1. Healing Touch
Many of us are not aware that our body has a lot more energy than we assume. This unseen life
force energy can be used for healing. There are many therapies that people adopt to heal and
one of them explores the healing touch by using the energy of the body. Our body is full of en-
ergy that is both active and static. The touch therapy uses our mind’s power to control the
body’s energy.
Our body gets recharged when our mind is relaxed. By relaxing our mind and making it blank,
we can recharge and build our body’s energy to such an extent that we can help people who
suffer from chronic illnesses like cancer and auto immune diseases and reduce their pain. Addic-
tive habits like alcohol abuse and excessive smoking can also be treated with healing touch ther-
apy. This therapy has helped people with high anxiety, drug addiction and panic attacks.
Our body’s energy is stored in various parts and we need to know the importance of those loca-
tions and how we can focus and transfer healing by touch. We can start with the spinal base
that covers the entire spinal column, kidneys and our immune system. The ailments that affect
this area are weakened immune system, depression, sciatica and lower back pain. By focusing
our mind and providing the healing touch we can generate and control kinesthetic movement
and feelings like sense of touch, carnal pleasures and familial beliefs.
The lower abdomen below the navel covers the sexual organs, stomach, upper intestines, gall
bladder and the adrenal glands. The ailments that are affecting this area are pelvic pain, urinary
disorders and a weak libido. By the healing touch in this area, we can build up fertility and emo-
tional connections that contain fear, love and self-sabotage.
The solar plexus at the back of the stomach covers the upper abdomen, umbilicus cage, small
intestines and middle spine. The common ailments affecting these areas are colon diseases,
stomach ulcers, arthritis, diabetes and indigestion. Concentrating on the touch on the solar
plexus, we can build up maturity in understanding the emotional aspects of life that contain per-
sonality, self esteem and the sense of belonging.
The heart is located in the chest and covers the circulatory system, blood, lungs, arms, hands,
shoulders, breasts and esophagus. Common ailments are cardiovascular conditions, pneumonia,
asthma and lung cancers. The healing touch in this area empowers the body emotionally and
connects us with the people we love and adore.
The throat is located in the neck region and covers thyroid glands, trachea, mouth, teeth and
gums. Common ailments here are sore throat, teeth problems, gum disorders, mouth ulcers and

2. thyroid dysfunctions. The healing touch in this area makes us feel responsible for our actions
and builds up self knowledge, attitude and sense of smell and taste.
The forehead covers the brain, pituitary glands, neurological system, eyes, ears and nose. Com-
mon ailments are depression, brain tumors, learning disabilities, strokes and seizures. The heal-
ing touch in this area develops the mind and clears up visions that are both literal and symbolic.
It also helps in sharpening the intellect.
The last area is the crown that covers the top of the head and the midline above the ears. Com-
mon ailments here are over sensitivity to light and sound, diseases of the muscular system and
skin. The healing touch in this area builds up strength in intuitions and controls fear, joy, anger
and emotional feelings of duality.
The person who wants to use touch as a tool for healing must first let other people to feel that
they are naturally healthy. We have to cure the hypochondriac tendencies of people in the be-
ginning. Negative thinking can really disturb the field of energy and make them sicker than they
actually are. The main purpose of providing healing touch is to revitalize the patient’s natural
field of healthy energy. A healing touch can affect a person’s holistic health: physical, emotional
and spiritual. Sometimes, this can be done without physical contact and is known as distance
healing.
There are many nursing schools that have sprung in the last four decades and have started using
a specific form of healing touch, training the nurses to perceive the mind and body as a whole.
They are trained to use it as a compassionate means to medical treatment. Even for surgical cas-
es, it is effectively used both before and after the surgery to help calm and comfort the surgical
patients. We have to remember that healing touch therapy is not at all suitable in cases that are
of a serious and life threatening nature. It is not at all advisable to replace the traditional medi-
cal attention with the healing touch methods. Healing touch has to always combine with physi-
cal medical care.
Research done at the University of Cumbria in Lancashire, England, informs people that touch
can not only alleviate pain from minor injuries but it can also reduce stress that has resulted as
a direct outcome of pain from those injuries. On basis of evidence, they have pointed out that
gentle healing touch can play a big part in the treatment of people suffering from cancer and
mental health problems where reduction of stress will really enhance their physical and mental
well being. It is once again emphasized that it is definitely complementary to physical medicine
and not as a replacement.
The healing touch therapy is based on the principle that we are all part of a larger energy. Ener-
gy bodies have extended much beyond the physical. Another important consideration is that all
energy healing techniques are basically self healing. If the person who is ailing does not want to

3. be healed, we cannot even move our little finger and there is not much anyone can do anything
about it. No therapy will work on him or her.
It is still comforting to learn from statistics that hands-on touch therapies are being used by
more than twenty five thousand nurses in hospitals each year and that their procedures are be-
ing documented as a legitimate medical treatment. The world’s first Touch Research Institute
has been founded at the University of Miami Medical School to document and explore further
on the benefits of touch therapy.