Our Level 3 class was a full-circle moment.  It started by offering Therapeutic Touch sessions at Hospice Wellington to interested staff and volunteers. There was also a community event that provided education and information, leading up to the Level 1 last spring. It all culminated in the completion of 8 members who have completed their study of the Levels. We are so proud of their commitment and willingness to continue their Therapeutic Touch journey.

 

 

Julie Lugosi, Sandy Phair, Julianne Pettigrew, Magee McGuire, Julie Reed, Bonny Burns, Linda O'Neill
Deborah Gould & Valerie Morrell

(photographer- Susan Tyndall)

 

 

 

 

'Today's Therapeutic Touch Level 3 expanded my application of Therapeutic Touch to include distance treatment, which involves sending energy through Therapeutic Touch without having to be in the same room. It was truly amazing and freeing in that you weren't caught up in the physicality of the treatment and were truly just focusing on the healing energy. I also learned about how Therapeutic Touch can be applied to emotional healing, which was one of those "Of course!" moments. There is so much emotionally charged energy that it only makes sense that it is also energy that can be shifted. In addition to that, the Hand-Heart compassion connection method was deeply touching. It was another way of shifting emotional energy with compassion, with such ease and simple intentional steps over a short amount of time. Surprisingly, I think it touched me more when I was giving it than it touched the receiver! As a parent of two children in grade school, there are so many times that I feel like I would like to help them more with their worries and ailments, but I can't. Well, now with the tools of Therapeutic Touch at my hands, I can!'     Julie Lugosi