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HT Community News editor: Lisa Gordon
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Dear Healing Touch Community,
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As the holiday season approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for Healing Touch. We feel that it is our loving and heart-centered community who makes our jobs a pleasure and keeps the work of Healing Touch so successful.
I would like to honor our founder, Janet Mentgen today. It is her birthday anniversary, today December 18 she would have been 75. We miss her physically, but we know that she is with us energetically!
 It is hard to believe that we are coming to the close of 2013. We have had a very busy year working toward achieving Accreditation with NCCA, further improving the curriculum by revising all the Notebooks, having four very successful regional conferences, supporting over 600 Healing Touch classes, publishing two new Sounds True products on Healing Touch, releasing the new Healing Touch Integrative Care program and the Healing Touch Scope and Standards of Practice booklet, supporting US Government Grants that funded Healing Touch Classes in VA Hospitals and so much more!
We feel that 2014 will bring many new opportunities for Healing Touch to reach and influence the world!
May your holiday season and the New Year be
filled with joy, happiness, growth, and success.
With Gratitude and Love,
Lisa Mentgen-Gordon, CEO of Healing Touch Program
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Healing Touch Program Holiday Schedule
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Happy Holidays and Many Blessings for the New Year from the HTP Staff
The Healing Touch Program office will
closed on Tuesday, December 24th and
reopen on Thursday, January 2nd.
Alternative ways to get information or contact us:
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NEW - The Healing Touch Scope and Standards of Practice
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 Healing Touch Program has just released the Healing Touch Scope and Standards book. This 56 page booklet describes the scope and standards of practice for Healing Touch and to inform Healing Touch students and practitioners, healthcare providers, and the public about these standards upheld for all Healing Touch Practitioners. It also provides explanation, history, and background of the program and practice of Healing Touch, and outlines the benefits, use, and evidence-base of the modality Healing Touch.
The standards set forth in this document outline the responsibilities for which all Healing Touch practitioners and students are accountable. The Code of Ethics forms the foundation for the practice of Healing Touch.
The Healing Touch Scope and Standards of Practice is an essential companion for all Healing Touch students, practitioners and instructors. It is also useful for presentation purposes in hospitals and other healthcare institutions.
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New Door Hangers
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Thanks to the Healing Touch Professional Association there are now have two, new beautiful door hangers you can use in your practice. HTPA is always considering your needs as a practitioner and lending support in practical ways.
Maybe you don't want to choose between the new designs and want both. Either way, this is an inexpensive, simple, effective and beautiful way to let clients and their families know a Healing Touch session is in progress or they may enter quietly. Each design is slightly different.
Heart Door Hanger - Words on the front are: Enter Quietly, Healing Touch Session About to Begin. Words on the back are: Quiet Please, Healing Touch Session in Progress. The hook that goes over the door, front and back, contains the wording: The first step to healing begins with LOVE.
Flower Door Hanger - Words on the front are: Welcome, Healing Touch Session About to Begin. Words on the back are: Quiet Please, Healing Touch Session in Progress.
As one person wrote - "I love this door hanger! I use the one you sent with the HT Association Membership. I work on the oncology floor of Longmont United Hospital as a Healing Touch Practitioner. The door hanger is invaluable to my practice. Nurses and, yes, even physicians are very respectful of this sign and do not enter a patient's room while they are receiving a Healing Touch Session. Wonderful Idea !!! Thank you!"
Share them with your Healing Touch practice group or community, take them to a healthcare facility that is offering Healing Touch, or use them on your own treatment room door. Order yours today through the Healing Touch Store. For a limited time, through December 20, we are running a special on orders of 10 or more. Door hangers will be available for shipment December 20th.
Order through the Healing Touch Store
Promotion: (through December 20)
10 of one design - $8.50 (normally $10.00)
10 of each design (20 total) - $15.00
Individual hangers - $1.00
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2014 Is Almost Here! Get Ready To Plan Your Year With HT Calendars!
