Nurturing the Mother® Certification November 12, 2012

November 12-14, 2012 (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm)
24 CEUs = $450 ($495 after October 12th). Taught by Claire Marie Miller. http://www.nurturingthemother.com Note: take Nurturing the Mother® and Fertility Massage together for a total of $750 ($50 savings).
* This class will be held in Owings Mills, MD
Students will learn cautions and contraindications for pregnancy and postpartum massage, and will learn to give a labor massage and labor support. Students are instructed in newborn and infant massage as well. Students will be guided to teach parents how to massage their newborn baby.
The Nurturing the Mother® Certification 24 CEU seminar includes lecture, massage demonstration, and hands-on practicals. Students will also get to practice on a pregnant volunteer, following the Nurturing the Mother manual written by Claire Marie Miller.

The lecture discusses pregnancy-related contraindications such as pre-term labor, pre-eclampsia, and DVT's. Massage and support is also discussed in correspondence to the various stages of labor. The books Mother Massage by Elaine Stillerman, Massage During Pregnancy by Better Waters, Natural Childbirth the Eastern Way by Wataru Ohashi, and Childbirth Wisdom by Judith Goldsmith are referenced. Finally, basic protocols for a newborn massage are addressed, from Baby's First Massage, Loving Your Newborn by Teresa Kirkpatrick Ramsey.

Claire Marie Miller's teaching method is both warm and frank - which has created lifelong followers of her courses and continued education. Claire Marie Miller, NCBTMB provider #6417-00, became inspired to work with women throughout their pregnancies when she received massages during her pregnancies, starting with her first child in 1981. Claire worked alongside a midwife in California from 1983-1987, supporting her clients and attending home births. To this day, Claire brings her personal story and interconnected philosophy to all of her courses.

Claire has been in healthcare since 1972, massage therapy since 1979, and is one of the original NCBTMB providers.
Please call (410) 243-4688 to register by phone or visit our website at
http://holisticmassagetraining.org/ContinuingEducation.htm