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		<title>Waves of Relaxation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend and colleague Mary Ann Foster, also a massage therapist, relayed this story to me: “During a massage, a new client started to sink into a deep state of relaxation. Her breathing slowed down, her muscles softened, then all of sudden she jumped up and said, ‘I’m sorry.  I should be paying more attention. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2012/05/29/waves-of-relaxation/</link>
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		<title>Comfort Touch with Children – Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month I talked about special considerations in offering Comfort Touch to infants and children. I want to continue on that theme a bit to talk about offering touch to children who are ill or have special needs. Illness presents a special opportunity to offer the benefits of Comfort Touch to an infant or child. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2012/04/29/comfort-touch-with-children-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Comfort Touch with Infants and Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Infants and children are a very special population who can benefit from Comfort Touch. Massage with an infant or a child is primarily the role of the parents. From the first encompassing hugs of a mother for her newborn baby, to the reassuring contact offered to a child in need, touch is a means of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2012/03/30/comfort-touch-with-infants-and-children/</link>
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		<title>It’s okay to be picky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After setting up the time for his Comfort Touch appointment, “Ron,” a new client emailed me saying: “I apologize if this sounds too picky, pickly. I don&#8217;t know if oils are used in Comfort Touch but if so, will be OK, BUT no fragrances. All fragrances, whether in personal or oils or flowers or candles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2012/02/24/it%e2%80%99s-okay-to-be-picky/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight on Comfort Touch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Touch is elemental to human life. It’s a baby’s first experience. Hugs are the first line of defense for the scraps and scrapes of childhood. Even as adults most of us thrive on pats, hugs and squeezes. But somewhere in late adulthood, people stop expecting touch. Spouses pass on, children move away and our daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2012/01/29/spotlight-on-comfort-touch/</link>
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		<title>Music Therapy with the Reverie Harp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While visiting Montgomery Hospice in Rockville, Maryland earlier this year to teach Comfort Touch, I was introduced to a beautiful instrument that is used in their music therapy program. Inspired by an Australian music therapist, then designed and built by Musicmakers in Stillwater, Minnesota, the Reverie Harp is fast becoming the instrument of choice for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/12/28/music-therapy-with-the-reverie-harp/</link>
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		<title>Marketing Comfort Touch®</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked, “How do I market myself as a Comfort Touch practitioner?” Obviously, one needs to be competent in essential skills before beginning to sell the practice of those skills. Most people having studied and practiced Comfort Touch have already had some practice in marketing themselves as massage therapists, or in working in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/11/27/marketing-comfort-touch%c2%ae/</link>
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		<title>Caring versus Complacency – Creating a Healing Environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A massage therapist contacted me recently, concerned about an attitude she sees in some other therapists in her particular work environment. She asked me, “How do you teach someone not to be complacent?” That does sound like a tall order! She was frustrated at the lack of professionalism regarding shared responsibilities in the facility. Her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/10/24/caring-versus-complacency-%e2%80%93-creating-a-healing-environment-2/</link>
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		<title>Empowering Other Caregivers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember a number of years ago this very touching experience. I had been going to offer Comfort Touch to an elderly patient who had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed on the right side of her body. She lay in her bed motionless and unable to speak. When I entered her room in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/09/26/empowering-other-caregivers/</link>
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		<title>Self Care &#8211; Nutrition Made Easy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good nutrition forms an essential aspect of self-care. As I begin to enjoy the harvest from my humble vegetable garden, I’ve decided to share some nutrition basics with you. This subject is one that creates an immense amount of confusion for many people. While diet information abounds and hundreds of books flood the market, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/08/26/self-care-nutrition-made-easy/</link>
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