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Twelve months of beautiful spiral images - Symbolically the spiral has been associated with the seasons, the cycle of life, learning and growing, and the cosmic force. Some consider the spiral a symbol of the spiritual journey, passing over the same point over and over again but with a different awareness each time. As such, we learn, grow and change as we progress on our spiritual path. Each month in this calendar includes a striking image as a reminder of this path along with a core concept expressed in Healing Touch.
 
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| HTPA December Memberhsip Drive - Ends December 20th! |
We  are in our last days of our HTPA December Membership Drive and we wanted to be sure that you had the opportunity to participate and receive a discounted membership and the bonus gifts. For those that have already joined us - THANK YOU and your membership kit and bonus gifts have been mailed. As of today we have had 144 new members and 82 renewals.
If you haven't already joined HTPA you might want to consider if HTPA a good match for you?
Let me ask you a few questions...
- Are you excited to be a Healing Touch Student or Practitioner?
- Are you ready to take your healing skills and put them to work in your home, community, or as a career?
- Do you need professional support to grow your practice or to strengthen your professional presence and foundation?
- Do you want to be connected to the larger Healing Touch family? We want you to and we need you!
Healing Touch Professional Association (HTPA) is here to support your growth as a professional. HTPA is now in its 6th year and has is over 2600 members. You can Join HTPA to take advantage of the many resources, tools and discounts available to students and practitioners to grow your practice; strengthen your professional presence and foundation and enhance your skills in Healing Touch.
We created this short (3 minute) video as an introduction for you to to discover HTPA and so you can see the support we have to offer Healing Touch Students and Practitioners.
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HTPA Free Webinar with Marilee Tolen
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HTPA ANNOUNCEMENT - FREE WEBINAR JAN 8, 2013 7pm EASTERN
Marilee Tolen, RN, HN-BC, HTCP/I, Marketing Coach, Wellness Mentor and HTPA Member was featured on the December HTPA Business Support "Live" Interview during which she gave a number of tips on how to increase your Practice and "Attain the Prosperity You Desire and Deserve." To hear the recording of our Interview with Marilee, follow this Link: HTPA Call
Marilee also announced that she is offering a special Free Webinar for all in our Community. The Webinar will take place January 8th at 7pm Eastern. She will present: Make 2014 Your Best Year Yet! 8 Simple Steps to Double Your Income in Your Health and Wellness Practice. To sign up for this sure to be informative webinar (even if you can't make the date if you sign up she will send you the audio replay), go to Free Webinar
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HTPA Monthly "Let's Chat" Support Call
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Join us for the next call on
December 30th, 2013 at 9:00 PM EST
All are welcome to join - Click here to attend
By phone: Call (206) 402-0100 and use access code 546360#
Or click here to join the online webcast
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Call for Poster Submission - 2014 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference
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The deadline for poster Submission for
2014 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference
is February 15,2014.
The 2014 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference will have a poster presentation. Posters will be hung on the walls in the main ballroom. There will be two designated times for poster presentation to attendees on Friday and Saturday afternoons. The person who submitted the poster, or their designated attendee, will need to be present for individual discussion and to answer attendee questions. Continuing education contact hours will be offered for these times.
It is not expected that the actual poster be submitted initially but the concept with sufficient detail so that a judgment as to appropriateness can be determined. Poster submissions should explain how the content relates in some way to the conference objectives.
To submit a poster for consideration, please go to the
2014 conference information page.
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Message from Healing Touch Certification Board
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The entire Healing Touch Certification Board and all our Review Teams send each of you & yours Blessings of radiant health and prosperity-today and well beyond 2014. Our community of HT practitioners and instructors offer us much cause for gratitude and heartfull appreciation.
In these early days of the historic Affordable Care Act, being a member of HTP means being a vital part of the solution to providing high level care, pain relief, and amelioration of distress. These are auspicious times.
