During this weekend, we learn safe and effective bodywork techniques utilizing Swedish, myofascial release, acupressure, and energy work to enhance a client’s enjoyment of her pregnancy. Visualizations and circle-sharing techniques demonstrate natural ways of exchanging wisdom and creating safety while cultivating empathy for the pregnancy state. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the weekend skills during a supervised 1.5-hr practicum with pregnant women.
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Instructor Leslie Stager RN, LMT, is a certified pregnancy massage therapist, and formerly a labor and delivery nurse, doula and childbirth educator. Since 1991, her private massage practice has been focused on bodywork for pregnant, laboring, and postpartum women. She has taught massage in Oregon area schools since then, and recently authored a comprehensive textbook, Nurturing Massage for Pregnancy: A Practical Guide to Bodywork for the Perinatal Cycle, to be published by Lippincott. Leslie is the instructor on the 2006 DVD, Mastering Pregnancy Massage, and will soon be releasing a DVD entitled Mother Touch: Nurturing Touch for Birth.
To register or for more information, contact Downeast School of Massage, 207-832-5531.