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		<title>Massage is Emerging as a Best Practice in Culture Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not just us saying it!  As care communities across the nation adopt person-centered policies and practices they are finding that massage therapy supports this mission.  The Institute for Caregiver Education identifies massage therapy as a best practice in culture change indicating the following benefits: Fostering well-being without medication Building strong bonds between caregiver and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Lost One of our Own</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m saddened by the news of Dianne Polseno&#8217;s death. Not because she was a close personal friend. I&#8217;ve never spent time with her. I&#8217;ve know OF her through colleagues and by reputation. Dianne made a remarkable contribution to the massage therapy profession. In case you don&#8217;t know who she is, Dianne was campus president of Cortiva Institute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2012/05/16/weve-lost-one-of-our-own/</link>
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		<title>Paying Tribute to Naomi Feil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I had a rare treat. I was able to wish one of my mentors a happy 80th birthday&#8211; long distance through Skype.  Naomi Feil is the founder of Validation, a &#8221; method of communicating  with and helping disoriented very old people. It is a practical way of working that helps reduce stress, enhance dignity and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2012/05/04/paying-tribute-to-naomi-feil/</link>
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		<title>To Scrub or not to Scrub?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently taught a Compassionate Touch workshop in Texas and got into an interesting discussion with a therapist, Karen, about wearing scrubs while we work.  I&#8217;ve always told my students not to wear scrubs when working in an eldercare facility because they would be mistaken for a nurse assistant or other caregiver. I&#8217;ve advocated wearing business casual attire.  My reason [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2012/03/29/to-scrub-or-not-to-scrub/</link>
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		<title>Will We Become Former People?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a little quip that I’ve heard in senior communities that goes something like this; “I’m looking for Mrs. B., can you tell me what she looks like?  “Yes, she’s the one with gray hair and glasses!”  Not that original, really, but you get the picture.  I’ve often been struck with profound awareness when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2012/02/10/will-we-become-former-people/</link>
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		<title>An Uncanny Moment of Awareness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband related this story as told to him by our friend, Jeannie&#8217;s husband.   It points to the capacity for moments of clarity in a person who is thought to be unaware of what is happening around her. Jeannie&#8217;s parents are both in their 90&#8242;s. Her  mother is in a skilled nursing facility and has advanced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2011/12/21/an-uncanny-moment-of-awareness/</link>
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		<title>Standing Room Only!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the honor of presenting two sessions at the AMTA National Convention in Portland. Both were well-attended. In fact every seat was taken and it was standing room only!  I was delighted to see how many of my colleagues are interested in how massage impacts the lives of people with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2011/10/27/standing-room-only/</link>
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		<title>Physician Talks About Need for Human Touch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched a short presentation by Dr. Abraham Verghese where he describes the difference human touch makes in the doctor-patient relationship.  He discusses today&#8217;s health care delivery system where so many things are computorized that it has even further removed doctors from their patients. I&#8217;ve noticed gadgets are used more and more for certain things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2011/09/30/physician-talks-about-need-for-human-touch/</link>
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		<title>Climbing Out of the Dip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, Well it has been an interesting summer to say the least. I became invisible. Not literally of course but invisible in the sense of pulling back and falling into what author Seth Godin calls &#8220;the dip&#8221;, a tempory set-back or low point in one&#8217;s energy and feelings about business or other endeavors.  A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2011/09/21/climbing-out-of-the-dip/</link>
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		<title>5 Great Things About Getting Older</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, I read an article written by Anne Kreamer with the same title. Each of the 5 things are reported by either an expert in the field of aging or an elder.  1. You&#8217;ll be happier because you are no longer striving to achieve goals and can relax with less stress. 2. Wise decisions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://massagemag.com/massage-blog/stillness-motion/2011/05/18/5-great-things-about-getting-older/</link>
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