The MOVEMENT IN TOUCH Workshop will teach elderly caregivers how to effectively integrate movements to the daily lives of their patrons that will help them reclaim some physical confidence and release daily stress and aches.
The Workshop also covers issues of communication and touch to enhance the personal well being and personal life of each participant and provides instruction on how to relieve muscle strain buildup due to sitting for prolonged periods of time. 

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All workshops can be tailored to suit specific needs and interests of a group. The following topics can be tailored into a 1 or 2 day workshop and are up to 12 hours:

Introductions + Workshop Overview: Movements for seniors, both individual and in pairs as well as highlighting the special physiological needs of this age.

Lecture on communication touching on the tools available to us in our daily life.

Session with balloons discussing the physiological affects of laughter.

Movements with accessories such as an overball and tennis ball with instructions on how to work on specific problems such as inflexibility, alternative movements, strengthening abdominal muscles through creative ways. In addition, we will also learn important lessons on communication as a group while handling a tennis ball.

Individual movements against a wall, on a chair and on a mat to release the shoulder blade region, as well as the neck and back, also using accessories such as a tennis ball and overball. We will learn how to use our bodies in a natural way to relieve pain and release stress, and discuss the suitability of these movements to individuals and situations.

Movements in pairs highlighting movements that can suit everyone and open discussion. Followed by encountering the kinesthetic sense (including variation of movements with your eyes shut and at various speeds – fast and slow).