We honor you. Thank you for choosing to be a part of our organization.
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EARTH ENERGIES~SACRED BRITAIN SITES
and CROP CIRCLES TOUR-2014
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 Healing Touch Program
Healing Touch Professional Association
in Cooperation with
Clear Path to Wellness
Presents:
EARTH ENERGIES~SACRED BRITAIN SITES and
CROP CIRCLES TOUR
July 6-14, 2014 (9 days/8 nights)
Itinerary Includes: Glastonbury Abbey, Wells Cathedral, Knoll Down, Stonehenge,
as many crop circles that we can visit, and much more!
Reservations are being taken now!
Contact Ann Cathcart Email 612-868-2001
Click: for details and registration information
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NEW Energy Healers Practitioner Directory
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We have a new Practitioner Directory for you!
We are proud to announce the launch of our EMPI Member Directory!
It's free to HTPA members, and it's very quick and easy to set up. We need your help to get it populated!
This directory is open to all Energy Healers and Holistic Practitioners. It has a unique search field on modalities and area of specialty.
Just follow this link to get registered!
It's a great opportunity for you to expand your professional reach and do some free promotion for you and your practice. We are very glad to be able to offer you this wonderful service as part of the benefits of being a member. We hope you will take advantage of this free service, and feel free to send us your comments or questions.
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NEW Transfer Student Process
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 The new student transfer policy and packets are now available to view on our website. We included a welcome message to the HTI students and Practitioners, quick links to connect to the information they need, plus relevant information and history related to AHNA, HTP and HTI.
HTP welcomes Students and Practitioners that have taken courses or certification from Healing Touch International (HTI), that is now Healing Beyond Borders (HBB).
Here are Quick Links to more detailed information:
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Neuro-Anatomy and the Core Star
By Dana Lusk, MS, RN, CRRN, CHPN
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According to Mosby's Medical and Nursing Dictionary (1983) splanchnic (pronounced splangk'nik) is a word of Greek origin meaning 'viscera or entrails.' Arising out the area of the Solar Plexus, the thoracic ganglia of the spinal cord, between the 5th and 6th thoracic vertebrae, is the location of the three splanchnic nerves: Greater, lesser and smallest (or renal). These splanchnic nerves are a group of sympathetic nerves, which serve the blood vessels and all the vital organs in the abdomen. I particularly love the description of the great and lesser splanchnic nerves from a 2010 reprint of Henry Gray's Anatomy:
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great splanchnic nerve...descends obliquely inwards in front of the bodies of the vertebrae and terminates in the semilunar ganglion of the solar plexus, distributing filaments to the renal and suprarenal plexus.
The lesser splanchnic nerve...pierces the diaphragm with the preceding nerve, and joins the solar plexus (p. 786).
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Healing Touch Professional Association (HTPA)
Supporting Healing Touch to the Military
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HTPA is supporting Healing Touch to the Military and is happy to share Stand Down experiences reported by two of our HTPA members, Susan Russell, HTCP/I and Nanette Sagastume, HTCP. Susan was the Lead Organizer for four November Stand Downs in Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Sherman. Nanette organized Healing Touch to Viet Nam Vets at their Annual Reunion which was held in Arlington, VA this year. We are especially proud of our Healing Touch leaders and volunteers!
What was the experience like? In the words of Susan Lockhart, from the Dallas Event, "Every Veteran I saw left with a smile and bliss on their faces........... One got up and immediately said: 'I want this EVERY day.' The changes in these Veterans are amazing and fills one's heart with love and gratitude."
Read more about these events....
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A First for School Nurses in Colorado State
By Irene Louise Bigot M.S., R.N., HTCP, CSD, SNC
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 The School Nurses of Colorado have an annual three day state conference in early November. This year it was in Loveland at the Embassy Suites. The President of our Colorado School Nurse Association had taken Therapeutic Touch classes many years ago with Janet Mentgen at Red Rocks College in the Denver area. She has basic energy work knowledge and invited me to do a presentation at the conference.
