What are the benefits of receiving Healing Touch?
Cynthia: Typically clients experience various degrees of body-mind-spirit peace and relaxation which allows one to release the effects of stress, illness, injury and trauma. Some clients have primarily physical responses, such as relief of pain, increased range of motion, improved mobility and increased energy. Others may have a primary response in the realm of emotion and thought such as peace of mind, decreased anxiety, clarity in thinking or increase in confident or self esteem. Many recipients also describe a deepened or new sense of connectedness with the spiritual self or with the spiritual world. There is growing evidence that Healing Touch has been effective in providing support for a variety of health conditions, and has been known to • Reduce or eliminate pain, both chronic and acute • Decrease anxiety and tension • Enhance recovery from surgery and reduce length of hospital stay • Reduce effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy • Strengthen the immune system • Reduce th