Invitation: Seminar
You are cordially invited to attend a seminar to celebrate
the publication of Suzanne Yates’ new book Pregnancy and Childbirth: an holistic
approach to massage and bodywork
Massage and maternity care - a new relationship?
Should bodywork (massage, shiatsu, reflexology and yoga) be available to pregnant women as part of their maternity care on the NHS?
Booking now closed for this event
Thursday March 4th 2010, 1.30pm-5.30pm
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
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This seminar will discuss the issues around enabling the provision of bodywork for pregnant women on the NHS. There will be a collection of expert speakers from the maternity field, including Suzanne, presenting on different aspects of this topic. This will be followed by an open forum for discussion.
This exciting event will also give you the opportunity to pick up a signed copy of Suzanne’s new book at a discounted price and network with a diverse range of people from the maternity field.
Seminar Cost: £25 including refreshments
Signed book: £23 (R.R.P £29.99)
Pre-booking is essential as there are limited places. Book now.
There are a limited number of free spaces available for midwifery managers and practice development midwives. If you would like us to invite your local manager please contact us for further information – 0117 963 2306 email: suzanne@wellmother.org.
Seminar programme
Topics for Discussion
- What are the benefits of massage, shiatsu and yoga during pregnancy and birth?
- Who currently most benefits from them?
- How are they currently being used on the NHS or through Sure Start?
- What possibilities may they be for their future integration into Maternity care?
Times
1.30-1.45pm Arrival & Greeting
1.45-3.15pm Speaker Presentations
3.15-3.45pm Refreshments and Networking
3.45-4.30pm Panel Discussion and Questions
4.30-5.30pm Book Signing and Networking
Speakers and topics
The Trainer: What is the future of massage and bodywork as part of standard maternity care? What issues does it raise for the training of bodyworkers and how they work alongside primary care providers.
Suzanne Yates: Director of Well Mother, Author of Pregnancy and Childbirth: an holistic approach to massage and bodywork, Beautiful Birth, and Shiatsu for Midwives.
The Childbirth Educator: How massage and antenatal education can reach women who would not normally benefit from it.
Catherine Tugnait will describe her work with women in the NHS and Sure Start Out-Reach Centres.
Catherine Tugnait: Well Mother trained Massage and Pregnancy therapist, NCT teacher, reflexologist, chair of her local MSLC (Maternity Services Liaison Committee, NHS) and case study contributor to “Pregnancy and Childbirth”.
The Midwife: How massage and shiatsu can be offered in an antenatal care setting by midwives trained in massage and its benefits.
Karen Eichhorn will describe her work in the private hospital of St John’s and St Elizabeth’s, London
Karen Eichhorn: Well mother trained in Shiatsu Skills for Midwives, Karen works as a midwife and massage therapist at St John’s and St Elizabeth’s.
The Yoga Yeacher: What is the role of yoga in antenatal education and how it is currently used within NHS and private settings.
Francoise Freedman will describe the work of BirthLight.
Francoise Freedman, yoga teacher/trainer and childbirth educator, author and founder of Birthlight, author.
The Obstetrician: What are some of the issues around complementary therapists working alongside primary care providers.
Mr Jonathan Brooks - formerly, Consultant Obstetrician in the NHS; the last 10 years in full time independent practice at the Portland Hospital, London.
The Book
This new book provides an important landmark in the raising of standards for maternity bodyworkers and is written to provide a tool which can enable them to work more effectively and take their role as part of the maternity care provider team. You will be able to pick up a signed copy of the book at the seminar at the reduced price of £23 (R.R.P £29.99).
From the foreword:
Readers will benefit from an impressive compilation of Suzanne’s twenty years of study and experience, plus additional contributions from maternity care specialists around the world. Suzanne brilliantly combines Eastern and Western theories and techniques in one book that offers maternity care specialists an unsurpassed spectrum of treatment options to meet each woman’s unique needs throughout her pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum time…Thank you Suzanne for elevating maternity massage and bodywork to a higher level. It brings us great joy to think of all the maternity care providers, the women and babies around the world who will benefit from the caring, skilled touch so beautifully shared in this exquisite book!
Michele Kolakowski & Penny Bussell Stansfield, US maternity massage therapists
Background
Massage could be considered in some ways the first form of antenatal care. Traditional midwives would massage women during their pregnancies, births and in the postnatal period. Now, modern care has become very technological, bringing some benefits and adaptations to the modern world, but midwives often lack time for the touch based, one to one time which is extremely valuable for pregnant women and their families. Massage and bodywork can help fill in this gap: but it is vital that bodyworkers have adequate training and are competent to work alongside the women’s primary caregiver (midwife, obstetrician). The book and the seminar aim to address some of these issues.
The Author
Suzanne Yates is a respected maternity bodywork specialist and is highly regarded amongst both orthodox and complementary practitioners. She is trained in antenatal and postpartum exercise, shiatsu and therapeutic massage, and works with private clients and health professionals, teaching in the UK and internationally. She has written extensively on massage techniques for birth.