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HT Community News editor: Sue Walker
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Sharon Robbins &
Lisa Mentgen Gordon
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Letter from the HTP Program Director
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I recently returned home from the HTP Rocky Mountain Regional Conference held in the Denver area. Along with the conference we held our annual instructor gathering. Attending conference is always uplifting for me as it always feels like a fun and fulfilling family reunion. With so many like-minded and like-hearted students, practitioners and instructors, it seems that we are able to immediately blend our energies into harmony, synchronicity and oneness.
I had the honor to open up Saturday morning with a group Hara Alignment and provide a presentation later in the day on how to engage in body prayer as a way to re-align the hara. Body prayer has been one of my daily spiritual practices for a long time and I've been able to teach it three times over the last year to various Healing Touch audiences with a very enthusiastic response. If this is a topic you are interested in learning more about, or practicing, visit www.BoulderHealingTouch.com and view the two free videos (one on understanding body prayer the other for practice).
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Katie Gerhard & mentor Susie Rolando
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At the pinning ceremony, we pinned our youngest known HT Certified Practitioner, Katie Gerhard! Katie is 23 years old and graduated with a film degree last year. Katie has been creating films for HTP the last few years.
Stay posted for more exciting updates for Healing Touch Program over the next few months!
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Smiles and Blessings!
Cynthia Hutchison, HT Program Director
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All photos by Cathy Andersen
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Cathy Andersen Photos of the HTP Rocky Mountain Regional Conference
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 HTP graciously thanks Cathy Andersen for the many beautiful artistic photographs she took at the recent regional conference in Denver, CO. Click here to view the photographs posted on Cathy's Flickr website. Visit Cathy's website to see her other creative endeavors,
If you have not yet attended an HTP conference, these photographs will let you see the energy of our gathering and the enthusiasm of our Healing Touch community. We hope to see you at an upcoming conference to learn, network, deepen relationships and have FUN! |
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Welcome to three new HTP Staff Members
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Healing Touch Program is excited to introduce our three new employees who have joined our team. Please welcome them! Jennifer Lazik - HTP Class ManagerJennifer has joined the HTP team as the HTP Class Coordinator. Sarah Adams - Executive AssistantSarah has joined the team as Executive Assistant to HTP CEO, Lisa Gordon. Erin Harris - EMPI Activist: Insurance SpecialistErin will be handling all things relating to Energy Medicine Professional Insurance. He will be helping assist our Associate Member Organizations in providing their members with the highest possible amount of attention and assistance.    Jennifer Lazik Sarah Adams Erin Harris |
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Let's be Friends!
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Like Healing Touch Program on Facebook and get
connected to your Healing Touch Community!
We're helping practitioners like you stay informed and connected to Healing through your social network. Visit Healing Touch Program on Facebook and become our fan to get instant access to exclusive content that can help you succeed in your career.
- Read interesting articles to stay on top of the field of integrative medicine
- Be reminded about Healing Touch events: conferences, classes, tele-seminars
- Hear about other practitioners and their stories
- See announcements about support tools for your practice
- Support other practitioners by networking, sharing articles and videos
- Ask questions about your practice
- And more!
Click here to visit the HTP Facebook page and become a part of our social circle - you will get linked in to great information that you can use to support your practice.
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New Chakra Cards Available in HT Store
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 Click here to order the new Chakra Cards that are now available in the HT Store. The front side of the card is a guided chart to work with the chakras for healing purposes. The back side features a colorful finger labyrinth - the meditation is a path to transformation. The card is 8.5" x 12" and is printed on high gloss laminated card stock. Sold in sets of 10, the cost is $10 per set. These make great gifts for friends, clients and students.
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Upcoming Regional Conferences
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Pacific Northwest Regional Conference
Embrace the JourneyOctober 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.  Eastern Regional Conference Intuitive Health:
Trusting Our Inner Guidance
October 26, 2013 ~ Albany, NY
Keynote Speakers:
- Marie Manuchehri, RN, Intuitive Health
- Susan McNeil, Enter Laughing
Healing Touch Program is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission On Accreditation.
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HTPA "LIVE" INTERVIEW
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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:
Visit the HTPA website for more information and to register.
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HTPA Monthly "Let's Chat" Support Call
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Join us for the next call on
Monday, September 30, 2013 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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HTWF 2nd Heel to Heal Walk/Run
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Karen Chin, Tim McConville, Mary DeSalvo-Reed, Pam McConville
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$970 was raised at the HTWF 2nd Heel to Heal Walk/Run!
Congratulations to our race winners!
1st place: Mary DeSalvo-Reed, 2nd Place: Pam McConville, 3rd place: Tim McConville
A special thank you to all that raced, purchased T-Shirts and made donations; and to
all the volunteers that made it come together for a very fun event.
