Marketing Comfort Touch®
I am often asked, “How do I market myself as a Comfort Touch practitioner?” Obviously, one needs to be competent in essential skills before beginning to sell the practice of those skills. Most people...
View ArticleMusic Therapy with the Reverie Harp
While visiting Montgomery Hospice in Rockville, Maryland earlier this year to teach Comfort Touch, I was introduced to a beautiful instrument that is used in their music therapy program. Inspired by an...
View ArticleSpotlight on Comfort Touch
“Touch is elemental to human life. It’s a baby’s first experience. Hugs are the first line of defense for the scraps and scrapes of childhood. Even as adults most of us thrive on pats, hugs and...
View ArticleIt’s okay to be picky
After setting up the time for his Comfort Touch appointment, “Ron,” a new client emailed me saying: “I apologize if this sounds too picky, pickly. I don’t know if oils are used in Comfort Touch but if...
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Comfort Touch with Infants and Children
Infants and children are a very special population who can benefit from Comfort Touch. Massage with an infant or a child is primarily the role of the parents. From the first encompassing hugs of a...
View ArticleComfort Touch with Children – Part 2
Last month I talked about special considerations in offering Comfort Touch to infants and children. I want to continue on that theme a bit to talk about offering touch to children who are ill or have...
View ArticleWaves of Relaxation
My friend and colleague Mary Ann Foster, also a massage therapist, relayed this story to me: “During a massage, a new client started to sink into a deep state of relaxation. Her breathing slowed down,...
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Bernie – Independent and Resourceful at 99
This month I am sharing with you the story of Bernice Schuyler, a woman I interviewed while doing research for an article entitled “INsight for Bodyworkers: Connecting with Blind and Visually Impaired...
View ArticleEnjoy Music This Season
Music has always been a part of my life. My childhood was shaped by piano lessons as a child; folk-singing sessions led by my brother and his friends; late nights as a teenager in central Wyoming...
View ArticleRespect is the Key
Tina Garcia, s student in one of my recent workshops wrote this commentary on the six principles of Comfort Touch, with particular focus on the principle of Respectful. I had asked the students to...
View ArticleSusun Weed, of Wise Woman Radio, interviews Mary Rose
Life has been full, and it has been a few months since I have written in this blog. I have been teaching, writing, traveling, gardening, spending time with family and friends, and playing music. And,...
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Communicating with People with Dementia
Often caregivers become frustrated when trying to communicate with loved ones or those in their care who suffer from dementia. Maybe the person has lost the ability to communicate suddenly, as with a...
View ArticleYou can go gently into that good night
In 1951 the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas published his famous poem, which begins with the line: “Do not go gentle into that good night.” The poem was written for his dying father. In it he encouraged his...
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Making the Most of Memories through Music
Making the most of memories through music When I was a teenager, I remember visiting a nursing home in my small town in Wyoming in the late 1960s. A group of us went there to visit the residents. At...
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