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Growing Connections
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Greetings!
Did you get to see the incredible accomplishment over the weekend of Diana Nyad? She was successful swimming from Cuba to Key West, FL. AMAZING!! This was her 5th try over many years. At the age of 64 she said = "Hell NO, I'm not old!" She swam 54 hours 'round the clock, spanning approximately 104 miles and says we should "Never give up!" What a great model for us ALL.  Many of us have our own dreams that have been sitting with us too for many years. One of mine, as Executive Director of Healing Touch Professional Association, is to Build Community while Growing Connections. Even years before finding Healing Touch I was pinning for a holistic-minded Community of professionals and lay persons. Some refer to such a Community as a "gathering of Souls" that travel together during lifetimes both in physical form and non-physical. Although no one knows for absolute certainty, most of us do feel a kinship when we meet and spend time with others who speak our language, live our ideals and yes, when that occurs we usually feel it at that deep soul level. Today more than ever we are experiencing Community building and our Connections are growing. The goals of many like organizations is to create One Voice for Peace, Global Humanity - Oneness in Caring, Sharing, Looking Out for Each Other and Heart-centered Living with Love at the root of all we do. Another goal is to be sure that no one is alone or isolated. There is an increased presence in the mainstream public of these ideals. Halleluiah!! What can you do to Build Community and Grow Connections? HTPA has created a new resource - Collaborative Alliances where you can learn about other organizations that we are aligned with because they have similar goals, ideals and standards. Currently we have information (with Links) about Jean Watson's Caring Science and HeartMath with their Global Coherence Initiative. We will be adding many more in the near future. Be sure to explore these organizations and join their Communities if they resonate with you. When you join in, you help expand our Connections with them and they with us. Another way to Build Community is to create or join an existing Local HTPA Chapter. You can read more about "how" to create an HTPA Chapter and review the growing List of Chapters by visiting the Community Connections page on the HTPA website. Our HTPA 2013 Annual Report featuring Building Community and Growing Connections is available on the HTPA website. See the article below to open the Report . The Report will give you ideas of how to get involved to help us manifest this goal & dream.  TOGETHER, We are the Heart of Healing Touch,  Sharon Robbins, RN, HN-BC, CCHt, HTCP, HTPA Executive Director |
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"It looks like a solitary sport but it takes a Team....."
Diana Nyad (9-2-13) after successfully swimming from Cuba to Key West, FL
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2013 HTPA ANNUAL REPORT
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HTPA 2013 Annual Report is Now Available
It is our pleasure to bring you the 2013 HTPA Annual Update Report. Our focus this year is on Building Community. Click here to view the HTPA Annual Report as a Booklet. You may also view it as a standard PDF which will allow you to print your choice of pages. Click here for PDF.
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ANNUAL HTPA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
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HTPA Invites You to Listen to the Recording and View the Slides of the
2013 HTPA MEMBERSHIP MEETING
 On June 27, 2013, we conducted our Annual HTPA Membership Meeting by phone and webcast to allow as many to attend as possible. We shared that we have just passed our 5 year mark and how grateful we are for ALL Members, Volunteers, Staff and Friends that have made our success possible. To learn what HTPA accomplished last year, what we are working on currently and what is coming in the future click here.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CONFERENCE WAS A BIG SUCCESS!
