Healing Touch

Healing Touch

Healing touch is grounded in the same principles as Asian traditions, such as qigong, and reiki, which are based on the concept of life energies. All these traditions see the necessity of maintaining a balanced flow of these energies for good physical, mental and emotional health.

The theory behind healing touch is that by opening, balancing, and clearing the energy system, one may facilitate healing of the body, mind, and spirit. All energy therapies focus on removing what’s referred to as “energy congestion” that forms in an individual’s energy fields and/or energy centers. Once these disturbances are cleared, the energy channels are free to complete their task of bringing body, mind, and spirit together to promote healing. It’s also thought that by restoring balance to energy field disturbances, one can prevent future illness.

Healing Touch

is a relaxing, nurturing, heart-centered energy therapy that uses gentle, intentional touch that assists in balancing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Classified by the National Institutes of Health as a biofield therapy and nursing intervention, Healing Touch may be used to address the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA-1) diagnosis of “Imbalanced Energy Field.”

Healing Touch is a collection of standardized, noninvasive techniques that clear, energize, and balance the human and environmental energy fields. Healing Touch assists in creating a coherent and balanced energy field, supporting one’s inherent ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with, is complementary to, and may be integrated with standard medical care.

Participants learn about the research basis that suggests Healing Touch is beneficial in calming anxiety and reducing symptoms of depression, decreasing pain, strengthening the immune system, enhancing recovery from surgery, complementing care for neck and spine problems, deepening spiritual connection, supporting cancer care, creating a sense of well-being, easing acute and chronic conditions, and supporting resiliency in health care providers.

The specifics of how it works are still somewhat of a mystery. It’s hard to definitely describe the exact mechanisms the healing experienced. However, the cumulative results of many studies on energy medicine and consciousness indicate strong agreement that something is happening. And of course, that recipients of healing touch do respond positively to these kinds of energy therapies.