What is Healing Touch?

Healing Touch is a non-invasive, energy-based therapy which uses gentle touch to influence and support the energy system within and surrounding the physical body. The goal is to clear, harmonize, energize and balance these energy systems, thus affecting physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.

What Are the Benefits of Healing Touch?

Healing Touch helps to promote deep relaxation and self-healing. It is helpful in reducing stress and anxiety, and can enhance a client's overall sense of well-being. Healing Touch facilitates the natural healing process, including speeding tissue and bone healing, and strengthening the immune system.

What Conventional Treatments Can Healing Touch Facilitate?

Healing Touch complements conventional treatment for many conditions, including reducing pain associated with chronic conditions such as arthritis, headaches, back pain, neck pain, premenstrual syndrome and fibromyalgia. Healing Touch also help cancer patients with the side effects associated with chemotherapy, such as nausea and difficulty sleeping. Healing Touch promotes the healing of tissue and bone following surgery or bone fractures, or it can be used prior to surgery to reduce anxiety. Healing Touch is useful for many reasons during pregnancy, labor and delivery, including helping to reduce morning sickness, promote relaxation and ease pain.

What Does a Healing Touch Session Involve?

The practitioner will talk with you for a few minutes, then ask you to lie down, fully-clothed, on a massage table. The practitioner will move his or her hands in a gentle motion around the body. Light touch may also be used. You are welcome to ask questions during the session.