LECTURERS

Felicity Warner


 

 FELICITY WARNER

Felicity is the originator of the term "Soul Midwives" for  the dying, an idea that has inspired many others since,  to help people to die with grace and dignity.

She is the founder of the Soul Midwive's Foundation , a lecturer, author of Gentle Dying   and a  working Soul Midwife  

 Soul Midwives  are  loving companions to the dying, but they 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 . The hall marks of the care they provide is  love, compassion, understanding and tenderness both to the dying person and also their loved ones

  These 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  virtual 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  by Hay House and, The Soul Midwives Handbook is due to appear in shortly

She is   an experienced healer and herbalist , inspired by  many Shamanic traditions and the traditional ways in which people have always helped the dying .She  enjoys life, is trying to learn to play the tin whistle and sings and swims a lot.

"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 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.