuals approaching the transition we call death." — Dawn Nelson, author, From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving
"Thank you so much for writing Providing Massage in Hospice Care, and for sharing so much of your heart in it. I wept through Chapter 8 because I realized how alone I have been feeling in this work, and now I feel from across the many miles your caring camaraderie. Thank you for being a fellow sojourner and kindred spirit." — Cindy, Hospice Massage Professional and Reiki practitioner
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41 Carl Street, #C
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 564-1750
Or email: everflowing@earthlink.net
My Mom passed suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in July and I was able to fly back to N.J. in time to spend her last 24 hours with her. Although she was in a coma, I was able both mentally and physically to hold her hand the entire time. And I think that by watching your tape, reading your book, and speaking to you gave me the guidance and fortitude to be fully present at the end of Mom's life. — Mary Kate May, Massage Therapist