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HTWF Grant Supports Hospice by the Sea, Inc.'s Aloesēa Program
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 A report from Stefanie McKee, Ph.D.Senior Director, Program Development & Analysis
Hospice by the Sea, Inc. www.hbts.org The Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation (HTWF) has generously provided continued support to Hospice by the Sea Inc.'s (HBTS) Aloesēa Program. HBTS, a not-for-profit, community-based organization, provides hospice care, palliative care, caregiver support, bereavement counseling and home health agency services throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties in South Florida since 1978. The goal of HBTS' Aloesēa Program is to heal heart, mind, and spirit. Complementary therapies, including Healing Touch, are part of the program. Our first HTWF project assessed barriers to our hospice nurses participating in Healing Touch. Nurses are professional caregivers to patients and families and often do not take time for themselves. Despite availability of Healing Touch on-site at HBTS at no-charge, few nurses participated. A survey was administered to our inpatient hospice unit nurses. The goal was to use survey feedback to develop a program to increase understanding, acceptance, and utilization of Healing Touch to promote self-care. The program combined education about healing touch along with convenient 10-15 minute "stress buster" Healing Touch sessions, offered at the nursing station. Read more.
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Colorado Flooding
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Extensive flooding in the mountains and front range of Colorado from the Wyoming boarder to Denver, and throughout eastern Colorado has taken lives, destroyed hundreds of roads and bridges and forced thousands of people and their pets to leave their homes. We know of many in our Healing Touch community that have been effected by this extreme weather event. We ask that you send healing energy to those in this region. Our hearts go out to everyone in Colorado impacted by the devastating floods.
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Grant Funds Healing Touch Classes in VA Hospitals
|  Several Veteran Administration hospitals across the country were recipients of a grant that contained monies for the sharing of best practices, namely Healing Touch. The grant monies have all been appropriated to the hospitals and many Healing Touch classes have already been taught this spring and summer, with the rest being taught this fall and early winter. This has been a wonderful opportunity to share Healing Touch with new VA hospitals and staff and has allowed VA facilities who already are utilizing Healing Touch to continue move forward with their Healing Touch programs.
Two VA classes in the Pacific Northwest to be held this fall are open to the public. If you live in this area, we would encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Healing Touch Level 2 - October 26-27, Mary's Woods, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Healing Touch Level 1 - November 14-15, Vancouver VA Hospital
If you would like to register for these classes or need more information, please contact Constance Hammond, [email protected] or 503-230-2331.
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Alternatives for Healing Online Directory Discount
|  Alternatives for Healing is a leading online holistic directory for finding holistic practitioners, products, books, CDs, DVDs, stores, magazines, schools, retreats, videos, newsletters, articles, talk radio and workshops. They have been supporting Healing Touch Program for many years now and are offering a $15 discount for our Practitioners who want to be listed in the directory. To take advantage of this opportunity, use coupon code C0941214699 when joining through the website or contact Sonja Torres at 303-476-1714.
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AHNA Sponsoring Integrative Health Cruise
|  On November 2, 2013, an estimated 400 nurses and mental health professionals will set sail for a 7-night multi-disciplinary holistic and integrative health conference cruise. The "Evolving Conscious Health Community Cruise", featuring Norman Shealy, M. D., AHNA President Glenda Christiaens, R.N., PhD, AHN-BC and Jean Watson R.N., Ph.D, AHN-BC, FAAN and is being coordinated by the non-profit OxyGenesis Institute in Hartford, Ct. A portion of the cruise proceeds will benefit the American Holistic Nurses Association.
Click here to visit the AHNA website for more information.
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Voice for HOPE - Healers Of Planet Earth
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Two Hope on the Hill programs are scheduled:
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - State Capitol, Denver, Colorado
December 9-11, 2013 - Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
 Voice for HOPE works to make these "natural" approaches to health an explicit and valued part of national health policy by:
1) tapping into the energy of the nearly one hundred organized "natural" health modalities currently being used by an estimated 200 million Americans, and
2) focusing it onto the national health policy debate by organizing a broad range of individuals and professionals -- an undertaking intended to transcend political identities and affiliations.
Voice for HOPE's purpose is to provide leadership and strategic vision to focus the energy of the "natural" health constituency on the national health reform effort. HOPE's goal is to organize HOPE Builders in each of the nation's 9500 congressional and state legislative districts as guides, helpers and information sources for policy makers - a goal deemed doable by the time health reform efforts are set to climax in 2014.
Click here for more information.
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Summary of Article: Looking to Genes for the Secret to Happiness
| The article, Looking to Genes for the Secret to Happiness, appeared in the August 25, 2013 issue of The New York Times Magazine.
The following summary of the article was written by Sue Erlewine.
Human beings appear to be genetically engineered to be happiest and healthiest when we spend a lot of time selflessly helping others - and unhealthy when we're mostly devoted to self-gratification. That's the eye-opening conclusion of University of
North Carolina researchers, based on a study of 80 volunteers.
The study subjects were asked how often they felt hedonic pleasure - the kind of happiness brought about by enjoying a tasty meal or buying themselves something. They were also asked how often they contributed something important to society that gave them a deeper sense of purpose. The researchers then drew the subjects' blood and found that the genes of volunteers whose lives contained lots of pleasure but little meaning were priming cells to express high levels of inflammation - which is linked to cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease - and a weaker anti-viral response to infections. "Their daily activities provide short-term happiness yet result in negative physical consequences long-term," psychophysiologist Barbara Fredrickson tells the ScienceDaily.com. People who emphasize service to others and a connection to community, on the other hand, showed a pattern of gene expression linked to less inflammation and stronger immunity.
There are two distinct kinds of happiness, says study co-author Steven Cole, and "our genes can tell the difference."
Click here to view the article online.
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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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Healing Touch Classes
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