Shay Beider

Shay is an award-wining therapist and lecturer as well as the founder and Executive Director of Integrative Touch for Kids (ITK), a non-profit organization whose purpose is to enhance well-being, minimize suffering and facilitate healing for children with chronic, acute and life limiting illness. Ms. Beider is also behind the well-respected Gentle Massage for Children, LLC, which teaches massage therapists and other healthcare professionals to massage children of all ages and abilities.  Ms. Beider previously founded and co-created the Integrative Touch Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where she worked to create an institutional pediatric massage program that could serve as a model for hospitals around the country. Shay is a staunch advocate for “green” living and has been practicing a holistic approach in her public and private life for over 15 years. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from UCLA.

July 31, 2008
Green Gifts For New (Green) Parents

 

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