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How to Use Therapeutic Touch |
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Another relatively new hands-on healing technique is therapeutic touch. It shares many of the same concepts of energy as other hands-on healing modalities, including the idea that healing comes from a universal life energy that flows through all living organisms and creates an energy field around their bodies. It is unique in its simple use of laying on of hands. |
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Dora Kunz, who developed therapeutic touch and brought it to the United States, believed the approach is based on the ancient practice of laying on of hands. She trained Delores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., who then researched and documented scientific evidence that the technique is an effective form of healing. Krieger then trained thousands of nurses and other health care professionals, which has since brought the technique the respect of the traditional medical world. |
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The technique begins by having the practitioner center herself through a technique such as meditation. She (or he) then scans the body with her hands together, side-by-side, with her palms down and facing the body. Starting about five inches above the head, the practitioner moves her hands down the length of the body, feeling the energy from top to bottom, as well as both sides of the body. A practitioner senses various energy sensations such as tingling, heat, cold, heaviness, or a drawing feeling. She then assesses what type of imbalance she feels: loose congestion, tight congestion, localized imbalance, or an energy deficit. The practitioner then uses her hands to move the body's energy so that it becomes balanced. In this way, congestion is unblocked, so that areas with excess energy or an energy deficit receive the ideal amount of energy they need. Often, more than one session is needed for a complete diagnosis and treatment. |
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Therapeutic touch creates profound relaxation, helps alleviate or eradicate pain, and accelerates healing. It's known for treating common ailments, such as colds, head- |
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