Touch Therapy for critically, chronically and terminally ill with David Dowdy - 16 hours NCBTMB approved

Touch is a basic need all of our lives. Touch Therapy for the Terminally ill is an intimate, palliative ceremony honoring a person at the end stages of their lives. This bodywork not only addresses the physical needs of a client/patient but embraces their emotional, social and spiritual needs as well. Receiving bodywork of this type reminds the person receiving it that their body can still be a sign of pleasure. It is an honor to work with the dying as they can truly teach us how to live. In this course we will define the Quality of Life issues that will bring us to focus on a person's needs and rights at this time in their life. You will learn hands-on techniques for touching, gently massaging the terminally ill through a head to toe sequence of gentle compression-based strokes designed to be very adaptable to varied arenas of applicati…