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Massage for People Living with Cancer-MPLC-CGY-18-10
CAD699.00
Seminars for Health, Calgary (Main)
Fri – Sun | Oct 26–28, 2018 | 9am – 6pm |
Comfort-oriented massage or touch can be safely administered to cancer patients regardless of the severity of their condition. The purpose of this class is to present information and provide experience for massage therapists who wish to work with clients who have been diagnosed with cancer or are recovering from it. The culminating activity of the class will be to give a relaxation to someone with a history of cancer.
Require reading
Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer, 3rd Ed. (Findhorn Press, 2014). Chapters 4, 5, 7 and 8.
Sometimes it is easy to forget to take care of ourselves as therapists. The exercises I learned are easy to do at the end of a long day. I can feel my posture correct itself already.