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| Ernesto Covarrubia & Maurillo Sanchez |
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| NMSU Social Work Students & Vista Workers |
| NMSU Health Promotion Team |
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| Early Inter-disciplinary StressOut Team |
| Senior Nursing Students |
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| Introduce Certification Training for Elders |
| NMSU College of Health & Social Services |
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| Home for our School of Social Work, Health & Nursing |
Visit my Weblog - Learning to Learn and Play with Children I have posted over 50 short articles here that you may find interesting--I hope so!!! See my
recent logs on advancing integrative health while raising some serious questions about mental health practices,
especially the labeling and drugging of children and youth. See my latest logs on meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, stress
management, honoring our soldiers and on building relationships.
Introduction
I designed this 'healthy touch' program, in collaboration with the Associated Students Organization
- New Mexico State University (NMSU), Health Promotion Team, NMSU School of Social Work and the Family Preservation Institute, as one alternative for improving health and wellbeing in our university, society and beyond. After giving
over 10,000 "stressouts" over a 10 year period, we learned that the 'stressout program' is safe
to use with all populations. We use our skillful touch program with individuals, groups, couples,
and families.
Our program is also used in business, government, education, military, health, and welfare organizations.
Do visit My Resume for more information on the extent of my national and international presentations,
publications, and research related to touch and other health practices.
Our evaluations and research demonstrate that this method that incorporates the use of touch, coordinated with the awareness of the breath, improves
the quality of lives, health and relationships of our participants. Several respondents expressed emotional
relief--that is, less anger, depression and anxiety and higher levels of tranquility, energy and vitality. Furthermore, our research has demonstrated the effective use of our StressOut
Program with patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and with diabetes.
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| One of my Favorite Activities |
Using acupressure and other skillful techniques, coordinated with the breath to balance our body, mind,
emotions and spirit, is a heartfelt or empathic experience for both the giver and receiver of this partner
massage .
While systematically applying pressure points and introducing the 'laying-on-of-hands,' we
ask that givers and receivers maintain an awareness of their breath throughout the activity. While we refer to our
"stressout program" as a chair like massage, it may be more accurate to describe the experience as a partner
meditation - relaxing, yet energetic, beyond words.
This website offers you
an opportunity to learn about our program, join our global team, and, if you wish, become a Certified Partner.
***Our Website does not accept
advertising***
As author of our 15-Minute StressOut Program, I am committed to advancing the use
of safe, skillful and healthy touch in our society and on a global scale. Do visit the New Civilization Network where the 15-Minute StressOut is introduced as a model program for our Elders and others experiencing isolation and
lonliness.
Do enjoy our pictures displayed throughout our homepage. By clicking on them, you can view our team's gallery
and Mike Connealy's beautiful photo gallery. Mike is a wonderful friend and great artist. His pictures of nature,
family, community and relationships, introduce our guests to a part of New Mexico that we call home.
I also hope you enjoy our pictures of workshop participants
and our team members who have joined with us in introducing the use of touch in our community, society and beyond.
Click on pictures to view photo galleries.
| Patricia & Rita, BSW's Give StressOuts |
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| Benavedez Center, Las Cruces, NM |
| Introduction of StressOut Program |
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| Imelda and Elizabeth |
Announcement: Great Success!!! Jan
22, 2008 - Desert Hills Alzheimer's Memory Care Center, Hemet, CA -- Jacqueline Y. Garvey,
MSW, Certified Life & Career Coach (See, Global Touch Project.)
NEW!!! I have
joined the social work staff of Wm Beaumont Army Medical Center to work with the
soldiers and their spouses returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
I have been actively involved, part-time, with
our soldiers and their families interested in participating in our US Army Community Services, Stress Management and Health Promotion classes for the past 25 years; however, I am now working full time with the Warrior Restoration and Resilience Center
(R & R Center), Wm Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, TX.
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| Ft. Bliss Soldiers |
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| Ft. Bliss Soldiers - StressOut Program Participants |
International Presence -
We are truly International as a website. For example, in February 2008, Ireland, Germany,
Australia and Canada had 174 visitors to our site. Twenty-three other countries also viewed our 15-Minute StressOut Program. I post a listing of our monthly visitors on our 'stressout forum' for those of you interested in following or joining our global touch project.
We can improve our lives, health and relationships when
we learn to skillfully interact with others using our touch while coordinating the touch with mindfulness .
Every home, work place, school and community must awaken to the fact that "Giving and Receiving" or exchanging healthy touch with one another is essential for happiness and for meeting basic human requirements
for living a human life.
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