"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." Aristotle
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Letter from the HTP Program Director
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Dear HTP Worldwide Community,
Because of the growth of HT and the discipline of Energy Medicine these days, HTP is growing our community and communications! This community newsletter has now expanded to include articles of interest about Healing Touch as well as news and announcements. Lisa Mentgen Gordon (CEO HTP) and I will continue taking turns welcoming you each month! Our other publication, Energy Magazine, will draw a wider audience of holistic practitioners and lay persons who want to learn more about energy medicine or affiliate with our community through shared learning, attendance at conferences/events and network building. I know you will enjoy this month's selection of articles, informational pieces and exciting announcements! As for a personal reflection from me in this issue, I'd like to share some of my thoughts about extra sensory perception (ESP)! Read more.
 Blessings and smiles,
Cynthia Hutchison
Program Director, HTP
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2012 Bravewell Report: Integrative Medicine in America
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How Integrative Medicine is Being Practiced in Clinical Centers Across the United States (February 2012)
Bonnie Horrigan; Sheldon Lewis; Donald Abrams, MD; Constance Pechura, PhD
The Bravewell Collaborative is a philanthropic organization that works to improve healthcare. In 2011, The Bravewell Collaborative commissioned a survey that included 29 integrative medicine centers and programs in the U.S. This comprehensive document presents the landmark study findings. Healing Touch is one of the therapies documented in the report. Click here to download the free report.
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2012 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference
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August 2 - 5, 2012 Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Texas Register for the Annual Healing Touch Worldwide Conference by June 6th to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount! Click here to register now. Visit the conference website for more information. |
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Exciting Conference Keynote Speakers
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Five dynamic, knowledgeable and inspirational keynote speakers will offer insights and practical applications during the 2012 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference.
Honoring Your Roots: Deepen Your Healing Touch Practice
Deborah King, Spiritual Healer, Master Healer and NYT Best-Selling Author
Revolutionary Wellness Requires Revolutionary Ideas!
Linda Howe, Author
The Healing Power of Music
Karen Drucker, Musician, Author
Heart Coherence: The Key to Optimal Health, Intuition and Facilitating the Global Shift
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D.
Envisioning the Future of Energy Medicine in Your Community Dorothea Hover-Kramer, Ed.D, R.N., D.CEP
    
Click here for more information on the Keynote Presentations.
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4th Annual Eastern Regional Conference
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 Journey into Wholeness
October 26 - 27, 2012 in Albany, NY
Visit the conference web site for registration and more information.
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West Coast Regional Conference
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Mark your calendars for the
2nd Annual Healing Touch West Coast Regional Conference
Earth, Wind, Sun and Sea ~ Joyful Healing for You and Me
Friday Evening September 21 and Saturday September 22, 2012
Courtyard Marriott San Diego Old Town
2435 Jefferson Street, San Diego, CA 92110
Watch for more details to come soon.
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Healing Touch In My Community
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At the closing of the 2011 HT Worldwide Conference the following intention was spoken, and people were asked to share throughout the year ways that this intention is manifesting in their community. "Healing Touch is expanding in a positive,
physically present way, in my community!"
We would like to thank Barbara Litchfield for sharing the following update:  | | Barbara Litchfield |
Since before the Healing Touch Worldwide Conference I have been offering the Introduction to Healing Touch Class to community groups, businesses, churches and friends at my kitchen table. Since the conference I have given this class to a Lunch and Learn group at a local hospital, a local Presbyterian Church and have classes scheduled at another religious group and civic group. Most people love the stories about my experiences with Healing Touch and enjoy the practice part of it. Individuals get so excited when they "feel something" or when pain goes away. It's very exciting and encouraging! Barbara Litchfield, MA, HTCP |
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Liability Insurance for Your Practice
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 We are happy to announce changes to our Healing Touch Professional Association Liability Insurance Program that bring more benefits to our subscribers. As of April of this year, we have a new insurance carrier - Philadelphia Insurance Companies. They have been in operation since 1962 and A.M. Best Company has assigned Philadelphia Insurance an A++(Superior) rating. A.M. Best issues financial-strength ratings measuring an insurance company's ability to pay claims.
The good news, for you and us, is that we were able to expand our HTPA Insurance Program to now include Alaska. Another plus is that this is an annual policy that renews every year on April 1st so your premium is prorated based on the month you enroll. Coverage renews for a full year each April 1st. What hasn't changed is that coverage for a practitioner that is a member of HTPA is under $12 per month.
