From the Heart Through the Hands

Dawn was interviewed in early December 2011, by a reporter for the Chicago Tribune regarding massage and the elderly. You can read the resulting article here..

Dawn was invited by the The Alzheimer's Foundation of America to write an article for care ADvantage® magazine, their wonderful FREE publication for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Her article, "The Power of Touch", appears on page 25 of the Fall 2010 issue. An article by Barack Obama, entitled, "What Health Care Reform Means for the Alzheimer's Community", appears in the same issue. care ADvantage® is a unique and valuable, free resource for family, volunteer and professional caregivers. You can subscribe to receive a copy in your mailbox free of charge or read the entire issue and back issues on-line at: care ADvantage®.

eBooks and eDVD's Available from Findhorn!

Findhorn Press is now offering Dawn's video programs as downloadable eDVD's and two of her books: Making Friends with Cancer and Therapeutic Massage in Facility Care: Benefits, Effects and Implementation as downloadable eBooks. Click the link below for details:

Dawn's eDVD's and eBooks at Findhorn Press

Natural Touch Marketing now offers the newest edition of Therapeutic Massage in Facility Care as an e-book.

Excerpts from an interview with Dawn conducted in Garmisch-Partchinkerchin Bavaria in 1999 appear on page 227 of this recently released book containing the best interviews of journalist Anne Devillard.

Heilung Aus Der Mitte: Werde der, der du bist
English Translation: Healing from the Center:
Become that, which is you
Publisher: Verlag Driediger, 2009

Worlds Comprehensive Medical Treatments:
Introducing Alternative and Natural Treatments from Around the World
Publisher: Fragrance Journal LTD, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.

This comprehensive book by Yukako Iino, based on her first hand research, contains a chapter on COMPASSIONATE TOUCH for Those in Later Life Stages™, which the author describes as a healing modality for elderly people and those nearing the end of life, “bringing relaxation and softening anxiety and physical pain through gentle massage and utilizing focus in communication, not just through the physical touch or massage but also considering social and spiritual aspects as well.”

Ms. Iino relates personal insights gained while interacting with a variety of residents in a skilled nursing facility in northern California. She says she found herself worrying about her ability to speak English until realizing that she was the one “putting up the wall." That awareness enabled her to relax and focus her attention with the individuals she met in the care facility.

Ms. Iino writes about feeling particularly moved by the connection she felt with one woman as she was moisturizing and massaging her hands. This resident could not communicate well through words. However, at some point she began to squeeze the author's hands in an attempt to return the gift of touch that she was receiving.

Ms. Iino’s book also contains a chapter on Gayle McDonald’s pioneering work: Massage for People Living with Cancer.

English Translation: Ryota Sugitani

Words Worth Pondering

Kindness matters.

~ Anonymous

The flower, the sky, your beloved,
can only be found in the present moment.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

We shall never know all the good
that a simple smile can do.

~Mother Teresa

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.

~ 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

One thing I know.
The ones among you who will find happiness are
those who have sought, and found, how to serve.

~Albert Schweitzer

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

~ Pema Chodron
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

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