LECTURERS

Felicity Warner


 

FELICITY WARNER

Felicity is founder the Soul Midwives Foundation.  She is widely credited for  reviving the idea of "soul midwives" for the dying and her pioneering work idea has inspired many others to help people to die with grace and dignity

She is a popular lecturer, author of two books Gentle Dying, and A Safe Journey Home and  maintains a bust  practice as a Soul Midwife

She explains:" We aim to have a Soul Midwife in every hospital, Care Home and hospice within the next five years  in the UK. Soul midwives  use a sophisticated knowledge of the dying process, both physical, emotional and spiritual ,to bring relief from fear and suffering and to ease the passage caused by factors such as pain, distress, emotional issues"

Felicity has been involved in palliative care for many years and is a passionate campaigner for raising standards of compassionate care at the end of life

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 offers comfort when medicine has reached its limits. It can be learned and used , by any one, in any care setting to make death a peaceful and dignified experience

She is an active  member of two national groups,Transitus and  Dying Matters

She regularly  lectures at  hospices - St Margaret's Hospice, Exeter, Weldmar Hospice, Dorchester, St Giles Hospice, Sutton Coldfield, the Association of Voluntary Service Managers (annual conference 2010 ) in Birmingham  as well as many other health care providers .

She also runs large workshops at public events including the Mind Body Spirit Festival in London.

Dee Dade-

Senior Lecturer

Dee is a fully trained Soul Midwife, Massage Practitioner, Emotional Therapist (Counseling) and Reiki Master, she has trained with Cruse in Bereavement Support having also studied Relaxation techniques, Meditation and Nutrition. She also teaches Reiki, Meditation and other holistic based workshops. All these add to and support the treatments Dee provides.

Dee has been working within the field of holistic treatments since 2002 and works within the community for Cruse and the Weldmar Hospice in Dorchester, Dorset as well as running her own practice.



Michael Chamberlain                    

British Academy of Sound  Practitioner

Michael is   a sound therapy practitioner, completing  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." His input with Soul Midwives is widely valued and recognised

          

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 1987.. 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.