Irene Smith

Irene Smith, certified in massage since 1974, was a member of NAMT, CAMTC, and the Hospice Volunteer Association. She was an NCBTMB provider, a member of the advisory council for the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation, and an internationally respected author and educator. For her work introducing massage into hospice care on the West Coast in 1982, Smith received the World Massage Festival Lifetime Achievement award. She founded Everflowing, an educational outreach project dedicated to teaching touch awareness and massage as invaluable skills in caring for those in later life stages. Irene passed away April 4, 2021.