mothers massage

[Guest guest]

Martha,

There are a couple of certified ppd here that are interested in the learning

the massage. I remember you saying something about getting the whole

training. They can't afford the whole training is there any thing that they

could do? Do you think that they could go to a massage school and learn

lymphatic drainage? They wanted me to teach it to them but I recall your

concerns with Beeara when I taught it to her so I told them that I would

seek out your thoughts.

Thanks, and thanks for the edits on the paper it was very helpful!

Sonya

 

Sonya Bastow

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sonya;

I haven't answered your q online for the others yet, tho we

communicated...and I haven't heard back from you what is your feeling

and thoughts? I know how much we want to say yes, and to get even

some better care to the moms as soon as possible. If it was in some

way under your formal work umbrella, with agreement that the client

also knew to contact you according to something much more solidly

supportive than mentioning your name as a resource, I might feel

comfortable, as they are in the same area as you unlike Beeara's

situation where there are no AyurDoulas in the area to work alongside.

 

For the training, I would want to see them take a minimum of the

following in this case: 15 hours or more intro to Ayurveda, The

Foundational Theory class on Ayurvedic Mother & Infant Care and

Cooking, and then they learn the mother's home spa care protocols.

THis would work as long as there is room in the class over

certification student enrollments, which looks like quite possible for

this Boulder series.

 

Please let me know their feedback? I expect it would make for a

really excellent team, as long as they understand the value of your

expertise and a fuller Ayurvedic background. For years the heart and

soul of the Maharishi Ayurved Mother & Baby Program has been a woman

named Joanne Poole here, who basically mothers the mother and family,

maybe cooks a little, mostly does the massage and general supportive

activity. Her knowledge of Ayurveda is basic, and when she saw the

older version of my book she was so excited at the useful info in

there not taught her, including the cooking.

 

Do you feel you need assistance in your work and could maybe expand

your business where you do daily communications with both the doulas

and the family, and your assistants do the massage and cooking? If I

were of a business mind, I might have gone there. THis is what you

will do actually, as part of being an intern supervisor once you are

officially a trainer.

 

By the way, at RMIYA there is usually the option of time payments in

the form of postdated checks for study payments as well as work study.

In Milwaukee at Kanyakumari, students will have the option of taking

a Salllie Mae student loan. Classes there will be monthly weekends.

 

Lymphatic drainage classes would be a waste of their money if they

want to really begin giving the powerfully effective Ayurvedic care.

Massage school, among other things, trains them to use as little oil

as possible. So many other factors also there. It would of course be

better than nothing, but let's see what we can do to get them enrolled

with RMIYA for part of the May intensive.

 

> There are a couple of certified ppd here that are interested in

learning> the massage. I remember you saying something about getting

the whole> training. They can't afford the whole training is there

any thing that they> could do? Do you think that they could go to a

massage school and learn> lymphatic drainage? They wanted me to teach

it to them but I recall your> concerns

 

So it is not just my concerns, it is my experience, as you I am read

with Beeara's experiences. I will have a DVD avaialbe soon, by the

way, to also support students learning the mothers' care.

 

Namaste;

Ysha (Martha)

[Guest guest]

Sonya, can you share your paper when it is published? We can give

credits also to the publishing group.

Ysha

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