Healing Touch Program and HTPA believe that all students, volunteers, practitioners and instructors need to carry Professional Liability Insurance for their practice.Even when you do your absolute best work and through no fault on your part, there is always some risk that someone with whom you interact, or their family, could file a claim against you. Without Professional Liability Insurance, you would have to pay for your own legal defense and any potential settlement costs.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, another reason to carry liability insurance is that more than one million people seek medical atten�tion each year for "slip and fall" accidents. Often these accidents happen as a result of hazardous condi�tions on the property. A single claim can cost a business/you tens of thousands of dollars. The average direct cost for one disabling injury now approaches $28,000. As a small business owner or student, you need to ask your�self: Am I properly insured?
Bottom line - when you have Professional and General Liability Insurance you are free to provide your services, teach, make recommendations, volunteer whenever/wherever knowing that you and your interests are protected.
Click here to learn more.
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Healing Touch Professional Association Annual Membership Meeting
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 Inviting all HTPA Members to attend theAnnual HTPA Membership MeetingJune 21, 2012, 9pm Eastern
Join by Phone or Webcast (Dial-in # and Webcast link will be sent closer to June 21st; Slides only available to webcast).
Hear what HTPA has accomplished over the past year with your help and what is planned for the near future and next year. Come share your opinions; offer your ideas; ask questions; let your voice be heard.
GIFT for YOU: All who attend will be eligible for the drawing of a free membership renewal or a membership to give away. Details of how to be included in the drawing will be announced during the meeting. Be sure to put the meeting on your calendar!
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Healing Touch Professional Association
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HTPA Business Support Live Interview ~ Professional Development Series
Volunteering is a Natural Desire Most Healers Possess
The Scoop on "Why We Do It" and "What We Get Out of It"
Interview with Melinda Chichester, HTCP and Dawn Warnaca, HTCP/I
Tuesday June 12, 2012, 9pm Eastern
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Melinda Chichester
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Just exactly what drives us to "be of service" remains a mystery, like the burning question "why are we here?" But the drive definitely does exist, and in many cases guilt for not doing enough or not serving in a bigger way comes right along with it.
Our June live interview will bring us personal insights from Melinda and Dawn. They both LOVE to volunteer for very different reasons. Each will share why they are driven to do so and tell us what they get out of it.  | | Dawn Warnaca |
HTPA is busy launching Community Connections - the avenue through which we intend to offer and support unlimited opportunities for giving service, expanding Community and actively being involved in local volunteer activities such as Healing Touch for the Military, their families and for under-served populations such as the elderly, homeless and the poor. Our Volunteer Bank is accepting applications. Click here to fill out your application.
Both Melinda and Dawn are volunteers with Community Connections so we will explore their experience and be open for any questions you might have about their service and about how you too can be involved. If you pine to be of service but don't know how to get started, have fears about setting boundaries or feel you just don't have enough time, join us for this call and you just might find the inspiration to clear the way and get actively participating to solve your innate desire to give back. Registration is necessary - for more information or to register, click here.
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HTPA Monthly "Let's Chat" Support Call
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 Monday, May 28, 2012 at 9:00pm Eastern time
All are welcome to join - no registration necessary
By phone: Call 210-515-4837 and use access code 546360#
Or click here to join the online webcast
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Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation
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 Ways to Give ~ Make a CHANGE
Donate to the HTWF Conference Auction!
Here is a wonderful opportunity to "Do the Work."
Janet Mentgen established the non-profit Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation to raise funds for Healing Touch research and outreach programs. Last year's funds have supported research projects, a pilot program for Healing Touch in Masonic Village Hospice and an outreach mission to Nepal to support Aparna Bhatta, Janet Mentgen Fund recipient of 2010.
Donating is a win-win situation! It is fun to donate an auction item and rewarding to have a charitable tax deduction with HTWF. It's exciting to watch the bids and satisfying to know you are supporting a wonderful cause. Click here for more information and some great points to remember about item donations.
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Healing Touch Nepal Trip
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By Tim McConville, HTCP/I
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This report outlines the mission of Tim and Pam McConville to Nepal, which was graciously funded with a $3,000 grant from Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation. The grant paid for most of the air travel to / from Nepal. All additional trip expenses and teaching time was gifted by the McConvilles.