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HTPA participated in the Denver Regional Conference August 23rd and 24th, and the Annual Instructor Gathering the 25th. It always feels like home in Denver as that's where Janet Mentgen lived and started her Healing Touch business. Just about 95% of the attendees were HTPA members and we had a chance to have lively conversation about ways to expand Local HTPA Chapters and future benefits that HTPA has on the horizon. It always seems like we could use lots more time to network and brainstorm.  Sunday evening after the instructor gathering we were blessed with this beautiful double rainbow. Lisa asks = Potential Messages of the Rainbow: Are we prepared to move into a new light and see things with a new perspective? Feels right to us! We are looking forward now to being together at the Seattle Regional Conference Oct. 4th and 5th. Hope to see you there (see information under Upcoming Events below).Pictured: Sharon Robbins, Jerry Becker, Cynthia Hutchison, Lisa Gordon
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LOCAL HTPA CHAPTERS ARE GROWING
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We now have close to 30 Local HTPA Chapters in development. The List of Chapters posted is only a portion of them as a number are formulating their plan to proceed. Thanks to Melinda Chichester who continues to personally represent HTPA and support individuals interested in becoming Chapter Leads. It's easy to start a Chapter or join one already existing, click here to find out how: COMING SOON!! A newsletter just for Local HTPA Chapters is in development. This will be the avenue for Chapters to share their activities with each other, have Q&A, inspire each other, network and get ideas for projects. If you would like to help create the newsletter email [email protected]. |
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THE STAND DOWN e-MANUAL IS GETTING FINISHING TOUCHES
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 HTPA has created an e-Manual offering "How to" suggestions for getting Healing Touch invited to events like Stand Downs and Welcome Homes. This is going to be a huge help as it includes templates for Inquiry Letters, Data Collection, Thank You Follow-up Script, Expense Reimbursement Forms, etc. As soon as it is ready we will send out an announcement to all members. |
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APRONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
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HTPA has chosen to order Cobbler Aprons that when worn at events like Stand Downs will identify Community Connections Volunteers. The HTP Office will send out the Aprons when requested and will provide a return mailing label so they can be returned for others to use. To order call the HTP Office (210) 497-5529. Here is a picture of these Aprons. |
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HTPA FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE TO THE MILITARY
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 Funds for Service to the Military are available for eligible projects. We are looking for independent Healing Touch Service to the Military Projects to fund. If you know of any or have ideas, please email [email protected]. |
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STATISTICAL CORNER - WATCH US GROW!
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We invite you to share in the excitement and joy of our growth. Each Quarter we give an update of Membership, Liability Insurance Subscribers and Donations to our HTWF Designated HTPA Fund. YOU make it possible for us to continue to grow and make a difference Worldwide.
Funds Raised through HTWF as of June 1, 2013 = $5,711
 The HTWF Designated Fund for HTPA is used to support Special Interest Outreach Projects like HT Service to the Military and Disaster Response. Thank you to all who have donated, you make it possible for us to grow our service.
To learn more about this Fund and how to donate please go to HTWF Designated Fund for HTPA. We look forward to growing this Fund with your help- when making a donation be sure to indicate that you are donating to the HTWF Designated Fund for HTPA.
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HTP HAS THE WAY TO INTEGRATE HT IN THE CLINICAL SETTING
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 Healing Touch Integrative Care Program: Integrating Healing Touch in the Clinical Setting is a comprehensive manual that provides the process, structure and necessary tools needed to implement Healing Touch in a clinical setting. This comprehensive manual is almost 400 pages and includes a USB flash drive with ~100 digital tools in Microsoft� Word, Excel & PowerPoint format that can be edited and customized. Also included is the new Healing Touch Scope and Standards of Practice booklet - a 5x7, 60 page booklet that describes the scope and standards of practice for Healing Touch. To order, visit the Healing Touch online store. You may also order by calling the Healing Touch Program office at 210-497-5529. Click here to listen to the HTPA July business call recording that featured the manual (there is no charge for this). Click here to read more about the manual. |
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IN RECOGNITION OF OUR HTPA MEMBERS RECENTLY CERTIFIED
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Congratulations to these HTPA Members who have recently become Healing Touch Certified Practitioners: Patricia Briggs, Cynthia Callahan and Veronique Viola Also, Congratulations to Carmel McCormack who has recently become a certified instructor.