I wrote a proposal to the committee of this conference. It explained Healing Touch with references to Jean Watson's Caring Theory. The proposal for the Healing Touch Presentation was not accepted. The committee found a nurse from Children's Hospital in Denver to present on Jean Watson's Caring Theory. Read More....
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2014 Shadowcliff Retreat with Cynthia Hutchison in Grand Lake, CO
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Balancing Self Care and Service:
Supporting My Energy in Order to Be the Best I Can Be
June 14-17, 2014, Shadowcliff Resort, Grand Lake, CO
Designed for Level 2 and Above
A group photo of attendees at the 2012 Shadowcliff Retreat!
This retreat is very affordable!
The Early Bird price is only $450 for triple occupancy (due by February 14th,
your Valentine gift to you!). Price includes meals, lodging, program and taxes. After February 14th, the price is $550.
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| News from Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation (HTWF) |
The HTWF Board has recently changed its "face" with the attrition and addition of some of its Board members. We sincerely thank Tina Devoe, Ann Cathcart, Candy Lockeby, and Victoria Stewart for their service, commitment, and continued support of the Foundation. We welcome the fresh ideas and creativity of Dawn Warnaca, Nancy Stephens, Lee Campbell, and Louise Underwood to Spread Healing Touch Worldwide!
Please help us Spread Healing Touch Worldwide by sharing our new brochure with your friends, associates, and clients. Click here for your copy
The Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation established in 1997 by the Healing Touch Program founder, Janet L. Mentgen, RN, BSN, HNC, HTCP/I. Our mission is to receive and distribute funds to assist, encourage and advance the philosophy, objectives and techniques of Healing Touch. Funding is available!!! Please consider applying for a Research, Education, or Service grant. Click here for Grant Information
Congratulations! The December online raffle winner Pat Yetman! The Biomat Store generously contributed A Bio MiniMat - valued at $650. This 33" x 17" Amethyst MiniMat combines the healing properties of Far Infrared light, negative ions, and amethyst crystal energy to create a unique healing environment.
Have a very Happy Holiday Season and New Year!
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Kathy Moreland Layte, MScN, HTCP/I
Advocate for the Rights of Families and Children living with FASD
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Sometimes life happens and our practitioners /instructors need to put their efforts into issues that seem far removed from Healing Touch. Kathy Moreland Layte, HTCP/I, our Chair of Research Advisory is the mother of two adopted children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This permanent, preventable disability is brain damage from a birth mother ingesting alcohol during any point of pregnancy. It is often invisible (no facial features) and therefore the children with it go undiagnosed but have major issues with learning delays, language processing, behavior management etc. Many of the children end up with secondary mental health issues, 60% of those with aggression end up in trouble with the law. There are few supports in any country.
As a nurse, Kathy has become a political advocate for change in her province of Ontario, Canada working with her "other" professional association The Registered Nurses of Ontario (RNAO). See the link to the article that features her other passion. (note: The RNAO would not disclose the children's diagnoses in the article). Healing Touch has certainly kept her grounded for this battle.
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Liability Insurance for Your Practice!
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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.  HTPA Member Liability Insurance Program has been specifically tailored for Healing Touch practitioners and instructors, including other related modalities. Because our modality is non-invasive the cost of Liability insurance in our field is very affordable. The policy that we offer renews every April so the prorated rate for five months is only $62.50 for practitioners that are HTPA members - that's under $13 per month. This includes malpractice, general liability coverage and more. Click here to learn more.
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"We are each gifted in a unique and important way.
It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light."
~ Mary Dunbar
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HEALING TOUCH PROGRAM™
15439 Pebble Gate San Antonio, TX 78232
Phone: 210-497-5529
Fax: 210-497-8532
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.HealingTouchProgram.com
Healing Touch Program Office Hours:
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Voicemail on after hours.
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