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Therapeutic Touch™ Training for Volunteers:

Therapeutic Touch™ is a form of healing that uses a practice called "laying on of hands" to correct or balance
energy fields. Therapeutic touch is based on the theory that the body, mind, and emotions form a complex energy field.

Training sessions are available in 3 levels. All sesions to take place at The Hospice.

• Level 1 - Friday March 26, 2010 6pm - 9pm and Saturday March 27, 2010 9am - 4pm $100.00

• Level 2 - Friday April 23, 2010 6pm - 9pm and Saturday April 24, 2010 9am - 4pm $100.00

• Level 3 - Friday May 21, 2010 6pm - 9pm and Saturday May 22, 2010 9am - 4pm $100.00

If you are interested in volunteering in this very fulfilling way,
please contact Sharron Parrott via email at: siparrott@cogeco.ca

Radiant Touch® in Hospice Care Volunteer Training

This Spring, The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County together with TRT® Authorized Instructors
are offering new training sessions for Hospice Volunteers who have completed Patient Care Training.

Would you like to expand your service in Hospice Care?
Come learn a gentle touch technique that is both comforting and soothing to the giver and receiver.

What You Will Learn:

• How to effortlessly release stress & tension in yourself & others
• How to meditate
• How to help others experience a higher quality of life
• How to support someone experience a more peaceful transition.

The Training

This 3-month training involves 50 hours of class time with additional home time for practice, reading and case studies.
Hospice will pay 30% of your training fee for a commitment of at least one year of service.
Volunteer Tuition: $335 payable in installments.

For more information about this technique and training please contact Christine Gross
at 519-974-7100 ext. 2235 or email: cgross@thehospice.ca

6038 Empress Street Windsor, Ontario N8T 1B5
Phone: 519-974-7100 • Fax: 519-974-7111 • Email: information@thehospice.ca

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