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COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCES
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We are thrilled to announce that HTP and HTPA are actively working with Jean Watson (the Watson Caring Science Institute) to expand and deepen our alliance. Jean has shared Links to her website and resources ( click here to visit the Collaborative Alliances page on the HTPA website), Jean has also endorsed the Healing Touch Integrative Care Program manual and we are exploring how the manual can be used with her programs in hospitals and other clinic settings. The potential we have to bring Healing Touch to more and more people is continually growing. On July 10, 2013 Cynthia Hutchison met with Jean Watson, Marcia Hills and Lois Kelly in Boulder, Colorado to discuss plans to expand and deepen the alliance between Healing Touch Program/HTPA and Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI). They had a wonderful and successful meeting. Marcia Hills, Lois Kelley, Jean Watson, Cynthia Hutchison
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HTPA "LIVE" INTERVIEWS
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Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 NO INTERVEW CALL 
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 9pm-10:15pm Eastern
OPEN MIC - "Live" Discussion
You CAN Create the Business of your Dreams
facilitated by Sharon Robbins, HTPA Executive Director
Over and over we hear - "If Only............then I could have a successful business and finally make a living doing what I love to do!!"
Does this sound like your mantra? Isn't it time to overcome the "if only" obstacles?
Let's spend some time discussing how we can overcome those obstacles and soar into our dream career. Whether this is your first business or your last, the challenges are surmountable if they can be identified, addressed and solved. Let's get together and discuss just what some of those "if only" obstacles are.
Some that are commonly voiced are:
- "if only" we could get 3rd party reimbursement for HT sessions
- "if only" I lived where there were more people interested in Healing Touch
- "if only" Reiki wasn't so popular or being offered already in my facility
- "if only" I was a licensed medical professional
- "if only" I could get health insurance, I could quit my job
- "if only" I had marketing skills
- "if only" selling was easier and more me
- "if only," if only...................
Are some of these "if onlys" keeping you from manifesting the business you desire?? Come, join the conversation to catapult you from "if only" to "Yes, I Can!"
Let's have an open discussion about YOUR desire to make a living doing what you love to do - Healing Touch and other healing "work." And let's find solutions for your "if onlys."
On this call, we will have Open Mic so everyone who wants to ask questions, share challenges, express needs, tell success stories = can.
Out of this exciting and solution oriented call, we will develop a Master Mind Business Group that will meet virtually to support each other in growing our businesses. If you are not able to attend this call "live," register anyway so you can be included in future communications leading up to the formation of the Master Mind Business Group. Supporting each other to manifest business CAN work but only if YOU choose to participate. All suggestions on this topic are Welcome - please send your suggestions to HTPA: [email protected].
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HEALING TOUCH PRACTICE - JOIN THE CHAT
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"Let's Chat" Calls are the last Monday of the month at 9pm Eastern time.
 We offer a monthly Healing Touch Chat Call which includes discussion about practice issues and sharing activities that are going on in local communities. During these calls you have the opportunity to ask other practitioners what their experiences are with specific conditions and share your experiences.
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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SMART RISK MANAGEMENT IS LIABILITY INSURANCE
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Don't worry which comes first - Carry Liability Insurance Click here for more information.
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SPIRAL MEDITATION RECORDING AVAILABLE ON HTP WEBSITE
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There are two recordings on the Spiral Meditation now available on the HTP website. The following introduction was written by Kay Tolson. She and her husband George studied with Brugh Joy, MD for ten years. They have generously shared the recordings with HTP. Introduction to the Spiral Meditation | |
Dr. Brugh Joy
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Brugh set aside time in the morning each day, an hour or so, for meditation and suggested his students do the same. In his retreats Brugh taught through the principle of Induction. Having inducted a state of consciousness in himself, he would then join his students sitting on cushions in a circle on the floor. Taking the hands of the 2 students by his side, all would then hold hands. Gradually the students would come into resonance and be inducted into deeper states of consciousness within themselves. To prepare for this recording of the Spiral Meditation, Brugh inducted the state of Unconditional Love in himself and that vibration emanates in the field and from his voice as he guides the student through the meditation. He said the intention of this recording was to teach the form so the student could learn the pattern and the practice of shifting from the giving and receiving sides of the psyche. Then the student would be able to practice the spiral pattern on their own and deepen into the states of the Heart independently. Here are 2 guided meditations that may assist in developing and deepening the Heart Center and initiation into the Sacred and the Depth of Being. Brugh's "Introduction to the Spiral Meditation" in which Brugh introduces the Spiral Meditation, recording is about 5 minutes in length, followed by the Sprial Meditation. Kay Tolsen Click here to listen to the recordings. The link is on the Resources: Student/Practitioner page under Level 2 Materials. |
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HTWF UPDATE
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 HTWF is pleased to announce the inaugural Heel to Heal 5K Walk/Run in Cincinnati, OH was a HUGE SUCCESS! This one fun, beautiful day, racing around a picturesque lake, raised $5,700 to further HTWF's mission: to receive and distribute funds to assist, encourage and advance the philosophy, objectives and techniques of Healing Touch.
