Therapeutic Touch Healing Sessions

Therapeutic Touch healing sessions may take place in a variety of settings. Over the years, healing sessions have been conducted in hospitals and clinics, at special retreats, and in private homes. Participants in a Therapeutic Touch healing session remain fully clothed and may sit up or lie down during a healing session. A typical Therapeutic Touch session lasts for about 20 minutes and follows a series of prescribed steps.

"Centering" self is the practitioner's first step. This is a brief period of meditation and concentration during which the practitioner withdraws his or her attention from the external world. Here the practitioner develops the calm detachment and intent to heal that is required to participate in the healing process.

Next, the practitioner conducts an "assessment" of the person who has sought healing. In this phase, the practitioner places his or her hands, palms down, a few inches above the patient’s body. The practitioner then moves his or her hands above the patient’s body, in a rhythmical motion, from head to foot. The practitioner intuitively searches for the areas of constriction and imbalance in the patient’s energy field. Practitioners are said to sense these areas through subtle, but distinct, sensations in their hands.

Once an area of congestion is found, the third phase begins. This is the intervention phase during which the practitioner attempts to relieve the congestion and balance the energy field. To do so, the practitioner moves his of her hands in long sweeping motions starting above the point of congestion and moving toward the toes. This process, called unruffling is designed to smooth out the energy field and move stagnant energy away from the patient. The practitioner continues in this way until the unusual sensations associated with the congestion are no longer felt.

Next, the practitioner directs additional energy to the patient. By directing additional life energy to the patient, the practitioner is helping to fill the energy deficit that develops during an illness.

Finally, the practitioner engages in a period of evaluation and closure. Here the practitioner reassesses the patient’s energy field to determine whether constrictions were missed. The practitioner also solicits feedback from the patient. Together, these sources of information, combined with the practitioner’s own intuitions, determine the end of a session.

If you are interested in finding a qualified practitioner, you should contact the Nurse Healers-Professional Associates International.

 

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