Our mission to Nepal was to help expand the ability to reach more students of Healing Touch. Aparna Bhatta has been teaching HT Level 1 for a little over a year now and has taught more than 150 students in Nepal and India. She is certainly a dynamic force for spreading Healing Touch and other community health improvements. Read more.
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Imagine
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By Timothy A. Nickel, MAT, MAR, FT
John Lennon sings to us, asking us to imagine. I ask you to do the same ...
Imagine a 55-year-old woman requesting to renew her wedding vows. Imagine the woman made this request to a hospice chaplain two days before she died. Imagine that the evening before she died, she not only experienced the renewing of her wedding vow ceremony, but she felt the sacredness of Healing Touch in the presence of her husband and five loving family members. Imagine knowing her wish was granted before she passed the following morning. Read more.
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Birthing of a Healing Touch Volunteer Program in a Medical Center Setting
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By Toni Adsit-Wilson, RN, MSN/ED, RCMT, HTCP, NCTMB
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Considering the growth of integrative health care in conventional medicine practice settings, the time is ripe for the introduction of Healing Touch (HT) into health care systems. According to Jean Watson, HT connects clients and practitioners to the field of universal Love, Source, and Spirit, leading to right relationship with consciousness at its highest level. Through scientific research, the benefits of HT with numerous health conditions have been documented (Wardell, 2010). Recognizing the modality's value, a group of HT practitioners decided to introduce a HT program to our local medical center, Poudre Valley Hospital, in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The program involved significant planning, beginning the process in February 2010, with the first sessions provided on April 16, 2012. Read more.
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Healing Touch Research Study
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New Research on the Effects of Healing Touch on the Sleep Patterns of Pediatric Burn Patients
Summarized by Barbara Litchfield, MA, HTCP
Research on the effectiveness of Healing Touch Energy Therapy on many types of chronic illnesses is ongoing. One recent pilot study completed by Michelle M. Gottschlich, PhD., RD, Richard J. Kagan, MD, FACS, Sue Saylors, RN, HTCP and Lois C. Cone, RT. � (ARRT), HTCP, M. AmSAT, of Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati, OH, is quite promising. The following is a summary of the study. Read more.
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A Mother, A Son: A Healing Journey to Connectedness
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My Experience with Healing Touch
By Karla Mitchell
In the time preceding the delivery of my son in July, 2010, I enjoyed a life full of health and joy, surrounded by my loving husband and four daughters. My evolution as a Healer had begun and I was enjoying heightened vibrations and increased levels of consciousness. I was settled, grounded, connected and pleased. In the fall of 2009, I had just completed the Healing Touch (HT) Level 3 course and found that my reaction to the energy work was rather peculiar. It felt like energy overload and I experienced a great deal of nausea. It was unusual. The next day following the class, I made a visit to the doctor and learned that my husband and I had conceived our fifth child.
The pregnancy was full term. The little bun in the oven baked like clockwork: no-risk and easy going, without incident or major concern in its entirety. During labor, however,meconium stained amniotic fluid was discovered. As a result, a Neonatologist was immediately called to await the birth of the baby. Read more.
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Two People, One Dream
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By Karen Heil, HTCP
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Living the dream. What does it take? Money? Luck? Guts? What drives a person out of their cozy and familiar living room and into the wild, wide-open world of wonder...to shed all things familiar for the vast unknown?
Whenever we would tell people what our plans were, they would call us brave, and maybe with a little envy behind their words, say we were "doing" what most people just "talk" about. But, I don't think it has anything to do with courage. I can't speak for anyone else (and there are many) who has stepped outside the lines, those lines we draw around ourselves that keep us (supposedly) safe and secure. Read more.
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HTP Presence at AHNA's Upcoming Annual Conference
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The American Holistic Nursing Association's 32nd Annual Conference
Holistic Nurses: Catalysts for Conscious Change
June 13-16, 2012 in Snowbird, UT
Lourdes Lorenz, Denise Anthes and Walle Adams-Gerdts will be presenting The Basics of Implementing Healing Touch Therapy Programs in In-Patient Settings in a half-day pre-conference workshop. This workshop describes basic steps for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating effectiveness of Healing Touch programs in In-patient settings. Detailed information from facilities that have successfully implemented Healing Touch as one facet of Integrative Healthcare will be shared.
HTP will have a booth in the vendor area so stop by and visit if you are at the conference. Visit the AHNA conference web site for registration and information.