Of the 78 registrants, a majority finished the race. Healing Touch was offered on site so many participants received a 15 minute Healing Touch session. All were winners!
Thanks to all participants, sponsors, Healing Touch and race volunteers, and of course to HTWF for having faith that this event could be done with such success. Thank you also to the planning committee, led by Nancy Lavergne, for their faith and dedication to this event. Also, a big thank you to all who donated money or bought a T-shirt to help raise funds. It was a great team for a worthy cause.
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Nancy Lavergne (center in yellow) and race winners
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HTPA is hoping to partner with HTWF to have Local HTPA Chapters conduct a Heel to Heal 5 K in their communities. Wouldn't it be FUN to have multiple walk/runs in HT regions throughout the year? If you are interested in bringing this fundraiser into your community, a procedure manual is in development by the HTWF Committee to help you do just that.
Please contact Nancy Lavergne at [email protected] or 513-260-1273 for more information. |
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HTWF DESIGNATED FUND FOR HTPA
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Funds to reimburse HTPA expenses for Service to the Military are provided by the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation's Designated Fund for HTPA. If you would like to help us expand our Service to the Military (includes Families), please consider making a donation to our Fund - no matter what size you give, it will make a difference. Be sure to designate that it is for the HTPA Fund.
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ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION
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We would like to share website addresses of those organizations we are reaching out to as affiliates and collaboratives. These organizations support the principles of Global Oneness, Universal Humanity and a sustainable future built on the foundations of Integrity, Respect, Compassion, Trust, Heart-centered Living and Loving Kindness. If you decide to explore any of these organizations please know that is at your own discretion and that you should always be given the choice to opt out of their mailings:
 The Shift Network Humanity's Team
www.theshiftnetwork.com http://www.humanitysteam.org/
 HeartMath's Global Coherence Initiative
Feminine Power The Foundation for a Better Life
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation One Billion Oms
http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/ http://www.onebillionoms.com/
Watson Caring Science Voice For Hope
www.watsoncaringscience.org http://www.voiceforhope.org/
Let us know if you have favorite websites you'd like to share. Send to
[email protected].
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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 Embrace the Journey
October 4 - 5, 2013 ~ Seattle, WA
Hilton Seattle Airport Hotel
HTPA Member - $230 ~ Non member - $270
Includes:
* Friday Evening Reception
* Saturday Continental Breakfast and Buffet Lunch
* 7.5 Continuing Education hours
* After conference labyrinth talk and time to walk,
Saturday, 6-8pm (1 additional CE hour)
Keynote Speakers:- Karen Drucker, I Give Myself Permission
- Robbie Holz, Healing Secrets of Aborigines
- Nancy Rebecca, RN, Unity Consciousness, bringing our Healing Touch Community Together!
- Marie Manuchehri, RN, Intuitive Health
Click here for more information and to register.
Healing Touch Program is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission On Accreditation.
Global Oneness Day October 24th 2013 In Love and Oneness,
Humanity's Team
Click here to see ALL the leaders who will speak at the Global Oneness Day Telesummit
Please sign the Declaration of Oneness. Humanity's Team is an international spiritual movement whose purpose is to communicate and demonstrate the timeless truth that We Are All One, with God and life - caring for each other and the world we share - so that people's actions reflect this profound understanding within a generation. We believe that living this truth is essential to solving the most chronic and acute world problems and vital to creating a sustainable world of peace, harmony and happiness.
As a volunteer movement, we are funded entirely by freewill offerings. Our volunteer stewards in your country and around the world handle thousands of contacts with teammates and other individuals every month, as well as provide a growing number of outreach programs and services. THANKS for your support!
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