September 24-26, 2010

HANDS ON. 18 hours. CEUs may be available for massage therapists including 4 hours ethics.

Course description:

September 24-26, 2010
This fulfills the required course in Ayurvedic Postpartum Home Spa Care as part of the Ayurvedic Postpartum Care or AyurDoula certificate training program, beginning August 21, 2010. This may provide 18 CEU's for massage therapists.

Class size is limited to 14 participants

Course will meet

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Call 505-872-2030 to Register by 9/15; $350.

* Friday 6-9pm for theory, the unique ethics and safety scope of practice overview
* Saturday 9am-6pm for hands on instruction and guided student practice exchange
* Sunday 9am-6pm, for hands on supervised practice exchange, about practice in a client's home, integrating with Ayurvedic doula care, ethics summary and test

At the end of this course the student will know:

1. Enough material to practice and give a balanced 1-1.5 hour Ayurvedic Massage for mothers 1 day or more after normal childbirth or 7-10 days after C-birth and other fragile populations.
2. How to work safely using correct breathing and physical alignment and give a gentle, deeply therapeutic massage to achieve the most effective results, avoiding injury or discomfort for both practitioner and client.
3. Differences from Swedish massage you may have learned in massage school for the special conditions common to all birthing mothers.
4. Physical issues and contraindications for clients in the unique 6-8 week postpartum "Kayakalpa" window after birth.
5. How to combine essential oils applications for itches, stitches, pain, inflammation, aches and emotional support during the treatment and issues for appropriate use.
6. Valuable postpartum Home Spa Care protocols and self massage instruction; suggestions for mother and practitioner to best fit them into her rhythms of new motherhood.

This program trains the student in home spa care protocols from the ancient system of medicine called Ayurveda, designed for the unique conditions of the postpartum physiology. It provides basic Ayurvedic concepts involved in the safety and special needs indicating which therapies may be complementary or contraindicated from a massage therapist's repertoire. It will prepare you to support a mother's best care after childbirth in concert with an Ayurvedic postpartum doula's home care, or to support a later postpartum mother presenting with physical or emotional residue from poor postpartum recovery.

These practices will also provide valuable practice keys for massage with other very fragile populations such as elders, pregnancy, PTSD, sexual abuse survivors, and post cancer therapy clients with minor modifications. Please contact Ysha at 505-508-4219 if you have questions or concerns about participating.

You will need to bring:

* two pillows and a blanket
* 2 sheets, 2 normal sized bath towels, 2 hand towels and face cradle cover each day
* 3 cups massage oil, preferably some sesame and some sunflower, in 2 labeled shampoo sized squirt bottles.
* Wear loose, comfortable clothes, optional apron to protect them from oil
* We have a microwave and refrigerator if you bring food
* There are plenty of restaurants nearby

If you are traveling by air, you are not required to bring all the supplies.

Faculty

Ysha Oakes is a Postpartum Ayurvedic Doula practicing since 1991, and has been speaking and writing on the subject for over 20 years. She is founding and primary faculty for the 165 hour NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) approved AyurDoula certificate training program at the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda in Boulder, Colorado since 1995.

Ahara co-teaches the Ayurvedic Postpartum Home Spa Care with Ysha as a licensed massage therapist, certified AyurDoula, Postpartum Sevadar from the Sikh tradition and Aquatic Body Work CEU provider in New Mexico.

For more information: www.sacredwindow.com, Ysha at 505-508-4219 and Crystal Mountain School of Therapeutic Massage at 505-872-2030 to Register.

Target Populations

Target populations for this body work generally include the very fragile - elders PTSD and other fragile emotional, pregnancy, women of sexual abuse, post chemo/radiation all with appropriate tweaking.

Theory and hands on study formats

Sacred Window Ayurveda is offering the core training for a suitable scope of practice as an Ayurdoula or Ayurvedic Postpartum Care wellness consultant in a 215 hour certification training program. The training includes foundational Ayurvedic principles, Introduction to Women's Health and Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Cooking and Nutrition, and instruction in the theory and skills of ayurvedic postpartum home care, mother and infant massage, preparation of special foods, first foods, therapeutic oils and herbal preparations, working with families, guided intern's extensive practice, protocols, and business promotion.

Please enquire also for home study, correspondence and combination with in residence internship options for Albuquerque, Boulder, Asheville and Gainesville Florida. Note that correspondence study does not give the same certification, experience or transferrable credits, and is offered for those unable to attend classes. For this reason we are now structuring interactive webinar classes. The hands on programs have a limited number of participants; please reserve early.

Please note that Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda
Boulder, Colorado RMIYA is undergoing some deep restructuring and blessings and decided not to offer the training in 2010.