CARING TOUCH, GENTLE HEALING PROGRAM

[Image]Caring touch works with your natural ability to heal

If you or your family are going through a period of intense change due to a loss of any kind, giving and receiving this nurturing and gentle type of touch can assist you and your children to help ease the anxiety and stress during this difficult time.

Parents and children will learn simple hands-on techniques, exercises and games that you can use at home to help you all relax. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care. You will remain fully clothed but dress comfortably for moving around. Feel free to attend alone or with your children.

[Image]Benefits:
· Relaxation and stress reduction
· Harmonious family interaction
· Improved concentration skills
· Calm and restful sleep
· Enhanced self-esteem

Every third Thursday of the month.
Nov.15 / Dec. 20 / Jan. 17 / Feb. 21
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Advance registration required.

Bethany Lutheran Church
50 Court Street, Cromwell, CT 06416
Light refreshments provided; donations appreciated.

Anne Stamatakis, CHTP, LMT, is a facilitator for THE COVE Center. She is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, a Connecticut Licensed Massage Therapist and a Peaceful Touch Instructor. With 27 years experience in complimentary touch therapies, she has developed a well-balanced program blending modern and traditional methods of natural healing. Through her own experiences, she has come to understand that grief can be a profound teacher and that it can be used to deepen us in positive ways.

For more information please contact Anne.

For families experiencing significant loss or transition, THE COVE Center is a non-profit organization, providing hope and healing for grieving children.

Phone: 1-800-750-COVE | www.covect.org
You may download directions to the Caring Touch, Gentle Healing program here.




T E S T I M O N I A L S

"We met first as friends and then Anne became my teacher / masseuse. Being a teacher myself, I fully appreciate her dedication, competency and reliability. Anne's extensive training in so many fields has made her approach very holistic. Her techniques on my lower back, shoulder and neck has made them bearable. That in itself should award her high kudos.

The room decor, as well as the background music, are most conducive to relaxing and/or zoning out. She has so many warm oils and seems to know from your aura which would be best that day. I only know that some relax you and others energize you. All in all the entire session is so pleasant that it's difficult when the end is near!

Be assured that those who know and love Anne will miss her on many levels, as she honors her promise to her family to relocate. Anne's desire to learn and grow is ceaseless. She has also taught me exercises and better nutrition."

- Joan McGinnis, Retired Teacher, CA