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Request for Memorial Photos
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Tina Devoe is creating a project to honor the members of the Healing Touch Community that have passed. Please send any photos that reflect the beauty of those who have shared their hearts and unique gifts in our Healing Touch Community. Attach jpg format photos to an email and send to [email protected]
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Wisdom of the Inner Healer Retreat
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Facilitated by Karen Heil, HTCP and Teresa Duncan
June 16 - 23, 2012
AHKi, A Sanctuary for the Soul, Nosara, Costa Rica
Embark on a journey of awakening through the wisdom of your own inner healer.
During this week long retreat, here amongst the healing lands of Costa Rica, we  gather to explore the inner landscape and the intuitive nature and wisdom of the healer within. Amidst the mountains and ocean vistas in a relaxed group setting, we reflect on the importance of nature in relation to wellness and how your connection to others shapes your ability to receive the health and well being you deserve. Through private sessions, group discussions, exercises and excursions, this retreat will gently guide you to acknowledge, trust and finally, embrace your own deeper wisdom and to understand the role it plays in how you heal. We ALL have the power within to heal - ourselves and others! Click here for more information on the retreat.
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HOPE on the HILL, Washington, D.C.
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Voice for HOPE, Healers of Planet Earth
Citizen Healer Training ~ Freedom to Choose Your Path to Wellness
September 12-14, 2012
Meaningful participation in healthcare policy making by producers, practitioners and consumers of natural healing and wellness services and products. Be a VOICE for HOPE. Join at www.voiceforhope.org
Citizen Healer training at HOPE on the HILL - D.C., and at the State level, includes 'Best Practice' training on the political lay of the land by government relations specialists and Teams of Citizen Healers bringing a unique perspective to the offices of elected officials. All materials and group meals are provided throughout the program to help make your HOPE time in Washington, D.C. more congenial, efficient and affordable.
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Mystical Cruise 2013
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January 27 - February 3, 2013
7-day Western Caribbean Cruise from New Orleans aboard the Carnival Conquest.
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David Barnet
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David Barnett, HTCP, is one of eight guest speakers on the Mystical Cruise 2013. The cruise begins with two days at sea where you'll enjoy seminars/workshops of diverse "Mystical" themes. There will also be time available to schedule personal sessions.
Dave works extensively with energy clearing, past life readings and PsychK (identifying and changing subconscious beliefs). It is important to book now in the block of cabins to get better rates and only a deposit is needed to hold the cabin. Click here for cruise details and pricing.
Dave is a rocket scientist by day and an eclectic healer and intuitive by night. He hosts a webradio show every Monday night at 8pm Mountain Time on www.blogtalkradio.com/DavetheMystic. Feel free to contact Dave with any questions. Phone: 303-902-5323 or Email: [email protected].
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Free Monthly Guided Healing Meditation
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With Nina Lockwood, MSW, HTCP/I
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Nina Lockwood
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3rd Sunday of each month at 8:30 pm, 30 minutes
(June 17, July 15, Aug 19, Sept 16, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16)
To join in, call 605-475-4000 and enter the access code 224960#
No computer required! This meditation is done via conference call, so all you need to do is dial in, enter the access code, get comfortable and be ready for positive changes to happen. This half hour of renewal and revitalizing can help you address a particular issue of concern, prepare for the coming week, or simply make it easier for you to have a restful night's sleep.Space on the call is limited and the call will be recorded. For more information or to listen to recorded calls, visit Nina's website www.ninalockwood.com.
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All great masters are constantly learning and adding to their knowledge. They never tire of learning more about their subject; this is why they are the masters. HTP continuously offers the opportunity to increase your knowledge of Healing Touch.
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Children's Class Instructor Training Webinar
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My Helpful Healing Touch instructor training was designed and created for those who want to teach Healing Touch to children, ages 6 to 12. This training webinar is based on the book, My Helpful Healing Touch, a Guide for Empowering Children.
Instructors: Cynthia Hutchison, HTCP/I and Lynn Placek, HTCP/I who are joined by Karen Daughtry and Darlene Nelson, the authors of My Helpful Healing Touch.
Prerequisite: Completion of Healing Touch Level 4 or above
Tuition: $120.00 Regular Tuition; $95.00 HTPA/AHNA Members - includes My Helpful Healing Touch book, instructor guide and accompanying music CD
Continuing Education Contact Hours: 2
Click here for more information.
This two hour web based class expires on 12/31/2012.
Healing Touch Program is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA.
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Healing Touch Classes
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