Therapeutic Touch
Energy Work for Pain Relief and Healing
Therapeutic touch is a form of energy work that has been practiced since early seventies. Practitioners of this form of energy work believe that the body's energy extends outward in what is known as an aura and by touching the body lightly or moving their hands just above the body they can correct imbalances in the energy.
This form of energy work was invented by Dolores Krieger, a registered nurse, and Dora Kunz, a healer and clairvoyant. Kunz believed that she could see auras and that when she moved her hands just out the aura, she could manipulate it. Kunz and Krieger started trying to to heal sick animals that were brought to them with some success, so they started trying the same techniques on people. Once they developed this healing technique, they devised a method to teach it to others. They believed that anyone could be trained to sense the body's energy fields and manipulate them.
Therapeutic touch is based on the idea that when you are sick or in pain it is because the body's energy field is imbalanced. The body can heal itself when unbalanced energy fields are balanced.
This is a gentle, non-invasive practice that, ironically, doesn't require the practitioner to touch you at all. It's used in hospitals as an alternative therapy to ease patients pain. It is also said to relax you and boost your immune system.
