EDS Roundtable & Retreat Volunteer Information

March 23 & 24, 2024
Brewer, ME

Thank You for your interest in volunteering for this workshop. Your participation is highly respected and valued.

The manual techniques taught to the students are adapted from several modalities and modified to offer a very gentle approach to treating people with lax connective tissue. Information on EDS, comorbidities, safe touch, contraindications and cautions will be presented in this workshop. Keep reading below.

Health Screening
For your safety, a health screening questionnaire and follow-up conversation with the instructor will be required to grant permission to attend the workshop. You must be at least 18 years old and medically stable to participate.

Your Role

You will be acting as a volunteer client for the education of the student-therapists so that they may learn gentle manual techniques specific to treating people with EDS/HSD. Your participation is highly valued and honored.

Roundtable

All volunteers are invited to attend the Roundtable Discussion on Saturday afternoon at 1pm. Here you will have an opportunity to share what you feel is important for the students to know about you, your health, EDS/HSD and what it's like for you to live with EDS/HSD. This part of the program is highly anticipated and respected by the students.

Groups
Depending on the student-to-volunteer ratio, volunteer groups may be established for scheduling purposes and time slots provided.

Assignment to your group is made after registration and follow-up conversation with the instructor. Your preferred day is taken into consideration. You may volunteer for both days.

Participation Details

Volunteers will receive practice treatments from student teams while lying on a massage table. Each student team rotation is approximately 30 minutes. You will be on a massage table for approximately one hour. Your needs will be met for comfort, support, alignment, and safety. Please keep in mind that this is a learning environment and discussion, guidance and instruction may be ongoing during your treatment.

Group Time Slots (times are approximate)

  • Saturday afternoon (3:30-4:30pm)

  • Saturday afternoon (4:45pm-5:45pm)

  • Sunday Afternoon (12pm-1pm)

  • Sunday Afternoon (1:15pm-2:15pm)

    Everyone is invited to participate in Roundtable Discussion on Saturday afternoon (1:00pm- 3:00pm)

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The registration process has the look and feel of booking an appointment. There is no fee for the volunteers. Please register for the day you prefer to attend (Saturday and/or Sunday). Eloise will reach out to you directly to coordinate which group you will be assigned.

All questions should be directed to Eloise Stager, LMT, CST-D, OFI-DI at ctcranio@gmail.com or 860-488-0948 (call/text).

Important Information