About The Book

Healing Touch Enhancing Life through Energy Therapy is written for a broad audience and offers insights and guidance for the lay person as well as for professionals, those interested in deepening their understanding of holistic energy therapy, holistic health care, and further developing their skills. It’s a practical companion for those who are curious, interested, or work in health care or the healing arts fields such as Reiki, Acupuncture, Massage, Jin Shin, Shiatsu, Matrix Energetics and more. On a personal level, it provides thoughts and exercises that may increase a sense of expanded consciousness, and awareness of our interconnectedness.

Forty-four contributors from around the world share expertise, experiences, passion, and caring examples on how to use Healing Touch to better our lives, community, and world.

Practitioners and students who are studying Healing Touch— a widely used and practiced holistic and energy-based approach to healing and other energy therapies—will find general information that will help progress their practices and deepen their work.

Included are foundations, research, and specific recommendations for various health issues that encourage the integration of energy therapies into standard medical practices, as well as information on self-care that helps to advance the self toward compassionate, non-judgmental stances and assist in promoting personal balance and harmony.