Everflowing 2010
Training Programs

Facilitated by Irene Smith

Schedule of Training Programs:

Provider Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing,
Provider No. 13446.

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Please note that this program has 5 modules now being offered in several formats to allow for the varied schedules of interested persons. The first 4 modules constitute an Everflowing Practitioners Certificate with a total of 33 contact hours. Prerequisites for each module are listed.

Intention: The goal of this program is to provide you with an understanding of the special needs of dying persons and to present skills techniques and personal practices for adapting touch and massage into a dying person's care. These skills and practices will assist you in providing a safe and effective touch session, achieve more comfort at the bedside, and clarify feelings concerning death and dying. The skills presented in this program will enhance the overall effectiveness of health care for patients and clients. These skills may be incorporated into daily nursing care as well as be structured into other body work modalities.

1. Everflowing Introductory Module: 1-Day

For: Professional Body Workers and Health Care Professionals

Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this module you will be able to:

• Implement safety precautions for hands-on care

• Describe history and approach of hospice care

• Identify the benefits of Everflowing Touch and learn how to safely incorporate it into your existing practice.

• Demonstrate modification of body work modalities for working with dying persons

• Provide Everflowing stroking technique for a person in bed

This class includes classroom practice of hands-on techniques and one-on-one feedback from your instructor.

CONTACT HOURS: This module constitutes 6 contact hours

DATES 2010: November 8

TIMES: 10 AM - 5 PM

TUITION: $140.00; includes certificate of hours.

DEPOSIT: $75.00; $50.00 non-refundable. Cancellation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No portion of your deposit is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

2. Everflowing 2-Day Basic Module — Therapeutic Presence & Massage Technique

For: Professional Body Workers with Hospice Experience or Everflowing Intro; Hospice Care Providers

Courses accepted other than Everflowing Intro are: Massage for People with Cancer facilitated by Gayle MacDonald, Compassionate Touch Level II.

Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this module you will be able to:

CONTACT HOURS: This module constitutes 12 contact hours

DATES 2010: November 14-15

TIMES: 10 AM - 5 PM

TUITION: $275.00; includes certificate of hours, 3 hours of pre-class study, and classroom materials.

DEPOSIT: $75.00; $50.00 non-refundable. Cancellation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No portion of your deposit is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

For: Persons with Everflowing Intro, Professional Body Workers and Care Providers with Hospice Experience

Students will explore the awareness of their own dying process through written work and group discussion. Coping stratagies for the emotional impact of this work will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to create personal rituals for expressing and letting go of grief and integrating loss.

CONTACT HOURS: This module constitutes 5 contact hours

DATES 2010: November 22

TIMES: 10 AM - 4 PM

TUITION: $140.00; includes certificate of hours.

DEPOSIT: $75.00; $50.00 non-refundable. Cancellation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No portion of your deposit is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

Prerequisite for the following modules: students must complete the 3 modules listed above before attending the modules listed below.

4. Clinical Practice - SAN FRANCISCO ONLY: The clinic is a recommended component to Providing Massage in Hospice Care program. You will be supervised by Irene Smith in providing touch sessions for residents of an inpatient hospice unit; written reporting and verbal debriefing are included.

CONTACT HOURS: 12 Contact Hours

DATES 2010: August 7-8, November 27-28

TIMES: Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM; Sunday 12 AM - 6 PM

TUITION: $275.00; includes certificate of hours

DEPOSIT: $100.00; $50.00 non-refundable. Cancellation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No portion of your deposit is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

LIABILITY: You are required to have liability coverage – for clinical session only.

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Touch Awareness in Care Giving 1-Day Course, San Francisco

For: health care providers caring for the dying,Including nurses, CNA's, and family care givers. Click here for more info.

“Human touch is the integral thread that weaves the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of care together to create what is truly the essence of health care.” — Irene Smith

Learning Outcomes: Touch is the most prominent language in the care giving relationship. Every act of care giving involves touch. The skills presented in this program will enhance the overall comfort and effectiveness of health care for dying persons. These skills may be incorporated into your current health care practice. Click here for article.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate therapeutic presence

• Implement safe and skillful touching in daily care giving

• More clearly define the dimensions of touch in daily care giving

• Demonstrate skillful touching in the approach to persons who are fragile, anxious, in pain and/or confused

• Provide an Everflowing Touch session to ease pain, anxiety, insomnia and/or depression

CONTACT HOURS: 6 contact hours

DATES 2010: September 1, December 4

TIMES: 10 AM - 7 PM

TUITION: $140.00 (due with registration); includes Everflowing Touch Awareness In Care Giving Handbook and certificate of hours

DEPOSIT: $75.00; $50.00 non-refundable. Cancellation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No portion of your deposit is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

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Massage Course for Hospice Volunteers

For: Hospice volunteers

Learning Outcomes: In this 1-day program volunteers will learn the importance of touch in care for the dying, healthy body mechanics, and a hand massage to offer to dying persons in a bed or a chair.

DATES 2010: December 4

TIMES: 10 AM - 4 PM

TUITION: $150.00; includes Everflowing Touch Awareness In Care Giving Handbook and certificate of hours

DEPOSIT: $75.00; $50.00 non-refundable. Cancellation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No portion of your deposit is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

"This one day workshop is perfect for hospice volunteers and staff as well as massage practitioners who work with the sick. Irene's "hands-on" exercises as well as her sharing of practical and psychological aspects of the dying person are extremely valuable for hospice care givers."

— Jean Tokarek, Volunteer Coordinator, Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San Francisco

"The way Irene presents herself and the Everflowing Program give voice to the hospice care experience."

— Hospice Health Aide

Special Events

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Teaching Style

“My teaching is whole. It joins mind, body and spirit. This involves the student in processing information through the body. Movement, awareness of breath, and a focus on conscious delivery are all part of the Everflowing relationship. There are spaces of silence in my classes to make room for the deepening of awareness to our internal and external environment. Learning to listen to non-verbal messages plays a big role in working with clients in later stages of life.

My classes are intimate, my approach is personal and my intention is tenderness.” – Irene Smith

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Teaching Methods

Lecture; visuals; group sharing; group movement; silence; demonstrations; hands on practice; supervised clinical practice and written reporting. In San Francisco my classes are limited to 4 students. All fees include one on one instruction and personal feedback. Supervised clinicals are limited to 2 students. Irene Smith.

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Class Location, San Francisco

All San Francisco classes are held in the Everflowing classroom at:
Specific San Francisco location to be announced upon registration for each course.

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To Register for An Everflowing Program Contact:

Phone: (415) 564-1750. A registration form will be mailed to you or click on the small image of the forms below to download a 3-page printable PDF form to mail in for class registration. Both pages are required for registration.

Address: 41 Carl St. #C; San Francisco, CA 94117 or mail the downloadable registration form with the designated deposit to Everflowing.

Cancelation Policy: All deposits are transferable to another course date up to 1 year from original course date. No protion of your deposits is refundable after 2 weeks prior to course date.

Provider Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing,
Provider No. 13446.

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