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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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		<title>Summertime Fun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite summertime activities is paddling a canoe. I love the spaciousness of connection with nature, the peacefulness of floating on water, the special delight of sharing the habitat of water birds, and the camaraderie enjoyed with other boaters. I love the feeling of the paddle as it touches into the water and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/07/27/summertime-fun/</link>
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		<title>Establishing Rapport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a typical massage practice the client comes into the therapist’s office, who gets to know the person by asking questions of them in an intake interview. When working with the elderly and/or the chronically ill, there can be limitations to the client’s ability to communicate, so the practitioner of Comfort Touch is often challenged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/06/21/establishing-rapport/</link>
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		<title>Comfort Touch in Japanese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am excited to announce the publication of my textbook “Comfort Touch” in Japanese. I received a copy last week, and though I can’t read it, I can appreciate the fine quality of its production. The translation was supervised by two medical doctors, one who is an acupuncturist, and it is published by Ido-No_Nippon-Sha. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/05/23/comfort-touch-in-japanese/</link>
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		<title>Breathing with the Pulse: Enjoy the Scents of Spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The winds of spring herald the changing of the seasons, from winter’s cold and introspection to summer’s warmth and expansiveness. The aroma of freshly turned soil mixes with the sweet scent of narcissus and tulips, and the delightful perfume of chocolate mint arises from the skeletons of last year’s garden plants. Enjoying this symphony of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/comfort-touch/2011/04/12/breathing-with-the-pulse-2/</link>
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