Healing Pathways: Integrative Training for the Health Care Professional

We hope you will join us in the Healing Pathways class. We will bring you back to a deeper sense of peace, balance, and comfort that will benefit you and your ability to help your patients.

After eight weeks of class and personal work we will help you open new pathways at the bedside of your patients. We will help you integrate gentle and effective methods to reduce stress, reduce pain, and ultimately demonstrate to your patients that they are the major participant in their own healing journey.

Classes are currently offered in the Spring and the Fall for 8 weeks on Thursdays from 10am - 1pm.  Please contact Bonnie for exact dates and more details:  btarantino@compmed.umm.edu or 410-274-7079. 

Class Description

We know how hard practicing medicine has become - how the hand holding, the personal touch, the one-on-one connecting that first inspired us to work in the health care profession has gradually been pushed into the broom closet along with charts and mops. Some of you may be at a crossroads wondering how will you continue to stay in this field and still maintain your original passion for medicine and healing.

That is why we hope you will join us in the Healing Pathways class. We will bring you back to a deeper sense of peace, balance and comfort that will benefit you and your ability to help your patients.

After eight weeks of class and personal work, we will help you open new pathways at the bedside of your patients. We will help you integrate gentle and effective methods to reduce stress, reduce pain and ultimately demonstrate to your patients that they are the major participant in their own healing journey.

Our weekly time together will include training in gentle integrative techniques for quieting the mind followed by prana yoga sessions to strengthen and infuse the body with vibrant energy. Mentored bedside patient consultations will be held right within your department to ensure you feel comfortable using these techniques with your patients. We will also work closely with your department and team in order to help you feel acknowledged in your new role.

To watch a video about Healing Pathways and learn more about how integrative medicine is reaching patients at the bedside, click HERE.

Skills Learned

• Relaxation
• Visualization
• Guided Imagery
• Yoga
• Yogic Breathing
• Meditation
• Healing Sounds
• Toning
• Journaling
• Body Scanning
• Attunement for Reiki I & II

The Team

Bonnie Tarantino, MFA - Healing Pathways Program Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Univeristy of Maryland Medical School, Usui and Karuna© Reiki Master/Teacher, Registered Prana Yoga Instuctor, Holographic Sound Healer.

Donna Audia, RN - Healing Pathways Consultant, Integrative Therapy Nurse, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma, Usui and Karuna© Reiki Master/Teacher, Sound Healer.

Brian Berman, MD - Pathways Guest Presenter, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine.

Healing Pathways Master Mentors:

Tonya Bayne, RN, SCN 1 - Reiki Master, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Sherry Baltz, RN - R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Mary Ellen Connolly, MS, CPNP - Reiki Master, University of Maryland Medical Center

Cindy Cosgrove, RN, BN, CCRN - Reiki Master, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Christine Rupprecht, MSN, RN - Reiki Master, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Sally Sachse, RN, MS, CRNP - Reiki Master, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Chris Shippen, MS, RNC, IBCLC - Reiki Master, University Of Maryland Medical Center

Registration Information

Please download the registration form. You may mail this form with your payment by mail, email, or fax.

By Mail:
MaDonna Perry
Center for Integrative Medicine
520 W. Lombard Street, East Hall
Baltimore, MD 21201

By Email:
btarantino@compmed.umm.edu  

By Fax:
Attn: Bonnie Tarantino
410-706-6208

Payment Options: To pay by check please mail the provided registration form and check to the address above (checks should be made out to "UMB Foundation").  To pay by credit card, please download this credit card form and email or fax.

Fee Information

$1,200

Class fee includes:

• 30+ hours of instruction
• Seven 1-1/2 hour Healing Pathways classes
• Seven 1-hour yoga classes
• Two full-day Reiki workshops
• Three mentored bedside patient visits 
• Course manual with CD’s

 This program has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 31.75 Contact Hours, CERP Category B , File number 00017014.  

Further Information

Please contact Bonnie Tarantino at 410-274-7079 or btarantino@compmed.umm.edu