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From the Heart Through the Hands:
The Power of Touch in Caregiving,
Findhorn Press, Inc., Scotland, 2002
2nd ed., 2006

Dawn’s book is a treasure that every caregiver and health professional should read!
Bernie Siegel, M.D. author
Love, Medicine and Miracles and other books

This beautiful book captures the soul of touch. In my work as a massage therapist with hospice and elderly patients, I return to it again and again. . . But more than this; it deepens my practice with all clients; and resonates with the very best of me, enriching all my relationships.
Robert T. Parker, massage therapist

I was looking for a book that would work as a possible text book in my teaching of 'Touch Therapy for the Terminally Ill' and this book far exceeded my expectations. This is such a fine tuned scope of care and requires very deep and insightful teaching tools...well...after the first few pages my smile was larger than life. This was a reccommended book by Amazon to me and without their suggestion I might never have come upon this gem. This is so worth the read for everyone!!!!
David E. Dowdy, Bakersfield, California

Purchase from Findhorn Press, Natural Touch Marketing or Contact Dawn to order a personalized signed copy.

Making Friends with Cancer
(Findhorn Press, Inc. Scotland, 2000)

What a great gift. This work speaks directly to my feelings and will do so to any who find themselves in the inevitable confrontation with our own mortality. . .
Helen Palmer, author: The Enneagram and other works

Dawn’s book is utterly personal and sober at the same time. It speaks to the heart and the mind. It lets the ones with cancer know there is someone out there knowing what they are gong through, and what can be done to support the natural tendency to self-healing.
Wolf Buntig, MD, founder ZIST, Penzberg, Germany

Dawn's inspiring book is a testimony to the human capacity for wisdom and compassion.
Dr. Ken Tanaka, Professor of Buddhist Studies
Musashino Joshi University, Tokyo

Contact Dawn to buy a signed copy, order through Amazon.com or purchase in e-Book format from Findhorn Press.

The German publication under the title Freundschaft Schliessen Mit Krebs
can sometimes be found on amazon.co.uk

Compassionate Touch: Hands-On Caregiving for the Elderly the Ill and the Dying
(Station Hill Press, NY, 1994)

Here are the tools for revolutionizing geriatric care and utterly transforming the experience of aging in America.
Dean Juhan, author: Job’s Body: A Handbook for Bodywork

The author’s depth of experience as a healer and meditator shines throughout. Along with books such as How Can I Help by Ram Dass and Healing Into Life and Death by Stephen Levine . . .this book leads to a greater understanding of life, death and the true meaning of healing.
Karen Buhler, M.D., Vancouver, B.C.

Contact Dawn to buy a signed copy of this out of print book or search for used copies at amazon.com.

The German publication under the title
Die Draft der heilsamen Beruhrung umsorgen can sometimes be found on amazon.co.uk

Therapeutic Massage in Facility Care: Benefits, Effects, and Implementations
order spiral-bound book from Massage Review Publications or Contact Dawn.

Also available as an e-book from Natural Touch Marketing or Findhorn Press Inc.

“An idea whose time has come!” This book contains everything needed for a successful integration of specialized massage programs into care facility environments and will surely be a much appreciated resource in the health care industry.
Tom Jones, Unit Director/ManorCare Health Services

Dawn’s DVD Programs and VHS Tapes

can be purchased through Natural Touch Marketing in Olympia, Washington or Massage Review Publications in Florida or Terra Nova Films 1 and 2.

Compassionate Touch: Benefits and Effects in Alzheimer's Care

This award-winning program illustrates beautifully the kind of relating that is most needed for mentally frail residents of care facilities!
Mary MacMaster, LVN, Care Facility Director

. . .a valuable and inspirational tool for educators, professional caregivers, family members and volunteers!"
Joan Larsen, Respite Center Director

(Note: Contact Dawn if interested in free video tapes of this Program.)

A Study Guide, for use in conjunction with the above DVD for in-service trainings, comes as a bonus download from Natural Touch Marketing or Contact Dawn to order a spiral bound hard copy.

Compassionate Touch: Benefits and Effects in Long Term Care

This program has been extremely useful to me in consulting with health care institutions. I highly recommend it for massage school curriculums and for individuals interested in working with the elderly and the ill.
Marian Williams, RN, CMT

Sensitive, practical and inspirational! I look forward sharing this program with our staff!
Kelly Randick, Activitiy Coordinator

(Note: Dawn's popular 10-minute program, The Power of Touch in Facility Care is included as a BONUS on the above DVD when ordered from Natural Touch Marketing. It can be ordered separately from Massage Review Publications)

Articles

Read Dawn's latest article in the Winter 2008 issue
of Massage Therapy Journal
the gentle art:Working with the frail elderly offers both
challenges and rewards

Dawn has published articles in Massage and Bodywork Quarterly, Massage Magazine, and Massage Therapy Journal. (click on a magazine title to visit the magazine's website.) Contact Dawn for a complete list of her articles or to order copies.

Dawn and Emil Zuberbueler co-authored the Massage Section of: Complementary Therapies in End-of-Life Care (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization). This 96-page handbook, which comes in three-ring binder form with easy to use tabs for the seven complementary therapies described, is part of NHPCO's Professional Development and Resource Series.

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