LECTURERS

Felicity Warner


 

 FELICITY WARNER

Soul Midwife, Lecturer, author of Gentle Dying  and founder of The Soul Midwives Foundation

She is  widely credited for  developing the concept of modern   soul midwives-  who in their simplest form  are loving companions to the dying and  her visionary  ideas  and techniques are now being used  in many hospices and care homes both in the UK and abroad.  

Felicity  has been involved in palliative care for many years and launched  the Hospice of the Heart  a web based hospice  in 2004 which has since become a charity.She is a passionate  campaigner for the  re-visioning, de-medicalising and the importance of compassionate care  at the end of life and her joyous approach   in communicating  her knowledge   make her  workshops  hugely popular

From volunteering in local hospices and  working one- to -one with many dying people in the last days of life, she developed the Gentle Dying method which comes into its own  when medicine has reached its limits. It can be learnt and used , by any one, in any care setting  with the aim of making  death  a  peaceful and dignified experience

 Her book Gentle Dying  was published in 2008 and, The Soul Midwives Handbook is due to appear in shortly

She is  a qualified Reiki master, an experienced herbalist and  healer  who enjoys life and is trying to learn how to play the tin whistle

"By helping to make  death a better experience for just one other person, we are helping  to nurture the core of our communities , restoring love  and kindness  and and helping to disolve  the dark cloud of fear that  feeds  the taboo  surrounding death "

 Elizabeth Baines 

Specialist Palliative Care Nurse                             

Elizabeth Baines. MA (Complementary Health Studies - University of Exeter), RGN, NDN, LFHom(Nurse), Dip Palliative Care, Dip Aromatherapy & Massage, Reiki Master/Teacher, FAETC. Member Complementary Therapists Association.I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1985 and District Nurse in 1987.

 

Elizabeth has worked for many years as a speciaist nurse in cancer care.  She now leads the complementary health service for a specialist palliative care charity in Dorset and also advises on the setting up and integration of complementary therapy services for the statutory and non-statutory sector. She has   been involved with national and Government initiatives on the safe integration of complementary therapies in palliative care and I also teach and lecture on a regular basis, nationally and internationally.

She has always  been passionate about complementary therapies and seeing the benefits of complementary therapies to patients and decided to train in Massage and Aromatherapy (1997).  She has have  gained an  MA in Complementary Health Studies from the University of Exeter (2002) and Reiki Master/Teacher (2005).  She also holds a recognised adult education teaching certificate (1994) and is a Licensed Associate of the Faculty of Homeopathy.



Michael Chamberlain                    

British Acadamy of Sound   practitioner

Michael is   a sound therapy practitioner, undertaking a two year Diploma course with the prestigious British Academy of Sound Therapy (2004).

He has  continued to expand  his skills & has recently trained with Jonathan Goldman, a great pioneer of Sound Healing in Colorado, USA (2005). "My learning experience has given me the tools, skills & trust in my own intuition to help others to awaken to their own inner beauty & divine spark, opening doorways to greater self-discovery & expression."

 

          


 Chetna Helen Lawless

Shamanic teacher and practitioner

Co-founder  of the Lyme Mystery School, which later became known as the Laughing Rainbow Mystery School. She's been working with and teaching mystic and shamanic practices since 1987while in India in 1986, she took sannyas from Osho. She later encountered ‘core’ shamanism and worked with Simon Buxton  before training to teach core shamanism with  Sandra Ingerman. Other accomplisments include, trance dancing with Leo Rutherford, building spirit houses with Martin Prectel, practicing deposession and curse unraveling with Betsy Bergstrom, and merging with plant spirits with Ann Drucker. She is also a trained  family constellation therapist with Moumina Jeffs, holds  a CPCAB certification in Person-Centered Counselling  besides being  a UK certified massage therapist and Reiki Master.