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.
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). Michael Chamberlain
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. while 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. |