New Moon Body Work and Botanicals
616 East Charles Street
104
La Plata, MD 20646
Healing Touch Serving the Dying
The dying process can be a very difficult time for both the terminally ill and their families. Terminally ill patients usually have not only pain, but many fears. Psychological and spiritual support help them face the prospect of death. A survey of 160 cancer patients with less than 3 months to live, suggested spiritual well-being correlated with lower depression and greater hope.
Healing Touch (HT) is an integrative energy therapy that uses light touch in a heart-centered manner to address physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual issues. HT can be administered anywhere in a client's home or in a hospital room. The body is a complex energy field. Trained HT practitioners perform various techniques to open blockages and restore balance and harmony to the bio-field. The session is administered with compassion and love.
Many practitioners are using HT to ease the dying process as well as providing support to the family. Healing Touch energy work may provide the person with the energy to heal relationships and complete unfinished business. Some hospice patients have found great comfort, peace of mind, relaxation, and a deeper spirituality. “The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. Touching deeply is an important practice. We touch with our hands, our eyes, our ears and also with our mindfulness.” (Thich Nhat Hahn) Our goal is to touch as many people as possible with unconditional love and compassion.
HT is considered one of the leading energy medicine programs in the world and is widely respected. It has been supported by hospitals, universities, and the National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine.
