For: Everflowing Module 1 Graduates

Objectives: Upon completing this module participants will be able to:

• Implement quality assurance methods

• Define and practice Therapeutic Presence

• Implement skills to enhance the physical and emotional comfort of the client

• Demonstrate self-care for the practitioner at the bedside of the client

• Communicate more effectively with verbal and non-verbal clients

• Provide an Everflowing massage session for a client in a bed

Teaching Methods

This module includes lecture, discussion, question and answer periods, charts, demonstrations, supervised hands-on practice, one-on-one feedback from the Everflowing supervisor, debriefing, personal sharing, meditation, and re entry guidelines.

Content

Day 1

This module begins with guided meditation, then a verbal check-in with time allowed for personal reflection. The information structure begins with a lecture on quality assurance methods including gathering information about clients from other team members and contracting agents; and written and verbal reporting when a session is completed. This includes lecture and questions and answers.

Therapeutic Presence is defined and there is a short meditation to illustrate the teaching.

The demonstration from module 1 is recreated and the practitioner’s body mechanics are emphasized. The Everflowing technique of stroking is demonstrated with lotion on the back. There is a question and answer period and then supervised hands-on practice. Each participant receives individual assistance and feedback from the Everflowing supervisor.

Day 2

Day 2 begins with a grounding meditation and a participant verbal check-in with time allowed for personal reflection.

The demonstration from day 1 is recreated and the stroking technique is performed on the clients legs, feet, arms and hands. This is achieved through a demonstration and then supervised hands-on practice with individual instruction and feedback from the Everflowing supervisor. A question and answer period follows the practice with time for personal sharing.

A simple hand-holding for actively dying clients is practiced by participants with time for personal sharing.

The day ends with a circle meditation and reentry guidelines.

This module constitutes 10 contact hours.

Applied Anatom Institiute - Berkeley, CA

“Everflowing touch is a tremendous uplifting feeling. It’s the body, mind and spirit revitalized. Everflowing touch has made me feel like a whole person again.” — Janice, Hospice Client

"Irene Smith’s work represents a significant contribution to healing. By integrating an understanding of the pathology of disease, old age and trauma into the skill set of massage therapists, the greater benefits of human touch and contact – without which healing is at least limited or inhibited – are restored to the medical field." — Harold Finkleman, researcher; lecturer; member of the Board of Governors, International Council of Integrative Medicine.